This is a follow up of the article that explained how to edit the prefix and suffix auto-completion settings in Firefox. One related setting is the way the Firefox search bar behavior works. When a text is entered into the address bar and send to Firefox a Google Browse By Name search is conducted. This [...]
Custom Prefix and Suffix Auto-Complete In Firefox
Firefox analyzes the text that has been entered by the user in the Firefox address bar when the user sends it to the browser. Depending on the configuration of Firefox one out of two possible actions are performed. The default way of handling text that is not an url is to send it to Google’s [...]
Compare Object Sizes Online
Ever wondered about the actual size of an object and how it would compare to everyday items like a sheet of paper? Do the additional 6.4mm depth of the HTC Touch Pro in comparison to Apple’s iPhone really matter? It is easy to compare the values and see which device is larger or thicker but [...]
5 Must Have Google Android Applications
The first mobile phone that uses the Google Android operating system is just a few weeks away. One of the major selling points of Android is that it is Open Source and that users will most likely have access to a huge database of software programs from the Open Source community at their disposal. Developers [...]
Is It Reasonable To Offer 1 Terabyte of Storage As A File Hoster?
Offering the biggest storage capacities of all the file hosts on the Internet will surely drive some traffic to a file hoster’s website. Oosah did just that with the announcement that they would offer 1 Terabyte – that is 1024 Gigabytes – to everyone signing up for their file hosting service. And while they surely [...]
Google Chrome Password Manager
Most modern web browsers make use of a password manager that stores usernames and passwords of websites and services in the browser so that the user does not have to enter them over and over again. Mozilla Firefox and Opera provide access to a password manager in the browser that can be used to manage [...]
Walmart To Shut Down DRM Servers
If anyone is not already convinced that DRM is bad for the customer after seeing major companies like Google, Yahoo or MSN pull the plug on their DRM servers then Walmart’s decision to do the same might convince you finally. Walmart started selling music back in August 2007. The music was protected by DRM for [...]
T-Mobile G1 First Google Android Phone
The mobile phone company T-Mobile announced a first version of a new phone called T-Mobile G1 just a few days ago. The mobile phone will be the first to make use of the Google Android Open Source plattform. The G1 will be manufactured by Taiwanese company HTC and hit shelves on October 22 in the [...]
Microsoft Office Add In ClickSolve
Clicksolve is a Microsoft Office Add In that integrates an Internet mapping and searching feature into several Microsoft Office programs. The programs that benefit from the Office add in are Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint and Microsoft Outlook. The Office add in basically adds two new context menu entries to the right-click menu of [...]