Google has just released an update for the Chrome browser’s stable branch that fixes several security vulnerabilities and adds several new features to the browser. The two most prominent feature additions in Chrome 17 are Omnibox Prerendering and Download Scanning. Omnibox Prerendering basically preloads some of the pages that are presented to you in the [...]
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Tab Notifier Informs You Of Website Updates
If you are the kind of person who likes to spend time on social networking sites or messaging services like Facebook, Hotmail or Google Mail, you probably noticed that page titles change whenever updates are available on the site. Tab Notifier now uses those information to notify you of updates on those sites. The browser [...]
Google Chrome Beta For Android Released, Download Links
Google has just released a public beta version of Google Chrome for Android. Google’s main goal was to port the speed and simplicity of the Chrome browser to mobile devices running on Android. The beta version is only available for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich devices, and currently only in the following countries: United States, [...]
Page Snooze For Chrome, Hide Inactive Tabs
If you are like me, you have some tabs open in your web browser of choice that you do not use regularly. For me it is most often program website or service tabs that I want to write about, but cannot at that point in time. It happens that I keep those websites open in [...]
Manage And Play Internet Radio In Google Chrome
I have made the full switch to listening exclusively to Internet Radio stations many years ago. The core reasons? Accessibility while working on the PC, less ads and talking while songs are playing, and better recording possibilities (see our StreamWriter review for an excellent program that can be used for that purpose. I usually use [...]
Do Not Track Plus Makes Sure You Are Not Tracked On The Web
If you read tech blogs and technology oriented sites regularly you notice that privacy is a hot topic on those sites. Most readers who visit those sites cherish their privacy, while the majority of Internet users are likely unaware of how their privacy may be compromised on the Internet. Tracking is directly related to a [...]
How To Move The Facebook Chat Window
We have covered quite a few Facebook modifications and tips in the past that let you get more out of Facebook Chat. A userscript for instance to add easier access to emoticons in chat or how to hide from friends on Facebook chat. Pretty Facebook Chat is a Google Chrome extension that lets you customize [...]
How To Skip Ads On YouTube
Depending on the videos that you like to watch on YouTube, you may be seeing way more video ads than a year or two ago. With YouTube finally taking off revenue wise, users are seeing more video ads before the actual videos that they want to watch on the site. While it is understandable that [...]
Drag2Up Lets You Upload Files Via Drag And Drop In Chrome
If you upload files, images or text documents for instance, regularly from your computer to Internet sites, you’d probably realized that the process is everything but straightforward. This is especially true if you want to post a file on a site that does not offer uploading capabilities, a comment on a web blog for instance. [...]
Ex.FM Music Discovery Service With A Twist
Most music discovery services let you only play music that they have available in their databases or on their servers. That’s great and all but may be limiting at times. Ex.FM offers a solution. The web service at its core is still a music discovery service, with the difference that it will pick up music [...]
Create Extension Groups With Context For Google Chrome
When you look at the extensions that you have installed in your Chrome browser, you will probably notice that you do not use all of them all the time. It is more likely that you have extensions installed for specific tasks, for instance work, entertainment, research or shopping. And even though you do not use [...]
Access Wikipedia Offline In Google Chrome
You may sometimes be in a position where you need to look up information but do not have Internet available at the moment. This can be during your daily commute or in a situation where an Internet connection is not available or working. We have reviewed several options in the past to get the majority [...]
Don’t Want To Be Tracked Online? Use TrackerBlock
Most Internet users do not know that every step they make on the Internet is likely tracked by one or multiple companies. Tracking can be loosely divided into a first party and third party group. First party tracking is usually connected to the generation of visitor statistics, and less about the individual user. Third party [...]
Oogle Highlights Google Image Results On Pages In Chrome
If you are using Google Image search for your image finding needs you’d probably noticed that it is sometimes not as easy to find the image on the page if you are clicking through. This is especially true for pages with dozens or even hundreds of images on a single page. The Google Chrome Oogle [...]
hisNoise For Chrome, Pink, Brown and White Noise in Your Browser
I prefer a near silent environment when I’m working on the computer. This is especially the case when I’m writing articles or researching things that I may write about. With noise being a part of everyone’s life, it is often not that easy to stay concentrated. I often get distracted by noise in the house [...]
Remove Old Chrome Versions To Save Disk Space
Back in the beginning of last year I ran a piece on how to free up disk space by removing older versions of the Chrome web browser. I started to investigate the issue after installing a Solid State Drive on my computer and noticing that it filled up rather quickly with auto-generated data. Turned out [...]
Google Chrome SSL Enforcer
Making sure that you are connected via SSL is one of the most important things Internet users can do to improve their security online. This is especially true on public computer networks, like those on airports, Internet cafes or on campus. Why? Because it is otherwise dead easy to wiretap the traffic that you send [...]
Learn How To Pronounce English Words
If I had to grade my English pronunciation skills I’d probably give me a below average rating. I mainly attribute this to the fact that I do not speak English regularly. While I have most words in mind I sometimes have troubles pronouncing them correctly. Every now and then I encounter words or phrases in [...]
Fixing No Sound Issues In Firefox and Chrome
I had one of the strangest experiences ever in the past 24 hours. Yesterday evening I noticed that I was not getting any audio in Firefox. I first thought this was a hiccup and restarted the browser to see if this resolved the problem. It unfortunately did not. I then tried to play videos on [...]
Add Custom Google Bar Menu Items With Google Bar+
Not everyone is seeing the new Google header bar yet that is being rolled out currently. The new header area moves the menu items that were previously linked directly on the top of the page to a new menu that is attached to the Google logo. When you load the Google homepage you will see [...]