The Realplayer is not held in very high regards by most users who have happened to come in contact with the player. This might change however with the discovery that the free version of RealPlayer SP is capable of downloading Vevo videos from Youtube (and maybe even Vevo itself but this has not been tried [...]
Internet Explorer
Which Web Browser Will You Be Using In 2010?
The web browser market has become a lot more interesting and challenging in the last year. Windows users now have the choice between four (five if you count the mediocre Safari as well) primary web browsers that they can use: Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera and Internet Explorer. Firefox and Internet Explorer have been dominating the [...]
Internet Explorer Tweaker
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 8 is an excellent web browser and a step in the right direction. Many experts believe that Microsoft will be able to close the gap that currently exists between Internet Explorer 8 and the other web browsers like Google Chrome, Firefox or Opera with the release of Internet Explorer 9. Internet Explorer [...]
AM-DeadLink 4 Beta Adds Google Chrome Support
AM-Deadlink is a popular Windows desktop tool to verify bookmarks in various web browsers. Recently the first beta of version 4 of the bookmark checker was released by its developers. Most notable changes in the new version include support for Google’s web browser Google Chrome, full unicode support as well as favicon support for Opera [...]
Microsoft Showcases Early Internet Explorer 9 Build
Most Internet users agree that Microsoft made good progress with Internet Explorer 8 compared to previous releases of the web browser. Internet Explorer 8 introduced some interesting new features, increased the performance of the web browser by a lot compared to previous versions and introduced some new security concepts that made the web browsing experience [...]
Internet Explorer Administration Kit 8
The Internet Explorer Administration Kit 8 has just been released by Microsoft. The IEAK has been designed to simply the deployment, management and customization of Internet Explorer installations in computer networks and distribution channels. It can be used to create custom installations of Internet Explorer that are accessible right after deployment. The Internet Explorer Administration [...]
Top 5 Security Plugins For Firefox, Chrome And Internet Explorer
Which browser is the most secure web browser? That’s a question that is hard to answer and Internet users usually mention the web browser that they are using when asked the question. There are some differences in the architecture. Google Chrome and Internet Explorer for example make use of sandboxes that prevent that the whole [...]
TrendProtect Warns Internet Explorers About Dangerous Websites
TrendProtect is a Web of Trust like web browser plugin for Microsoft Internet Explorer (and soon Firefox) from security developers Trend Micro. The plugin for Internet Explorer will scan and rate the active website and websites listed in search results of the major search engines Google Search, Yahoo Search and MSN (surprisingly not Bing Search). [...]
Auto Repair Internet Explorer With Fix IE Utility
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer is still one of the most popular – or shall we say widely used – web browsers for computers running the Windows operating systems. Two of the main reasons for this ongoing popularity is the inclusion of the web browser in the operating system and the tools and options offered to deploy [...]
Web Browser Backup Software FavBackup Updated
FavBackup allowed Windows users to backup web browser specific settings. The program was easy to use and supported most major web browsers. Some things were not perfect like missing support for custom or multiple user profiles, portable browser support or the disk and computer memory usage during backup jobs. The developer of FavBackup has recently [...]
Secure Internet Explorer With IEController
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer web browser is tightly integrated into the Windows operating system. This makes it an important software program even if the users of the system do not use it as their main web browser. The reason for this is that several other programs make use the Internet Explorer rendering engine. It is therefor [...]
Fireshot Screen Capture Software For Internet Explorer and Firefox
Every operating system has its fair share of screen capture software programs. Even the good old PrintScr key is sometimes used if no other software is available to do the job. Programs that work specifically in web browsers are rarer but still available. Fireshot is one of them. It is a screen capture software for [...]
Internet Explorer Application Compatibility VPC Image
Web designers and webmasters need to check their designs and websites not only in web browsers from various web browser developers but also in different versions of a web browser. Microsoft’s Internet Explorer for example has a distribution rate that is still divided among the versions 6, 7 and 8 of Internet Explorer making it [...]
Web Browser Have Impact On Battery Life
A recent Anandtech study suggests that the web browser has an impact on a mobile PCs battery usage. The test, which analyzed battery performance under various popular web browsers and three websites, can probably not be seen as representative but it could indicate which web browser uses less battery power to operate. A test with [...]
Install Internet Explorer on Linux with IEs4Linux
Believe it or not, there is sometimes a need to have Internet Explorer available. Some web designers like to be able to to test their sites with all possible browsers. Some websites are poorly designed and will only function properly in Internet Explorer. So many designers (and users) need to have this browser available. If [...]
F-Secure Exploit Shield Protects Against 0-Day Web Browser Exploits
One of the major security threats that computer users face in the last years are web browser exploits. These exploits use 0-day vulnerabilities to infect web browsers that have not been patched to protect against the vulnerability. It does not always have to be the user’s fault if a web browser has not been patched [...]
Another Report Finds Internet Explorer 8 To Be The Most Secure Web Browser
A web browsing security test that pitted Internet Explorer 8 against Firefox 3, Opera 10, Safari 4 and Google Chrome 4 came to the conclusion that Internet Explorer 8 is the most secure web browser, at least in the area that were tested by security research company NSS Labs. The report, which is available at [...]
Microsoft Internet Explorer Security Update
Microsoft has released a critical security fix for their Internet Explorer web browsers. The vulnerability, actually its more than one that are patched by the cumulative patch, affect most Internet Explorer still in use by users worldwide including Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7 and the latest version Internet Explorer 8. The vulnerability does only [...]
New Microsoft Proposal About Windows 7E
Windows 7E is the version of the Windows 7 operating system that will be sold – as of now – in all countries of the European Union. It is basically a version of the Windows 7 operating system without Internet Explorer. This has caused quite some concern by users in the European Union as they [...]
Improve Internet Eplorer 8 Speed
It takes some time for Internet Explorer 8 to open new tabs on my computer system even if the tab is a blank tab in the beginning. Observant users will notice the “Connecting” message in the tab when this is happening. This is really frustrating and one of the main reasons why Internet Explorer 8 [...]