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  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Oct 17th, 2009
  • Comments: 40

Microsoft Silently Installing Windows Presentation Foundation Plugin For Firefox

If you have recently opened your Firefox web browser you might have noticed a notification from the web browser that the Windows Presentation Foundation plugin was disabled to protect the user and the web browser. Many users who received the message were a bit puzzled as they did not install the plugin in first place. [...]

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Categories: Browsing, Microsoft, Security, firefox

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Oct 17th, 2009
  • Comments: 16

Ten Great Google Chrome Themes

Themes, like extensions, have only been added recently to the Google Chrome web browser. The Google Chrome theme engine on the other hand offers an advantage over other web browsers as it does not require a restart after applying a new theme to the web browser. Designers and theme developers have been busy since to [...]

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Categories: Browsing, Google Chrome

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Oct 16th, 2009
  • Comments: 9

Opera Widgets For Desktop

The Opera developers have taken a different road than most web browser manufacturers when it comes to add-ons for their web browser. The main difference is that Opera Widgets are running in their own window which often made them more complicated to use especially on user systems with low screen estate. Today, the Opera developers [...]

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Categories: Browsing, opera

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Oct 16th, 2009
  • Comments: 1

Yahoo Mail Notifier

Ghacks has been pretty Gmail centric in the last year. The main reason for that is probably because there is more to write about Gmail than about other email services like Yahoo Mail or Live Mail. Could also be that Google is doing a better job at communicating changes they make to their email service. [...]

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Categories: Browsing, Yahoo, firefox

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Oct 15th, 2009
  • Comments: 17

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 [...]

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Categories: Browsing, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, firefox

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Oct 15th, 2009
  • Comments: 1

Mozilla Posts Firefox 3.6 Beta and 3.5.4 Release Candidates

The first release candidate of the upcoming Firefox 3.6 Beta has been posted at the Mozilla ftp server. Next to it the second release candidate for Firefox 3.5.4 which is also available at the ftp server. Both releases are so called release candidates which means that they are close to the final version. Firefox users [...]

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Categories: Browsing, firefox

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Oct 15th, 2009
  • Comments: 1

Opera 10.10 Beta

The Opera developers have released a beta version of the upcoming Opera 10.10 web browser. The biggest change in the beta is the inclusion of Opera Unite which provides web server features. Since web browsers usually act as clients it is now possible to have direct server client communications between Opera users.
The Opera Unite version [...]

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Categories: Browsing, opera

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