The default number of results that is shown when a user types in a phrase in the Firefox 3 location bar is 12 which might seem a bit like an overkill to many users. It’s actually very easy to change that amount and either reduce it to a more appropriate number or even increase it [...]
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- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Vreel is live !
I was not really sure if we would ever see Vreel, the semi-official successor of Stage 6, go live but apparently the developers did it finally. Vreel’s doors have opened and anyone can join the Open Beta. Vreel, like Stage 6, is based on Divx technology which means that the latest Divx Web Player has [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 14
Add Search to the Awesome Bar in Firefox 3
I’m getting some very good tips from readers of my blog lately, it’s really appreciated. This time it was Dark Kosmos who tipped me of on a new Firefox 3 extension called Awesome Search which adds search to the Awesome Bar in Firefox 3. In case you did not know the Location Bar of Firefox [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 24
Read 20 Digital Magazines for Free
Apple Iphone owners get more. They get free Wireless access at AT&T Hotspots, which no longer is that easy to defeat and now they also get to view free digital magazines of 20 or so popular magazines without costs, courtesy of Zinio. Guess how they are providing those free digital magazines and figuring out that [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 3
Microsoft: IE8 Beta 2 coming ! Is your website ready ?
That’s a rather odd question, don’t you think ? I was always under the impression that browsers had to render websites correctly by being compatible to standards and not the other way round. It you investigate further you find out that Microsoft is on the right track with Internet Explorer 8 and here is why. [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 3
Icon Search Engine
If you do not like to create your own icons with a program like IcoFX Icon Editor you can use the Icon Look search engine instead which provides an easy to use interface and search. The main interface consists of a search form and three links in the footer. The search results are quickly displayed [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Internet Filtering Checks and Maps
Is your country / ISP filtering the Internet ? That’s a question that not many users in the Western Hemisphere are asking themselves assuming that Internet filtering is more of a method of oppressive regimes to control the information flow in their countries. Countries like Iran, China or Syria are known to filter the Internet [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Interesting stories from my partnersites
It´s time to take a look at what my partnersites have created in the last week. I´am trying to compile a list of the most interesting articles that were published at the sites I link to and present it to you. We´ve got it all today, tech news, art, medicin, sociology and gadgets. Make sure to check it out.
