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  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Jun 22nd, 2009
  • Comments: 9

What Is A Browser

When I worked in tech support I really had to be careful about words. Things like web browsers, the operating system’s name or even keys on the keyboard might feel natural to experienced computer users but they did confuse the hell out of the average user. Many did not know what the web browser was, [...]

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Categories: Browsing

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Jun 21st, 2009
  • Comments: 25

Web Browser Memory Usage Benchmark Gets It All Wrong

Web browser memory usage might not be that much of an issue in these days with Gigabytes of computer memory being build into modern computer systems. There is however the low end market that is fueled by the success of netbooks and other low end hardware. A memory usage test of popular web browser might [...]

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Categories: Browsing, opera

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Jun 18th, 2009
  • Comments: 26

Microsoft’s Internet Explorer Comparison Chart

Microsoft has published a comparison chart that compares Internet Explorer with Mozilla Firefox and the Google Browser Google Chrome in categories such as security, privacy, compatibility and ease of use. It is not clear when the comparison chart was published but it made the rounds on Reddit earlier today. A comparison chart created by the [...]

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Categories: Browsing, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, firefox

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Jun 8th, 2009
  • Comments: 11

Add Google Chrome’s New Tab Feature To Firefox

You do not get a blank page whenever you open a new tab in the Google browser. Google Chrome displays thumbnails of the most visited websites together with a search function and a list of recently closed pages which can be a great time saver if the user intents to open a website that is [...]

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Categories: Browsing, firefox

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Jun 5th, 2009
  • Comments: 4

Google Chrome Builds For Mac And Linux Appear

The Google Chrome development team has released long awaited public developer builds of the Google browser for the Apple Macintosh and Linux operating systems. Up until now it was only possible to get most of the functionality by downloading third party builds of the web browser. The developer builds of Google Chrome can be downloaded [...]

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Categories: Browsing, Google Chrome

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Jun 2nd, 2009
  • Comments: 10

Google Chrome Adblocker

The first extensions for the Google Chrome browser are finally being released and available for users who want to add functionality to the web browser that everyone is calling Google Browser. There is still no build in extension manager in the web browser which makes the installation of the extensions more complicated than other web [...]

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Categories: Browsing, Google Chrome

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Jun 1st, 2009
  • Comments: 5

Install Bing Search In Selected Web Browsers

Microsoft’s new search engine Bing has been released to the public earlier today. The reviews have been quite positive so far. Most modern web browsers can be customized by the user. This includes adding search engines to the search interface in the browser.
Users who would like to add the Bing search engine to Internet Explorer [...]

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Categories: Browsing, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Search Engines, Uncategorized, firefox, opera

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