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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Google Chrome currently does not offer options to password protect the browser, or at least user data, from local access. Someone with access to the PC can fire up the browser to access bookmarks, websites, the browsing history or cookies. It is all there in the open. Simple Startup Password attempts to change this by [...]

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If you ever had to work on a PC in a foreign country that is not your own, you may have noticed that the keyboard layout is not identical to keyboards that you are used to working with. This can be resolved rather quickly if you have enough rights on the PC to change the [...]

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It is fairly common to see photos, videos and other media posted on social network sites such as Facebook, Twitter or Google Plus. With so much media being posted on a daily basis and by that many users, it is only natural that some would like to download photos, images or videos directly from the [...]

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You don’t always have the time to sit in front of your laptop or desktop computer and read lengthy material. Google Chrome, which is a fantastic browser in so many ways, brings yet another extension to the Google Chrome features. This extension is called dotEPUB and it enables you to take the text from a [...]

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