The autocomplete feature can be pretty handy at times. It helps you log in on your favorite website faster or load a website in your browser without having to enter the full web address. Researchers from Minded Security Labs have released a proof of concept that demonstrates how a third party website can get access [...]
- Author: Melanie Gross
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ActiveX Controls and Windows Update Errors: Fix the Traffic
Initially, when your computer is new and you have a fresh Windows 7 installation, Windows Update works perfectly. You see no errors, everything is set to automatic and you need not lift a finger. Then, as you actually use your PC for awhile and utilize its capabilities, one day you see the error messages. Windows [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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SurfControl, Time Track Web Usage In Firefox
If you had to write down how much time you spend on the Internet in the past week, could you do that? And would you also be able to list the top 5 sites that you’d consider productive, and the top 5 time wasters in that time? To top that, would you be able to [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Change Default Browser, Quickly Switch The Default System Browser
One web browser is always the default system browser on a computer system. That’s the program that is launched when you click on links for example. The majority of computer users on Windows come into contact with multiple browsers. They got Microsoft’s Internet Explorer installed by default on the system and download and install at [...]
- Author: Melanie Gross
- Comments: 3
View Source Code with a Text Editor in Internet Explorer
Most users are already familiar with text editors for viewing source code and may have one of choice that they like to use. Many other users are still using the default choice in Internet Explorer 8 or 9. If you are dissatisfied with the default choice, this article will demonstrate how to access the text [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 7
Windows 8 And Internet Explorer 10
Microsoft has integrated Internet Explorer 10 Platform Preview 3 with the recently released version of Windows 8. If you look close, you will find two different versions or styles of Internet Explorer in the operating system. First the standard desktop browser and then the Metro UI browser. According to Microsoft, they both use the same [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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VTExplorer, Virus Total Internet Explorer Add-on
One of the handy security related services on today’s Internet is Virus Total. The online can be used by people from all over the world to analyze suspicious websites or files. Usage could not really a lot easier than it is currently. Just browse for a file on your computer and click the send file [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 3
Classic Shell, Add Dropped Features To Newer Windows Versions
When you compare the Windows XP operating system to Vista or Windows 7, you will notice that Microsoft has changed, altered or removed features in the newer operating system. From a new start menu to a new Windows Explorer layout, new copy user interface or the new Internet Explorer 9 that looks and feels slightly [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 1
Google Related For Chrome Extension
Google Related is a brand new extension by Google for its Chrome web browser. The extension acts as a browsing assistant displaying related news and contents in a small bar at the bottom. This process itself is automatic. The related information that are displayed on the toolbar at the bottom of the browser screen are [...]
