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Selectively Block Cookies on Internet Explorer and Firefox In Realtime

Cookies are practical when you are able to block the ones you don’t want and allow the useful cookies. Cookies are tiny files that store information. These can come in handy if you want them but they are simply irritating if you don’t. Tracking cookies that record private information are the ones that most people [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Security

IE9 decimates other browsers for socially-engineered malware protection in report

Security firm NSS Labs have been running some tests on different modern web browsers to see how they defend and protect their users against socially-engineered malware.  This is malware that attempts to trick users into installing it, much in the way Apple Mac users have been suffering with the recent spate of ‘Mac Defender’ malware. [...]

Categories: Firefox, Google Chrome, ie, Internet Explorer, Opera, Security

Toolbar Cleaner, Remove Unwanted Toolbars From Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer

Many toolbars are not installed in only one browser, but in multiple web browsers. That’s not a problem if you have only one browser installed, but if you have them all like I do, you might end up with the same toolbar installed under multiple browsers. That’s cool if you want to use the toolbar, [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer

Microsoft Pushes Out Second Internet Explorer 10 Preview

Microsoft has switched into full gear and is now releasing new versions of the Internet Explorer on a regular basis. That’s good for the Internet as a whole, and especially good for Windows users who work with the system’s default browser. Not a lot of time has passed since the release of Internet Explorer 9. [...]

Categories: Browsing, Internet Explorer

Tweak IE9, Modify Internet Explorer 9 Settings

When you are trying to customize Microsoft’s latest web browser Internet Explorer 9 you are limited by the configuration options, called Internet Options in the browser. Those options have not really changed a lot since the release of Internet Explorer 6. Users who wanted to tweak and modify other elements of the browser had to [...]

Categories: Browsing, Internet Explorer

Mozilla Drops Http Prefix In Firefox

Opera and Google are already doing it, so why should not we. That’s probably the reasoning behind Mozilla’s latest move to optimize the interface of the Firefox web browser. For those who do not know (is there anyone reading my blog that does not?); The http prefix in front of website addresses in the url [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Opera

G Data CloudSecurity, Web Browser Protection Plugin

Internet users have lots of choice to add extra protection to their web browser. Those who have installed an Internet security software usually get a browser toolbar or protection plugin delivered with that. Those who make use of a standalone malware scanner can install popular browser extensions like Web of Trust or Link Extend for [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox, Internet Explorer

Internet Explorer Spell Checker, SpeckIE

A major user complaint when it comes to Microsoft Internet Explorer’s functionality in general is the lack of a built-in spell checker to automatically correct spelling mistakes in the browser. That’s even more problematic if those users are working with browsers like Firefox as well which come with a built-in spell checker. It is not [...]

Categories: Browsing, Internet Explorer

Build My Pinned Site, Webmaster Tool

Internet Explorer 9 supports a new pinned site feature that can be used to pin websites to the Windows 7 taskbar. The combination of IE9 and Windows 7 outlines that its reach is somewhat limited at the moment. Websites do not have to support the feature to make it usable. Internet Explorer 9 users can [...]

Categories: Browsing, Internet Explorer, Web Development

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