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  • Author: Martin
  • Published: May 10th, 2009
  • Comments: 13

4 Internet Explorer 8 Annoyances

Internet Explorer 8 is most likely the best web browser that Microsoft has developed in a very long time. It beats its predecessors Internet Explorer 6 and 7 fair and square and comes closer to the other popular web browsers than ever before. While it still lacks behind in comparison against Internet browsers like Safari, [...]

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Categories: Internet Explorer

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: May 8th, 2009
  • Comments: 9

Log Into Multiple Accounts At The Same Site With Internet Explorer 8

There was not a way for Internet Explorer 7 users to log into two different Gmail (or Hotmail, Yahoo Mail…) accounts at the same time. Gmail can be replaced with any other cookie based web service that asks the user to login. The problem here is that the cookie storing the information about the login [...]

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Categories: Browsing, Internet Explorer

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: May 4th, 2009
  • Comments: 2

Internet Explorer: Expired Cookie Remover

Internet Explorer handles cookies differently than other web browsers. It stores cookies on the local hard drive and leaves traces behind even if cookies have already expired. The usual reaction to expired cookies should be to remove them as they are not of use anymore. Cookies might be stored on a computer system even if [...]

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Categories: Browsing, Internet Explorer

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Apr 25th, 2009
  • Comments: 12

Internet Privacy: Start Panic Tells You Where You Have Been

Internet privacy (also know as online privacy or web privacy) has become a hot topic in the last years as companies, organizations and people with malicious intent try to gather as many data as possible about Internet users. Many users install security software on their computer system and as add-ons in their web browsers directly [...]

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Categories: Browsing, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, firefox, opera

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Apr 21st, 2009
  • Comments: 5

AVG Antivirus Linkscanner

Users of the antivirus software AVG already know the AVG Linkscanner as it is included as a module in the antivirus software. AVG has now made it available as a standalone application for the Windows operating system compatible with the Internet Explorer and Firefox web browser. The difference lies in the detail. AVG Linkscanner will [...]

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Categories: Security, Windows, software

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Apr 19th, 2009
  • Comments: 12

Internet Explorer 8 Ad Blocking Gets Easier With Adblock IE

We have mentioned the release of the first Internet Explorer 8 ad blocking method less than two weeks ago. It involved importing a list of advertisers to the filter list of Internet Explorer’s InPrivate Filtering module. It was not really complicated but could pose problems to inexperienced users nevertheless as users had to find the [...]

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Categories: Browsing, Internet Explorer

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Apr 18th, 2009
  • Comments: 5

Toggle Em All Bookmarklet Makes Check Box Checking Comfortable

Ever came across a situation where you had to check multiple check boxes on a website? Webmasters encounter these type of check boxes fairly regular when editing comments on their websites or moderating forum posts. Some websites and scripts provide a check all button that can be pressed but what if there is none available? [...]

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Categories: Browsing, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, firefox, opera

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