Recent Posts Tagged With 'browsers'

• Firefox Mobile could run on eBook readers, other devices

  Posted on Friday January 30th, 2009 at 12:09 in mozilla, browsers

  Mozilla's upcoming mobile web browser (codenamed Fennec) may be designed for cellphones and portable devices running Windows Mobile, Linux, and Symbian. But the neat thing about open source software is that you can port it to run on pretty much anyth...

• Thwart password-hungry keyloggers with a Greasemonkey script

  Posted on Thursday January 22nd, 2009 at 07:33 in internet, Security, browsers

  If you're not quite ready to use a cloud service like LastPass to manage your passwords, you can still provide yourself some additional protection from keyloggers with a handy GreaseMonkey script.Install Virtual Keyboard Interface and double-click an...

• 7 addons and two tweaks for annoyance-free browsing with Firefox

  Posted on Friday January 16th, 2009 at 09:42 in internet, freeware, open source, mozilla, browsers

  firefox is a great browser, even in its unmodified, fresh-from-the-install form. If you're installing it for someone else and are trying to provide the most irritation-free experience you can, you might want to install a few of these addons.AdBlock ...

• Monitor websites in Firefox with Pingdom's Mr. Uptime

  Posted on Thursday January 8th, 2009 at 09:16 in internet, freeware, utilities, mozilla, browsers

  There are plenty of ways to be notified when a site comes back online, like previously mentioned Ding, It's Up and Notify Me. If you're a firefox user, you may as well use an extension that's powered by the granddaddy of monitoring services, Pingdom'...

• Mouseless for Firefox updates with better support for web apps

  Posted on Thursday January 8th, 2009 at 06:44 in internet, freeware, productivity, utilities, mozilla, browsers

  Mouseless has been mentioned on Downloadsquad before, and it's steadily improved since Jordan Running first posted about it.The latest version offers improved support for dynamic web apps like GMail and Facebook. The number of "clickable" links has a...

• Do more with GMail storage with the GSpace Firefox addon

  Posted on Thursday January 8th, 2009 at 06:40 in web, utilities, mozilla, browsers

  I've used GMail Drive for quite a while - it's a handy way to back up files into my unused GMail storage. The GSpace addon for Firefox is another way to take advantage of your inbox's excess gigabytes.Install GSpace and access it from the firefox too...

• Internet Explorer share drops to an all-time low (again)

  Posted on Saturday January 3rd, 2009 at 01:24 in internet, Microsoft, browsers

  Despite some excitement generated by Windows 7, things aren't all rosy for microsoft as they continue to lose ground in the browser market. On December 1, NetApplications announced that Firefox had maintained more than a 20% share for the first tim...

• Microsoft issues patch for latest IE vulnerability

  Posted on Thursday December 18th, 2008 at 13:48 in internet, Security, Microsoft, browsers

  Microsoft is acting to address concerns regarding the vulnerability that has been widely reported on since it was revealed last week. According to BetaNews there still haven't been any reported incidents involving the exploit.Even though the vulnera...

• OpenItOnline for Firefox opens Office, image files with web apps

  Posted on Tuesday December 16th, 2008 at 09:11 in internet, freeware, web, office, browsers

  By now, many of you are probably using web-based office suites like Zoho, Google Docs, or Thinkfree as your primary office applications. If you do and you're a Firefox user as well, you'll probably love the OpenIT Online addon. I mentioned it previo...

• Microsoft: Internet Explorers 5 through 8 vulnerable to attack

  Posted on Sunday December 14th, 2008 at 11:04 in windows, Security, browsers

  There's a bug in Internet Explorer that allows attackers to execute malicious code on your machine under certain conditions. When Microsoft first acknowledged the vulnerability a few days ago the company was under the impression that only Internet Ex...

• Google Chrome hits 1.0

  Posted on Friday December 12th, 2008 at 13:35 in google, beta, browsers

  Just in case you needed any proof that software version numbers are meaningless, Google has updated Google Chrome, it's web browser to version 1.0 (or 1.0.154.36 to be exact). Yesterday the latest version of the software was version 0.4.154.29.So why...

• Greasemonkey script goes minimalist on Google Reader

  Posted on Tuesday December 9th, 2008 at 20:27 in internet, mozilla, browsers

  Sure, it's only been a few days since Google rolled out the new look for Reader, but maybe you don't think the collapsible boxes go far enough.Fans of an even more minimalist interface can grab the Greasemonkey script created by Userscripts contribut...

• Opera 10 Alpha 1 web browser passes the Acid3 test

  Posted on Thursday December 4th, 2008 at 13:11 in freeware, windows, Linux, Macintosh, browsers

  The latest version of the Opera web browser gets a perfect score on the Acid3 web standards test, which is pretty impressive until you realize that Firefox and Internet Explorer fall short of that score. And if the two most popular web browsers on th...

• Post screenshots to Wordpress blogs with a Firefox add-on

  Posted on Monday November 24th, 2008 at 20:55 in photo, internet, blogging, mozilla, browsers

  On my list of 14 extremely useful Firefox addons I included ScreenGrab for capturing web pages to PNG or JPG images.Today, I replaced it with Screen Grab to Wordpress. As you probably guessed, it's got the same core functionality with one major addi...

• Flock 2 is here, continues to underwhelm

  Posted on Sunday November 9th, 2008 at 20:20 in internet, freeware, browsers

  "Get ready to meet your favorite browser! " Flock 2 tells me at the end of its installation process. Ok Flock, I'm ready. Blow me away!Sadly, I'm immediately greeted by a cheesey stick figure flash intro to the new features. What the hell am I gettin...