September 17, 2008
Ten years ago, nobody ever considered having a website with videos. The enormous size of the multimedia files would make the site almost impossible to access, considering how slow the internet connection was at that time. There were many tweaks invented in order to survive the snail-like internet connection speed in the past. Some were [...]
September 12, 2008
Google’s new browser Chrome is causing quite a stir, especially among people worried about privacy and security. As I have mentioned in my previous article about Chrome, every installation of Chrome receives a unique ID number, which is submitted to Google, for example when the browser is updated or when the program crashes. In order [...]
July 5, 2008
Microsoft is offering their users a piece of free magic software, called SteadyState. We have all been there late at night and our virtual guard is down. Maybe you hopped on an unsecured network and decided to browse some hardcore porn sites bit torrent trackers um er let’s just say some not so reputable sites. [...]
July 3, 2008
“Reclaim your Privacy!” That is the claim of Xerobank, yet another group of software developers amongst the increasingly competitive world of web browsers. Firefox is now taking on close to 20% of the browsing market, Internet Explorer has 70% or so and Opera and Safari squabble over the rest. XeroBank browser “is the most popular [...]
June 22, 2008
A few months back, Aibek wrote a great post on hiding all those ‘important folders’ you might have lying around your desktop. His method is perfect if someone is snooping around your desktop looking for your things. But what would you do if someone barges into your workspace when you are in the middle of [...]
June 10, 2008
When it comes to your security, no web browser is perfect – and no malware app is going to catch everything. I came across BufferZone Free a few weeks ago and have been running it since, and I’m pretty impressed. BufferZone adds another layer of protection to your browser by setting up a sandbox (an [...]
May 23, 2008
No matter how good a PC you have at home, there are often times that there is no other way but to use a public computer to get the work done. When I say public computers I refer to computers at airports, cyber cafes, libraries or even a friend’s computer. Beware the computer may be [...]
January 26, 2008
MakeUseOf has mentioned OpenDNS before, but until recently I had no idea what all you could accomplish with it. We mentioned how using it could speed up your internet connection by using their DNS servers instead of your ISP’s. This allows OpenDNS to do many other things that you might not be aware of. In [...]
January 24, 2008
Yes, it takes only 7 shortcuts, master them and you’ll defintiely be a lot faster. These 7 shortcuts are meant to make browsing and basic PC tasks easier. While couple of shortcuts are Firefox only, most should work pretty much on any browser. Mouse Scroll Button Anyone who spends a considerable amount of time on [...]
January 6, 2008
The internet has lots of benefits but on the other hand, it has its downsides that we all love to hate. The most common one is pop-up ads but if you have young kids who like to surf the net, then as a parent, you will want to protect them from porn sites and any [...]
