Google Chrome now third most popular browser
In December, 2009, Google launched Chrome for Mac and Linux operating systems (the Windows version was released earlier in 2008); and moreover, it also launched browser extensions for Chrome. These efforts appear to have paid rich dividends to Google Chrome, as now it has become the third most popular browser by usage share for the [...]
Evernote Web Clipper – save notes from Internet
While browsing the Internet, you come across many interesting things that you may like to copy or save for future reference. Evernote Web Clipper is one service that allows you to save notes from the interesting web pages on the Internet to a central place. No need to bookmark or save the full pages [...]
Firefox 3.5 becomes the most popular browser
The popularity of Mozilla Firefox has been on the rise continuously, courtesy its rich features and a rich set of more than 7000 add-ons that further enhance its features. However, it has always lagged behind the Internet Explorer in market share. Now, the latest data released by StatCounter, widely-used web-analytics site, shows that for [...]
Run Internet Explorer in a tab in Google Chrome for sites that need IE
You may like the speed of Google Chrome and may be using it for most of your browsing requirements. But, there are some odd sites that would need Internet Explorer to run properly. However, now, with extensions enabled for Chrome, you won’t have to start Internet Explorer for running that odd website. You can run [...]
How to add a search engine to Internet Explorer and make it default
When you install Internet Explorer 8 for the first time, it generally has only one search provider or search engine listed in its command bar, and that is Microsoft’s own “Live Search” that now redirects to Microsoft’s Bing search engine. This is the default search engine. However, you can add more search engines to [...]
WOT – Browser add-on for safer browsing – warns about risky sites
There are several free online services offering you information about the safety of the website about to be visited by you. I’ve written about some of these services earlier: McAfee Site Advisor and Google Safe Browsing. These services depend mainly upon various algorithms to check the safety and security of a website. On the [...]
All about InPrivate browsing in Internet Explorer for protecting your privacy
All major browsers, such as Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome now provide one or the other method for private browsing of the Internet while protecting your privacy. In Internet Explorer, private browsing is allowed using the InPrivate Browsing feature, and when you browse the Internet using this feature, the Internet Explorer [...]
Google Chrome may get extensions soon – may improve its market share
Google Chrome is already the fastest browser. In fact, it is faster than other browsers such as Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox by a big margin. This fact has been admitted by Microsoft, though indirectly, see Internet Explorer 9 to improve speed, graphics rendering. In spite of the fact that Chrome is a [...]
Internet Explorer 9 to improve speed, graphics rendering
Less than a month back, Microsoft released Windows 7. Thereafter, work has started on Internet Explorer 9, the next version of the most widely used browser in the world. It is too early in the day for IE9 but Microsoft has revealed some basic details of what the focus areas are for IE9. It [...]
How to ensure that web pages update when new content is found
When you use your browser to visit a website, you would generally get the latest content available on that website. If you again visit the same web page or website, then you would expect the updated content to be displayed in the browser. Normally, the updated content on the same web page will be [...]