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One thing which I find very annoying with Firefox is that whenever a new version of Firefox is launched, old add-ons doesn’t work anymore with it. And now, you must be facing this same problem with Firefox 4. However, Firefox 4 is still in beta, but most of you must have already started using it. Continue reading ‘How to enable Incompatible Add-Ons with Firefox 4′
Google, now a new synonym for the word innovation recently rolled out a new interface for the image search. No doubt the new interface was admired by most but there were few who disliked the change. For people still working on slow internet connection found it troublesome to work with the new image search. For such uses there is an option at the end of the page to revert back to old image search but reaching the link altogether is also a problem. Now here is a sure shot solution for Firefox and Epic users.
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Picture-in-picture (PIP) technology in television was an awesome invention, viewers were able to keep track of cricket scores or market stock quotes without missing daily TV Shows. Now you can have similar kind of experience in Firefox using this add-on named CoolPreviews using which you can preview links and media without leaving the page on which you currently are.
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According to a Chinese site named cnBeta (Google Translate), they have managed to get their hands on Internet Explorer 9 beta via an inside link in Microsoft. Continue reading ‘Screenshots of IE9 Leaked in China’

Seismic, a well known security consultancy, has recently performed a test where they have found many routers prone to a certain hack. Seismic found a loop hole in DNS rebiniding codes, which can be exploited by a hacker to intercept and redirect traffic, and if computer is connected with some local network then hacker can even get remote access to the computer. Continue reading ‘Warning: Your Router Can Be Prone To a New Hack’
It seems like ages when the browser war first started, and with the entry of Chrome things got even worse, in fact better for the users. Today everyone wants to know which is the best browser for them. Recently we have came across a test, where all four browsers ran simultaneously on a PC with hardware acceleration turned on, except Chrome, which is yet to have hardware acceleration in it. Continue reading ‘HTML5 Speed Test: IE9 vs Firefox3.7 vs Opera vs Chrome6 [Video]‘
Hotfile is a file hosting service which has become immensely popular in a short time, for free users it offers the same cruel waiting options like Rapidshare, so if you want to download files from Hotfile comfortably then read on, previously we have discussed softwares like Rapidshare Download Manager and jDownloader, which are mostly used for downloading Rapidshare files without needing your input, there is a free similar software named Hotfile Autodownloader available for Hotfile downloads too.
Continue reading ‘Auto Downloader for Hotfile, Rapidshare, Megaupload etc.’
Matt Mullenweg has announced the availability of specialized premium backup service for self hosted WordPress blogs named as VaultPress, the service uses a WordPress plugin for backup to Cloud servers to make sure that your blog remains online at all times, it uses highly advanced Cloud multi-storage technologies to backup every single bit of WordPress files like images, plugins, comments, posts etc in real time and is tightly integrated with WordPress from ground up, it will even secure your self hosted WordPress blog from zero day security vulnerabilities by applying hot fixes to your WordPress installations automatically, all this just by activating a simple VaultPress plugin.
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MartinSchirr of Android Forums has ported Mozilla Firefox browser codenamed Fennec to Android platform, however its a very early development release and doesn’t sounds worth installing after reading a few early reviews, it is still buggy and may not even work, so try at your own risk. Download link after the break.
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iTunes is now all ready to welcome the iPad which releases on April 3, a new version of iTunes 9.1 software is now available for download which comes with different features to accommodate the new iPad into iTunes. Latest version of iTunes is available for both Windows and Mac and brings a new section called ‘Books’ section which will replace the existing ‘Audiobooks’ section in iTunes.
Continue reading ‘iTunes 9.1 Now Available with iPad Sync’