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Neat Bookmarks in Chrome

Although the bookmark system in Google Chrome is pretty well developed, there is room for more. Neat Bookmarks is a Chrome extension that comes as an easier way (yes, it is possible) to handle your favorite links in Google’s browser.Basically, it brings a bookmark button in the interface, which gives direct acc...

7 December 2011
13:31 GMT

New Chrome Extension Alerts Users About Rogue Online Stores

Cloud-based security vendor Zscaler has released a Chrome version of its Safe Shopping extension which alerts users when visiting rogue online stores set up by spammers.Most of these rogue e-shops sell counterfeit software or replica items and are hosted on legit compromised websites in order to make it harder for re...

27 May 2011
04:23 GMT

Personas Available for Mobile Users as well

Initially launched as a browser extension, Personas has become an integrated part of one of the most popular browsers nowadays, Firefox. Recently, the Mozilla team announced that the mobile version of the browser also supports Personas.To be more precise, Personas are highly intuitive themes that can be used even by...

31 January 2011
13:59 GMT

RIM Might Get Deadline Extension in India to Resolve BlackBerry Issues

The Indian government plans to give Research In Motion (RIM) a ninety days deadline extension, in order for the company to come up with a technical solution that satisfies the country's security concerns.RIM came under fire this summer, when several countries threatened to ban the BlackBerry data services, which...

13 October 2010
14:54 GMT

Google Explains the Differences Between Web Apps and Extensions

Google is working on an app store for the web. The Chrome Web Store is very close to launch and Google wanted to make sure that developers know the differences between web apps and extensions since both will be available in the Chrome extensions gallery which will become the Web Store. "Many of you have also asked ab...

28 September 2010
06:57 GMT

Google Enables Users to Opt Out of Analytics

Online privacy issues are a big deal these days and a couple of the biggest web companies online, Google and Facebook, have been feeling the heat lately. Both are taking steps in ensuring that they meet the users’ demands. Google is now offering a way to opt out of analytics tracking with Google Analytics on an...

26 May 2010
06:41 GMT

10 Must-Have Firefox Extensions

Even though Safari is the dedicated Internet browser for Apple computers, it failed to impress me and when I switched from Windows to Mac, I decided to take my browser with me. Considering the fact that Firefox is a very customizable, cross-platform browser, along with the huge number of add-ons available, I came to ...

4 January 2009
04:01 GMT

Firefox Extension Links the Web by Using Language Commands

The Mozilla Labs have released an experimental version of a Firefox extension called Ubiquity. The software aims at providing a mash-up like service for users by allowing them to gather information from various web resources in an automated manner and use this information directly within the browser.In web developmen...

28 August 2008
08:33 GMT

Firefox Extension Boosts Browser Security

The Carnegie-Mellon University (CMU) made available a Firefox extension developed at their School of Computer Science and College of Engineering that improves security in Firefox by protecting against man-in-the-middle attacks. The extension, named Perspectives, is available only for Firefox 3 and works on Windows, L...

26 August 2008
09:05 GMT

MobileMe Subscriptions Extended by 60 Days

Last time we reported MobileMe's status, Apple had identified and resolved an issue with MobileMe Sync on iPhone and iPod touch. Some problems, however, are still waiting to be solved. Therefore, Apple has again extended users' subscriptions by two extra months. Read on for an excerpt from the company'...

19 August 2008
07:11 GMT

New Firefox Extension Gives Different Face to Google Services

Globex Designs, a Canadian company, has released a Firefox extension that completely changes the design of Google services using a lot of visual enhancements. It's called Google Redesigned and, at the moment, it supports Google Mail and Google Calendar. The extension uses local CSS files and remotely hosted imag...

11 August 2008
10:04 GMT

A Better Docs Experience Altogether

With the growing popularity of Google Docs, the dev team needs to make haste with their efforts to attract and, more important, maybe, keep the visitors and turn them into users. The "all on the Internet" is enough only for the first part mentioned above, so they've got a lot of work laid ahead of them.Partnerin...

28 January 2008
07:11 GMT

Firefox + Meebo = Yahoo Messenger Inside Your Browser

If you have ever wanted to communicate with your friends online straight from a web-browser window, this is your chance to reach this goal. A new add-on for Mozilla Firefox was released a few days ago, allowing you to implement the famous Meebo service straight into the browser. Basically, it is just a browser add-o...

18 October 2007
05:58 GMT

Nokia Siemens Networks and Belgacom Strengthen Partnership

Things must have worked out great for Nokia Siemens Networks and Belgacom up to this point, as they have just strengthen their partnership with an IPTV contract extension. As a result, the two companies will be working together for three more years.Belgacom is Belgium's leading telecommunications operator and a...

11 October 2007
11:46 GMT

Firefox in Danger: Boycott Against Its Extensions!

Danny Carlton, a website designer is demanding other page owners to join forces and to block Firefox on their websites in order to boycott the Ad Block Plus extension of the browser. It all started from the browser add-on which blocked most of the adverts displayed on the website, a feature that irritated the website...

12 September 2007
09:20 GMT

Google Global - Get the Results of Any Google Search

The results offered by the best search engine on the Internet Google, depends from country to country, from account to account, from query to query. That's why you may not be able to find some results that can be useful for you but these problems are almost gone. Using the recently-released Google Global Firefox...

16 July 2007
05:05 GMT

Simple Trick to Change Your Gmail Skin!

Gmail is the mail solution provided by the Mountain View company that is currently available as a free public beta for all the Internet users. Since April 2004, when the product was released as a private beta version, Gmail received several major improvements such as the huge storage size or the recently introduced f...

1 June 2007
16:46 GMT

Firefox Can't Handle Extensions!

Firefox is probably the most popular alternative for Internet Explorer, the old-fashioned browser offered by Microsoft and included into Windows operating system. Now, Firefox is regarded as a more secure browser because it uses a different engine than IE and offers improved functionality. Today's security advi...

18 April 2007
03:55 GMT

Yahoo Promotes Firefox Extensions

Firefox is one of the most popular browsers on the Internet, being developed by Mozilla and allowing users to customize the functionality using several plugins and add-ons. Because it is so used, Yahoo decided to promote some utilities through the Yahoo Search blog and encourage users to install certain extensions. T...

6 April 2007
04:42 GMT

Google vs. Viacom - The Battle Continues

Google versus Viacom is one of the most well know disputes on the Internet because the owner of MTV and Comedy Central filed a complaint against the search giant requiring $1.6 billion in damages. As you surely know, Viacom ordered YouTube to remove almost 100.000 clips from the page because it considered Google rece...

30 March 2007
04:12 GMT

Google Extensions for Firefox

Firefox is one of the most popular browsers on the Internet because it was the first application that provided tab browsing, being regarded as the most powerful rival for the classic Internet Explorer. As you probably know, Firefox is a well developed browser that provides support for themes and extensions, tiny tool...

15 March 2007
11:22 GMT


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