One would assume that clearing all the favicon.ico files out of Firefox 3 would be a simple task. It isn’t. Clearing your cache doesn’t work because the icons aren’t stored there. Rather it’s in a SQLite database called places.sqlite in your Firefox profile directory. There are three ways to clear all favicons. First method: Create a new...

If you visited Google today and got a bit confused that something doesn’t look right, you’re right. The big G changed what is known as a “favicon”, a small 16×16 graphic that appears to the left of the URL in most web browsers.  (note the lowercase blue ‘g’) It used to look like this: Whether this is temporary or...