Some of you who have a passing interest in tech news have probably heard terms like “Canary,” “Dev Channel,” “Aurora,” Or “Nightly” tossed around. You’ve probably got an inkling about what these are – they’re different channels through which each respective company releases different builds of...

Internet Explorer 8 features a very useful function which allows you to view the time an add-on takes to load. To view this information, go to the Tools > Manage Add-Ons menu option and then scroll over to view the Load Time column. If you are having problems with IE8 or new tabs being slow to open, you can use this information to figure out who the culprit...

Have you ever been reading a website which references something you would like more information on, but don’t want to have to navigate to another site? If so, just look it up directly in a pop-up window using Cleeki. With Cleeki your search experience can be as simple as one click on a keyword you would like to query. You leave the rest to Cleeki, which...

If you are a user of Internet Explorer, on thing you must be constantly aware of are ActiveX controls. While they have the ability to provide great functionality, they are also a great way for malware to exploit your system. To help protect against known ActiveX threats, you can use AxBan. AxBan is a free tool which will prevent known malicious ActiveX...

A nifty little add-on which Internet Explorer users might want to take a look at is Snip IT. From the description on their web site: SnipIT can be used to e-mail the selected text in Internet Explorer using the user’s e-mail client of choice. The add-on currently supports Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Hotmail, Yahoo Mail, Gmail and default installed MailTo...

When it is seemingly important enough, I like to run tips regarding high priority security notices. Users of Internet Explorer (any version) will want to take note of this Microsoft Security Advisory notice. The details on the problem state: The vulnerability exists as an invalid pointer reference in the data binding function of Internet Explorer. When data...

Primarily, I use Firefox as my browser of choice, but as everyone knows the use of Internet Explorer is sometimes inevitable. What I [personally] have found is the most unfriendly sites to non-IE browsers (outside of Windows Update) are online bill payment sites. In fact, when I ran Linux exclusively a while back, I had to pay some of my bills at work because...

Today is the official launch day for Mozilla Firefox 3. What’s more, they want your help in setting a world record. When you go to the main site, they are still offering Firefox 2. You can, though, download Firefox 3 Release Candidate 3 here. The disconnect is because of timing. They want to have the most number of downloads in a 24 hour period, so...

As long as the Internet exists (as we know it at least), a browser is simply going to be a requirement. As you probably know, there are several major players in the browser market, each having their own “nuances”. Of course these nuances lead to myths and misconceptions as the infamous “I heard it does this” perpetuates itself across the...

According to a story on ComputerWorld, market share of Apple’s Safari web browser as well as usage of Mozilla Firefox both dropped in the last month. Internet Explorer market share actually gained. Market share for Safari dropped from 5.8% to 5.5%. Firefox usage went from 17.8% to 17%. Internet Explorer usage went from 74.8% to 76%. I’m not exactly...

For web developers and those of you who prefer Internet Explorer as your web browser, you might want to give a look at the latest and greatest version 8. Perhaps the biggest change in IE8 is the move to being more “standards compliant”. All the old quirks which IE supported will still be available, but users have to opt in to this functionality. You...

One of the most useful features that Firefox offers over Internet Explorer 7 is the ability to re-open a tab which was closed. Several times myself, I have closed a tab accidentally in IE7 only to have to try to dig it up in my browser history. This is no longer a problem with the IE7 Open Last Closed Tab plugin. The description on their website explains how it...

Apple has officially begun pushing their Safari web browser into Windows users by way of iTunes. This was in the cards ever since Steve Jobs announced Safari for Windows last year. This started on Tuesday, when Apple released version 3.1 of Safari. What makes the move unique is that Apple Software Update is rarely used to promote new software. Typically, you get...

The beta edition of IE 8 was released so I downloaded it and gave it a go. First I will state that this is a beta product and certain things don’t work correctly, so unless you’re a web designer/developer, stick with your current browser (be it IE 7, Firefox, Opera or whatever you currently use). The short list of things that don’t work...