Internet Explorer 8 is without doubt the best browser Microsoft has ever produced, but it still has a few problems. In particular, you may find its performance tails off over time, pages can suddenly take ages to load, and you might even find it crashes unexpectedly. The reason?
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It’s a challenge trying to parse what a company might be up to. It’s obvious, for example, that Amazon will need to respond to recent events in the tablet PC market to keep its Kindle competitive. But what exact path it might take for this endeavor isn’t necessarily obvious. Unless, of course, you happen to be a keen observer of the want ads. Michael Calore, at webmonkey , thinks Amazon is working to improve the browser engine of the Kindle, which he likens to “taking a step backwards in time.” According to Calore, a job posting for a “browser engineer” at “Lab126” is a dead giveaway that an upgrade is in the works
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Google Maps is great—it’s got tons of convenient, frequently updated information about pretty much everywhere in the world. There’s just one problem: It’s stuck on the internet. Or at least it was, because now, with Google Map Buddy, you can print Google Maps out at any size, whether you want to put together your own old-fashioned roadmap or make a giant geographical mural for you wall. In addition, you can use Google Map Buddy to create large, continuous digital images from Google Maps, which make excellent desktop wallpapers
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For the longest time, Xmarks has been my Firefox bookmark synchronization tool of choice. I’ve been using it forever, and I can’t recall the last time it’s presented me with any kind of problem–that’s because it never has. Simply put, Xmarks is an amazing tool for keeping your bookmarks in check across multiple installations of the Firefox browser. But this post isn’t about Xmarks. Mozilla itself has released its own synchronization tool dubbed ” Weave Browser Sync ,” and it offers up even more possibilities than the trusty ol’ Xmarks add-on. So why am I not fawning over this extension outright and declaring it to be the greatest browser synchronization tool since the sliced bread, er, synchronization utility? Well, a few stability issues reported by other Firefox users have left me a bit cautious to suggest that Weave is the answer to all of your dreams. It’s certainly worth trying out, just don’t put all your eggs in your woven basket should it not ultimately work on your browser–or worse, accidentally nuke your bookmarks. Here’s the deal. I haven’t had any problems with Weave’s synchronization features myself. In a few cross-platform tests, the browser add-on was able to correctly sync over my bookmarks, history, preferences, tabs, and saved passwords. That’s a pretty hefty list compared to Xmarks, which only really synchronizes passwords and bookmarks. Weave’s tabs synchronization is an especially killer feature–you’ll feel like you’re browsing with one, unified session no matter what system you’re accessing Firefox from. Couple this up with BarTab , and you have a super-powerful setup for tabbed browsing. As I mentioned, a number of users have had a bit of trouble getting Weave to work. The add-on offers enough to make it worth the recommendation. However, I’d be remiss in my abilities as a reviewer if I didn’t mention this fact–be sure to back up your bookmarks prior to installing Weave in case the add-on doesn’t work out as well as you would have preferred. Maximum PC picks one new Firefox add-on as its favorite of the week each…
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Everyone has been talking about the newest version of Opera recently but perhaps you have not looked at it too closely yet. Today we will take a look at 10.50 and let you see what this “new browser” is all about. The New Engines Carakan JavaScript Engine: Runs web applications up to 7 times faster than its predecessor Futhark Vega Graphics Library: Enables super fast and smooth graphics on everything from tab switching to webpage animation Presto 2.5: Provides support for HTML5, CSS2.1 and the latest CSS3 standards A Look at the Features Available If you have installed or used older versions of Opera before then the default look after a clean install will probably seem rather different. The main differences in appearance are mainly located within the “glass border” areas of the browser
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Do you prefer keeping your Taskbar hidden but still need to keep watch on what time it is? Now you can keep track of the time without the Taskbar using the Date Today extension for Google Chrome. A Look at Date Today with Different Themes This extension does one thing and does it well…it provides you with an “active icon” clock that will let you view the time and date in two fashions. The first is by hovering your mouse over the “Toolbar Clock Button”… And the second is by clicking on the “Toolbar Clock Button” to view an enlarged version. Here you can see the extension in use with five different themes to get an idea of how it might look with the theme that you are currently using.
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The Search Bar in Firefox is very useful for finding additional information or images while browsing but the UI space it takes up can be frustrating at times. Now you can reclaim that UI space and still have access to all that searching goodness with the Foobar extension. Note: This is about the Foobar Firefox extension and not to be confused with Foobar2000 the open source music player.
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Most industry figures suggest starting design and development jobs with a pencil, paper and a semi-optional flurry of sticky notes. However, the internet is a digital medium: sooner or later you have to move to software. So which tools are best?
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A heads up to Chrome and Gmail users from CNET’s Download Blog : if you have Chrome and Gmail configured for offline use, Chrome will crash once you log into Gmail . The problem affects all development versions of Chrome. There’s a workaround.
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Are you a racing fan in need of a short (or long) break from work? Then get ready to enjoy a mid-day speed boost with the 3D Rally Racing extension for Google Chrome. 3D Rally Racing in Action This is the opening screen for 3D Rally Racing. You can start game play, view current best times, and read through the instructions from here
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