10 Must-Have Firefox 4 Add-ons

The new released Mozilla Firefox 4 is a great improvement over the previous versions of its browser. But those improvements are not enough to make the browser perfect. So, adding some add-ons can help you get more out of Firefox 4. Not all the old add-ons are compatible with the current browser, but every add-on in the list are surely working well with Mozilla Firefox 4. These freebies can help you to power up search, better management of information you find on the internet, keep yourself safe or do various other tasks. Power Up Search A great part of your browsing day got only one main tasks - web searching. These three add-ons can help you...

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Here I come! Windows 8 Is Coming in 2012!

Microsoft's next version of the Windows operating system, Windows 8, will debut in 2012, according to the Company CEO Steve Ballmer on Monday. Ballmer made the announcemet in Tokyo, speaking to an audience of software developers. Observers had been expecting the next version of Windows next year, but this is the first time that the company confirmed the 2012 date. Ballmer told the developers, "as we look forward to the next generation Windows systems, which will come out next year, there's a whole lot more coming," according to a transcript of his speech posted to Microsoft's website. "As we progress through the year, you ought to expect...

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iPhone 5 Leak Shows New Edge-to-Edge Screen

Alibaba.com, a chinese global trade site is selling a new item in its product listing, namely "Newest design crystal case for apple iPhone 5g", gives some hints on new iPhone's big changes. The design of the case made by Kulcase, LTD in Guangdong and offered for bulk orders on alibaba.com. If the case design is based on leaked plans from Apple, it seems the next iPhone could have a new edge-to-edge display and a new location for the rear flash. At least, that's what we can say by looking at the photos posted on alibaba.com: iPhone 5 case (image: alibaba.com) But it wouldn't be the first time plans for Apple products have been leaked into...

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Beware of 'First Exposure: iPhone 5' Facebook scam! Don't Fall for it!

If you see this post on Facebook, don't click on it. Facebook users are being duped into unwittingly spreading spam by clicking on what looks like a link to news entitled "First Exposure: iPhone 5." A version of the scam, exploiting peoples' interest in the next-generation iPhone, went around Facebook earlier this month, and it's back today with minor changes. The scam starts when you see someone in your social network comment on a link in a post that looks like it leads to a news story about the iPhone 5 at a Web address of "greatlakesnews.info." Clicking on the link takes you to a different Web page, which provides a captcha window where...

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Google revives Blogger after outage

Google got Blogger back online late this morning following a maintenance-related glitch that kept blogs dark for more than 20 hours. "We're nearly back to normal -- you can publish again, and in the coming hours posts and comments that were temporarily removed should be restored," Eddie Kessler, tech lead/manager at Blogger, wrote in a post on the Blogger Buzz site around 10:30 a.m. PT. The post continues: Here's what happened: during scheduled maintenance work Wednesday night, we experienced some data corruption that impacted Blogger's behavior. Since then, bloggers and readers may have experienced a variety of anomalies including intermittent...

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Microsoft patches critical hole in Windows

Yesterday was Patch Tuesday and Microsoft fixed a critical hole in Windows and two less serious holes in Office in one of the lightest Patch Tuesdays in recent history. These patches are still important for network and computer security but these shouldn’t drag you into a false sense of security. The security bulletin, MS11-035 is rated as Critical and fixes a vulnerability in the Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) of Windows Server 2003 and 2008 that can be remotely exploited. The exploit could allow remote code execution if a user received specially crafted malware on an affected system running the WINS service according to the Microsoft...

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Get the most out of Mozilla Firefox

Do you think your Firefox browser do its jobs slow or you want some cool enhancements to have a better web surfing experiences? If you think so, I'll show you some tricks to improve its browsing speed a little bit. I guess it's worth trying, don't you think? Here we go!! Firstly, before we start changing the configurations, we should backup the Firefox registry, also we called Settings. You might not know how to do it. It's quite simple you just need to follow this. If you've done with the backup, let's get started. Type in "about:config" in the address bar and hit Enter. 1. Add more suggested URLs in the address bar drop-down lists When...

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How to back up Firefox's Registry

This post is especially for those who like to mess with their Firefox's registry and fiddling with its settings. You can find some of those settings in the 'Option' tab but not all of them. So you can do fiddling by typing 'about:config' in the address bar. After you pressed Enter, you'll see a warning message box. The registry of the Firefox is quite powerful yet it's too dangerous to mess with like 'Windows Registry'. That's why it makes you to read the warning message and press "I'll be carefull, I promise!". But still it's quite easy to back it up! You can do it in two methods. I'll show you both methods. Here is the first method. You don't need to install anything. Firstly, if you're using Firefox, exit the browser. Then, go to Start → Run (if you're using XP) or pressing Start+R(this...

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How to block websites without using any software?

You might have tried to access to blocked websites many times before. We all know that we can do that in many ways. But, how about trying to block one? Have you ever been in the situation like you've to block access to certain websites from your computer for any reason? If you're a parent, you've already experienced that you've to block certain websites like porn sites so that your kids can't get them. What would you do? Subscribe a parental control software? Actually, you don't need to. It's quite simple if you do this trick. Go to %windir%\system32\drivers\etc and open the file named hosts using notepador you can just open "Run" from...

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