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Firefox 3 Beta 4 Available for Download

Firefox 3 is one more step closer to its final release with Firefox 3 Beta 4 now available for download. Here is a gist of new features in this release: Better search support in the download manager and the ability to zoom entire page or full text. Better integration with Vista, Linux and Mac Better […]

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Top Browser Bookmarklets

Bookmarklets are tiny useful javascript nuggets that can be easily dragged and dropped to the bookmark toolbar in a modern browser such as Firefox, Opera, etc. They can be used to quickly perform a task without having to visit the website/web service with just a single click. I have compiled a list of bookmarklets that […]

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Open Google Talk Gadget in Browser Sidebar

I have become a big fan of opening some of my most used web services/applications in my browser sidebar after starting to use a widescreen monitor. It gives me good use of the extra space I have in the browser with most sites I frequent being fixed width and don’t really have to be as […]

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BBC Homepage Gets a Mega Facelift

BBC Homepage just became more user friendly getting a new customizable homepage just like Netvibes or Pageflakes. You can customize the home page by turning on or off categories that you are interested in. The few category choices are: Blogs, Business & Money, Children, Entertainment, History, Music, news, Radio, Science & Nature, Sport, TV, Weather […]

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Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week 2008-02-21

Firefox 3 has been getting a lot of coverage here. We saw the release of Firefox 3 Beta 3 , which I am really fond of as well as the new Firefox Add-ons site that’s about to debut with the release of Firefox 3. Let’s look at some of the Firefox Extensions that I came […]

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Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week 08-02-14

Extend Firefox 2 was a contest run to see who develops the best Firefox Extensions from around the world. Obviously with my addiction for new Firefox extensions, I checked out the winners and decided to dedicate this week’s Picks of the Week post to these great extensions. 3 Grand Prize Winners MiniMap Sidebar Extension by […]

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Craving for something new? Firefox 3 Beta 3 Available for Download

Here is some good news for all the Firefox fans who aren’t afraid of trying something at the bleeding edge. Firefox 3 Beta 3 is available for download now. If you have already been using Beta 2, you’d probably notice the improvements in this new beta release but if you are really interested in figuring […]

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Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week 08-02-06

It’s time for another dose of Firefox Extensions for Firefox lovers. I have found some new and exciting Firefox add-ons to share with you. HyperBk: It is a very powerful bookmarking extension with automatic classification and history enhancement. I prefer del.icio.us but for the bookmarks you would like to have in your computer for quick […]

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IE Developer Toolbar – Firebug for Internet Explorer

I delve a little bit into web development and WordPress theme customization as you can see right here. One tool I find indispensable is the Firebug Firefox extension. I can view/edit and play with live HTML/CSS code for any web page and see the possible results live for the tweak I am doing. You can […]

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Open Remember the Milk in Your Browser Sidebar

In the last couple of weeks, we saw how to run Google Calendar & Google Docs in your Firefox sidebar. Now, let’s see how we can my favorite online task manager in a browser sidebar. For those unaware, Remember the Milk is an excellent online task manager with awesome features. Remember the Milk (RTM) for […]

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Run Google Docs in Your Firefox Sidebar

Last week, I wrote about how you can run Google Calendar in your browser sidebar. Now, you can get your Google Docs in the browser sidebar as well. Sometimes it is more productive to have some of the stuff we access often (like Google Calendar) to be in the sidebar. This will work out the […]

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GmailThis! – An Excellent Gmail bookmarklet – Tips & Tweaks

GmailThis! has to be one of the most useful bookmarklet’s I have in my browser toolbar. It let’s me open a Gmail compose window with the Subject line and the email body with the URL of the website I am currently at, already filled in.This makes it so easy to email anyone an email with […]

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MySpace Private Profiles Aren’t That Private

Recently Ashyley of CyberNet News wrote about how someone else can view a MySpace profile’s picture even if the profile was set to private. Apparently, MySpace has fixed this issue. But, a few weeks back I came across an interesting post at SlickMania about another site named MySpacePrivateProfile.com. As the name implies, all you need […]

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Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week 08-01-24

If you are new here, welcome to our (almost) weekly Firefox Extension Picks. I scour the Internet for some of the best firefox extensions that might be of interest to my readers and share them here in a bite-sized digest every couple of weeks. I think this schedule gives me and my readers to try […]

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Run Google Calendar in Your Firefox Sidebar

Google Calendar has to be the second popular Google’s suite of offerings after Gmail when it comes to productivity. You can now run Google Calendar right from your sidebar if you are using Firefox (could possibly work for other browsers as well). Mitch of Firefox Facts has gotten the url from the iGoogle – Google […]

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