How to Set Up Firefox to Use Google Apps for Opening Everything

Google offers a pretty comprehensive set of online applications which many of you probably take advantage of. Here is how to easily configure Firefox to use Google’s online offerings for email, RSS, PDF and office documents as your default in-browser viewer without the need for a pesky toolbar. Gmail for Email Firefox has the native [...]

Gmail Rolls Out “Don’t Forget Bob” and “Got the Wrong Bob?” Features

Yesterday Gmail graduated two features from Gmail Labs to the general set of Gmail features–”Don’t Forget Bob” and “Got the Wrong Bob?”–that help you ensure you’re emailing everyone and that they’re the right people to email. The first feature “Don’t Forget Bob” makes suggestions when you’re emailing someone that is normally in a group of [...]

Simple IE-to-Firefox Syncing, Easy Windows Toolbars and Identifying USB Cables

Every week we tip into our mail bag and share great tips from your fellow readers. This week we’re looking at an easy way to sync your bookmarks between IE and Firefox, using simple Windows toolbars, and a clever way to ID USB cables. Simple IE-to-Firefox Syncing with Plain Old Favourites Tracie writes in to [...]

Monitor Your Downloads in a Tab Instead of a Separate Window in Firefox

Are you tired of downloads displaying in a separate window when using Firefox? Then say goodbye to that extra window and shift it over to a tab with the Downloads in Tab extension. Here are the options for the extension. You can switch it back over to the separate window when needed and control how [...]

101 Google tips, tricks and hacks

Looking for the ultimate tips for Google searching? You’ve just found the only guide to Google you need. Let’s get started: 1. The best way to begin searching harder with Google is by clicking the Advanced Search link. 2. This lets you search for exact phrases, “all these words”, or one of the specified keywords [...]

Hotfile Goes To War against Copyright Infringers

Hotfile, one of the rising stars on the file-hosting scene, appears to be taking a tougher stance on copyright infringement. Perhaps with an eye on the litigation recently instigated by the MPAA, this week Hotfile has been deleting premium accounts – along with all their files – en masse. Furthermore, Hotfile are reportedly not paying [...]

FTP and SFTP

FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is an older protocol for moving files back and forth over the Internet and other networks. All modern web browsers still speak FTP, which was sometimes used as a substitute for HTTP in the early days of the web. FTP is still used often as a means of downloading large files. [...]

The Big Browser Benchmark

IE9 vs. Chrome 10 vs. Firefox 4 vs. Opera 11.01 vs. Safari 5 Now that Mozilla has finally released Firefox 4 to the masses, it’s time for a BIG browser benchmark where we take the leading browsers and pit them against four of the toughest benchmark tests available to see which is the tortoise, and [...]