Is Awesome Screenshot Browser Add-on, Really Awesome?
So, is Awesome Screenshot, a screen capture add-on for Firefox 4.0 (which I recently installed), Chrome, and Safari really awesome? If you’re an active Blogger and you have a need to capture web...
View ArticleBitDefender TrafficLight – Real-time Anti-virus, Anti-phishing Browser Add-on
Surfing the Internet without a site reputation Browser add-on is not much different than stumbling down a set of stairs in the dark – while blindfolded. At a minimum, a risky venture. As with all...
View ArticleSpice Up Your Blog And Forum Comments With BBCodeXtra Firefox Add-on
I must admit – I love to pore over readers’ comments following articles I’m checking out on other sites. Courteous comments (which by their nature, raise the level of intellectual persuasion), will...
View ArticleTake Control Of Your Internet Privacy With BetterPrivacy Firefox Add-on
In the real world of Internet security push and shove, it seems everything has a “season” – a space in the spotlight. For example – each day we are bombarded with the latest, subjectively “most...
View ArticleFour Firefox Add-ons You Haven’t Yet Considered
Being a tech Blogger is a pretty easy gig, except for one particular issue – finding the right software, at the right time, that readers will find useful. Sure, a ton of software is released every day,...
View ArticleTake 10 Seconds And Have BitDefender QuickScan Add-on Audit Your System For...
BitDefender’s QuickScan (last updated April 7, 2011), is a Firefox, and Chrome add-on, built around cloud based technology (a continuously updated malware database and scanner, hosted on remote...
View ArticleWho’s Tracking Your Internet Browsing? – Find Out With Ghostery
Picture this – you’re at your favorite grocery store and you can’t help but notice – no matter which aisle you’re in, you’re actions are being observed surreptitiously by a herd of people. Each one...
View ArticleAdd Some Color To Firefox With Colorful Tabs
When I installed Firefox 4, certain add-ons were not yet compatible (some, including VTzilla and Xpnd.it, are still not compatible). The non-compatible add-on I missed the most – which really surprised...
View ArticleTile Tabs 4.9 – Firefox Tabbed Horizontally, Vertically Or In A Grid
This past week, I’ve reviewed Dexpot – an application which, in the freeware version, will allow you to work with up to twenty separate and distinct virtual Desktops, as well as Slickscreen – an...
View ArticleClean Up With Click&Clean Firefox and Chrome Extension
If there’s one thing regular readers here seem to agree on it’s – CCleaner is an awesome application. You can count me in the “awesome application” appreciation group. This free system cleaner is still...
View ArticleCatch Your Online Grammar, Spelling, and Style Mistakes, With After The Deadline
Churning out two blog posts every day is hard on the eyes – not to mention the back, the wrists – well you get the point. As a consequence – I sometimes find myself looking (with crossed eyes) at words...
View ArticleNot Using Google Shortcuts? Here’s What You’re Missing
The following article was originally posted September 6, 2010. Comments from readers: I have to say that is such a great plugin. It is so customizable and puts all the Google services at one place. I...
View ArticleSearch Engine Malware – The Same Old, Same Old
In the News within the past 3 days - Web security firm Armorize – over 6 million e-commerce web pages have been compromised in order to serve malware to users. Ed Bott Report – criminal gangs that...
View ArticleFlash Cookies – Spyware By Any Other Name
I first wrote on the issue of Flash cookies back in September 2009, and since then, I’ve watched as these obnoxious web trackers and privacy invaders multiply like a virus. Based on the number of...
View ArticleBest Free Security Applications – An 18 Month Review
Without a doubt, the most popular question that comes my way, in one form or another is – which antivirus application(s) would you recommend? The question comes up so often, I’ve chosen to post the...
View ArticleWay To Go WOT! – Now Protecting 30 Million Users
The Internet is one kickass place – survey after survey continue to show that cybercriminals are picking off unaware/undereducated users, as if they were shooting fish in a barrel. It’s hardly...
View ArticleTuneTune – YouTube To MP3 Converter Browser Add-on
St. Patrick’s Day is over for another year – and, thank goodness for that. Along with New Years Eve, St. Paddy’s Day, it seems to me, brings out the worst in the non-drinking drinkers who load-up well...
View ArticleGoogle Gives Users The Finger One More Time
The Internet is one kickass place – survey after survey continue to show that cybercriminals are picking off unaware/undereducated users, as if they were shooting fish in a barrel. And Google, the “Do...
View ArticleDoNotTrackPlus Gives The Boot To Nosy Internet Trackers
Several weeks back, I received an invitation from CNET to join a dating website designed especially for those that are 50 years old – or more. OK, it wasn’t exactly an invitation – it was, in fact, an...
View ArticleThe Tool Designed To Fool – We Don’t Want No Stinkin’ Toolbar! (Revisited)
In today’s Tech Thoughts Daily Net News column, you’ll find a link to Ed Bott’s – How Oracle installs deceptive software with Java updates. So, what’s new here? Not as much as you might think –...
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