Award Recognizes the 100 “Most Promising” Asian Companies Driving the Future of Technology
Silicon Valley, CA, Dec 9th, 2008— Red Herring today announced that iYogi is a winner of the Red Herring 100...
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Microsoft, Sun Microsystems reach deal to boost MSN
Looking to boost its shrinking share of the online search market, Microsoft Corp. said that beginning Monday, its MSN tool bar would be bundled with Sun Microsystems' ubiquitous Java software in the U.S.
For...
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Safari Sits Stable in Oct, IE Slips Down
Apple's Safari take of the Web browser market remained relatively stable in October, grabbing 6.65 percent, up only slightly from September's 6.37 percent. Microsoft's Internet Explorer, however, continued...
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Google celebrates eight years of toolbar with new IE version
If you've used a computer in the last decade, no doubt you've come face to face with the Google Toolbar. A Dell computer I bought a few years back came with both the toolbar and Google's desktop search...
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Microsoft issues mega-patch to crush 20 bugs in Windows, Office, IE
Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday patched 20 vulnerabilities, more than half of them rated critical, in 11 separate security updates for Windows, Office, Internet Explorer (IE), Active Directory and the Host...
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Required toolbar 'phones home' some user search data back to Microsoft
Microsoft Corp. today on 1 Oct 2008 launched a rewards program to entice consumers to its Live Search site, but it requires Internet Explorer and bars users of rival browsers, including Firefox, Safari,...
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Prevent Explorer from Freezing with Large Zip Files on Vista
Windows Vista has built-in handling for zip files - you can create, extract, or even browse right down into them as if they were a folder. But if you have very big zip files sitting on your hard drive,...
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Maximize Your IE7 Tab Bar Space by Removing the Command Bar
One of the many annoyances I have with Internet Explorer is the fairly small default width of the tab bar… as somebody who opens a lot of tabs all the time, it becomes difficult to manage. With a simple...
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Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2: Can It Outfox Firefox?
Microsoft's updated browser, Internet Explorer 8, promises an assortment of new features, with the goals of making Web browsing with IE safer, easier, and more compatible with Net standards. We looked...
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Web browser to get 'privacy mode'
Microsoft is planning a "privacy mode" for the next release of its Internet Explorer (IE) web browser.
By clicking a button, users of IE8 will be able to limit how much information is recorded about where...
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Disable Tabbed Browsing in Internet Explorer 7
Why you'd want to disable tabbed browsing is a mystery to me, but I received a request for a registry hack to force IE7 to not use tabs. I can only assume that it has to do with keeping users from too...
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Blocking Spam from International Senders in Windows Vista Mail
I personally use the Windows Mail client that comes with Windows Vista, but while I was researching how to use it to access my Gmail locally, I discovered a nice option in the Junk Email Options pane.
A...
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Minimalist Explorer Breadcrumbs for Windows XP
One of the more popular changes in Windows Vista is the Explorer Breadcrumbs feature that lets you easily navigate to folders below the current folder by using the drop-down arrows. We've already featured...
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Blocking Spam from International Senders in Windows Vista Mail
I don't personally use the Windows Mail client that comes with Windows Vista, but while I was researching how to use it to access my Gmail locally, I discovered a nice option in the Junk Email Options...
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Enable More Simultaneous Downloads in Internet Explorer
Have you ever tried to download more than 2 files from the same website and noticed the third download doesn't start until one of the prior two are done? The reason for this is that the HTTP 1.1 spec...
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What is dwm.exe And Why Is It Running?
Desktop Window Manager (dwm.exe) is the compositing window manager that gives you all those pretty effects in Windows Vista: Transparent windows, live taskbar thumbnails (that you can resize now), and...
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Save Internet Explorer Bookmarks
Personally the only time I use Internet Explorer anymore is if I am downloading Windows updates or a certain page doesn't pull up correctly with Firefox. Speaking of that … there is a great Firefox extension...
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Print Pages in Internet Explorer 7 Without Headers or Footers
The headers and footers that always print along with the page when printing a page can be irritating. I know very well what page it was I printed, so it's not useful to me to show the URL at the bottom...
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Disable That Irritating AutoScroll Feature in Firefox
So you try to middle click on a link on a page and miss the link… then the round "Auto Scroll" icon shows up and suddenly the page is moving around and scrolling all by itself. It drives me crazy, so...
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Remove ISP Text or Corporate Branding from Internet Explorer Title Bar
We've all seen it at some point or another - Some company full of pointy haired bosses feels the need to insert their company name into our Internet Explorer title bar.
It can happen when you install...
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Change Internet Explorer in Windows Vista to Search Google by Default
Windows Vista includes Internet Explorer 7, and on a new install it defaults to Microsoft's Live Search, which is just terrible. Here's the easy steps to make Google the default search engine instead.
First, open up Internet Explorer, and then click...
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"Up" Keyboard Shortcut for Windows Vista Explorer
The new Explorer window in Windows Vista doesn't have an Up button, which drives me completely batty. Thankfully I found a keyboard shortcut replacement.
Let's say I'm in my x:\wpmu\wp-content directory. Sure, I can usually click the "wpmu" part of...
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Remove PartyPoker (Or Other Items) from the Internet Explorer Tools Menu
My friend made the huge mistake of downloading PartyPoker onto a laptop from work - even after he uninstalled it, the menu item still showed up. He was worried about getting caught by the IT people, so...
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Add Internet Explorer 7 Icon to the Desktop in Windows Vista
I'm sure many of you are thinking… can't I just make a shortcut? You are correct, that's the simplest way to do it… but the icon we're talking about today isn't a shortcut… it's the actual IE icon that used to exist in prior versions of Windows.
The...
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Print Pages in Internet Explorer 7 Without Headers or Footers
The headers and footers that always print along with the page when printing a page can be irritating. I know very well what page it was I printed, so it's not useful to me to show the URL at the bottom of the page.
If you want to turn the headers off...
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Reset Open/Save Choice for Internet Explorer Downloads in Vista
If you've removed the checkbox from the "Always ask before opening this type of file" on the downloads window and now you no longer get the dialog that says "Do you want to open or save this file?" then...
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Remove the Built-In Search Bar on IE 7
If you use a toolbar such as the Google or Yahoo toolbars, you probably won't want to see the built-in search box in Internet Explorer 7. There's a quick registry fix that you can do to enable / disable...
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Troubleshooting Internet Explorer on Vista Locking Up or Running Slowly
If you are having issues with Internet Explorer running extremely slow, crashing, locking up, or just generally behaving badly, there are a couple of troubleshooting steps that you can follow to likely...
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