Category: Internet

The proxy servers setting in the Internet Explorer is used not only by Internet Explorer itself by many other programs like Google Chrome browser. If you have set proxy servers in Internet Explorer or some malware has set malicious proxy servers in Internet Explorer, then you can disable them easily and connect to the internet directly.

Facebook has recently added another feature called Tag Suggestion. As soon as you upload a new picture to facebook, this tag suggestion feature comes into play. It starts recognizes the faces of your friends in that picture and automatically tags the uploaded picture. By default, this tag suggestion feature is turned on for all the users. If you find this tag suggestion annoying, then you can disable it in your facebook account.

By connecting your printer with the Google Cloud service you will be able to print using your printer from any computer or smart phone, regardless of where you are in this world. Some modern printers like HP ePrint printers can be connected to the cloud automatically. But if you have a classic printer, you can still connect it to Google Cloud using Google Chrome web browser.

Do you want to send free MMS (pictures messages) online to a cellphone ? You can do this easily using the free Pixdrop service. PixDrop is a free online service which allows you to send free picture messages to mobile phones using your desktop computer. This service is limited to only a few carriers like AT&T, Sprint, T-mobile and Verizon. It is available only for the US based phone numbers.

When you click on a website link on a web page, it may open a new popup window in the Internet Explorer. This can be quite annoying for some of us because it is hard to see where all the popup windows are opening on the screen. If you do not like to have the popups open in a new window, then you can choose to open the popups in a new tab in the Internet Explorer.

Windows Live is a unified account offered by Microsoft to provide a multitude of services in one account like Hotmail, Messenger, Skydrive etc. These free services are great but you will not be able to use them if your forget your password to your Windows Live account. In case you have forgotten your Windows Live account password, then you can always reset its password.

Internet Explorer supports zooming in and zooming out on any webpage. Typically, you can press the shortcut keys Ctrl + and Ctrl – to zoom in and zoom out respectively. By default the zooming settings apply to all the new tabs and windows that you would open after applying zoom settings. But if you only want to zoom a single web site and not any other site that you would open later, then this is going to be a problem.

Mozilla Firefox is an amazing web browser. Not only it makes the Internet browsing a great experience, but also gives many useful statistics about our web browsing patterns. For example, Firefox can show you how many times you have visited a web site prior to today. This information can be surprising to you as there are web sites that you might have visited for more than a thousand times.

When you open a new tab in the Opera web browser, you are shown a Speed Dial interface – a galley of web site thumbnails, clicking on which you will quickly open the selected site. But this is very annoying for some people. If you do not like the Speed Dial to be opened for a new tab in the Opera web browser, then you can disable it.