Category: Internet

Many times we stumble upon a good web page, video or image while browsing online and we want to share it with others over the social networking web sites like facebook, twitter etc. But manually typing the link is a tedious process. If you are using the Google Chrome as your web browser, then you can use the Cortex extension to share your favorite web pages on facebook, twitter, tumbler and Instapaper.

Sometimes, we find that the Microsoft Internet Explorer window is being opened off the visible portion of the screen, it is opened too small or too big etc. This happens because the Internet Explorer window placement settings have been changed. The window placement settings determine the location and the size of the Internet Explorer window when you open it.

How many times, do you make up your mind to work hard only to be distracted by the amazing world of the Internet? You sit down to work on your computer and soon you find yourself checking facebook, email, twitter, Youtube, latest news headlines etc. Do not worry, you can stop yourself from being led away by the temptations of the Internet using the Stay Focused extension for the Google Chrome browser.

How many times have you wanted to capture a web page and save it as an image? Now you can capture a portion of a web page or the complete web page and save it as an image using the Screen Grab add-on in the Mozilla Firefox web browser. The Screengrab add-on cannot only save the captured web page as a JPG or PNG image but it also can copy the captured page to clipboard so you can edit it in your favorite image editor.

How many times have you wanted to save a web page as a Portable Document Format (PDF) files? The PDF files are very popular for document exchange as they retain the same format independent of hardware, applications or operating system. You can convert any web page into a high quality PDF for archiving, printing or sharing with friends using the Save as PDF web browser add-on.

We have previously published an article on how to search Google over SSL. With Google search over SSL, your search terms and your search results pages are protected from being intercepted by a third party like your ISP or any middle network. You can add the Google SSL as a search provider to the Firefox search box so you do not have to type the SSL page address manually every time.

iGoogle is one of the many services of the web giant Google. It is a kind of personalized web portal which you can customize. You can add web feeds, gadgets and can also use themes. You can also export and import iGoogle settings so you can restore the settings from the backup anytime you want. Here is how you can export and import iGoogle settings.

Many of us just think that the blue colored e-icon (of Microsoft Internet Explorer) on our desktop is our way to the internet. We double-click on it, and we can open web sites, check emails and watch videos. We do not realize that we have many more options in the field of web browsers. Google has created a web site – WhatBrowser.org for educating non-geeks about the web browsers.

Many new YouTube users often ask, how they can change the YouTube account picture? The YouTube account picture gives a face to your account. A YouTube account without any user picture is not trusted by the visitors. You would get more visitors to watch your videos if you have set a picture to your account. Here is how you can change and set a picture to your YouTube account.

If you download a Microsoft Office document (like Word document(.DOC, .DOCX)), then you need a viewer application (like Microsoft Word) installed to view or edit it. But what if you do not have any viewer application installed? Do not worry, you can view or edit it inside your browser online. The Open IT Online add-on for Firefox allows you to open any document online using many free online document editors like Google Docs, Zoho Office and Vuzit etc.