Category: Internet

When you try to visit a web site in Mozilla Firefox and for some reason site is unavailable or down, then you get a simple error page which does not convery much information. But you can install ErrorZilla Plus add on in Mozilla Firefox which would give you more information and options in such a case.

Sometimes when you try to open a web site, the browser says something like server not found. This may be due to numerous reasons like web server is down, or site is undergoing domain name server changes etc. It may also be possible if your internet connection is dropping. There is a quick way to know if you are the only one experiencing a web site down times?

You are no longer restricted with your own ISP DNS servers. Now you have Google public DNS, OpenDNS, UltraDNS and many others. The question is which one of them will work the fastest for you? Somebody has created a tiny app to determine the fastest working DNS server for you.

Zoho office is a free online office suite which has a dozen apps like Zoho Writer (like MS Word), Zoho Sheet (like MS Excel), Zoho Show (like MS PowerPoint) and many others. You have to sign up for a free account and you can create, upload and store all your documents online.

In these days of broadband internet, very few people have a dialup modem installed in their computer. So when it comes to faxing a document, they are left with no choice but to use a fax machine. But now you can send a fax online to any USA or Canada fax number for free.

When you download a file from the internet in Windows XP, Vista or 7 (only on NTFS file system), Windows attaches an alternate data stream (ADS) to this file to mark the file as coming from internet. When you try to run them or open them, Windows warns you that they may be unsafe as shown.

When you browse the internet using Microsoft Windows Internet Explorer, it collects the history of your browsing like visited sites, temporary internet files, cookies etc. You can clean it from time to time, or you can clear the browsing history at every time you close Windows Internet Explorer.

When you type something in a form (text box) on a web site, Firefox automatically performs the spell check using an in built dictionary. When you type a wrong word, it underlines the mis-spelled word with a wavy red underline. You can right-click on such a word and use one of the suggestions as shown…

If you visit some web sites regularly, hoping to find the newly added content and searching through different sections of the sites, then Google Reader is for you. You can subscribe to your favorite sites RSS (really simple syndication) feed in the Google Reader and Google Reader will show you all the latest content inside it.