Category: Internet

Today the internet is full of harmful web sites and malware. Sometimes, you get paranoid of what to download and what to not download. Luckily, there is Dr.Web LinkChecker which you can use to scan a file or webpage before downloading or opening it.

We have covered previously, how you can use OpenDNS free DNS servers for protecting yourself online. Now OpenDNS has started a new set of DNS servers – OpenDNS FamilyShield DNS servers. Using these servers you can block all the adult web content which is not appropriate for a family with kids.

The Macmillan English dictionary is an award winning dictionary first published in the year 2002. If you want to add the Macmillan English dictionary search to your Mozilla Firefox searchbox, then you can add it easily. This would allow you to look up word definitions and the thesaurus in the Macmillan English dictionary for free.

Often you find yourself in the situation when you have to read a long document in your browser. If you are tired of scrolling a long document down or up, then the ScrollyFox is the Firefox add-on for you. The ScrollyFox add-on allows you to automatically scroll up or down a web page.

If you have a slower internet connection (around 100 kbps or less) and it takes a lot of time for you to load a web page, then you can use the Opera Turbo feature of the Opera browser.

Do you want to check out the latest tweets on Twitter but without having to use a web browser? You need a desktop client like Mixero. Mixero allows you to use the Twitter features right on your desktop. Mixero allows you to use Twitter and Facebook. You can login using multiple Twitter or Facebook accounts in the Mixero.

Mozilla Firefox browser is a highly customizable web browser. You can install add-ons and plugins to add more functionality to Firefox. You can also install personas to change the look and feel of Firefox.

Twitter is a big craze for last few years. Everybody wants to tweet. But Twitter has never released any desktop client so that people can tweet from the comfort of their desktop. Fortunately, there are some third party desktop clients for Windows like DestroyTwitter which you can use.

The latest version of Apple Safari is out to compete with all other browsers. It supports installing third party extensions, just like you install add-ons in Mozilla Firefox. Before you can install extensions in Apple Safari, you will have to enable them.

After installing an extension in the Apple Safari browser if you find that its not what you were looking for then you can uninstall that extension. Uninstalling an extension from the Apple Safari browser is easy.