How to Apply a New Theme to Opera Web Browser

Starting with the version 12, Opera has added many new features including the theme support to the web browser. Now you can change the appearance of the Opera browser by installing a theme just like you do in other web browsers. Previously the Opera browser offered to install skins which were similar to themes. But now Opera has dropped the older skins and adopted the new lightweight themes system.

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Osiris BatteryBar : Monitor Status of Your Laptop Battery

If you want more information about the status of your battery then you can use the free BatteryBar software from Osiris. BatteryBar places a percentage bar in the notification area of Windows which changes color to indicate whether the battery is fully charges, semi-charged or is nearly completely discharged. The BatteryBar bar is shown in green, yellow, or red, depending on how much battery power is remaining.

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How to Customize Facebook Colors in Google Chrome

Facebook Color Changer is a browser add-on for the Google Chrome web browser using which you can change how facebook appears to you. Changes are limited only to your own browser in your computer. Facebook users two shades of the blue color – dark blue for the top menubar background and light blue for the icons shown in the menubar (like notification, messages and friend requests etc.). The Facebook Color Change extension allows you to change both of these colors.

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TinyWall : Enhance Your Windows 7 Firewall

TinyWall is not a firewall in itself, it just works with Windows 7 (or Vista) firewall and improves their user interaction. TinyWall works with the aim of generating lesser and lesser popup windows. TinyWall is a free and small application that works with Windows 7 (also Windows Vista) firewalls to improve their security and make them more user friendly.

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How to Reset Mozilla Firefox to Fix Common Problems

It has been a few years since Microsoft Internet Explorer has a reset feature in its settings. You can use this feature to reset all the usual settings back to default and repair Internet Explorer. Now Mozilla Firefox has come up with a similar feature to reset Mozilla Firefox. If you are having problems with toolbars, plugins and other messed up settings in Firefox, then you can either try to fix them one by one or you can just reset Firefox and get rid of all those problems in one shot.

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How to Disable Adobe Flash Protected Mode in Mozilla Firefox

For past some time, attack sites were using exploits in the Adobe Flash plugin for Firefox to run an exploit on a users PC. Starting from the version 11.3, the Adobe Flash plugin is installed with a protected mode by default. This protected mode makes Flash run with lower integrity levels and thus prohibits the runtime to access sensitive resources. But if you are facing browsing problems due to this protected mode, then you can disable it easily.

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How to Disable New Tab Page (Speed Dial) in Mozilla Firefox

The most notable feature of the new version of Firefox is that it opens a speed dial page when you try to open a new tab. This new tab page shows the thumbnails of your most accessed websites, so that you can easily open them after opening a new tab. But, for some of us, this is a headache and a privacy concern (imagine your friends coming over and opening a new tab and noticing all the sites you browse). If you do not like this new tab page feature, then you can disable it easily.

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How to Access and Use Instagram in Chrome Browser

Instagram is a photo sharing program for iPhone, iPad and Android. You can take a picture, apply various kinds of photo effects using Instagram and then share your photo on multiple social sites like facebook, twitter and more. Until now you had to have a smartphone like iPhone or one running on Android to access and use Instagram services. But now you can access and use Instagram right from your Chrome web browser using the Instagram for Chrome add-on.

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