Author Archive: Vygantas

Vygantas is a former web designer whose projects are used by companies such as AMD, NVIDIA and departed Westood Studios. Being passionate about software, Vygantas began his journalism career back in 2007 when he founded FavBrowser.com. Having said that, he is also an adrenaline junkie who enjoys good books, fitness activities and Forex trading.

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South Korean Authorities: We Are Behind The Times With IE Laws

By | November 11, 2013 | 7 Comments

South Korean Authorities: We Are Behind The Times With IE LawsNot just IE laws.

If you haven’t heard already, there is a law in South Korea, which requires all people to use Internet Explorer when shopping.

The good news? First of all, if you live in South Korea and can access the Internet… Congratulations to you. Now, it appears that at least some of the authorities are aware of the situation and it might change in the coming future.

Feature Request: Add “Download Chrome” Button to IE

By | November 9, 2013 | 10 Comments

Feature Request: Add Now here’s something funny to kickstart your weekend. Recently, someone submitted a bug report / suggestion to the Internet Explorer team and it sounds like this:

For the upcoming release I would like to see a big button in the middle of the screen labelled “Download Chrome” which takes the user to the Google Chrome download home page and allow them to download Chrome and automatically uninstall IE in a practical and efficient manner.

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Download Internet Explorer 11 Final For Windows 7

By | November 7, 2013 | 6 Comments

Download Internet Explorer 11 Final For Windows 7Here we go.

If you are using Windows 7 and the recent IE anime video got you interested in Microsoft’s web browser again, then today is your lucky day as the software giant has just announced the availability of Internet Explorer 11 Final for your OS.

Just like with Windows 8.1 version, you can expect better web standards support, improved performance, battery life and much more. The only thing you won’t get is data sync so if that’s important to you, sorry to disappoint.
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New Internet Explorer Video Gets Anime Treatment

By | November 7, 2013 | 1 Comment

New Internet Explorer Video Gets Anime Treatment
“My name is Inori Aizawa and I’m an anime personification for Internet Explorer.”

Now here’s something new and different. Instead of pushing same kind of promotional videos again and again, Microsoft Singapore has decided to create something for all the people out there that love anime:
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October, 2013 Desktop Market Share: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari – Up; Google Chrome, Opera – Down

By | November 6, 2013 | 0 Comments


If you thought that Internet Explorer will lose its crown anytime soon then think again as for quite some time now, it keeps doing the opposite. Up from 57.80% to 58.22% (0.42 point increase).
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Google Fixes Chrome’s Saved Passwords Mess

By | November 5, 2013 | 7 Comments

Google Fixes Chrome’s Saved Passwords MessNot so long time ago, we learned that anyone could access your Chrome passwords by simply typing “chrome://settings/passwords” in the URL bar.

After announcing that was done “by design”, the search giant has since listened to the community and actually did something to fix the issue. According to Google’s François Beaufort, the latest Chromium build for Mac has a new experimental flag (chrome://flags/#enable-password-manager-reauthentication), which, when enabled, will prevent people from gaining access to your passwords as they will be promoted to reauthenticate with the User Mac OS password.

October, 2013 Mobile Market Share: Safari, Android Browser, Google Chrome – Up; Opera Mini – Down

By | November 4, 2013 | 1 Comment


Another month, another report.

Kicking things off with Apple’s Safari, which tries to recover some of its lost market share, up from 54.19% to 55.88% (1.69 point increase).
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Chrome Canary Now Blocks Malware Downloads By Default

By | November 1, 2013 | 0 Comments

Chrome Canary Now Blocks Malware Downloads By DefaultCan’t have too much security.

If you’ve been recommending Google Chrome to your non tech-savvy friends then you’ll be happy to know that the latest Canary build will make things even better.

Starting with the bleeding edge, Chrome will now block suspicious downloads by default, which will not only protect consumers but also save your time when they ask you to fix their computer.
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My Opera & Email Is Shutting Down

By | October 31, 2013 | 9 Comments

My Opera & Email Is Shutting DownNow here’s a Halloween surprise for you.

Today, Opera has announced that they will be shutting down My Opera platform on March 1, 2014, which means that you have 4 months to export your blog and / or save all the data.

In addition to that, My Opera Email will too be discontinued so you should start looking for a new (and reliable) provider as soon as possible, such as Gmail or Outlook.
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Download Firefox 25 Final

By | October 30, 2013 | 2 Comments

Download Firefox 25 FinalThe wait is over.

Today, Mozilla has announced the availability of Firefox 25 Final, which appears to be a pretty minor release, considering the changes.

The only two new things are: Web Audio support and readjusted find bar that is no longer shared between tabs. That’s pretty much it. Obviously, Firefox 25 also includes some security and other fixes as well as few things for developers but these are not exactly exciting changes.
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