Firefox: How To Backup Firefox Profiles, Bookmarks, Passwords and Other Data

By | December 4, 2011 | 2 Comments

If you are reinstalling your OS or just want to migrate Firefox settings into another PC, here is a simple tutorial on how to speed up the process.

– Download FavBackup
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November, 2011: Google Chrome Share Up; Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Opera – Down

By | December 2, 2011 | 51 Comments

With just one month left before the end of 2011, it’s time to check the latest stats for the browsers market share.

Falling below 50% last time, Internet Explorer is now down from 49.58% to 48.95% (0.63 point decrease).
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Download Internet Explorer 10 Platform Preview 4

By | December 1, 2011 | 17 Comments

Download Internet Explorer 10 Platform Preview 4

Works on Windows 8 only.

Continuing working on the next version of IE, software giant has recently released the fourth Internet Explorer platform preview.

In addition to various performance improvements and bug fixes, IE10 also includes hardware acceleration support for SVG, CSS3 transforms and animations, according to Microsoft,
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Backup Your Browser Data: FavBackup 2.1.2 Released

By | December 1, 2011 | 12 Comments

Browsers Backup: FavBackup 2.1.2 Released

Good news, we have just released a new version of FavBackup for you to play with. No major changes, just additional web browser versions support.

Changelog

– Added Google Chrome 16 Support
– Added Firefox 7 and Firefox 8 Support
– Added Opera 11.60 Support

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Google Chrome To Support Gamepads, Google “Console” On The Way?

By | November 30, 2011 | 5 Comments

Google Chrome To Support Gamepads, Google "Console" On The Way?

With the growing popularity of HTML5 games and applications, it looks like Google has a vision of its own.

According to the EDGE, during the Develop Liverpool conference in London, Google’s developer Paul Kinlan has announced that Google Chrome will receive gamepad support tin the first quarter of 2012. In addition to that, it will feature a support for cameras and microphones that don’t have to be plugged in.
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Avant Browser To Use 4 Rendering Engines

By | November 29, 2011 | 22 Comments

Avant Browser To Use 4 Rendering Engines

It looks like web browsers with dual or triple rendering engines are becoming more and more popular (thanks to Maxthon and Lunascape).

Earlier this month, the Avant team has a released a dual engine web browser, which as it turns out, wasn’t good enough.
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Download Firefox 8.0.1

By | November 28, 2011 | 30 Comments

Download Firefox 8.0.1

Mozilla has officially released Firefox 8.0.1. What this minor release does is fix a couple of bugs, nothing major, hence why it’s a minor update.
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Update Your Parents’ Browser Day

By | November 25, 2011 | 15 Comments

Update Your Parents' Browser Day

The Atlantic’s Alexis Madrigal came up with it as a practical avocation for the day after Thanksgiving, when many people are paying their folks at home a visit.

Madrigal proposes that if you cannot dissuade your parents from keeping Internet Explorer 6 because YouTube will stop working, “wait until they slip into a tryptophan induced coma and then sneak into the den.”
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Google Chrome: Now With Ads!

By | November 25, 2011 | 32 Comments

Google Chrome: Now With Ads!

In the world where most people block ads and want to get everything for free, Google has decided to try a different approach: in-browser advertising.

Technology blog Ghacks has found an interesting screenshot in the Google’s Plus group, which shows and ad in the Google Chrome web browser, which says: “Get a Chromebook for the holidays: the computer powered by Chrome.“
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“Occupy Occupy Movement” Tries To Occupy “Occupy Movements”

By | November 24, 2011 | 8 Comments

Occupy Occupy Movement Tries To Occupy Occupy Movements

Wait, what?

With the increasing amount of occupy movements all over the world, it looks like a movement to stop other movements has already begun.

Not a fan of Thanksgiving? No worries, just create the “Occupy Thanksgiving” movement and watch it explode. What about peanut butter or wild mushrooms? You got it, champ.

What will the future hold and what kind of movement can we expect tomorrow? Only time will tell…

[Thanks, Andy]