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Mozilla Firefox 3.6 Released

It has been a while since the release of the latest Mozilla Firefox browser version 3.6. The new version has the improved features of security and performance along with the option of customization.

Users who are already using the older versions of the browser are prompted to update them to the latest version. The Mozilla developers [...]

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Tip of the Week: Beware of Phishing

You must have heard about phishing these days, well in case you haven’t then we have more on this topic in this week’s Tip of the Week.

Phishing is a type of scam designed to steal your personal data (such as credit card numbers, account data, passwords or other valuable information) by masquerading as a trustworthy [...]

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Automatically Manage Cache files with Cache Sort

Cache files are important files that are automatically saved in the browser for future use. It is because of these files that we are able to browse net pages when being offline.

But managing them may be bit of problem for some people as they occupy space and should be deleted once in a while. Managing [...]

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Free History Cleaning Tool Liksoft

If you have been dealing mostly with the private stuffs or some secret data that you don’t want to disclose then cleaning all the cookies and history will surely add up to your privacy but for the people who don’t know how to operate, here is a free tool called Liksoft.

Cleaning all the data saved [...]

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Tip of the Week: How to use Internet Safely

In this week’s tip, we will share how to use the internet safely and effectively.

Inappropriate use of Internet is unsafe and can lead to several and big problems. It may result in loss of confidential data/Intellectual property, damage to critical internal systems and more. Some of the practices that can harm our system and confidentiality [...]

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Risks with Free Downloads

When you come across a free utility on the Net, the temptation to download is really hard to resist. From music, wallpapers, software to editors and other useful stuffs, not all things that we get for free are safe.
Downloading goodies from the net without a cent comes with some hefty prices later such as:
Spyware:
One of [...]

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Free Online Sites to Send Emails to a Fax Machine

If you need to send a fax to a machine then you don’t need to visit the fax machine, you can also send the email attachment directly to a fax machine and that too for free using services of the following sites.
Free online sites to send email as fax
GotFreeFax

Gotfreefax is a simple and easy to [...]

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New Windows Live Released for Windows based Phones

If you are a Windows based cellphone user then here is some good news for you, in case you missed it. The new version of Windows Live has been released for the Windows phones.

The new version 11.1 has been released on the 22nd day of this month with the features of:
•    Windows Live Messenger
•    Hotmail
•    [...]

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How to Improve Performance of Gmail Spam

Gmail is one of the good mail services but there are occasions when our known and trusted email moves to the Spam folder, then what should we do at this stage just move it to the inbox or something else?
Usually the auto generated mails move to the Spam folder but this does not mean that [...]

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Upload Files to Gmail using Right Click

With reference to the post published yesterday, we can upload files to the Gmail with a single click. The following post will let you know how to upload files to Gmail using right click menu.

What we all need is a Gmail account and a small tool called Send To Gmail with which we can just [...]

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Store Files in Gmail using GMail Drive Shell Extension

Gmail provides users with lots of free storage space but usually users don’t have that many mails to use the space, then what should we do with the rest of the free space? We can use it as a storage drive.

GMail Drive is a Shell Namespace Extension that creates a virtual filesystem around your Google [...]

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Block Ads in IE using inPrivate Filtering

Microsoft introduced a new feature in its latest browser IE 8 called inPrivate filtering. This feature allows us to ensure that our browsing session remains secure and private.
We can also use this feature to block ads in IE without using external ad block software. Following are the steps to do that.
Steps:
• Go to Tools -> Internet [...]

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