Niche Software Steals Microsoft's Thunder by Jim Edwards
When you think of software and personal computers (PCs), you think Microsoft. The global software giant dominates the PC market in both penetration and pocketbook. It seems you can't go a single day without seeing at least one news story and several advertisements for Microsoft or a Microsoft... ** FireFox Web Browser ** Security problems always seem to plague the Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser. ... Available free from www.Mozilla.org, FireFox offers not only a full-featured Web browser without the security problems, but also a number of features not available on Internet...

Boost Your Computer Speed: Valuable Tips by Ismael Tabije
When you first buy your computer, it seems to be quite fast. But with the passage of time and advancement in technology most PC users complain that the performance of these machines keep on deteriorating slowly. So, if you’re one of them, you needn’t worry anymore because we’re here to give you... Go to Internet explorer and click on Tools Menu and then Internet Options. ... And last but not the least you could delete your history, temporary files and cookies. ... So, before you venture out to do this, you need to do some research on the Internet and visit some online forums that can help...

Tired Of Waiting For Programs To Start? PC Is Slow? Could Be Your Registries by Ted Peterson
We all know how important a windows registry is, as every operating system and application libraries are linked to it for a safer and smoother user experience. Windows are designed in a way to store every application’s reference links inside registry. ... Finally an awesome “Privacy Eraser” option allows the user to kill every major browser’s (like IE, Firefox, AOL, MSN, Opera) cache, cookies, off line files, URL history, saved user name and password and index.dat file used by Internet Explorer, to save up on disk space.

Boost PC Performace in Seven Easy Steps by Willie Long
Many people wonder why their computer seems to get slower and slower as time passes. Just like a car, a computer needs routine maintenance to continue running properly. Here are several steps to get your system back in order. Check Your Hard Drive for free space If you are running out of... Internet Explorer users should click, Tools, Internet Options, and the General Tab(Default). ... Here you can delete your cookies, delete your temporary files, and clear your history. ... You can use an internet search engine to find out about it later.

Security and Internet Browsers – Firefox vs Internet Explorer by Igor Pankov
Introduction The Internet is becoming a more and more dangerous place to be, due in no small part to the inherent security risks posed by viruses and spyware. Additionally, applications that access the Internet as part of their normal operations may have errors in their code that allows... History and overview Internet Explorer is a proprietary graphical web browser developed by Microsoft. ... At present, Firefox is at version 1.5, but its very different development history (see next section) means that it can be considered at a similar level of maturity as Internet Explorer.

Spyware: What It Is and How to Combat It by Dean Phillips
Spyware is software or hardware installed on a computer without the user's knowledge which gathers information about that user for later retrieval by whomever controls the spyware. Spyware can be broken down into two different categories, surveillance spyware and advertising spyware. ... SP2 tightens your PC's security with a new Windows Firewall, an improved Automatic Updates feature, and a pop-up ad blocker for Internet Explorer. ... It then makes use of the user's bandwidth to connect to the internet and upload whatever personal information it has gathered, and to download...

FREE Google Docs & Spreadsheets ‘Challenge’ MS Office? by Wong Hing
Google Office? No..We called it Google Docs and Google Spreadsheets? Simple. It is lightweight alternatives to Microsoft Office Word and Excel. Only that Google offer online free word processor and spreadsheet, and they allow collaboration... Well, being able to jointly create and edit... Internet Explorer 6.0+ (Windows) 2. ... View your documents' revision history and roll back to any version. ... Google Docs & Spreadsheets will work wherever you have access to the Internet via a Windows or Macintosh computer with one of these browsers: 1.

Faster Browsing Tips by Pawan Bangar
IF WE say that it was mainly because of the Windows operating system that a Computer could become a personal computer it would not be an exaggeration. The revolution is still on. Windows is far beyond what a common man presently knows and uses. Internet surfing For searching something, search... However, if you know a Windows trick, then searching for information on the Net may become easy, all you need to do is simply locate the address bar in Internet Explorer and write in the phrase that you want to search on the Internet.

Runescape: History and Development of the Game by Nathan Westergard
Runescape is an extremely popular Multi Massive Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG), that was created by Andrew Gower, and is currently owned and operated by Jagex, Ltd. The game offers to methods of play: free and paid. Runescape currently has over 9 millions active Free players, and more then... The game is written in JavaScript and can be played through an ordinary web browser such as Internet Explorer, or Firefox. ... Being written in JavaScript the game was easily suspectable to “hacks.” This forced Jagex developers to completely rewrite the gaming engine.

Every PC Requires Registry Cleaner to Run Faster by Cher K Markov
It's a well known reality that over 90% of PC’s that are over a month old are infected with malicious spyware and adware. Even if you have an antispyware software application your Windows Registry might be broken - developers of those tools are focused on removing spyware and adware only, not... of Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera 2. ... Temporary files, URL history, cookies, Auto complete form history, index.dat. ... 1. ... Automatic Scan It is the simplest way to clean up the registry. ... Automatic Scan is recommended for 'non-technical' users.