It is quite common that when you enter a URL to load in the address bar in a browser to introduce some typos along the way! It is particularly true when it is done in a hurry. Although not all of these errors can be automatically corrected, but most of the errors/misspellings related to the TLD’s can be corrected automatically when you are using Firefox with an extension named URL Fixer.URL Fixer corrects typos in URLs that you enter in the address bar. For example, if you type google.con, it ...

Skype is one of the most popular VoIP applications these days mainly because it is much easier to setup and use. Furthermore, it supports many extra features such video conferencing, file transfer, screen sharing and client for many popular mobile devices. However, one of the limitations of the Skype is that you cannot login in to multiple accounts simultaneously in case you have more than one account. There might be many reasons for that – for example an account for the work related contacts in ...

It is quite a common scenario for most Windows users to have problems connecting to the Internet despite the apparent availability of the Internet service such as through Wi-Fi or LAN. There is no sure way to diagnose and fix all possible problems that might cause the Internet connection on the Windows systems to be broken. However, there are indeed some usual suspects and they should be checked first when finding the root cause of the Internet connectivity problems. These include invalid configuration ...

Some sources of CultofMac are suggesting that Apple is hard on work on a revamped notification system for iOS such as for the text messages, calls and other alerts etc. In fact, notification system in iOS based devices is one of the few weakest points that are still left and has been criticized heavily by the experts and users alike in the past as well. In contrast the notification system for the HP/Palm (webOS banner notification system), Android and Windows Phone 7 based devices is much more intuitive ...

Microsoft has just released the first release candidate for Internet Explorer 9. Even though Internet Explorer 9 massively improves upon its prior version, times have changed. Upon its release, it will face stiff competition at from Mozilla FireFox and Google Chrome. Even though this is not the final release, it gave a good glimpse of what is in store for the future. Here we do a quick Internet Explorer vs Chrome vs FireFox comparison and see which browser comes out at the top! Speed: The big one. ...

Google Translate application is finally available in the Apple App store with the support for the translation of words and phrases between more than 50 languages. For many languages it is also possible to speak the phrases and hear the translation! An other interesting feature is that it maintains a translation history that can also be accessed offline.A complete list of the supported features is as follows:Translate text between 57 languages Translate by speaking the text instead of typing it ...

Dropbox is one of the most dominant cloud storage services available these days. We have already done a detailed comparison of the service with the SugarSync – another popular service that offers 5GB of data storage. Dropbox is extremely convenient if you intent to synchronize your data among two or more machines. Basically in most cases it completely eliminates the need for a thumb drive. However, if you use the Dropbox to store/backup or sync your sensitive data such as passwords, bank account ...

I have written an article earlier about the continuous delays in the final release of the Firefox 4.0 and the growing frustration that it is bringing to the users. But at that time Mozilla had only revealed the fact that they plan to break this very slow release cycle they are experiencing with the Firefox, and plan to release the Firefox 5 by probably mid of this year (by some estimates). But now they have a much more detailed plan on their website that is updated with the latest bits and pieces ...

For some interesting stats Firefox 3.7 Alpha 1 was released back in February 2010 using the Gecko 1.9 rendering engine. Furthermore, it was supposed to be an incremental release after the Firefox 3.6. This is something that never happened. Afterwards, Mozilla directly jumped to the Firefox 4.0 naming scheme instead of releasing anything final with the 3.7 numbering. Probably, their point was that Firefox 4.0 first beta release was using Gecko 2.0 engine and it was more than an incremental release. ...

These days when we think about Internet Explorer what comes in mind is a web browser with the lack of compatibility of web standards, slow java script performance, lack of flexibility and extensibility in terms of customization of the browser and focal point for much of the malware, rogue browser toolbar extensions that are installed with it. It was the general perception until Internet Explorer 9 betas didn’t arrive the general public. Microsoft made big improvements with the 9th iteration of ...