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Stay Safe and Stay Away from these Search Terms
It’s been a slow educating process but most Internet surfers are aware of a few search terms or downloads that increase the risk of a malware infection if you are not careful. For example, most know that the search term warez is a recipe for disaster and as such, stay away – ignoring the moral [...]
Add Wolfram Alpha to Firefox Search Box
A few days ago Wolfram|Alpha was finally unveiled to the public in the form of a functional alpha product. At first glance Wolfram Alpha appears to be just another ambitious search engine trying to gain traction from the behemoth Google. However, it becomes immediately clear upon your first search that the product isn’t a search [...]
Bringing Back “Search…” Menu Item After Vista SP1
Because of fears on appearing anti-competitive Microsoft chose to introduce a few visual access points to Vista’s built in search in Service Pack 1. Companies such as Google felt that Microsoft’s built in search was too prominently pushed on the unaware users, who would want to use applications like Google Desktop for their local search. [...]
Changing the Search Engine in Firefox’s Awesome Bar
You are likely aware that searches can be executed directly from Firefox 3’s Awesome Bar – the address bar whose functionality was greatly enhanced in the latest release of the browser. You probably wouldn’t have a reason to be reading this post if you didn’t. To me, it is a curious feature because Firefox already [...]
Add “I’m Feeling Lucky” to Vista Search
One of the features that Microsoft got right in Vista was integrated Search in the Start Menu. Once you’ve gotten used to the ideology you’ll find yourself able to open applications or documents without you fingers leaving the keyboard. It really is a valid time saver that works well in this context. In addition to [...]
