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Is it a good idea to tweak the hosts file to speed up internet browsing?
Yesterday I came across a Firefox extension called Speed DNS which claims to speed up browsing by performing DNS lookups in advance. According to the author, it "does DNS pre-resolution of all the ...
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A torrent client which automatically detects http and related activity from the web browser and reduces its upload/download speed
When my torrent client(transmission on ubuntu) is on, I can barely browse the web.
Manually closing the torrent client or reducing its speed every time I use the browser and then bringing it back to ...
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Does any browser or plugin have a 1 click means to surf securely?
I don't mean anonymously so much as I mean turn off JavaScript, Flash, and anything else that potentially has a virus. I recognize the UX goes way down, but that's one reason this has to be easy.
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Where can I get Microsoft Pivot?
Does anyone know whatever happend to microsoft live labs pivot. Where can I download it?
Couldn't find anything on the web. The official site redirects to bing 404 page. Seems like Microsoft has ...
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Is there any shortcut or add-on for Firefox that would allow going back to previous view position (within the current page)?
I'm kind of missing this feature which I use all the time in Visual Studio when browsing through the code, inside my browser (it's Ctrl+-). So how is such feature supposed to work in a browser?
The ...
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Using different gmail,hotmail etc at the same time in a browser (Firefox) [closed]
What would be the best way to use different Gmail, StackExchange, Hotmail accounts etc. at the same time?
Currently I use different browsers (Firefox and Chrome) for different purposes. Another ...
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XP Computer does not resolve DNS
I'm unable to figure out why this one computer on a network cannot resolve URLs. When an address is typed in, the message "Page cannot be displayed" is shown. When the IP is typed in, the page ...
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Problem in accessing internet on my PC using NetGear Wireless Card
Recently i added a NetGear wifi card to my PC (Win 7) in order to browse. All the drivers were installed properly.
But the problem is i can't access sites other than google.com. For
rest of the ...
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How to temporary remove all cookies in chrome?
What i want to do is simulate what a new internet user sees. If i make a youtube search, for example, the results are different for me (they are base on the history of my activity on youtube, i ...
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Does torrenting slow down internet browsing? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Why do torrents slow down my internet?
I was wondering if having bittorrent running would slow down my web browsing in any way?
Usually at any one time I'm downloading ...
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Graphical File Browsing [closed]
I am looking for a tool that can show me a graphical representation of my file system/file structure. Rather than the "normal" tree structure that we're all used to, I want to be able to visually see ...
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Anonymous browsing solutions other than TOR and HTTPS Google
Are there any anonymous browsing solutions other than TOR that meet the following requirement:
quick (TOR goes through lots of slow foreign proxies)
completely secure and untraceable on which sites ...
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How to keep the bandwidth usage of internet browsing low?
I am using firefox 4. I want keep the bandwidth usage as low as possible when I am browsing the internet? What options do I get?
If I disable the option of "load image automatically", will still ...
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How can I automate logging into a website?
I would like to automate login to some websites. I have servers working 365 days so I look for a good idea to reload the site opened at a particular frequency.
Any hints at how this can be done?
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IE8 and 9 don't open new tabs
Internet Exporer 8 and 9 don't open a new tab when I middle-click, right click and select "Open in New Tab", or control-click. I’ve searched for a solution but I haven’t found a working solution. The ...
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Why is access to my web site is slow for me but fast for other visitors? My access to other sites is fast
I have a single Windows XP laptop and my site is on on an external shared host.
Other visitors to my site all say that it loads fast. But when I try to access it from my laptop, the first page ...
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Personal Browsing Monitor Software
Anyone know of any personal browsing monitor software? I'd like to be able to monitor my own browsing habbits and the time I spend on entertainment, vs work vs educational sites.
Something that ...
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Which [indexing] image browser software would you recommend?
I did some Googling but frankly there are too many out there, and I am looking for a specific set of functions. Here is my need-have feature list:
Not folder based (or at least not only) - I want to ...
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How can I scale up the font size of just the content in a web page?
I'm a Firefox user with a giant screen (i.e. tiny pixels) and I like to zoom in on pages to get a bigger font for reading articles. The problem is, hitting control-plus zooms in the whole page, making ...
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Cross subnet connection
My internal Windows 2008 AD network is 172.20.xxx.xxx
My Apple Wireless base station only allows DHCP 172.16.xxx.xxx
Private IP address ranges:
10.0.0.0 to 10.255.255.255
172.16.0.0 to ...
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What can I use to browse videos?
Everyone has their favorite photo viewer: Lightroom, Windows Explorer, ACDSee, Bridge, etc. But what do people use to browse videos? I don't want to play each video to find the sequence that I want. ...
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Need to reload/refresh all the time my internet browser(s)
I'm using FF 3.6.13 and IE8 under windows 7 x64.
Both of them are very sluggish and I need to refresh/reload pages all the time.
I'm behind a router and have 12MB/1MB Downstream/Upstream bandwidth ...
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Is it my ISP's fault that I mostly cannot browse over HTTPS?
When I browse sites over HTTPS (specifically GitHub and Twitter) it sometimes works, but mostly it doesn't. Web pages often fail to load and my web browser shows that "the server unexpectedly dropped ...
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Monitor my internet browsing behaviour
I need a simple tool (preferably open source) to monitor my Internet browsing behaviour at home. Ideally, this tool should log the website accessed, and the amount of time spent on the site. Reporting ...
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Secure Browsing, how [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How to browse safely?
What's the best way to browse "suspicious" sites safely.
I know Firefox used to be "the thing", but now I don't think it is (IMHO).
What I'm ...
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How to get browsing history report date-wise in Firefox?
How to get browsing history report date-wise in Firefox?
by default it shows monthly, weekly and last day. I need to know for each day.
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Will using Tor prevent the administrator of a home network from tracking what sites I visit?
I'm not home very often, but when I am, I would like to be able to browse privately. I believe my home network is monitored for my younger siblings, but I'm not sure specifically how. If I use Tor, is ...
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How do i browse next computer in my network?
I have three computers in my small room. They are named Comp1, COmp2 and Comp3 Respectively.
All Computers have WindosXP Installed with Nod32 Antivirus and Windows firewall enabled in LAN Connection.
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Simple way for browsing offline in firefox
My favorite browser is Firefox and during browsing I visited some web-pages that i like see them again offline some other times .
But when I'm disconnected i can't reach those web-pages from history, ...
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how to limit downloading or web browsing according to the usage of DSL traffic (not the time of it)?
i'm using win7. i want to divide my monthly DSL traffic into the specific ( limited ) size for each of my kids using username & password for each one of them.
is it possible?
any softwares?
(my ...
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Is there any some way to automatically synchronize firefox and chrome browsing history?
The title states the problem quite well:
Is there any some way to automatically synchronize firefox's with chrome's browsing history (and viceversa) ?
Something like XMarks, but working with the ...
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Redirect specific url requests to local site
Is there a specific way to redirect requests for a specific URL from a browser to a local site or location?e.g. setting a Firewall or some OS rule to redirect a request for the jQuery lib to a ...
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suggestions for fast reliable proxy IPs like codeen but with posting?
I am looking for a list like one offered by codeen
http://codeen.cs.princeton.edu/
of fast reliable proxy servers..
I just want to be able to "post" on usenet or yahoo groups with them.. I think the ...
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Is there a way to make keyboard shortcuts in a browser to navigate to a special web page?
I was wondering if there is a way to navigate to web pages in a browser( no matter which one this facility is worth being forced to change the browser! ) using keyboard shortcuts for example if I ...
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In situ Photo organiser/viewer: looking for app that organises photos without adjusting original location or requiring import
I'm looking for a photo organiser/viewer that allows me to view photographs, organise them without adjusting their location or requiring to import them.
For example, if I want to simply view ...
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How to check a webpage for updates
Sometimes there are news pages on interesting sites that doesn't have any feed service. Is there some way (webapp, browser plugin, or something) to keep those page checked for updates?
Thank you!
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Is there a way to change white backgrounds to a diffrent color during browsing? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Change website colors in Firefox
I have Firefox, Opera and Chrome installed. I've been browsing a lot lately and my eyes are getting real tired right away. I rest every ...
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Data coming from the network is only partially transfered on Asus EEE 1001HA, Ubuntu 10.4 Lucid
My wife's netbook started behaving strangely lately. I dug around and found the following symptoms:
web browsing: painfully slow (keeps "loading" pages; it might show something like half the Google ...
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Hi I am unable to map Network Folder using IPV6. Is it possible?
I need to map or browse a network folder. I can only use IPv6 in the browser / URL. Is this possible?
I am using two Windows 7 machines, one Vista PC, and one Windows Server 2008 R2 machine. The ...
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Mirroring a web site behind a login form
Short version:
I'd like to snap an offline copy of a URL which includes the full HTML+CSS+JS+images and saves them locally, keeping the structure and file content of the original site.
I'm having ...
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Web filtering using OpenDNS for multiple home network computers
I want to filter websites by category using OpenDNS Basic. Do I have to create an OpenDNS account per PC and then configure each manually?
How do I link up multiple PCs to one OpenDNS Dashboard so I ...
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Are there ways to browse a website blocked by my ISP?
Is it possible to browse a website blocked by my ISP?
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How to browse safely?
Just curious. What are the best practices and tools you use for safe Internet browsing? How to stay away from spywares, adwares etc?
Update: For my work, I use Internet Explorer on Windows and ...
