Firefox 4 is on the way and the beta 2 version has been released for the testing purpose. The main feature of this new release (Firefox 4 Beta 2) is App Tabs which allows users to place a permanent aviconed tab for websites on the tab bar. How to have App Tabs in Firefox? App Tabs looks very similar to ‘Pin Tab’ feature of Google Chrome and every tab can be converted to App Tabs by just right clicking on the tab and selecting the option ‘Make... 

Often, we will search for documents on internet. They are available in different file formats such as DOC, DOCX, PDF, PPT and TIFF and of course, your browser can download it instantly. But, if you don’t have an appropriate application on your computer to read the document, for example an Office suite or a PDF reader, here is an extension for Firefox, which enable you to open and read any documents just with one click.  Read More →

Firefox 4 final version is on the way and the first beta version has been officially released for downloading for Windows, Mac and Linux (English language only). The new beta (1) version has a number of performance improvements over its previous versions and an eye-catching look.  Read More →

What sets a browser apart from other is I think its extensions and performance. Firefox and Google Chrome are the best examples. Both of them have a highly active community for building extensions and you have over thousands extensions to choose from. Yes, extensions give additional features and functionalities to a browser, but the question is how to build an extension.  Read More →

Inspired by the Google’s encrypted web search, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) together with the Tor Project has just launched a new extension for Firefox called HTTPS Everywhere to ensure every search the browsers sent was encrypted. It will encrypt your communications with a number of major websites such as Facebook, Twitter, Google Search, Wikipedia, PayPal, NYT, etc. and ensures your security.  Read More →

Google has just released a beta version of encrypted web search engine, which offers a secure web surfing. This prevents other people and proxies from sniffing your search terms and search results. It uses what is called Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connections to encrypt information that travels between your computer and Google search engine (more information)  Read More →