Firefox Add-Ons are additional features and tool sets that are available for use in the popular web browser, Mozilla Firefox. Firefox Add-Ons include Firefox Extensions, Firefox Plugins, and Firefox Themes. Together, these three Add-Ons allow users to customize virtually everything in Mozilla Firefox, from text editing to multimedia support and appearance. Firefox Add-Ons may be used for a wide variety of purposes and are essentially what distinguishes Mozilla Firefox from other web browsers such as Internet Explorer and Google Chrome.   How to Find Firefox Add-Ons Firefox Add-Ons can be Read More

The Internet, or World Wide Web, was first created to help connect geographically distant laboratories and research centers conducting government research. Since 1994, technology has evolved to the point that it now connects individuals and networks run by private companies, individuals, industry, government, and other organizations world-wide. Unlike other communications mediums, the Internet has become the source of information and sharing for anyone who finds a way to connect to the Web. A common question that arises amongst computer and mobile user is how does the Internet work? Understanding Internet Read More

Windows Internet Explorer, more commonly know as IE, is a graphics based web browser developed by Microsoft and bundled as part of the windows operating system. It is the most widely used web browser today. The very first version of IE – IE 1 was introduced in 1995 as a part of Windows 95. The latest in the series is IE 8. Password protecting Internet Explorer Password protection for IE can be enabled to prevent or limit the type of online content that is viewed by users. This feature is Read More

Many people obtain music from illegal sources, which has crippled the recording industry. This has, of course, led to aggressive lawsuits and new laws and procedures concerning how these people and their sources are treated. The entire situation can be avoided, however, if people simply use legal music  sources instead. While the vast majority of music sources are commercial in nature, there is no shortage of websites that allow users to download free music. These websites have proper permission to distribute music files and often collect money from advertisements, although Read More

Hotmail is a free (i.e. advertiser supported) web based e-mail system that the Microsoft Corporation provides. Hotmail Password Recovery Hotmail password recovery methods include: Resetting the Hotmail password online Recovering the stored Hotmail password from the web browser Resetting the Hotmail Password Online The easiest way to recover a Hotmail password is to go to the MSN Reset Password page. To use the MSN Password Reset page to recover a Hotmail password, the user must know four pieces of data: E-mail address Country/Region State Zip Code Recover a Hotmail Password Read More

Spam can be described as the unwanted mail. The most common type of spam is e-mail spam. Spam mostly includes product and service advertisements. Certain spam mails contain malicious content and/or viruses or may direct users to websites which contain viruses. Some spam messages may also be part of identity theft scams or phishing scams. What does Spam Stand For? The first acknowledged spam was a message promoting a new type of DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation) computer, which was sent to 393 users on ARPANET in 1978, by Gary Thuerk. Read More

If you have a site, you might want customize your website a little more by adding music. One particularly popular way is to add a music playlist, a streaming device that allows users to upload music from their desktop to their chosen host so that it can be played from their site. A common playlist is the XSPF (XML Shareable Playlist Format) player. A talented programmer named Fabricio Zuardi invented this player with a very basic, rudimentary flash interface and Actionscript 2. It plays the mp3s in the lists by Read More

Mozilla Firefox, which the Mozilla Foundation runs and Netscape owns, is a web browser that allows users to browse the Internet, check their email, and take advantage of thousands of add-ons and plug-ins that Firefox itself as well as other users provide. Firefox is specifically designed to be user friendly and highly functional, allowing users to easily navigate Firefox administrative options and seek help from the Official Firefox Support homepage.   What are Parental Controls? Parental controls allow parents and administrative users to control how and when the computer is Read More

Google Chrome is Google’s official browser. It allows users to manage their Google products and services while browsing the Internet. Google Chrome is fast, efficient, and organized and provides users with features that are not seen in most other browsers. For example, while most browsers now allow users to open multiple webpages as tabs, Google Chrome allows users to duplicate their tabs in order to go backward and forward on one tab while leaving the current page pulled up in the other. Types of Google Chrome Bookmarks In addition to Read More

What is a URL? Uniform Resource Locator (URL) forms part of the Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) and serves as a pointer to where resources are located and the procedure to fetch them. In layman terms, URL is termed as a Web Address. Any link to a file or resource within a website can also be termed as a URL. These links can be any web page within the web site, image file, Java applet, form and so on. The actual URL of a website would be in binary form, but Read More