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This add on can turn any word on any web page into a search query on multiple search engines.
Ep. 1112: Rupert Murdoch battles infinity
Microsoft is apparently willing to pay Rupert Murdoch to block Google from indexing any of his Web sites. Are we headed toward a world where the search engine you use determines what news you get? Probably not. We explain why Murdoch may be thinking in an old fashioned limited way rather than in the current infinite Internet way. We also declare the patent office baroque. And ask it to lose weight.
Add Google search to your Web site
You can use the power of Google's search engine to give your Web site visitors an easy search option.
Download.com guide to Avant Browser
Kelly Green Morrison leads a quick and informative how-to on the Avant Browser. Avant Browser allows users to browse multiple Web sites simultaneously and to block all unwanted pop-up pages and Flash ads automatically. The integrated cleaner helps users clear all traces and maintain privacy. The built-in Yahoo and Google search engines enable users to search for Web pages, images, groups, directories, lyrics, software, and news on the Internet. Avant Browser provides options for blocking the download of Flash media, pictures, video, sounds, and ActiveX components, so users can efficiently use their bandwidth and speed up page loading. All opened pages can be stopped, refreshed, closed, or arranged with one click. It also comes with built-in RSS reader. Its similar Web sites bar displays Web sites, which are related to the opened Web pages. Version 10.1 build 26 improves skins support.
Tekzilla Daily: Windows: Speed up Internet Explorer browsing
Speed up Web browsing in Internet Explorer with these snappy shortcuts: rename with a single keystroke, pull up the search tool, and more.
Search with Internet Explorer 9
Internet Explorer 9 has integrated search into the address bar. Seth Rosenblatt takes a First Look.
What does Google's new "instant" search result page mean for users and for advertisers? We explore the pros, cons, and the unintended consequences of the new system with search experts Tom Krazit from CNET, and Danny Sullivan from Search Engine Land.
Tekzilla Daily: Secret user-account settings
By default, Windows XP gives you a pretty limited range of options when dealing with user accounts. You can create and edit accounts, change passwords, pictures, account type, and simple log-on/log-off functions. But what if you need a bit more precision
Tabs are so much easier to handle than separate windows, so why not add them to Windows Explorer? On today's Tekzilla Daily, Veronica checks out QTTabBar and all the glorious benefits to multiple tabs.
We think, because of the magic of search-engine optimization, that this episode is about to become our highest-rated ever. P.S. Attention, visitors from Google: this is not the Facebook login page. Sorry about that. In other news today, we tear down Google Buzz's privacy options, Bill Gates can barely be bothered to diss the iPad, and some guy plans to be pooping in a box for 30 days. Sometimes we hate the Internet. --Molly
