I am at a conference and the guy sitting next to me was trying to connect to a wireless access point in Vista. It was saying that it was connected - but it was not getting an internet connection.
I checked the IP address and it was correct , the wirless zero configuration was also set [...]

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I have been frustrated for some time - having to click to change tabs in firefox as opposed to using a alt-tab like solution for changing tabs. However today whilst using my wifes laptop - with a slightly different keyboard layout than mine, i accidently discovered that Ctrl + tab will change the tab you [...]

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IE8 Beta has been released specially for developers and web programmers. It comes with some interesting features:
* IE7 Emulation
* Developer Tools for debugging, with similar functionality to the Firefox Ad on  (mentioned just as a reference not as a comparison).
*  IE8 activities - Providing quick access to external services from any webpage by sending information from the page to another application or fetching external information related to data on [...]

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PicLens instantly transforms your browser into a full-screen slideshow experience. With just one click, PicLens makes photos come to life via a cinematic presentation that goes beyond the confines of the traditional browser window.
PicLens suports a number of sites: Flickr, Photobucket, Picasa Web Albums, Fotki, FotoTime, deviantART, Smugmug, Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, Hi5, Friendster, Google Images, [...]

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What a terrible idea… and yet very useful. Let me explain. If you are a web developer you will have to test you web apps or sites on IE, specially because IE lives in it’s own little world but still a lot of people use it. Anyway, I came across this application IE4Linux [...]

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By pure curiosity I decided (at 2am last night) to look into creating a search plugin for my Google Adsense Search. Well it was a very successfull adventure. It can be created for any site search, even your personal blog.
There are 2 ways of doing it (maybe more) I found .
1 - Create your own [...]

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