internet explorer

Microsoft is retiring the old, much loved-to-be-hated Internet Explorer in favor of the new Microsoft Edge. It will be the default browser for Windows 10, from phones to desktop, and from first impressions, it doesn’t look half bad. It’s as if Mi

Granted, the name IE doesn’t necessarily imply confidence but Microsoft is really bringing on its A game for the mobile browser. Internet Explorer 11 on WP borrows a lot from IE on Windows 8 and that’s a good thing.

Recently we discussed a process that allows you to set the behavior of application and explorer windows such that they always open in maximized mode . With that knowledge, you must have applied the setting to many items. And if my guess is correct,

We have got into the habit of playing with our browsers and in that attempt we usually end up adding many browser helper objects (BHO) in the form of add-ons, plug-ins and toolbars. While some of them are really helpful, many add to the overhead m

People are always on the look out for optimizing usage of resources. Same is with computers, especially, when it is about space. Be it hard disk space, screen space or even taskbar space, the idea is to squeeze as much as possible in minimum space.

When we learned about the different types of add-ons supported on Internet Explorer we also understood the meaning of Accelerators which are nothing but the group of add-ons that help you perform actions in fewer clicks. While this feature is useful,

When Internet Explorer 9 came to the market it showed a lot of potential in the new features that it brought along. One such interesting thing was allowing users to pin their favorite websites to the Windows taskbar. These days Microsoft has been try

Browser history and associated data could jeopardize your privacy if you are using a shared computer. We are big advocates of safe browsing and we’ve talked about methods to help you with that. One trick to help you accomplish such a setting is to

Tabbed browsing is one of the best features that almost all browsers have adapted today. Now, when multiple tabs are open at a time, each browser has its own default way of showing the taskbar thumbnail preview in Windows 7. For example, Internet Exp

For those of you who love Internet Explorer and prefer it as your default browser, I have a great news for you guys. Windows 8 will be shipping with not just one but two versions of Internet Explorer 10. One of the versions will be the default deskto

With time, almost all the programs running on Windows tend to become sluggish and frustrating to use. Of course there are ways to take care of such issues through tools like Ccleaner, system defrag etc but there are program-specific steps too that sh

Bookmarking all the open tabs in your browser can come in handy at times. Like, if you are researching on a topic, and have got a number of related tabs open. The next thing you want to do is collate the URLs at one place.

When I work on my browser I usually get stuck with an overwhelmed tab strip that has a huge number of tabs open concurrently. With so many tabs open at the same time it doesn’t take much time for my laptop to become sluggish, and thus

I bet everyone of us has clicked on a hyperlink while browsing the web. If you think these hyperlinks are only meant to redirect you to another web page you are absolutely wrong. Let’s take an example for easy understanding. Click here! What did yo

Internet Explorer 9 was launched with a number of innovative and interesting features, and was probably the first version of IE that received great reviews from the majority of tech community.

So the other day I downloaded and installed the latest version of Opera. I had heard good things about this new version and wanted to give it a shot. Strangely, during the installation process, I didn’t see any option to not set it as default bro

Yesterday, we learnt how we can run desktop apps from browser, without installing them on the computer, using Spoon. Today, we will use it to run different versions of Internet Explorer on the same PC. I hadn’t tested Microsoft’s latest Internet

If you are on the latest version of Internet Explorer (IE) and use the search bar on the top right to search on the web, you know that by default it searches Bing, Microsoft’s own search engine.

You are a concerned parent who doesn’t want his child to visit any unsafe website. Sometime back, we mentioned about Windows parental control feature of Windows Vista and Windows 7. Probably, this is the best way in Windows to restrict internet acc

For those who don’t know, private browsing refers to a mode of the browser where details like cookies, browsing history etc isn’t stored. Once you close the browser, all that data gets erased automatically. Previously, we talked about how to turn