Internet Explorer introduced tabs with version 7 but one of the many reasons I prefer Firefox and increasingly Chrome is that they handle tabs better. To open a new tab, you can hit the key combo Ctrl+T or click the button near the current tab in any of those browsers. The problem with Internet Explorer, both version 7 and 8, is that it takes a noticeable amount of time for the … [Read more...]
Bing’s Webmaster Tools
Bing has announced on the Bing blog (and it's corroborated on the Yahoo! Search blog yesterday) today that the testing with Yahoo! implementing Bing search results is underway. Of greater importance to webmasters and SEO experts, Bing is warning/encouraging webmasters to investigate how their site is showing up in search results using the newly updated Bing Webmaster Tools, … [Read more...]
Ensuring Consent and Revocation When Your Info is Their Business
Ignorance is bliss and a world you'll never again be able to enter once you have the blinders removed to your privacy and personal information being left behind and sold whenever it can be. This goes beyond the social networks where you volunteer that personal information and also includes instances where the alumni association of the University you attend starts sending … [Read more...]
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.7 Released
Firefox 3.6.7 was just released and addresses a number of security and stability issues. You can update to this latest version by going to Help, Check for Updates... or by downloading the latest version from the Firefox site. While security issues are always good, a number of people have visited 404 Tech Support and commented that they were experiencing stability problems with … [Read more...]
Disabling Stationery in Outlook 2007 & 2010
This post is brought to you by that person (or persons) who use the stationery in Outlook to gussy up their e-mail messages. I'm sure you all know one or two. So, here's how they can turn it off and how we can prevent Outlook from showing it to us. Stationery in your e-mail looks something like a hideous 80s wallpaper is on the background of your e-mail, like this: Some … [Read more...]