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Ever wished you could simply clip a web page, convert it into a E-Book and read it on a E-Book reader such as Amazon Kindle or Sony Reader? Here is Klippy for Internet Explorer, a free add-on that gives you immense flexibility in capturing and saving web pages, exporting them in different formats, and making them available for offline browsing. (more…)

This tip is not only for basic users, but also those who may be wondering why their favorite add-on has not shown up on the command bar of Internet Explorer, even after a successful install. This happens because your IE already has a customized toolbar, due to which any new add-ons installed will not show up in the toolbar. Here is how you can add or remove command buttons to IE toolbar: (more…)

Are you really bugged by the ever-increasing number of so called freeware which try to stealthily change the default search engine of your browser? When you realize that the search engine has changed due to installing such crapware, you will have to manually change the default search engine of your browser to get back your previous one. Well, if you are using Internet Explorer 8, there is a way to stop these programs from hijacking your default search provider.
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Generally we set a single webpage as home page in Internet Explorer. However sometimes it is very handy to have Internet Explorer open up all your favorite websites in a single shot when it starts. You can either set the currently opened tabs as Home page tabs or specify the URLs of the websites to be opened in tabs by typing them.
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Opening new tabs in Internet Explorer may take sometime during which it shows ‘Connecting…’. This delay is caused due to some Add-ons which take a long time for loading. Most of these Add-ons are included during installation of some Software for e.g., the Skype add-on. Using ‘Manage Add-ons’ in IE, you can tweak it’s performance and make it faster.
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Phrased on the word fishing, it means the way emails and websites trick you into giving away your personal and financial information like Banking Passwords, address, mobile numbers etc. This happens in several ways. A very innocent looking email which looks very much like it was sent from your bank or credit card company can lead you into giving away the login and password information on a website which resembles the original one in all ways.
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Command bar (Toolbar) in Internet Explorer 8 can be customized in several ways. Examples are adding or removing Buttons from the Toolbar, showing/hiding text on the Toolbar buttons, resizing the Toolbar, changing the size of the Toolbar icons etc.

In this article, we shall show you how to resize the toolbar.
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Command bar is one of Internet Explorer’s toolbars. This toolbar which holds the opened tabs and icons is displayed below the main Menu bar of Internet Explorer. You can customize it in several ways such as adding or removing Buttons from the Toolbar, showing/hiding text on the Toolbar buttons, resizing the Toolbar, changing the size of the Toolbar icons etc.

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Internet Explorer 8 has a feature called Quick Tabs which lets you see thumbnails of all opened web sites. The Quick Tabs button provides a miniature visual view of all your open tabs thus making it easier to find the webpage that you want to view.This button is only displayed when you have more than one webpage open.
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When you browse the web, browsers store lot of information in the form of webpage history, temporary internet files, cookies. All this information can later be retrieved and could prove to be harmful to your privacy. This scenario is very possible when you browse the web in an internet cafe or kiosk and forget to delete the information. A new feature of Internet Explorer 8 called InPrivate Browsing lets you surf the web without leaving any information behind.
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