When it comes to download management, it seems like Windows has always been ahead of OS X. That might still be true, but it’s definitely up for debate, thanks to a very smart app called Leech. It’s got the basic features that all good download managers supply: you can use it from within the brow…

Although it doesn’t always get the most attention, Opera is a solid browser that continues to improve with each version. While they work on their next version, codenamed Peregrine (like the falcon), subtle improvements are being added to the current release, 9.51. The latest addition is Ask.com …

Hot on the heels of Opera 9.5, the Opera team has released version 9.5.1 of their desktop web browser. The new version includes some recommended shield and stability updates. But there are plus some other handy changes. Here are a few highlights:

Fine-tuned the new default skin
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Mozilla has pushed out the first release candidate for Firefox 3. That means that version should be more regular than any of the betas that have been released by the final year, but there may still be some bugs to work out. whether you want to be absolutely convinced you won’t lose settings or m…

Last year two services launched, giving bloggers easy access to threaded comments, spam control, avatars, and other advanced features. Disqus and Intense Debate additionally let you create a one profile which you can use to leave comments on any participating blog or web site. No need to reg…

Still haven’t made up your intellect about World Wide Web Explorer 7? No problem, you can always uninstall it and revert to the Net Explorer 6 web browser that came with your operating system. Unless you’ve upgraded to Windows XP SP3, that is. considering Microsoft is telling computer users that…

For some reason when a page is loading in Firefox, it doesn’t seem to reply to user interaction immediately. For example, say you’re loading a very lengthy page (maybe you’re using a free Backpack account), and you know that the subject matter you need is half way down the page. By default, Fire…

Facebook has finally rolled out its new chat feature to all users. That means you can chat with anyone on your Facebook contact list whether the two of you are logged into the Facebook web page at the same date. But what whether you like the view of chatting with your Facebook friends, but hate …

Ever need to manage or monitor your web browser’s bandwidth usage? Say, for example that you want to send a large file via FTP, but want to do some web browsing while you wait. You don’t want your web browser to eat up your bandwidth, but aside from avoiding media-rich web sites, what can you do…

Want to tryout out Firefox 3 beta without messing up all of your precious Firefox 2 settings? Easy, just install the portable version. The Portable Apps developers have been doing a great job of pushing out versions of Firefox that can be run from a flash drive within a few days of every major F…