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In computer news this week 03/11/2009 Dozens of
new updates add many
more features to the Firefox Web Browser 3.07 – the free browser that’s steadily taking over the
world ... One-Click Bookmarking
Manage
your bookmarks a lot or a little. One click on the star icon at the end of
the location bar bookmarks a site. Two clicks and you can choose where to
save it and whether to tag it. Library - Your
browsing history (all the websites you’ve seen) and your bookmarks (all
the websites you’ve saved) are archived in the Library, where they can
be easily searched and organized. Tags
Label a site with names
or categories that are meaningful to you. For example, you can label the site
http://www.foxnews.com/ with the
“news” tag as well as the “trashy entertainment news”
tag, When
you enter “news” into the location bar, both sites will be shown
as results. A single site can have multiple tags, and there’s no limit
to the number of tags you can create. You may not remember the exact name of
a site, but with a tag, you’ll be able to find it in a way that makes
sense to you. Security & Privacy
Anti-Malware
Firefox 3 protects you
from viruses, worms, trojan horses and spyware. If
you accidentally access an attack site, you’ll receive a full-sized
browser message as a warning. A continuously updated list of attack-sites
tells us when to stop you from browsing, so there’s nothing for you to
update or maintain. Anti-Phishing
Shop and do business
safely on the Internet. Firefox gets a fresh update of web forgery sites 48
times in a day, so if you try to visit a fraudulent site that’s
pretending to be a site you trust (like your bank), a browser
message—big as life—will stop you. Parental Controls
Enforce parental control
settings you’ve entered on Windows Vista with Firefox 3—stop
unwanted downloads and more. Firefox’s intuitive design keeps you from
second-guessing your setup. Pop-Up Blocker
Banish pop-ups (and
pop-under windows) from your surfing experience once and for all. Or, find a
happy medium—choose to view blocked pop-ups or create an
“allow” list of sites whose pop-ups you’re okay with
seeing. Productivity
Full Zoom
– for older eyes
Visit your favorite news
page and read the caption under the picture—or view the picture itself
in a size you can see. An elegant new zoom feature lets you swoop in and see
entire web pages. Press Ctrl + to
zoom Ctrl minus to un-zoom Things scale in the way you’d expect them
to, with all the elements of a page’s layout expanding equally, so you
can zero in on what matters. Smart Location Bar
A quick
way to get to the sites you love—even the ones with addresses you only
vaguely remember. The new Firefox 3 location bar learns as you use it. Over
time, it adapts to your preferences and offers better fitting matches. Type
in a term and the auto-complete function includes possible matching sites
from your browsing history, as well as sites you’ve bookmarked and
tagged in a drop down. The new Firefox
browser is available for download free from Mozilla.com |
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