How To Recover Stored Passwords from Opera, Firefox and Chrome

Posted on 30. Nov, 2009 by Chinmoy.Kanjilal.

Browsers are really becoming more and more user friendly with loads of features to take our browsing experience to new heights.The password wand, the password vault or whatever the name be, is an integral part of any browser nowadays. A browser without a password manager feels extremely dull.

The password storage feature allows us to login into any website without entering login details manually. This comes in very handy as entering login details, specially in cyber-cafe is not at all secure.

Now, lets say you visit a site after a long time and suddenly want to know the password you used to login. The password is there in the password manager, but it does not allow us to see the password. Or, say you forget the master password somehow.

In these terrible situations, we  can use password recovery tools for various browsers. These password recovery tools come in very handy and are totally safe and legal.

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Glue Firefox Addon – Share and Get Suggestions

Posted on 01. Oct, 2009 by Prasanth Chandra.

Internet users have lately been very occupied by this thing called social networking. Social Networks enable people to get in touch with their friends even with their busy schedules. These web sites act as a great platform to share thoughts and opinions.

Glue is a tool and actually a Firefox Plug-in, which enables you to share your opinions and tastes with your friends. It also serves as a tool to discover books, music, movies and many other things through your friends as you browse popular sites.

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5 Best Firefox Add-ons for Better Privacy and Security

Posted on 15. Sep, 2009 by Prasanth Chandra.

Mozilla Firefox has undoubtedly been one of the best browsers in the market. When it comes to speed, privacy and security, Mozilla Firefox has always been great. The best thing about this web browser is that it allows you to install additional add-ons according to your requirement.

You can easily find a number of add-ons which would enhance the performance of your Mozilla Firefox browser. Privacy and security has always been an issue when it comes to surfing the Internet. Although Mozilla Firefox has successfully helped us in this particular issue, there are times when we are still left unsatisfied by its performance.

And the best way to enhance the performance of Mozilla Firefox is to use add-ons. There are number of add-ons which will prove to be useful in tackling the problems related to privacy and security. Below are  a few of the best.

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Firefox’s Best Kept Secret Tip

Posted on 25. Aug, 2009 by Squealing.Rat.

When I look at most Internet browsers, I always see the same thing. Toolbars. Toolbars are awesome. I use them, because they are accessible, easy, and quick. But one issue that many have with them is that they take up space. Not a whole lot, granted, but still space that could be used by say, reading one of your favorite blogs in full screen.

So, what’s the tip?

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A Little Humor with Your Internet

Posted on 23. Jul, 2009 by srikanth.

With tons of great new web services, social networks and applications, Web 2.0 is always an intriguing space. We have been presenting you ultimate freeware lists and other interesting articles and reviews to try to prevent you from being LostInTechnology.

To switch to a lighter side of technology and Web 2.0, we are going to cover the sense of humor that some websites and applications have.

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Five Firefox Add-ons to Improve Your Browsing Experience

Posted on 29. May, 2009 by srikanth.

In a world of inter-connectivity and interaction with web-delivered content, the role of a browser is much more than just displaying a web page.  Switching from IE to Firefox was the first step in making my browsing experience better.

The second was installing a few great add-ons to really increase the usefulness of Firefox.  Here we present five Firefox add-ons that improve your browsing experience.

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Bookmark-Powered Web Discovery from Xmarks

Posted on 25. Apr, 2009 by Aravind Jose.

The much loved Firefox add-on for bookmark (and password) synchronization, FoxMarks, will hereafter known as Xmarks. Along with the change of name, comes several other great changes. It now features bookmarks-powered Web discovery. This is analogous to StumbleUpon, but not quite similar to it.

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Internet Explorer 8 Speed Test

Posted on 15. Apr, 2009 by Jonathan Schlaffer.

In case you haven’t heard by now Microsoft has released the latest version of Internet Explorer now at version 8.0. There are a few new toys to play with in it such as the addition of “Accelerators” and some security “improvements,” but the most important feature of a browser to me is speed, and IE8 utterly fails in this department.

Take other browsers such as Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari 4.0 beta.  All of them have long been proven to be faster than IE8 in just about every single benchmark known to man and even in most practical tests.

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