Free Download AVG Anti-Virus 2012 For 1 Year

AVG has released a line of security products but most importantly they are offering AVG Antivirus 2012 free edition for all users.
“Millions of people around the world use AVG Anti-Virus Freefor their basic online activities. Whether it’s surfing theInternet, conducting web searches, or simply keeping up with friends on Facebook, AVG Anti-Virus Free has got you covered.”

AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 2012 allows you to:

• Protection against viruses and spyware
• Prevent wireless network intruders
• Stay safe when shopping and banking online
• Download and share files safely
• Keep your email safe and block spam
• Protection that speeds up your computer

According to AVG (Official Words)

High quality basic protection for PC’s used to browse, search, and keep up with friends on social networks. You’ll also enjoy worry-free gaming and one of the fastest scanning speeds on the market. AVG’s Community Protection Network shares the latest threat information with the online community to ensure everyone receives the highest form of protection possible. AVG’s Protective Cloud Technology serves as an early warning system to block new threats. (cNet)

Features and support
AVG 2012 includes a couple of solid changes to make you safer. The first is a patent-pending technique for identifying one of the most obnoxious threats to ever reach your computer: the fake antivirus. If you’re unfamiliar, these programs purport to be an antivirus, or a Web-based antivirus scan. Once they install on your computer, the only way to get rid of the infection is to “buy” their license. They’re also related to the ransomware infections, which don’t even bother with the effort to pretend to be an antivirus. AVG 2012 will block both of them.
                                                         

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Best Novels - Read Some of the Best Novels of All Time

Want to read only the best novels? Looking for the best novels of all time? These novels have been popular in recent years, but many of them definitely make my list of the top best novels of all time. Of all the books we've reviewed on this site, these are the five star fiction. Find the best novel for your needs here.

'Beginner's Greek' by James Collins - Book Review

'Beginner’s Greek' is the debut novel from James Collins, and it’s a shame he’s waited this long to begin. The story of Holly and Peter is a simple, old-fashioned story that’s sweet but not treacly; beautifully-written but not precious. 'Beginner’s Greek' is utterly delightful.

The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy - Book Review

The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy is an exquisitely written book of murder and obsession that takes the true details of the unsolved 1947 Elizabeth Short murder and creates a fictional story of a police detective determined to solve the case.

'Brooklyn' by Colm Tóibín - Book Review

Brooklyn, a novel written by Colm Tóibín, a critically acclaimed Irish novelist, tells the story of a young woman from a small town in Ireland who leaves the world she’s known and moves to Brooklyn in the 1950s. Brooklyn is a compelling and poignant story of identity, transformation and family ties.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon tells the story of a teenager with autism's quest to find out who killed the neighbor's dog. Find out if this mystery is worth getting to the bottom of.

'The Fault in Our Stars' by John Green - Book Review

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green is one of the best books of 2012.

'The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society' by M.Shaffer and A. Barrows

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is a charming book about reading, letters and life on a small island during and after World War II.

Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini - Book Review

Find out about Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. Is this tale of friendship, betrayal and redemption that is set in Afghanistan worth reading? The Kite Runner topped the bestsellers lists for several reasons. Find out what they are here.

'Little Bee' by Chris Cleave - Book Review

Little Bee, a powerful and beautiful novel written by Chris Cleave, is hard to describe. This is due, in part, to the book jacket's coyness about the subject matter; it suggests that the reader not to reveal too much about the plot. It's not revealing too much to say that Little Bee is a captivating novel, exquisitely written. It's worth picking up to find its secrets out for yourself.

Madonnas of Leningrad - Book Review

Madonnas of Leningrad is an astonishing debut novel that captivates and moves the reader. Debra Dean’s novel tells the story of Marina, a young woman enduring the siege of Leningrad during World War II.

On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan - Book Review

On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan is a slim novel, and the prose is spare. Its ambition is small, too: the main story takes place on just one night. Don’t let this smallness fool you, though. Edward’s and Florence’s entire lives are contained in Ian McEwan’s stunning novel.

'One Second After' by William Forstchen - Book Review

One Second After is a riveting and chilling tale of an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack on the United States. It is a thrilling page turner, but is also so much more. The danger it illustrates is so great and so real that leaders in our government are now reading this book. Let's hope they take it seriously.

The Passage by Justin Cronin - Book Review

What is The Passage? It is a new standard for provocative and arresting apocalyptic literature, the first must-read of 2010.

'The Reader' by Bernhard Schlink - Book Review

The Reader by Bernhard Schlink is the story of a 15-year-old boy who has an affair with a woman more than twice his age. Years later, he finds out a secret about her.

The Road by Cormac McCarthy - Book Review

Add another to Cormac McCarthy’s growing list of masterpieces. McCarthy’s new novel, The Road, combines Blood Meridian’s terse, poetic meditations on the horrific depths of human depravity with the taut, thriller writing found in his most recent work No Country for Old Men. What separates The Road from his other works is McCarthy’s ability to capture moments of lyrical and emotional beauty in a father and son’s haunted relationship even as a silent cloud of death covers the world in darkness.

'Solar' by Ian McEwan - Book Review

Ian McEwan is the best selling and critically acclaimed author of novels including Saturday and Atonement. His latest novel, Solar, is a riveting and funny story, completely unusual and as good as anything he has ever written.

Splendor of Silence by Indu Sundaresan - Book Review

Splendor of Silence is a lush, poetic and exquisitely crafted novel that should appeal to anyone who loves reading. This story of a young woman and the secretive American soldier she meets in India is romantic and passionate but doesn’t shy away from the harsh realities of life under British rule. The author, Indu Sundaresan, skillfully weaves romance with historical fiction, making for a satisfying, poignant and highly-recommended read.

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield - Book Review

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield is a rich story about secrets, ghosts, winter, books and family.

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger is a love story about a man who involuntarily travels through time and the woman who loves him from her childhood. Read this review of The Time Traveler's Wife to find out whether it is worth picking up.

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee remains as powerful today as when it was first released in 1960. Find out what makes this American classic a must read and why it keeps reappearing on the bestsellers lists.

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen - Book Review

The pages of Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen burst with rich descriptions and action. You will be drawn into the world of ringmasters, elephants and sideshows. You will also experience the world of nursing homes and old age. You will not want to put Water for Elephants down, and when it is over, you will want more.

What is the What by Dave Eggers - Book Review

What is the What is an astonishing, eye-opening, and heartbreaking book that defies classification. Even if you’re not familiar with the Lost Boys and their struggles to escape from war-torn Sudan, you’ll be drawn into this pseudo-autobiography.

'When Will There Be Good News' by Kate Atkinson - Book Review

Kate Atkinson' latest book, When Will There Be Good News?, revisits the same characters and offers the same precise, insightful writing combined with a heart-stopping thriller plotlines as her previous two thrillers.

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UC Browser is available for PC to Download

UC Browser is the fastest and one of the leading Mobile Browser which is popularly known for its extra intensive technology which makes users’ Internet Browsing experience very better. Its an official announcement that Ucweb already crossed the mark of 3 Million downloads which is record breaking. Previously it was not available for Computer but now, people can easily Download UC Browser for PC
But, its sorry to say that this application is from unofficial source and not have been provided by Ucweb directly. Though the point to note is that, one can experience same interference as you use in Mobile screen. Similar downloading and browsing speed is must. It even supports flash support which was lacking in other previous versions.
source- www.techmero.com

UC Browser For PC

Its noticeable that the official website provides UC Browser for most of the mobile operating systems i.e Java, Android, iPhone, Symbian, Windows Pocket, etc but the only verdict is that, same is not available for Computer OS like Windows and Mac.
Recently, an group of developers from China has successfully developed UC Browser for Computer keeping the same technology as its used in mobile, and so the application we are going to provide here is also in Chinese language.
Also Read : Download Opera Mini 7.0 Next for Mobile

How to Download Free UC Browser for PC

As I described above also, you can easily download PC version of UC Browser application which is developed by individual people. In this article I’ll mention two methods, one is easy and the other is tough.

Method #1 needs you to download the software and enjoy the application while second one has bit complicated procedure, though I’ve detailed the both for betterment of readers.
1. Free Download UC Browser for PC (.exe file)
Just click the above link and download the application, further, you don’t have to go through installation process, just open the app and enjoy browsing on your computer. If you are not satisfied, then you can another method.
Option 2. Using Kemulator 
There’s one software available for computer which is mainly used to run mobile (Java) applications on computer and same you can use for UC Browser. Follow step-by-step tutorial listed below :
1. Download & Install JRE (JAVA)
2. Then go for Kemulator and install it in your system
3. Now, Download any Java Application eg : UC Browser 8.0
First you have to install JRE and Kemulator from above mentioned links, then you can easily fetch Java application and can use it onto your PC without any extra efforts.
Tips & Frequently Asked Questions :
As this is unofficial app, its my responsibility to make you update with any tips or FAQ which can make your using experience very easy. Just go through below mentioned recommendations for better flexibility.
1. Keep App in Folder : Because, when you will start the app, it will automatically create few system files.
2. Wait for Few Seconds : When you start software for the first then please do wait for sometime, as it takes bit time to load.
Features :
This software is derived form the mobile technology which has been used in Mobile version, so that users can enjoy and experience the same functions and specifications. As some people are fond of features I have described the same below :

• Supports Windows Operating System including Win XP & Win 7
• Highly Compressed Technology for better browsing experience
• Super fast Downloading Speed
• No installation process required
• Known General User Interference
• Support WAP sites on Computer
• Makes Internet Browsing faster by 90%
• And many extra functions

Screen shots :

UC Browser for PC

Uc Browser for Computer

Disadvantages :
This application comes with one cons i.e its available in Chinese Language only and not in English, so users may find it bit confusing to use. But T’m sure on researching and playing with, you will become familiar with Ucweb.
So folks, this is the new and revolutionary step taken for delivering thrilling experience to users. I hope by now, you have already about new app and please do comment on UC Browser for PC, I’ll try to respond your complements.

Latest web browser

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Smart Bro is a Latest web browser designed carefully to suite the user needs. It is built on the Internet Explorer technology. Smart Bro has many options that you always wanted: 1. Tabbed interface: Multi-pages inside the same application. 2. Integrated form filler 3. RSS Reader. 4. Stylish yet simple interface. 5. Minimize to System tray with password protection 6. Auto-Save for websites: Now you can exit Smart Bro and re-load it again any time to find all your websites maintained for you. 7. Auto History clean up: you can control how Smart Bro will remove your Internet traces. 8. Popup killer. 9. Quick notes 10. Custom links. 11. Mouse gestures. 12. Integrated sidebar for online games. There are many features that you'll like about this software. We guarantee this.

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HOW TO: choose the best version of Linux

What's the best Linux distribution? It's one of the most commonly asked questions from people who are new to Linux. The answer? Well, there isn't really a simple answer.

Many people swear by only one distribution (or distro) while others may recommend you try them all, but the best answer is probably somewhere in the middle of those.
source- apcmag.com

Here are a few of the resources you can use to find out which distribution is best for you.
Linux Distribution Chooser – There are several websites that are designed to help you choose the best distribution. You just answer a few questions and then several distributions are recommended to you. Tuxs.org, Desktop Linux At Home, and Zegenie Studios all have helpful distributions choosers. These are some of the best starting points if you know nothing about Linux or if you just need some help narrowing down the list of possibilities.
The Linux Community – If you know what you are looking for in Linux, ask some Linux veterans what they think would work best for you. Community sites offer both advice from experienced users and thoughts from inexperienced users. Search through sites like LinuxForums and see what others think about different distros. Also, if you run into any problems with Linux the community sites are usually going to be the fastest, most reliable resource available to you in resolving the problems. The Ubuntu Forum Community, for example, contains more than six-million posts in more than one-million threads.
Live CDs – Many Linux Distributions have a Live CD version. You can use these to give Linux a test run before installing it permanently on your computer. So if you try, say, Fedora and decide you don't like it, you can just reboot and try another, like openSUSE or Ubuntu. Websites such as livecdlist.com are useful too, especially if you are looking for a specific function for using Linux, such as development or home entertainment. You can even use MobaLiveCD, a freeware program, to boot a Live CD in Windows without even burning a disc.
DistroWatch – If you are looking for the latest information about the most popular (and many of the less popular) distributions, check DistroWatch.com. The site has popularity rankings, package information, links to more information and the latest news for several hundred distros. Be sure to read the Major Distributions page. It has great descriptions of the top ten distributions along with the pros and cons of each.
Make Your Own – There are also a few options for making your own custom distro. Definitely one of the easiest is the Custom NimbleX Live CD Generator. It walks you through the process step-by-step, letting you choose what software to install as necessary. Then a customized Live CD .iso file is created to your specifications! If you want to take it a step further, the truly hardcore might want to check out Linux From Scratch, a project that will help you in building and compiling your very own version of Linux from the source code.
This is by no means an exhaustive list, but it should help get you started. Feel free to post in the forums if you have any questions about a specific distro or need some more advice on where to start.

25 Great Facebook Tips and Tricks

1. Hide Your Online Status From Selected Friends:

So you want to use Facebook chat but don’t want some people to see your online status? Simply open up the Facebook Chat and click on Friends List. Start creating a new list called BlockList.
Once the list is created, add those friends to the list that you want to appear offline to. When the list is complete, hover your mouse to the little green icon adjacent to the list and click Go Offline. Bingo! You will now appear offline to everybody in the BlockList.

2. View a Friend’s Profile Without Messy Applications:

If you are like me, you often get annoyed by the dozens of silly applications that people have added to their profile. Here’s a Grease Monkey script that allows you to view any profile without all those applications. Remember: the Mozilla Firefox web browser is a prerequisite for running Greasemonkey.

3. Display Your Facebook Status On Your WordPress Blog:

Want to display your Facebook status updates on your WordPress blog? There is a plugin that does exactly that. StatusPress lets you display your status updates to a widget on your WordPress blog.

4. Access Facebook Chat Through Your Desktop:

No need to go to Facebook.com if all you want to do is use Facebook chat. You can do it right from your desktop using clients like social.im , Adium or ChitChat.

5. Update Facebook Status From Firefox:

If you are a firefox addict you don’t need to use any other software to update your Facebook status. Simply install the FireStatus add-on and update your status right from your browser. You can also use the Facebook Toolbar to completely manage Facebook from your Firefox browser.

6. Create A Photo Collage From Pictures Of Your Facebook Friends:

Easily create a photo collage from profile pictures of all your Facebook friends using a simple Facebook app called Photo Collage.

7. Add A New friend But Hide It From Your Status Update:

A great tutorial by Tim Watson walks you through the process of hiding specific actions from your status updates.

8. Schedule Facebook Messages To Be Send Later:

If you want to schedule your Facebook messages to be send sometime in the future, Sendible is a great tool to do that. You can also use Sendible to schedule your status updates.

9. How To Share Flickr Photos On Facebook:

My Flickr is a Facebook application that lets you display your Flickr photos and photo sets on Facebook so your friends can view and comment on them without leaving Facebook.

10. How To Download Facebook Photo Albums:

Ever felt the need to download complete photo albums from Facebook. You can easily do it with either a Windows desktop application named FotoBounce or a great Firefox add-on FacePad.

11. Upload Photos On Facebook From Your Phone:

All the smart phones like iPhone and Blackberry make it simple to upload photos to your Facebook account but how would you do it if you have a regular phone? Here is a great tutorial to walk you through that.

12. Magic Circles On Facebook:

You might have heard about the Konami code that makes red blurry circles on your Facebook page. This might be one of the most popular Facebook hidden tricks. Here’s how to do it:

Press Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Enter key then press up & down & Magic circles will appear!

To stop them simply reload your page.

13. Use Your Facebook Like A Pirate:

Do you love talking like a pirate? You can set your Facebook to appear like a pirate page by going into Current Language Settings and setting it to English (Pirate).


14. How To Insert Cool Symbols In Your Status Updates:
Make your status updates interesting by inserting cool symbols. Simply copying them from this list and pasting in your status updates.

15. Automatically Poke Friends That Poke You:

Don’t have enough time to poke back friends who poke you on Facebook? Automate it with a Grease Monkey script called Facebook Autopoke.

16. Upload Photos From PicasaTo Facebook:

Upload photos to your Facebook account directly from Picasa using the Picasa app for Facebook. You can also upload the Picasa captions and resize your photos before uploading them to Facebook.

17. Search Facebook Like A Pro:

Not everybody knows how powerful Facebook search is. Similar to any large search engine, Facebook search has a lot of advanced options to help you search like a pro. For example if you are looking for a person named John Marsh and filter your results down to only people who are married, you can try name: John Marsh status:married. A complete list of search tips for Facebook can be found here.

18. How To Update Facebook Status From Gmail:

Facebook gadget for Gmail allows you to update your Facebook status right from your Gmail.

19. How To Access Gmail From Facebook:

If you seldom have to leave Facebook just to go check your Gmail inbox, check out Fmail. It is a great application that lets you check your Gmail from within your Facebook inbox.

20. See Facebook Twitter style:

If you love Twitter more than Facebook, you can view your Facebook just like you view your Twitter using this grease monkey script.

21. Import Facebook Friends To Twitter:

FB140 is a simple tool that lets you find all your Facebook friends that are using Twitter so you can easily follow them.

22. Access Facebook From Microsoft Outlook:

This is a great tip for people attending colleges or working in places that block Facebook, but allow you access to Microsoft Outlook. Simple install the FBlook plugin and access Facebook from Outlook.

23. Display Your Facebook Status Upside Down:

This is a cool and fun trick. To display upside down status updates, simply head over to FlipText and type in your status. Then simply click on Flip Text and copy-paste the upside down text into your Facebook status box.

24. Update Facebook Status Using Twitter:

Wouldn’t you love to update your status on both Facebook and Twitter at the same time. Just install the Twitter application for Facebook. Once synced, your tweets including the #fb tag would automatically be posted as status updates on your Facebook.

25. Download Videos From Facebook:

Facebook has one of the largest collection of user uploaded videos.You can download most of the videos from Facebook by using a client like SpeedBit or DownFacbook.


 

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What's The Best Web Browser

The Browsers Wars - A History

Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Internet Explorer and Safari

And it's amazing and exciting how fast this history is evolving. Exciting innovations to the way we tune into the World Wide Web seem to be introduced almost daily. The competition for market share among the five major contenders still left standing in the war among modern-day Web browsers are what's driving all of this innovation making the Internet a more powerful and useful means of communication, entertainment and commerce for all of us. There are dozens of Web browsers in use today - many of which I've never heard of. There are many browsers that have come and gone. But for now the five most popular Web browsers world-wide are Microsoft's InternetExplorer, Mozilla's Firefox, Google's Web browser called Chrome, the Opera Web browser and Apple's Safari. These five browsers are the current cream that have risen to the top of the still evolving war being waged to answer the question - What's the best Web browser?

The world's very first Web browser called WorldWideWeb was created in 1990 by Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the Internet. He was one of the scientists working at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, and he envisioned his invention as being nothing other than a useful way for scientists all over the world to more easily share data and otherwise communicate.

On January 23, 1993 two students from the University of Illinois named Marc Andreessen and Eric Bina released the first version of Mosaic. This became the first popular Web browser used to connect to servers around the world. In October, 1994, Marc Andreessen having formed a company called Netscape, released an updated version of Mosaic and called it Netscape Navigator. This quickly became the most popular browser world-wide and remained so until the advent of Internet Explorer. Netscape Navigator was a commercial browser but an open source version of the Netscape browser was released in 2002 and was named Mozilla and then re-named and released as the popular modern-day browser Firefox in November, 2004. FireFox is open-source software. This means that teams of hundreds of computer engineers and designers work on constantly improving Firefox on a voluntary basis.

On August 23, 1995 Microsoft released the Windows 95 operating system which included a pre-installed Web browser called Internet Explorer. By bundling Internet Explorer with Windows, microsoft gained a huge advantage. Internet Explorer usage share peaked at over 95% in 2002. Ever since then however, it has been loosing market share to its modern day competitors especially FireFox.

The first version of Opera was made available in the summer of 1996. The first beta release of Apple's Safari was in January of 2003. In September of 2008 Google released Google Chrome.

Which Browser Has the Most Features

The pie chart below shows the market share that each of the five browsers currently hold.

Internet Explorer Is Slowly Loosing Market Share

As you can see, Internet Explorer is still by far the most widely used browser in the world. The simple reason for this is that since it comes pre-installed on all Windows operating systems most people don't bother experimenting with anything else. Vanilla ice cream tastes just fine. But for geeky computer nerds there's Firefox and there's nothing vanilla about Firefox. Firefox is so popular with computer nerds because it is so customizable. It's so customizable, in fact, that tinkering with combinations of the hundreds of add-ons, extensions, themes and skins is almost like building your own browser. One Firefox add-on that I really love is called Cool Iris. Cool Iris puts a tiny blue ball next to any link that you mouse over so that placing your mouse over that ball will cause that link to open instantly in a smaller page on top of the page you're on. Firefox has dozens of nifty little add-ons like that that make the browser so much more powerful and fun to use than plain old vanilla Internet Explorer. Granted, Microsoft's newest browser Internet Explorer 8 is trying to catch up. It has added some interesting features but it has a very long ways to go to catch up with FireFox in letting you customize the way you browse the Web.

What's the Fastest Browser

When it comes to speed Google Chrome wins easily over its four competitors.

Google's Chrome Is The Speed King

Google's new browser launched on September 2, 2008 with a very simple no-toolbars, no-buttons interface. It's the essence of simplicity much like the Google dot com homepage. Google Chrome has a cool feature I like. If a page you have opened in a separate tab causes that tab to crash, it doesn't bring down the whole browser. Chrome like Internet Explorer 8, Opera and Safari has a feature officially known as Private Browsing and unofficially called Porn-mode. This feature turns off your browser cache, history and cookies. Firefox 3.1 due to be released soon will also have this feature. Recent tests have shown that the newest version of Opera, which is version 9.6 is almost as fast at loading pages as Chrome. It has more features than Chrome though not nearly as many features as Firefox. One feature that Opera has that no other browser has is the ability to react to mouse gestures. For instance holding down the right button and moving the mouse to the left will take you back to the previous page. Click here to see all of the mouse gestures in Opera. Opera may be the most stable of any of the top five browsers. It almost never sticks or crashes. But back to the subject of speed - Apple claims that Safari 4 which is still in beta will be as fast or faster than Chrome. But for now Chrome is the fastest browser to load and is the fastest at loading pages.

Which Browser Looks the Best

Which of the five major browsers render pages most accurately and attractively? Ah, that would be Opera and Safari.

Internet Explorer Ranks Last In Acid Test

Which of the five major browsers do the worst job rendering pages? Ah, that would be Internet Explorer hands down. If you're visiting this page with any of Microsoft's browsers whether with IE 6, IE 7 or the brand new IE 8, it is going to look clunky and, well, cheesy compared to what I intended it to look like when I built it and compared to what it looks like in all four of the other browsers. This page displays just fine in FireFox and Chrome but it displays even better in Opera and Safari. Why is this? Because of W3C's Acid3 test, that's why. Acid3 is a series of 100 tests that browsers must pass to be in compliance with the W3C who are the over-seerers of the Internet. Opera and Safari pass all the tests. FireFox and Chrome pass over 90% of them but even the newest Internet Explorer which is Internet Explorer 8 released the 19th of this month can't even pass half of them! That's pretty sorry.

What's the Best Web Browser

So, what's the best Web browser? ... Ah, that would be Firefox.

So what is the best Web browser? In my humble opinion, that would be Firefox for a number of reasons.

Firefox Is Eating Into Internet Explorer's Market Share

First, Firefox loads itself and also loads pages faster than any of Microsoft's browsers including Internet Explorer 8, Microsoft's newest browser. It's not as blazing fast as Chrome but you probably won't notice that much difference. Secondly, Firefox allows you to customize your copy of it's free software to a far greater extent than any other available browser. I've already mentioned Cooliris and to me that one Add-on alone is reason enough to use Firefox as my default browser. Click here to see a list of the most popular Firefox Add-ons. Another reason for you to switch to Firefox from Internet Explorer is that Firefox is so much more secure and less susceptible to bugs that can invade your computer. The bad guys spend time writing code to hack Internet Explorer since it has such a large market share and they spend little effort writing code to hack Firefox or any of the other browsers mentioned on this page because most of the people who use browsers other than Internet Explorer are too computer savvy to allow intrusive junk to penetrate their defenses. So browsing the Internet with FireFox is far safer than going on-line with any of Microsoft's browsers. If you want to give Firefox a try, I've got a link to it and the three other alternatives to Internet ExplorerInternet Explorer on your computer. You couldn't un-install it even if you wanted too. You need Internet Explorer to continue to receive Windows updates. If you have all of your Windows computers configured to automatically download and install updates (and you should), Windows will continue to do that even if Internet Explorer is no longer configured to be your default browser.

How to Speed Up Internet Download Manager

Internet Download Manager for Windows is an application that provides all-in-one organisation of downloads from multiple sources on the internet. Anyone who has attempted to download a large file from a website before will know that this is prone to disappointment, due to a number of things that can go wrong – power cut, internet access outage, dropped connections from the server, or simply the browser crashing.

IDM allows you to pick up downloads where they left off. It also purports to increase download speeds by up to five times. Typically, however, to get close to this kind of increase in speed, a little tweaking is necessary. Read on for the facts.

Related Download: Internet Download Manager

 

Step-by-Step Instructions

• Launch Internet Download Manager by double-clicking the desktop shortcut or by selecting the icon within the Windows Start menu. After a few seconds, the main application window is displayed.
• Click Option in the Download menu and choose the Connection tab.
• Select the Connection Type/Speed dropdown and choose LAN 10Mbs.
  
  This option sets Internet Download Manager to the fastest possible mode, but it requires a lot of bandwidth for it to be effective. If you are running a DSL connection of less than 10mbs, then this setting is not recommended.
• Locate the Default Max Connection Number setting. IDM uses multiple sources when downloading large files, and each source needs a separate connection. If the default max is set too low, then this will throttle IDMs ability to download files extra-quickly.
• Set the Default Max Connection Number as 16, which is the highest possible number of connections supported by IDM. Click OK to apply the settings specified in this guide.
• Test the new settings by downloading a file from the internet using IDM. Click Add URL to add the location of a new download and in the window that opens, enter the URL of a file on the internet.
• Select the file in the queue and click Start/Resume Download to begin downloading the file from the internet to your computer. You should notice a speed increase in the time it takes to download large files, now that you have set up IDM correctly.

Tips & Advice

• To get the most out of IDM, ensure your firewall and router are correctly set up to allow traffic to pass through quickly. Add an exception for IDM to both, so that traffic is not blocked or throttled.
• Ensure files you download from the internet are not copyrighted, as this is illegal in most countries and can result in prosecution and financial/custodial penalties.
• Always keep your anti-virus software running and up to date, particularly when downloading from unknown sources. Malicious software is rife on the internet, and the most common method of infection is downloading files from questionable sources.

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