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How to Crack Firefox Passwords

December 10th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Firefox Password Unlocked

Do you rely on the master password in Firefox to protect all your login information? That could be a very costly mistake if your computer is ever stolen. Anyone with a password cracker of which there are several on the…

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Get Firefox 3 Beta 1

November 21st, 2007 · 4 Comments

TechCrunch has an interesting piece on the forthcoming version 3 of the Firefox browser, which is “out” in beta 1 right now. Turns out that Mozilla (makers of Firefox) are yet to solve the memory problems that have plagued the…

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Improving Websites With Firefox and Greasemonkey

October 23rd, 2007 · No Comments

Greasemonkey logo

Some websites don’t look the way we want them to look, they don’t have the functionality we need, and sometimes they do stuff we really don’t want them to, like displaying stacks of ads or spawn popups at every move.…

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Remove Firefox Addons, Improve Security

June 4th, 2007 · 13 Comments

Firefox logoUsing certain Firefox addons, such as the popular Google, Facebook, and LinkedIn addons, could leave your computer open to hackers, according to security expert and Indiana University graduate student in informatics Christopher Soghoian. Thankfully, tools such as NoScript, Greasemonkey, and…

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Top Ten Firefox Addons to Annoy Advertisers

May 8th, 2007 · 14 Comments

Faster FoxComputerworld.com has kicked up a storm this week by offering its readers a list of Firefox extensions they should not use. Some of the mentions are possibly valid and using them may have a performance hit on your computer, open…

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