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Category: internet

  • Get instant search in Firefox with InstantFirefox [video]

    The awesome crew over at Tekzilla has found a great little Firefox extension called InstantFirefox that brings Google’s new Instant Search functionality to Firefox.  You can now type in your address bar and get instant search results from various sites which is really cool!  Check out the video below for all the details.

  • Chinese to be the dominant language of the internet in 5 yrs

    In this infographic from The Next Web, they show that Chinese is set to become the dominant language of the internet within 5 years.  China had 36 million new internet users in just the last year so it is not hard to see how the Chinese language will become the dominant language within 5 years.…

  • Opera 11 launches!

    I’ve made no secret about the fact that I think that Opera is the best browser out there and they are continuing to prove that they are the best with the latest release, version 11.  Below is a short promotional video highlighting some of the new features such as visual mouse gestures, increased security and…

  • Amazon explains removing Wikileaks, ToS violations

    Image via Wikipedia There has been a lot of speculation over the possible reasons that Amazon pulled the Wikileaks mirror off of its Amazon Web Services (AWS) service and now they have stated why they removed the controversial site from its service (You can still access the service with these tips). Until the following statement…

  • How to access Wikileaks after the domain’s death

    Yesterday, Wikileaks’ DNS provider, EveryDNS.net, shut down Wikileaks.org after repeated DDoS attacks which supposedly threatened its infrastructure which serves over 500,000 domains.  Fortunately, there are still several ways to get to Wikileaks. If you are interested in how to access Wikileaks now that the .org domain is down, here are several ways.  First, if you…

  • Netflix raises DVD prices and announces streaming only plan

    We have good news and we have bad news.  Lets start with the good news.  After months of anticipation, Netflix has finally announced an all streaming plan for $8/mo.  Considering what you can stream on Netflix and the devices you can stream it on compared to Hulu, it makes paying $8/mo for Hulu plus seem…