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Do you use multiple web browsers because just one is not good enough? Firefox is my favourite browser, but some websites don’t work well with it – that’s when I switch to IE. And when I suddenly get sick of both, I switch to Chrome for a while.  Switching between browsers is a hassle – wouldn’t it be wonderful if there was a combination of FF, IE, and Chrome!

Lunascape 5 Genesis is such a combination. It’s the world’s first triple-engine web browser that combines 3 most popular rendering engines:

• Trident (Internet Explorer)
• Gecko (Firefox)
• WebKit (a combination of Chrome and Safari)

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How many times have you felt like breaking a public computer because it didn’t have the apps you need? I know from experience that having to use a public computer that doesn’t have the software you need is very frustrating. If only you could carry your PC with you without actually having to carry it! Well, actually the answer is simple – free portable platforms, that let you carry your computer with you on any portable drive (USB stick, iPod, etc.). Here are three that I really like.

1. PortableApps.com Platform and Suite

PortableApps.com Suite is a complete collection of portable applications. It lets you carry your computer with all your settings, bookmarks, emails, etc. wherever you go. It’s safe to use, as it won’t leave any personal data behind. Just connect your thumb drive to any Windows computer and enjoy your favourite apps.

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I wanted to share this with you. I have just tested the new search engine WolframAlpha and I must say that few web sites have impressed me more.

It doesn’t seem to be yet another Google replacement. Instead, Wolfram goes way beyond Google when it comes to numbers, maths, chemistry or physics. When before you had to google and read dozens of documents to find that answer, Wolfram gives it to you in a split second. Sin(x)? Not a problem! Structure of H20? Couldn’t be easier!

It can solve an equation, take a derivative, compute properties of a black hole, find isomers of a given formula, compare types of wood, and even give you an exact temperature in Boston in 1998.  Cool, isn’t it!?

Hopefully WolframPower will also keep Google on the edge, so in the end all of us, geeks and otherwise, will benefit.

Svchost.exe is known to cause high CPU usage problems. I’m sure you’ve been in a situation like this: you’re working on your computer and enjoying yourself when all of a sudden it becomes agonizingly slow and even starts freezing up. You press CTRL+ALT+DEL to open the Task Manager, click on the Processes tab,  and see that there are several instances of svchost.exe running and one of them is using up 90% – 100% of CPU! Some people will think: “Oh no! My computer’s got a virus!!!”. Well, that might be true, because some malware pretends to be svchost, but most likely it’s just Windows being Windows.

So, what does svchost.exe do and why is it there in the first place? Svchost is there to host services and run DLLs. You might have noticed that most programs have their own .exe files and can run on their own. DLLs are different – they can’t launch themselves. That’s why svchost.exe exists – it launches and runs DLLs. You can check out the FileInspect Process Library to find out more about the svchost.exe process.

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Like most people out there, I tweet and love it. But Twitter is proving to be more than just fun – it’s a great way to get most recent information too. And it’s new search sounds like a very promising thing that can be a potential threat to Google. Let me explain.

Not long ago Twitter announced the launch of its new real-time search. Now every public Twitter update from anywhere in the world will get indexed instantly.

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Ensuring browsing safety is one of the major concerns of equally users and browser developers these days. And it’s understandable because let’s face it – a lot of people practically live online. We buy and sell stuff online, we do online banking, we socialize online, and we even get online degrees. With all that going on it’s a must to protect yourself. Firefox is a very good browser from security point of view because of it’s useful extensions. Here’s a list of top 5 Firefox security add-ons:

1. NoScript

In my opinion, NoScript is one of the best security add-ons out there. It lets you specify which websites are allowed to run active content, like Javascript, Java code and other executable codes, thus protecting you from cross-site scripting attacks (XSS) and Clickjacking attacks. There was an Adblock Plus issue, but the developers fixed it and apologized.

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