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Get Firefox’s Ctrl+K Shortcut In Internet Explorer

6:00AM The How-To Geek | Most modern browsers implement the Ctrl+K shortcut key for quickly focusing the built-in browser search box—and now you can use the same shortcut in Internet Explorer as well. More »
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Get Firefox’s Ctrl+L Shortcut In Internet Explorer

4:00AM The How-To Geek | Every modern browser implements the Ctrl+L shortcut key for easy access to the location bar—and now you can use the same shortcut in Internet Explorer as well. More »
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Lifehacker Speed Tests: Safari 4, Chrome 2 And More

9:30PM Kevin Purdy | Safari, Chrome, and Internet Explorer all reached new final versions recently, while Firefox and Opera pushed their own web browsers into almost-there betas. We pulled out the digital stopwatch and testing kits to see how they measured up. More »
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Learn To Tweak Zoom In Internet Explorer 8

3:00PM Angus Kidman | The odds are good that no matter what your preferred browser you don’t spend a lot of time with the zoom feature, but the recently released Internet Explorer 8 has a few neat zoom tricks up its sleeve. More »
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IE8 Logs You Into Multiple Webmail Accounts

4:00AM The How-To Geek | The official IE blog points out a useful new feature included in Internet Explorer 8: You can login to the same site with multiple accounts—simultaneously. More »
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Early Windows 7 RC Doesn’t Support Compatibility View

12:00PM Angus Kidman | A quick pointer for anyone who’s playing with an “unofficial” copy of the Windows 7 Release Candidate ahead of this week’s official public rollout: it doesn’t yet include the Compatability View feature in IE8. More »
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Google Toolbar Labs (IE Only) Adds Auto-Location To Maps

12:15AM Kevin Purdy | If you’re an Internet Explorer user and love you some Google Maps, Google now offers some Toolbar Labs, which are basically the standard Google Toolbar recompiled with experimental features. Along with a Simplified Chinese Toolbar, the other Labs remix right now adds auto-location feature. It’s kind of like Google Maps Mobile’s version, but using nearby Wi-Fi spots to pinpoint you and make your default business searches—pizza, car repair, bicycle shop—pinned to your location.
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Internet Explorer 8 Hits Automatic Update

12:00PM Angus Kidman | If you’re a Windows user who wasn’t tempted to download Internet Explorer 8 the minute the final release went live, take note: it’s probably about to appear on your system anyway courtesy of Automatic Update. More »
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Customise Google For IE

9:40PM Kevin Purdy | Windows only: customise Google for IE doesn’t offer all the myriad options of its Firefox progenitor, but Internet Explorer users still get more security and privacy, and less lock-in, from Google’s products. More »
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Firefox 3 The Most Popular Browser In Europe

7:30AM Adam Pash | According to web analytics firm StatCounter, Firefox 3 has ousted Internet Explorer 7 as the most used web browser use in Europe. Good news, but it’s not exactly as rosy as it sounds: More »