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OK. The title should be “How to browse privately using Opera 10.5″.

Opera 10.5 has been released to be the fastest browser on Earth. One of the new features is the Private Browsing.

Private Browsing allows you to surf web privately without leaving any trace of the websites you have visited.

It is useful when you are surfing using public computer, do online banking, surf sites that you want to hide from other people.

How to turn on Opera Private Browsing mode?

Opera 10.5 private browsing support both private tabs and private windows.

Open a private tab: right click the “+” icon on the tab bar, then select “New Private Tab”. Private tab got a lock like icon at the right side of the tab icon. Any browser activity within the tab is private.

Open a private windows: Click “File” menu, then select “New Private Window”. The Opera 10.5 private window is in red colour. Any tab opened in the private window is a private tab.

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Have you downloaded free Microsoft Office 2010? Don’t know how to use the Office 2010? Worry not! Here is another freebie from Microsoft Press, the free book on Microsoft Office 2010!

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The free Office 2010 book in PDF consists 14 chapters and 183 non-colored pages.

• Chapter 1: Welcome to Office 2010
• Chapter 2: Express Yourself Effectively and Efficiently
• Chapter 3: Collaborate in the Office and Around the World
• Chapter 4: Create and Share Compelling Documents with Word 2010
• Chapter 5: Create Smart Data Insights with Excel 2010
• Chapter 6: Manage Rich Communications with Outlook 2010
• Chapter 7: Produce Dynamic Presentations with PowerPoint 2010
• Chapter 8: Organize, Store, and Share Ideas with OneNote 2010
• Chapter 9: Collaborate Effectively with SharePoint Workspace 2010
• Chapter 10: Create Effective Marketing Materials with Publisher 2010
• Chapter 11: Make Sense of Your Data with Access 2010
• Chapter 12: Putting It All Together
• Chapter 13: Security in Office 2010
• Chapter 14: Training Made Easy

Click here to download the free Office 2010 book [PDF, 10.6 MB]

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Google Chrome 4.0 stable [Windows] has been released and supports extensions.

Google Chrome extensions

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The extensions are little programs to add functionality to your web browser. The addons for Firefox is the same concept.

Visit Google Chrome extension gallery to find and install the ones that interest you.

Unlike Mozilla Firefox, install and uninstall Chrome extensions do not need to restart web browser. Great! You can view and manage the extensions settings by clicking on the “Tools” menu and select “Extensions”. Click Here to Continue Reading »

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Mozilla Firefox 3.6 Release Candidate (RC1) is now available for download.

Firefox 3.6 is build on the Gecko 1.9.2 platform (3.5 uses Gecko 1.9.1) with the following new features:

• Users can change the browser’s appearance with a single click using Personas.
• Firefox 3.6 alerts users about out of date plugins to keep them safe.
• Changes to how third-party software integrates with Firefox to increase stability.
• Improved automatic form fill provides better options from your form history.
• Open, native video can now be displayed full screen, and supports poster frames.
• Support for the WOFF font format.
• Improved JavaScript performance, overall browser responsiveness and startup time.
• The ability to run scripts asynchronously to speed up page load times.
• Support for the HTML5 File API
• Support for new CSS, DOM and HTML5 web technologies.

I installed Firefox 3.6 RC1 and “feel” (no serious testing done) that it is much faster than Firefox 3.5.7. The loading speed of Facebook homepage, which use A LOT of Javascript, is improved quite significant.

All the Firefox add-ons that I am using (20+ of them) are either support or compatible with Firefox 3.6 RC1. Great!

Have you installed Firefox 3.6 RC1 yet? Download it here.

This is a review of Panda Cloud Antivirus Free Edition 1.0, which won Editor’s Choice award for Best Free Antivirus from PC World.

Panda Cloud Antivirus

Panda Cloud Antivirus is the first FREE cloud-based antivirus. It connects in real-time to PandaLab’s online database for protection against virus and malware.

Therefore, Panda Cloud Antivirus could detect the latest virus faster than the traditional signature-based antivirus.

And, it does NOT need to download updates, because the virus signature database is online!

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