By default the Omnibar in Internet Explorer 10 is set to use Bing as the search provider. If you want to switch it to Google or another provider, it will require an add-on and a little expertise.
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Internet Privacy: Yahoo Embraces Do Not Track
Yahoo! has announced, via a post on its Policy Blog, that it has implemented global support for Do Not Track! (DNT). Here’s what this means in terms of Internet privacy, as well as how to enable this important feature in Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome.
What is Your Favorite or Default Web Browser?
With so many browsers out there, the browser wars keep heating up. Here at groovyPost we’re interested in knowing which one is your default browser. Maybe you are forced to use Internet Explorer at work, but prefer Google Chrome or Firefox at home? Cast your vote in the poll below and leave us a comment [...]
Play the HTML5 Web Version of Cut the Rope in IE 9
During the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) keynote last night, Microsoft announced it has partnered with ZeptoLab to bring you a free web version of the popular smartphone app Cut the Rope. It’s built entirely in HTML5 and is optimized to work in IE 9 in Windows 7. To play, go to cuttherope.ie in Internet Explorer [...]
IE10 is Already On The Way, Platform Preview Now Available
If IE9 just isn’t cutting it for you, don’t worry –because Internet Explorer 10 is already on the construction line. Last week Microsoft released the first Platform Preview for IE10 and it brings vast improvements in CSS and layout support. While it isn’t much to look at just yet, the Platform Preview does give us [...]
Why Chrome Is A Better Choice for Pinning Webapps to the Taskbar
Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) is still new on the market, and one of the greatest features offered is the ability to pin websites to the taskbar. When a website is pinned, the browser then treats it as if it were a separate application. Certainly, Microsoft’s marketing department has done a superb job promoting the feature, [...]
How to Set Internet Explorer 9 As Your Default Browser
Microsoft’s latest release, Internet Explorer 9 (IE9), is available for download. If you are still using IE8 or *cringe* IE6, go get the update! When installing IE9 you might have noticed something it did differently than your typical web browser, or rather, something it didn’t do. Internet Explorer 9 never asked to be your default [...]
Internet Explorer 9 Offers a Free Month of Hulu Plus and Other Goodies
Microsoft is going all out in promoting IE9’s new taskbar pinning feature. In doing so they’ve teamed up with some of the big names on the web in presenting special offers to Internet Explorer 9 users. To be eligible for these offers, the conditions are simple: pin the participating website to your taskbar, and use [...]
How to Pin Internet Explorer 9 Websites To the Taskbar
Pinned websites in Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) are the premier feature that everyone is talking about. With pinned websites you can receive notifications, quickly navigate via the jump list, or control a webapp without even opening the page. Not all sites will have the full set of pinned features, since this requires that they’ve developed [...]
Internet Explorer 9 Offline Installers
The offline installation files for Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) are 20-40MB in size depending on which version you need. While this might not seem like a large download for everyone, if you are trying to load this on a 56K dial-up connection it could take a couple of hours. Instead, download it to a disk [...]
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