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2008

Problems with Firefox 2.0.0.12?

Am I alone in seeing issues with this update?
There’s nothing concrete I can say except that my surfing can freeze for no particular reason and only one thing restores normal surfing - that is shutting down Firefox and re-opening it. Because I typically have four or more tabs open I’ve taken to crashing out so [...]

Web Browsing Safely

In my last post I talked about not controlling what my children click on.
Well this is only partially true. I don’t monitor or log their keystrokes or any other form of intrusive monitoring but I do use a URL filter. In keeping with wanting to use the best and, if possible, for free (personally I [...]

Top Personal Firewalls

Long term viewers of this blog will know that I am keen on personal security from the computer perspective and also that I am keen on windows users installing personal firewalls.
Firstly I guess, a definition of personal is required here.  By this I simply mean it is a software based firewall that sits on the [...]

Pandora Lives Again

I am a happy boy tonight, well 4.33 am as I type this.
As most folks probably know by now Pandora went silent for UK listeners a few days back. I won’t bore you with the details of the whys as plenty of others have already done so. Anyway, after trying upwards of a dozen or [...]

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