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Setting up a local weather IE8 web slice
The IE8 add-on directory offers a weather web-slice, but only for the Seattle, WA area. So, how do you setup a web-slice for your local weather?Jump out to Live.com Search and enter your city and the...
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Skin IE8 like Firefox
IE8 Theme Manager:http://www.ieaddons.com/en/details/Time_Savers/Internet_Explorer_Theme_Manager/
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Block advertisements in IE8
Adblock Pro:http://www.ieaddons.com/en/details/Security/Adblock_Pro/
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What is a Web Slice?
A Web Slice is a specific portion of a webpage that you can subscribe to, and which enables you to see when updated content—such as the current temperature, or a changing auction price—is available...
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Still no speed dial for IE8, but the Favorites bar will have to do for now
In Maxthon, Firefox, Opera, and even using IE7Pro, there’s a feature I’ve come to rely on, the speed dial.Speed dial is a configurable page where you can insert regularly visited web sites for easy...
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Adding a web slice adds a new RSS feed in MS Outlook
Hmmm…this I didn’t expect. When you add a web slice to IE8, it also adds a new feed to MS Outlook (if you are using Outlook to read RSS feeds).It also appears (and, I’m double-checking this) that...
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IE8 Beta 2 touted as a faster browser. But is it?
From a personal perspective, watching the time it takes for new tabs to load and then for the new pages to load in the tab, I’m a bit disappointed in the speed of IE8. Even Maxthon, which uses the IE8...
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IE8 gets mixed up with slow connection pages
If a page you are accessing takes too long, according to IE8, it throws up the following screen…I know that the specific page I am accessing is generally slow due to the several factors, but IE8 times...
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Internet Explorer Administration Kit 8 (IEAK) beta
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/cc889349.aspx
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NetApplications indicates Chrome is losing ground?
Not that it had much ground to start with, but NetApplications has been tracking Google’s Chrome. From their numbers, though, I don’t see much of a drop-off. Except I do see that Safari gained some...
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2 days in a row – IE8 uses DEP to close Live.com search page
Hmmm…what’s up with that? Several times in the past couple days, when opening Live.com search, IE8 throws up a Data Execution Protection error and closes the “offending” tab.Could the new Live.com...
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IEBlog : Prepare for Automatic Update distribution of IE8
Starting on or about the third week of April, users still running IE6 or IE7 on Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, or Windows Server 2008 will get will get a notification through...
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Fixing remote redirect downloads in IE8
When you click a link on some web sites to do things like create reports, generate stats in file formats (Excel, PDF, etc.) the link redirects to a generated download, i.e., the download doesn’t come...
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Add the IE8 ADM file to available GPOs
This little utility installs the IE8 GPO settings on your domain controller so that the IE8 GPO settings are available for you to populate throughout your hierarchy. Distribute it using your favorite...
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Web Remote Workplace Stops Working After Installing IE8
This is a known issue with no immediate resolution other than deleting a registry key. When attempting to install the ActiveX component for Remote Web Workplace, you'll see this error:Remote Desktop...
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