Discover Background Facts and Functions for Chrome Using about:urls

Google’s brilliant browser Chrome can show you all sorts of background facts about your browser through its list of about URLs. You can view them by typing the URL in the Omnibar (address bar). Most about links give information but some gives functions.

For example, the link about:flags brings up a list of Google Chrome Labs latest beta test offerings like disable outdated plug-ins, while the link about:memory gives memory usage in a multi-process browser.

There are a number of about URLs such as about: memory (gives memory usage), about:stats (secret stats page), about:network (current network status), etc. You can browse the entire list at http://code.google.com/p/chromium/wiki/AboutLinks

Note: Not all about links works with your version Google Chrome, some works only with developer build and canary builds.

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Surf the Web Anonymously With Firefox Add-on Phproxy

There are several web based proxy servers available to surf the internet anonymously or as from another country. The Firefox add-on (Firefox 3 – 4) Phzilla helps you view a webpage or surf the internet using the PHProxy (a type of web based proxy server) proxy servers. It is very easy and convenient to use.

Google Virtual Keyboard For Opera

Recently Google has realized a virtual keyboard in their browser Google Chrome, which enables users to enter logins and passwords safely, quite useful for people who use public Computers. If you’re an Opera user, here is how you can enable Google Virtual Keyboard in Opera browser. To use virtual keyboard in Opera 11, install the extension Google Virtual Keyboard , and simply press the CTRL + Insert keys to display the keyboard whenever you need it. It supports for all keyboard layouts available and the main benefit of this extension is that it can reduce the risk of exposing login credentials to hackers in some extend. Note: This extension requires access to scripts and stylesheets located under http://www.google.com/jsapi and http://www.google.com/uds/* in order to work properly. If it's not and you are using some ad/script blockers you will have to add this URL rules to your whitelist.

Restore Lost Capacity Of Your USB Flash Drive (How to)

Some malware can hide full capacity of your USB flash drive. For example, a 4GB pen drive sometimes shows only 500kb or less. An interesting part of this situation is that, even after removing the malware or formatting the USB flash drive, you will not get back its original capacity. Therefore, the question here is how to restore a USB flash drive to its full capacity.

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