General Comments on Browsing Utilities and Companions

~ ~ I don’t know about the rest of you, but the search engine of choice of the ‘mad cabbie’ is most definitely Google. I admit that when I first started surfing the Web back in the mid-1990’s, I toyed and played with other search engines for a while, the likes of Altavista and Yahoo. But really, when it comes to speed of use, user friendliness, and the accuracy and relevance of search results, the simple fact is that there isn’t another search engine that even comes close to Google. (IMHO) I use it for all manner and sorts of purposes these days, but mostly for research when I am writing an article for a newspaper or magazine, or for background information and details ...  Read the complete review

The other day I was reading about a little program that automatically closed down any of those pop-up adverts that annoy the hell out of you whilst surfing the Internet, the trouble was, I had forgotten where I had read about it, hence not remembering where to download it, the reason I was so intent on finding it was, there seems to be a massive increase in these pop-up adverts and they are bloody annoying the hell out of me, especially over on Ciao, where they are popping up on every page you visit. Anyway, yesterday I was saved from my anguish, yes I seen an opinion over at Ciao, written by Michelle Scott on the very same program, the program is called POW, to ...  Read the complete review

I have owned a Bush internet.tv system since Christmas 2000, and have found it to be very useful and entertaining. I was given the system as a present and prior to this had very little dealings with computers or internet services. The system itself consists of a compact set top box (dimentions approx 8x7x2 inches) which connects to your television by means of a scart lead, a telephone connection lead and a remote keyboard, thats's it! The system is very simple to set up and operate providing hours of fun, until you get the hang of the internet that is! After a while you begin to realise the limitations of the system, it is very slow in loading the ...  Read the complete review

If you are experiencing problems with annoying pop-up adverts then here is a great wee program which eliminates this problem completely. As some of you might already know, I spend a lot of time on the internet, and I have noticed that more and more sites are using pop-up advertisements to promote saleable items or games etc. I personally don’t mind all that much, but some web-sites appear to use these pop-ups every minute or two and it really can get annoying. The answer is to visit the website at http://www.popupstopper.net and download and install .....“ popupstopper “. It is a very small .exe file and the ...  Read the complete review

Boredom whilst being on the Internet - great isn´t it?, thats when you find the stranger factions of online life, the sites and services you never knew existed, be it a new game to play/download, a brand new site offering free MP3`s or perhaps even something you can use to update your computer. Yesterday was one of these days for me, I was tinkering around cursing the fools who dared to choose Westlife et al on the box and wanting to hear the latest track from Afroman thats being used in the latest `Jay and Silent Bob´ movie from Kevin Smith, after deciding that the only way ahead would be to download it from Imesh we logged into Imesh to see a new advert on ...  Read the complete review