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As we have seen with the new Google’s Browser, which is called Chrome, a new interesting feature has come out of the box in the browsing world, and lately it has been integrated in Firefox as well, starting from version 3.1

It is called “Private Browsing mode, where all user activity traces including history, cache, download history, saved passwords, searches, cookies, and others, are removed as soon as the user returns to normal browsing mode”, as Percy Cabello for Mozilla Links says ...

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Many people are assiduous users of Google’s own suite, which comprehends emails, document editors, news readers…but specially an online calendar!

Called Google Calendar, it lets you organize your day, your weeks and your months completely, allowing you to be reminded of any appointment or event via email, or even SMS message. But what if you got fed up of opening it in a new tab while browsing?

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Copying links is always useful when working with blogs and Internet in general. We have covered in the past related topics as copying multiple links, get a URL from an open tab and more.

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CoLT is a Firefox extensions that adds two menu items to the browser’s context menu, both of which are only visible...

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Remember GMail Redesigned, the Stylish script that allowed you to completely change how GMail looks? Tired of updating the source code everytime?

Google Redesigned is a Firefox extension by Globex Designs that totally integrates the famous code in a standalone application, which gives GMail and GCal a new face.

After you install it and restart your browser, a new icon will appear in the right...

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Are you one of those who visit the same sites every morning, maybe to check email, or maybe to see what’s happening around the world? Wish you could have a new way of visiting those sites, which would also speed your browsing up?

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Fast Dial is a Firefox add-on that replaces the “about:blank” page with a panel of thumbnails of your favorite sites.

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Today I was searching, for a friend of mine, the best way to add an HTML signature on his Gmail account. As all you Google mail users know, Big G’s proprietary email service doesn’t offer the ability to integrate a full HTML signature in your messages, but just a simple text one.

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Blank Canvas Gmail Signatures is a Firefox add-on that automatically inserts HTML signatures...

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Tired of the same look under your eyes? Wish you could easily change your browser’s look but don’t want to spend time looking for themes?

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AnyColor is a Firefox extension that allows you to easily change the skin-color of your browsers with a click of a button.

After you install it, a new button will show...

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Everybody loves cool visual effects, like the new Aero effects in Windows Vista that let you switch windows with a live preview, or Linux effects that let you change between your desktops as if they were standing on a 3D cube.

Wouldn’t it be good to add some effects in Firefox too?

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Ctrl-Tab is a Firefox extension that allows you to switch between tabs with the old ctrl-tab key combination with a new cool visual effect.

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Today I decided to format my computer: after a while Windows machines tend to slow down having been loaded with lots of internal processes and full system registry. So I wanted to backup my Firefox 3 settings and extensions…But FEBE didn’t work anymore!

We have previously seen how you can backup almost anything with FEBE, so here you can find FEBE 6 Beta, which currently works with Firefox 3.

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Anyone of us loves music, specially during a working session, and you have probably used one of the many music streaming websites that allow you to discover new songs basing on your personal likings in a completely web based way, and one of these is indeed Last.fm.

But what if Last.fm could be completely integrated into Firefox?

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