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2 days in a row – IE8 uses DEP to close Live.com search page by rodtrent

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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NetApplications indicates Chrome is losing ground? by rodtrent

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...

Internet Explorer Administration Kit 8 (IEAK) beta by rodtrent

  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/cc889349.aspx
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IE8 gets mixed up with slow connection pages by rodtrent

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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IE8 Beta 2 touted as a faster browser. But is it? by rodtrent

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...

Adding a web slice adds a new RSS feed in MS Outlook by rodtrent

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...

Still no speed dial for IE8, but the Favorites bar will have to do for now by rodtrent

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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What is a Web Slice? by rodtrent

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 from...
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Block advertisements in IE8 by rodtrent

Adblock Pro: http://www.ieaddons.com/en/details/Security/Adblock_Pro/
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Skin IE8 like Firefox by rodtrent

IE8 Theme Manager: http://www.ieaddons.com/en/details/Time_Savers/Internet_Explorer_Theme_Manager/
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Setting up a local weather IE8 web slice by rodtrent

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...
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The IE8 Accelerator directory by rodtrent

Here’s some cool new add-ons for IE8 – with many more coming… http://www.ieaddons.com/en/
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Betanews.com comes up blank when using IE8 Beta 2 by rodtrent

Try accessing Betanews.com in IE8 Beta 2 and you’ll see a completely blank page. Incidentally, if you use Maxthon (which uses the IE8 rendering engine), Betanews.com works fine… Betanews.com works fine...
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