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Fix Broken and Slow Tab Issues in Internet Explorer 8

Something goes wrong somewhere, and people get the following problems after the installation of Windows Internet Explorer 8:
- In Windows Explorer (I mean those file explorer for browsing folders/files), when you double-click on a folder, a new Windows Explorer is popped up instead of showing the folder in the same explorer.
- In Windows IE8, when you right-click a web address on a web page, and then click [Open in New Window] or [Open in New Tab], the web page cannot be opened in a new window / tab.
- In Windows …

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Better GMAIL functionality via Firefox addons and Greasemonkey scripts

I’ve found a great article with tricks and hacks all for Gmail – handy Firefox extensions, best Greasemonkey scripts, some desktop tools and lots of useful tips. While some might not work anymore or are already integrated by Google enjoy them.
FIREFOX EXTENSIONS
Gspace – multi-platform firefox addon that turns your gmail account into powerful online storage tool
Gmail Search Extension – search your gmail account directly from the firefox search bar
GcalQuickTab – toggle between gmail and google calendar with keyboard shortcuts
GTDInbox – turns your account into flexible and feature-loaded ToDo-management service (GTD …

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What is PING

Ping is a program that sends a series of packets over a network or the Internet to a specific computer in order to generate a response from that computer. The other computer responds with an acknowledgment that it received the packets. Ping was created to verify whether a specific computer on a network or the Internet exists and is connected.
Some have claimed that the word “ping” is actually an acronym for “Packet Internet (or Inter-Network) Groper”, deliberately contrived to play on the fact that pinging with a computer is similar …

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Lighttpd and permalinks

Lighttpd is a great webserver, better than apache and powers sites like youtube,meebo and wikipedia. If you happen to host a wordpress blog on lighttpd server, you might be wondering how to make permalinks work. Unlike apache, lighttpd does not use .htaccess file and to enable permalinks you have to make changes to a different file.