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How your ‘hosts file’ can make your browsing safer and protect your computer from malware.]]> Tue, 27 Dec 2011 06:00:00 +1000 http://apcmag.com//ballmer-on-bings-holy-grail-almost-like-our-own-little-private-copy-of-the-internet.htm http://apcmag.com//ballmer-on-bings-holy-grail-almost-like-our-own-little-private-copy-of-the-internet.htm

Welcoming some 400 students to Microsoft's Imagine Cup world finals, Steve Ballmer came clean on the rudimentary nature of today's browsers and hyped Bing's context-driven future.]]> Sat, 09 Jul 2011 21:58:29 +1000 http://apcmag.com//why-using-google-dns-opendns-is-a-bad-idea.htm http://apcmag.com//why-using-google-dns-opendns-is-a-bad-idea.htm

Think you're getting faster performance by using Google DNS or OpenDNS? Think again -- especially if you're outside the US.]]> Wed, 19 May 2010 16:48:22 +1000 http://apcmag.com//finally-bills-take-on-googles-os.htm http://apcmag.com//finally-bills-take-on-googles-os.htm

"It just shows the word browser has become a truly meaningless word"]]> Fri, 17 Jul 2009 07:00:00 +1000 http://apcmag.com//google-chrome-os-on-a-linux-kernel-windows-7-anyone.htm http://apcmag.com//google-chrome-os-on-a-linux-kernel-windows-7-anyone.htm

Google has announced via a blog post that it is working on "Chrome OS", an OS designed to take Linux on the desktop mainstream.]]> Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:30:00 +1000 http://apcmag.com//google-polishes-chrome-20-browser.htm http://apcmag.com//google-polishes-chrome-20-browser.htm

The new Web browser is not only much faster, it finally gets form auto-fill and a full-screen mode. Hurrah!]]> Sun, 24 May 2009 00:04:05 +1000