Windows only Have you ever wanted to have more control over how your browser used it's bandwidth? Some routers will let you do this for Quality of Service (QoS) reasons, but it's also possible to achieve the same results using some free software.

We're almost halfway through the year, and it looks as though Internet Explorer is once again continuing its steady decline in usage.

DriverMax is one of my favorite applications, and it particularly comes in handy when you plan on formatting your computer. We've shown how you can use it to export all of your current drivers being used on your computer, and then import them whenever needed. If you find yourself spending long amounts of time installing drivers then this program is a must!

There are many different services that will help you monitor the traffic coming to your site.  Probably one of the most well-known services is Google Analytics which provides a wealth of information so that publishers know everything they need to know about their traffic.  Another service that we recently started using in addition to Google Analytics is called 103bees. If you have a blog, you’ll definitely want to try it out. What’s special about 103bees is that it focuses specifically on the search traffic that’s coming to your blog.

Ajax can really change the dynamics of a site with both looks and experience.  It’s popping up a lot more often now, and one of the first big names to move to Ajax was Yahoo with their new mail system.

Congratulations to Firefox for hitting the 300 million download mark! This is yet another huge milestone in the book for Mozilla, and one that is surely deserved. Of course, 300 million downloads does not signify that there are 300 million users because many people download Firefox multiple times.