TechWorld Facebook Page for your Techie Stuff Questions and Solutions

Having trouble with your PC, laptop and/or other technology devices? TechWorld facebook page is the right page you want to ask help with. Ask anything you want to know to find solutions about technology specially about Computers, Hardware and Software problems, Mobile phones, programs, systems etc.

I just solved my laptop’s networking problem because of the help of the people at TechWorld Facebook page. So join their page on facebook (TechWorld), it is an open group so it will be easy for you to access that page and the next time you have problems with your computers and other techie stuff, just ask the people there (specially Karlo John Lao) and you will get help in less than an hour unless the people there are all asleep, but they are always online most of the time so you will get updates within the day.

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How to Change your Firefox Browser's Default Search Engine into Google

Want to change your default search engine in your Firefox browser? You can change it by doing this:

Type in your address bar: "about:config" and press enter.

On the filter search box, type in: "browser.search.defaultenginename"

Then right-click and choose Modify, then type in the name of search Engine you want to be your default Search Engine. In this case you want Google so type in "Google" make sure you type in the name correctly.

Other search engine names are:

• Ask.com
• Yahoo
• Bing

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The New Mozilla Firefox 4

With all these new updates and new features of Firefox 4, I don't think you want to be left behind by this cutting edge technology that firefox did. So, install and explore how awesome this new version of Firefox 4. 

Just a note: There are still few extensions that are not compatible with this new version of Firefox so make sure or check out first which of the extensions that you are regularly using are compatible with this. But sooner or later extensions will update to match and be compatible with the Firefox 4.

• All your menu items are now in a single button for easy access, and tabs have been given top visual priority so you can focus on the content of the sites you visit.
• No need to remember clunky URLs - the Awesome Bar helps you find favorite sites in seconds.
• The Add-ons Manager has been redesigned to let you discover and install add-ons without ever leaving Firefox.
• Reloading a page or stopping a page from loading has been combined into a single button located next to the Awesome Bar.
• The Home buutton has moved right next to a handy button for one-click bookmarking of your favorite sites.

App Tab
Take sites you always keep open - like Web mail - off your tab bar and give them a permanent home in your browser.

Private Browsing
Turn this feature on and protect your browsing history. You can slip in and out of private browsing mode quickly, so it's easy to go back to what you were doing before as if nothing ever happened.

Firefox Menu Button
ALl your menu items are now found in a single button for easy access.

Instant Website ID
Want to be extra sure about a site's legitimacy before you hand over your personal info? Click on its favicon for an instant identity overview.

Tabs on Top
Tabs are now located above the Awesome bar to make it easier to focus on the content of the sites you visit.

Awesome Bar
Get to your favorite sites quickly - even if you don't remember the URLs. Start typing and the Awesome Bar will include possible matches from your browsing history, bookmarked sites and open tabs.

Switch to Tab
As you're opening a new tab, Firefox will check to see if you already have that site open. If you do, you'll be directed to the existing tab so you don't open duplicate.

Add-ons Manager
The Ass-ons Manager lets you discover and install ass-ons without ever leaving Firefox. Browse ratings, recommendations, descriptions and pictures of the add-ons in action to help you make your selection.

Password Manager
Firefox can remember your passwords, but does so without intrusive pop-ups. Instead, look for the Remember Password notification integrated seamlessly into your view at the top of the site page.

Customize Toolbar
You can adjust Firefox's interface to be exactly the way you like it: re-arrange, organize, add or remove buttons or fields to change your browsing experience however you want.

Personas
Change the look of your Firefox in a single click with Personas, easy-to-install themes created by users from around the world (or that you make yourself!).

Bookmark Button
Manage your bookmarks in a single button. Find your favorite links without getting bogged down!

Sync
Sync seamlessly connects your desktop and mobile Firefoxes, so you can access your browsing history, passwords, bookmarks and even open tabs no matter which device you use.

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What's new with Blogger this 2011?

Introducing template designer, real-time stats, comments spam filtering, mobile templates, web fonts, and more. 2011 is gonna be an exciting year for Blogger because of the major changes they've been doing to make Blogger even more better for Bloggers.

I thought Google won't consider a major changes on the way Blogger looks and function. A lot of blogger users used to transfer to Wordpress because it seems wordpress blog is updated regularly and blogger updates is so slow. But I was so amazed by the new changes and improvements they did on the new interface of the new Blogger.

They showed the next-generation user interface of the new Blogger for 2011 at SXSW.

The new design uses Google Web Toolkit, to deliver the latest in web technology and to make your blogging experience the best!


From its old post editor interface:

To the new post editor:

The current Dashboard looks like this:

They developed it to a new looks:

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AT&T and T-Mobile Merged!?

America's biggest network AT&T decides to buy wireless competitor T-Mobile for $39 Billion. This is a huge deal indeed and there are a lot of questions from their subscribers.

But for me when 2 certain big companies merge into one like this it will give a good possibility that will further make their services better. Maybe this merger of AT&T and T-Mobile will give access to few more devices and flexibility of their scope of services.

If this merge of AT&T and T-Mobile succeed and in-fact the two have compatible networks, will it be a possibility that Verizon will become far more behind on this market? Competion is also good because it will be the meter stick for making each services better.

From the Shayndi Raice and Anupreeta Das at the Wall Street Journal:

On Sunday, AT&T pitched the deal as a way to solve network congestion, by combining two operators using the same technology and alleviating a spectrum shortage that would keep T-Mobile from building a next-generation network.

At $39 billion, AT&T would be paying a significant premium to most analysts' estimates for T-Mobile. Bank of America Merrill Lynch valued the subsidiary in December at about $23.2 billion, while a team from JPMorgan Cazenove valued it at about $25.5 billion.

The deal is expected to be a boon for Wall Street with more than half a dozen firms collecting hundreds of millions of dollars in fees. Andrew Ross Sorkin, Michael J. de la Merced and Jenna Wortham from the New York Times explained.

Well, I am pretty sure that this move by AT&T is for the good of their company and for the good of their subscribers. SO let's just be positive about the things happened like this.

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Introducing the New iPad 2

All-new Design
Less in your hands, more at your fingertips. iPad 2 is thin, sleek, and flat-out amazing. So why hide it in a bulky case? The slim yet sturdy Smart Cover protects your iPad screen without covering up its durable aluminum back.1 So your iPad still looks and feels like an iPad — just with a little extra protection. Even better, the Smart Cover doubles as the perfect movie-watching, game-playing, web-surfing, do-it-all companion. It folds in all the right places so you can quickly create a stand that holds iPad upright. Or one that lets you tilt iPad into a comfortable typing position. If you prefer to hold iPad, the Smart Cover flips back and out of the way like a page in a magazine. And if you want to shoot some HD video on the fly, the Smart Cover folds in half to expose the back-facing camera. Now that’s something to smile about.

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