There are several ways to keep multiple Google accounts active at the same time.

In the last episode, we reviewed the Motorola Atrix. A powerful smartphone with a bit of a difference. Now, we take a look at the Webtop accessories that set the Atrix apart. The Lapdock is a small, thin and light laptop-style dock for the Atrix that unlocks full-screen Android on the Lapdock's 11.5-inch screen (with pixel doubling, natch). It's also got a full Firefox web browser, a media interface and... well, that's it. It's a super cool concept and the hardware feels super solid and is nice and light, but there's just too much working against to justify the over $300 price tag. At $60, the HD Multimedia Dock is a more compelling offering, allowing you to easily get your media displaying on your HDTV in full high-def.

Firefox users

rejoice! There is now a

Firefox beta for Android

devices that you can download for free. We'll show you where to go to

get Firefox for free

and show you how to start using it to

browse the Internet

, as well as how to

sync Firefox with your desktop

.

Andy and Sean take a look at the

new HTML5 specification

, explain what it means and explore some of the new features. The future of Adobe Flash is also discussed. Is

HTML5 a mortal threat to the rule of Flash on the web

?

By default,

Firefox

does not use case-sensitive searches. You can

enable case-sensitive searches

by going into the

Firefox configuration settings

and changing one simple value. This is one way to

make searches more accurate

so that you can find what you're looking for faster. It only takes a minute and we'll show you how right here!

There is a way to get

visual previews of websites

you have open using

Firefox 3.6

. You just need to change one value in the

browser configuration

in order to activate this feature, then use it by pressing CTRL+Tab. It's a feature similar to Windows 7's Flip 3D where you get a

preview of the windows

you have open.

In

online sex searching

, an ounce of prevention truly is worth a pound of cure. Kate takes a look at ways you can stay safe when searching for sex and porn online. Sure, there's a world of adult content out there for the taking but free doesn't always mean free of hassles.

Many Internet services use SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) connections to encrypt data that travels between your computer and their server. This week, Stacy Reed shows us Google's encrypted web search and will show how to make it your default search engine in Firefox's search box.

Firefox, by the Mozilla Foundation, has become a very popular Web browser. It's great all by itself, but with the help of add-ons it can become even more. Doc runs down his top-ten Firefox add-ons. This week, part two with extensions six to 10. Check out last week's episode for extensions one to five.

When you

send an email

, you may want to put your signature in it. This can provide contact information on how to get back to you, information about your occupation or even just a quote or good motto. Whatever you want to use it for, we'll show you

how to customize your Gmail signature

in this tutorial!

Generally speaking, online articles don't offer the best reading experience. Readability gets rid of the online article clutter and presents you with just the article you want to read, presented in a clean, reader-friendly format. Michael "Doctor File Finder" Callahan demonstrates.

Firefox does its part to prevent repetitive strain injury buy

auto-filling URLs

for you, if you so choose. Michael "Doctor File Finder" Callahan explains how to turn this handy feature on... or off, if you're so inclined.

Anyone who's used the web knows there's a whole red light area that's filled with adult content. Whether you've been tricked into visiting a salacious site or you've been up all night searching, Kate Abraham demonstrates how to

hide your browsing tracks after the fact, and how to avoid leaving tracks

in the first place next time.

After some delays Mozilla has finally released Firefox 3.6. This new version is faster, more secure, and offers some cool new features. Michael "Doctor File Finder" Callahan gives the

guided tour of Firefox 3.6

Lucas turns his attention to the lowly browser this week, offering up four sweet

Firefox add-ons

that make for a more personalized online experience. From browser skins to colorful tabs and a new way to view images online, these add-ons take Firefox from weak to unique.

Cheryl Poirier, AKA Miss Download, takes a close look at Mozilla's Thunderbird 2, from the same people that brought us the Firefox browser. She's loving the email labeling and foldering system as well as the search field and the Thunderbird add-ons that power up your email experience.

Favicons can help visitors distinguish your site from others with just a quick glance. If you have a blog or website, you may want to make one from a logo, picture or other image. It's easy to do. Here's how.

As more and more things move to the "

cloud computing

" concept, more and more companies are coming up with cool cloud products. For example, Aviary gives you the ability to do screen shots right from Firefox.

When you wander around the Internet and visit sites you can begin to accumulate a lot of

bookmarks

. This week Doc Callahan takes a look at three

free bookmark programs

that make it easy to

back up and manage your bookmarks

. Each one takes a different approach and they're all free!

Stacy Reed takes a look at

10 Firefox add-ons

that will improve your browsing experience. From easy to remember mouse or trackpad gestures for moving back and forward between pages, opening new tabs and so on, building Google and other search options into the right-click menu, grabbing screenshots and much more. It's all covered in this episode of The Sweet Stuff: Web Watch,

10 essential Firefox add-ons

.

If you stop people walking down the street and ask them, "

What is a browser

?" most of them wouldn't know. They may give an answer, but it probably wouldn't be the right one. Doc Callahan offers some disambiguation.

For

spyware

that's installed via the Web your first defense is your Web browser. By changing some basic settings you can

prevent some spyware

. There are also add-ons and extensions that specifically

deal with spyware and malware

, but you need to be aware of what you're installing. The first and best line of defense is to up your browser's built-in security settings. Sure, it means a few more dialog boxes but it also makes for a

safe browsing

experience.

When reading through a wall of text online, wouldn't it be nice if you could

highlight certain important passages on a web site

to come back to later? Wouldn't it be nicer still if you could save those highlighted passages for later reference? While the promise of the

paperless office

seems like a pipe dream, these handy

web highlighters

bring it one step closer.

If you've installed

PortableApps on your USB drive

you can take Firefox and other programs with you easily. Just plug in the USB drive, click on the menu and you can be browsing in just seconds. With

Portable Firefox on your USB drive

you can

browse privately on any computer

and

leave no web traces

on the computer you're using as all data is saved back to your USB drive.

In this week's

The Sweet Stuff: Software

, Doc Callahan wages his own

browser war

and takes a look at

five free Web browsers

. Sometimes the lowly

Web browser

is taken for granted, but for most of us, the the browser is the program we interact with most on our computers.

Many users have been anxiously anticipating the release of

Firefox 3.5

and now it's here! The

Mozilla Foundation

released the

new version

that's loaded with new features and functions.

Ubuntu is a solid operating system and it comes with some really solid software as well. If you're concerned about missing something should switch from Windows, fear not: Ubuntu comes with all the basic tools you need to get started on the

Internet

.

Since the early days of the Internet people have been trying to manage bookmarks. Programs have come out to import and export bookmarks, others have attempted to organize bookmarks, and still others have provided ways to share bookmarks between computers. Finally, an add-on for Firefox called Foxmarks, now Xmarks, came along and got it right.

These green extensions help you to do your part in saving energy and resources while surfing the web with Firefox. Add any or all of these Firefox extensions to track your energy use, invert black text on white pages as displaying black requires less energy on CRT monitors and even save paper when printing web pages.

Bookmarking sites has become an easy way to remember the addresses you love. If you do a lot of surfing you can get a huge number of bookmarks pretty quickly. So, the best thing to do is to figure out a smart way to get and then keep them organized before they overwhelm you.

When we did the tutorial on the Speed Dial addon for Firefox we got lots of nice emails about it. Many of the emails wanted to know if it was possible to copy or transfer your work to another copy of Speed Dial. As a matter of fact it's very possible and here's how it's done.

While surfing around the Internet you pick up a lot of useless files. They go into a cache and are supposed to make your Web pages load faster. Whether you use Internet Explorer or Firefox you pick up these files every time you surf. Here's how to get rid of them.

Apple announced a public beta of the new Safari 4, available on both Windows and Mac machines. This new version of the Apple browser is chock full of cool new features. It supports style sheets, top tabs, "Top Sites," cover flow, complete search history, and plenty more. Take it for a spin and see what you think.

Using the bookmarks toolbar in Firefox it's easy to have one-click access to your favorite sites. Add in sites you need for work, a link to your email, favorite news sites and so on.

The context menu, AKA the right-click menu, offers some commonly used shortcuts in Firefox like bookmarking and saving pages, sending links to friends and some power-user features. The context menu options change based on where you right-click, hence the name.

Speed dial is an addon for Firefox that gives you an easy way to visit frequently used sites. You can configure how many columns, how many rows, where prompts appear, and more. If left to the defaults the images that are displayed would be constantly changing, but here's a way to make nice, neat images that are easy to read.

Update: Foxmarks has changed its name to Xmarks and works across different browsers. The steps in this tutorial however, still apply.
Looking for a way to seamlessly sync changes to your saved bookmarks and passwords across multiple computers? This Firefox plugin saves the day! In fact if you use multiple computers (home and office or home and laptop for example), you'll wonder how you ever lived without it.

Chances are you've found at least a few web pages you'd like to be able to read when on the go. Don't waste your data plan minutes reading long text online. Save that web content and read it offline on your laptop!

Never miss another episode of your favorite butterscotch shows by subscribing to RSS feeds and receiving notifications whenever new content is published! While we use butterscotch.com as our example (naturally), these tips translate to any RSS-ready site on the net.

Our ten-part series on the Firefox browser gets in-depth, up close and personal with Mozilla's browser. This browser is available on Windows and Mac platforms as well as Linux and has gained significant market share in the past couple of years. It's time to figure out what the fuss is about!

Firefox offers a good balance of security and convenience. When visiting a web site, for example, your banking site, you can view the security certificate and other information associated with that site.
For sites that don't contain quite such personal and personally identifying information, you can opt to have Firefox remember passwords for you. This is convenient but not recommended for things like online banking, sensitive email accounts and so on.

From a user perspective, one of the biggest improvements in Firefox 3 over previous versions of the browser is its download manager. Now, you can pause and resume downloads and even pick up downloads where you left off should a power outage or computer crash cut them off prematurely. Another welcome feature is the built in spell checker that catches comon mispellings... usually.

Digging into Firefox's settings a little, we can tell the browser how we want it to behave; this includes which applications Firefox uses to display content as well as how we want websites to appear within Firefox. We can set the default download location for files, change our home page and much more using the Options window in Firefox.

Firefox allows you to take control of your privacy and security settings. Using the installed default settings gives a fair balance of privacy and security and ease of use. However, it's a good idea to change the settings so they're more in line with your own needs and preferences.

Andy and Sean dig in to the mailbag to find out what's on your mind and to answer your questions. In this episode, we learn a little about Windows 7, troubleshoot an ailing home network, deal with a wonky Vista / Firefox relationship and discover where Andy and Sean's vast techspertise comes from.

On a text-heavy page, the Find feature in Firefox (plus other browsers and desktop applications) is worth its weight in gold. With this feature you can quickly scan a long document for the terms that are relevant to you. Think of it as a much more powerful version of the index you'd find in a research book.

Back in the day, having more than one web site open at a time meant having more than one web browser window open. Firefox popularized "tabbed browsing," having more than one website open in a single web browser session
Since Firefox came on the scene, both Internet Explorer and Safari have added this feature. It's now standard equipment in a web browser.

As it stands, Firefox is a good web browser and a viable alternative to the browsers that are bundled on Mac and Windows PCs. What really sets Firefox apart from other browsers though is the huge library of Add-ons. These are free "extensions" that change Firefox's behavior to better suit individual wants and needs in a web browser.
Permit us to demonstrate.

If you have some favorite sites that you like to check daily, Firefox will allow you to save a link as a bookmark for one-click access to local news, weather or your favorite online video shows and tutorials site (hint, hint).
Today, we'll discuss how to use the Bookmarks within Firefox.

The address bar in Firefox is more than just an address bar. It's not called the "smart location bar" for nothing, you know. In this second installment of our Firefox 101 series, we'll break down just what makes this address bar with benefits special while also looking at the integrated search bar and bookmarks toolbars.

Firefox rose from the ashes of the browser wars of old and has since amassed quite a following. As it stands, Firefox has over 15 percent of the browser share, according to the Wikipedia article. It even set a Guinness World Record for the most downloads in a 24hr period with over 8 million.
It's time to find out what the fuss is about...

A step-by-step guide to installing Mozilla Firefox.
We walk you through downloading and installing the latest version of Mozilla's increasingly popular Firefox browser.

Google's

Chrome web browser

is a light, lean and altogether smart piece of software. Far from a me-too browser though,

Google Chrome

takes a fundamentally different approach to some aspects of the web. From creating application shortcuts to web software services like Google Docs and Gmail to allowing for a private browsing session in

Incognito mode

, we'll show you what's up in this 10-part tutorial series.

Our ten-part series on the Firefox browser gets in-depth, up close and personal with Mozilla's browser. This browser is available on Windows and Mac platforms as well as Linux and has gained significant market share in the past couple of years. It's time to figure out what the fuss is about!