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[MODIFIED] Mozilla Firefox - Searching - Use Other Search Engines Besides Google

In Mozilla Firefox, if you type in a search query in the textbox next to the "G" (near the top of the browser window) and press ENTER, Firefox will query the Google search engine for your search terms. You can either click on this textbox or press Ctrl + K to switch the cursor to this box.

However, you can change this option to search other engines, including:

* Amazon.com
* Answers.com
* Creative Commons
* eBay
* Yahoo
* Wikipedia

To make this change, click on the "G". You can then select one of the listed search engines to change Firefox's default. Or, you can select another search engine not in this list.

1. Select "Manage Search Engines" from the aforementioned pull-down.

2. The "Manage Search Engine List"

Imagine one of the following two scenarios: 1) You have a laptop or desktop that does not communicate via Wi-Fi and want to add this capability. You don't want to open up the machine to install an internal card. Plus, you have limited USB ports and don't want to use them for a Wi-Fi device, and a USB hub allowing more ports is not an option. 2) You have a device such as an old gaming system, printer, or network device that can communicate via Ethernet, cannot communicate wirelessly, and cannot be altered or expanded to do so.

Purchasing a wireless Ethernet converter (also called a wireless Ethernet bridge) may solve these problems.

A wireless Ethernet converter lets you hook up Ethernet cables from devices without Wi-Fi support and "bridges" the connection to a wirele

The Movie Map is a Google Maps mashup showing filming locations to a selection of movies. Want to know where the Twin Pines Mall is in "Back to the Future"? It's in California. Where was Happy Gilmore's famous golf scene where he fought Bob Barker filmed? British Columbia.

Users can add movie locations they know about complete with related links and YouTube videos.

The Movie Map: http://www.themoviemap.com/

By default, when viewing large images in Internet Explorer 7, the browser will attempt to resize the images down so they fit in your browser window. This way you can view an entire image without having to use the scroll bar.

Though many people appreciate this automatic feature, others would rather see images, such as photos, in full detail. Thus, this setting can be disabled.

Example of an image automatically resized in Internet Explorer 7

1. Click on the "Tools" button in the toolbar, selecting "Internet Options".

2. When the "Internet Properties" dialog box appears, click the "Advanced" tab.

3. Scroll down to "Multimedia" and uncheck "Enable automatic image resizing".

4. Click "OK" to close the dialog box.

If you are experimenting with multiple e-mail programs, you may have accidentally made one of them the default software used for handling e-mail and newsgroups. If so, you may wish to re-configure Outlook Express in Windows XP to be the default software for handling such actions.

1. Click the "Tools" menu, selecting "Options".

2. The "Options" multi-tabbed dialog box appears. Make sure the "General" tab is selected.

3. Underneath "Default Messaging Program", check the "Make Default" boxes. Note that if they are grayed out, then Outlook Express should already be the default software for said messaging option.

Making Outlook Express for Windows XP the default program used to handle e-mail

4. Click "OK" to close the dialog box.

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