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DailyTech reported last month that Microsoft was on the verge of releasing test versions of the Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) web browser. Microsoft made good on that promise today with the public release of IE8 Beta 1 at the MIX Conference in Las Vegas.

The beta browser is available for a wide range of Windows operating systems including Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2003 SP2. According to Microsoft, IE8 Beta 1 will not install on “prerelease versions of Windows Vista SP1” or “checked versions of Windows”.

As expected, IE8 includes a number of new features including the “Activities” contextual data management service, a new Favorites Bar, an improved Phishing Filter, Automatic Crash Recovery and “Webslices”.

Microsoft software architect Alexander Strauss goes on to explain Webslices, stating, “Webslices are simply portions of arbitrary......

Okay, no need to waste your time..
Do you know what is extension and 'plug in' on web browser jargons? well, based on webopedia.com plug in is A hardware or software module that adds a specific feature or service to a larger system. The idea is that the new component simply plugs in to the existing system. So, you can see clearly that plug in working with the system of your web browser. It means : more plug in or extension as well, more harder for your system to open a page on your web browser. So it is necessary to limit the number of plug in and extension you running on firefox.

To disable some junk extension and plug in on your firefox;
On firefox toolbar, click Tools or you can use Alt+T shortcut to open it, and then select Add-ons.
Once, you'll see a box that contain a numerous plugins and extension running on your system, To disable some of them, select one of the plugins, and click disable......