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Bloglines
The need for feeds
For many of us, RSS feeds are essential for keeping up to date with our favourite websites. The Bloglines plug-in for IE7 allows you to add feeds from any site you visit by clicking a single toolbar button.

Calling ID for the internet
Find out who’s behind that site
With so many sites asking you to register your personal details these days, this is a highly useful IE7 add-on to have. It provides information on the name, address of a site’s owner and whether they are currently trading. Phishing filters are also included.

Cooliris
Surf with your eyes
Install the Cooliris extension and every image link becomes a high-quality pop-up in IE7. Browsing photos and videos is turned into a full-screen cinemati c experience, and shopping online on the likes of Ebay and Amazon is transformed.

Convert with Zamzar
No more format issues
With the variety of content available for download online, this invaluable add-on converts files to formats your PC can recognise. A wide range of file formats are supported for common picture, video and document types.

Customise Google for IE7
Take Google to the next level
This search add-on gives added value to Google searches, suggesting possible search terms as you type, and providing links to sources such as Yahoo and the online encyclopaedia Wikipedia in the results.

Down Them All
Never lose a downloaded file again
An easy way to control multiple downloads in Firefox. This powerful utility is able to split up batches of downloads into smaller pieces to ensure files arrive as quickly as possible. Other features include the ability to download all files linked to on a single web page.

Ebay Visual Search
Easy access to online auctions
IE8 users can install the Monitor Ebay Items Web Slice, which gives a graphic representation of key activity on your Ebay account. For IE7 users, Visual Search is an Ebay search engine that provides suggestions and answers for items.