December 11 marked the birthday of Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer, which Google inexplicably left running nearly 21 years. We say “nearly” because we had this hands-on birthday post written ...

Spend a few minutes browsing on the Internet, and you will likely be inundated with requests to sign up for services or to install software and toolbars in your browser to “enhance” your surfing.

Google has announced that its Toolbar for Internet Explorer is now dead, and users can’t download it anymore. Google Toolbar has been one of the longest living Google products that have been around ...