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		<title>So You&#8217;re Purchasing Guitars: How to Get the Best Deal on Your Favorite Instrument</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:17:57 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Purchasing a guitar can be a daunting experience, particularly if you are not yet proficient when it comes to playing one. If you have the intention of purchasing a guitar, perhaps you&#8217;re already wondering, are <a href="http://www.ideamarketers.com/?acoustic_guitars&amp;articleid=1343006" target="_blank">solid wood acoustic guitars</a> way better than electric guitars, or is it right to pick a laminated guitar over a solid wood guitar to save money? By examining your options and budget outlay, it isn&#8217;t hard to recognize that buying a guitar is definitely a hard endeavor. But, try to consider that there are practical methods that you can do to properly choose and purchase the guitar that will suit you.</p>
<p>As with any other purchase, it is important to do as much research as possible before buying your own guitar, whether be it an acoustic electric guitar or just plain acoustic. You can get the information you need from other guitar players, host manufacturers&#8217; advertisements, and instrument reviews available online. From there, you can decide on the budget that you are about to allot for your instrument; one rule of thumb to remember when buying a guitar is to opt for an instrument that you could afford, or if possible buy a guitar that is on its resale value. Settling for a very cheap guitar is not at all advantageous because your choice can either be inappropriate for your playing style, or perhaps poorly made that it is difficult to play.</p>
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<p>When choosing the type of guitar, consider thinking of your instrument playing level. Acoustic instruments such as dreadnaught acoustic guitars are preferable for most players but are more advantageous for novice guitarists. For more advanced players, opting for a good quality electric instrument is a good way to go. Remember that acoustic and electric guitars vary greatly from each other; hence, if you are fond of playing acoustic guitars, you might need a new set of techniques once you decide to start playing an electric.</p>
<p>Assuming that you decided to buy an <a href="http://www.acousticguitarcorner.com/" target="_blank">acoustic guitar</a> based from your budget and playing skill assessment, the next thing that you should think about is the quality of material used for the guitar of your choice. To save money, inexpensive guitars are usually made of lesser quality of wood instead of solid wood. In terms of aesthetics, laminates or plywood finished guitars are truly appealing because the quality of woods used for their outer layers are very sturdy and are unlikely to crack even with frequent use. However, when it comes to sound quality, the sound produced by laminates is not as resonant as solid wood acoustic guitars.</p>
<p>At a minimum, if you are already playing an acoustic guitar, try checking on solid wood acoustic guitars. Despite their higher costs than laminates, they certainly produce good sound quality. However, solid wood guitars are susceptible to damage caused by changes in temperature and humidity so they require extra attention compared to other guitar types. Meanwhile, laminate body guitars are more preferable for beginners because it is less likely to crack when mishandled, and generally does not have an effect on the instrument&#8217;s performance.</p>
<p>Besides the price, type of instrument, and materials used, it&#8217;s important that you choose a guitar that you would be comfortable playing with. It would be useless to choose a deluxe large-bodied jazz guitar if you have a small frame because for the most part, no matter how good this instrument might be if you&#8217;re not comfortable with it, you will not be able to play it pretty well. Considerably, dreadnaught acoustic guitars are the perfect choice for appropriate guitar size, as the dreadnought has been the standard of measurement for all guitars today. By taking all these simple guidelines into consideration, selecting and purchasing the right guitar is now made easier.</p>
<p>Purchasing a guitar is a daunting task especially if you are a novice musician. You have to consider things such as budget and playing level. For starters, laminated guitars are probably a good choice, but it is always recommended to buy solid wood acoustic guitars to ensure higher sound quality. <a href="http://www.acousticguitarcorner.com/guitars/" target="_blank">Dreadnaught acoustic guitars</a> are also a good preference, while an acoustic electric guitar will work best for acoustic players who are already on advanced guitar playing levels.</p>
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		<title>The Nokia N8</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:39:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With a weight of 135 grams and measuring 114 x 59 x13mm the Nokia N8 is Nokia&#8217;s newest smartphone. It has a battery life for 6 hours of talk time and 16 days on standby, it can also play 50 hours of music and 7 hours of video before you will need a recharge. It [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With a weight of 135 grams and measuring 114 x 59 x13mm the Nokia N8 is Nokia&#8217;s newest smartphone. It has a battery life for 6 hours of talk time and 16 days on standby, it can also play 50 hours of music and 7 hours of video before you will need a recharge. It is a 3G phone and can be bought in many different colors, such as blue, green, silver white, gray and orange. There will be more colors becoming available as time goes on.</p>
<p>The Nokia 8 features the most advanced smartphone software thanks to their operating system, the Symbian^3. There are also great gains in their multi-touch functions such as flick scrolling and pinch zoom in and zoom out. You can also tailor your Nokia N8 Smartphone more to your personality thanks to the many different software applications and add-ons that are now available.</p>
<p>With the hardware acceleration that the phone offers, you can work with both 2D and 3D graphics to make a more expedient journey through the features of your phone. Memory management is one of Symbian^3&#8217;s strong suits, enabling you to multi task much faster and run applications in tandem if you wish.</p>
<p>The N8 can also be used a a portable entertainment center, able to produce HD quality video and Dolby Surround Sound when you connect the phone to a home theater system. You can also connect to Web TV with the N8, allowing access to such channels as CNN, Paramount, E! and National Geographic through your phone. You also have access to a number of other content through Nokia&#8217;s Ovi Store.</p>
<p>Along with all these amazing features, the Nokia N8 gets better and better the more it &#8220;learns&#8221; what your likes and interests are. It will sync with those things that you like so that you can get a more personal experience through your smartphone. And, you can also make memories with the Nokia N8 because it also features a 12 megapixel camera with legendary Carl Zeiss lens optics. There is a built in Xenon flash with many features you would expect to find in higher quality digital cameras. You can also make and edit Hi-Def videos with your smartphone because all the editing software is included!</p>
<p>With social networking so popular these days the <a title="http://top10.com/mobilephones/deals/nokia_n8/" href="http://top10.com/mobilephones/deals/nokia_n8/">Nokia N8</a> has been built with it in mind. You can update your status, tweets, share pictures locations and view live feeds on Twitter and Facebook, all from one application you can access from the homescreen. You can synchronize your calendars on your phone with Facebook and you get free global Ovi Maps, with GPS navigation. The maps and GPS will cover you in over 70 countries around the world.</p>
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		<title>Guitar Course</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 16:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Far more very good online guitar instructions are sprouting all more than the garden of the web. At least it looks that way. Anything seems to be professional and solid till you hit that initial negative program that makes you question if any of these courses can genuinely teach you anything. Perhaps you have heard [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Far more very good online guitar instructions are sprouting all more than the garden of the web. At least it looks that way. Anything seems to be professional and solid till you hit that initial negative program that makes you question if any of these courses can genuinely teach you anything. Perhaps you have heard <a href="http://bestguitarcourse.net" target="_blank">Online Guitar Course</a>.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s always disheartening to put funds down on one thing and come across out that it was either a scam or the data was fundamentally worthless. Nevertheless, there are some good guitar programs out there and you can use these six elements to identify them simpler. If that&#8217;s the case please check  <a href="http://bestguitarcourse.net/jamorama-review" target="_blank">Online Guitar  Lessons</a>.</p>
<p>1. You&#8217;ll find the content to be obvious and detailed. As opposed to poorly written programs, nicely-believed lessons contain a great deal of detail and are quite easy to realize. Correct away if you want to know about chords, lead riffs, particular tunings, or neat tricks and the info doesn&#8217;t appear quick to recognize, it most likely won&#8217;t be that valuable to you.</p>
<p>2. Testimonials provide you with positive evaluations. It&#8217;s quite essential to hear what actual students or users of the particular item are saying ahead of you fit down any cash. That&#8217;s what testimonies are accessible for. Examine out a handful of quotes and study some feedback so you can recognize what must be provided in excellent on the web guitar lessons.</p>
<p>3. A refund is supplied if it&#8217;s not pretty what you anticipated. Just mainly because the lessons appear really tantalizing does not imply that they are an exact fit to what you would like to complete on your instrument. Make certain that you have the selection of getting your cash back in scenario some thing isn&#8217;t proper. Just as a speedy tip, negative guitar courses don&#8217;t usually present refunds.</p>
<p>4. The help is effective or at least adequate. Excellent online guitar lessons usually have assistance if anything in the program isn&#8217;t so excellent. Honestly, issues can break and there can be bugs in videos and audio files, so qualified businesses are ready for that sort of thing. Appear to see if the lessons you apply for have adequate consumer support in circumstance you knowledge any problems.</p>
<p>5. Your rate of comprehension matches the pace of the study course. Let&#8217;s face it. Not all guitarists are going to understand at the very same pace. You might progress quicker or slower than some guitar training course can present the material. Be confident that when you&#8217;re browsing around, that everything seems to be in your learning and comprehension level.</p>
<p>6. There&#8217;s no pressure to purchase more components. One particular identifier of a set of negative guitar instructions is their initiative to sell you further merchandise that you may well not necessarily have to have. If you think that you&#8217;re becoming pressured into getting anything that isn&#8217;t crucial to you studying the guitar, then you&#8217;re almost certainly not on a site that falls under the category of excellent online guitar instructions. Continue to visit <a href="http://bestguitarcourse.net/online-guitar-courses" target="_blank">Online Guitar  Course</a>.</p>
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		<title>Facts On Speedy Prototyping</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 17:42:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Speedy prototyping indicates the automatic output of physical items simply by the application of item industrialized technologies. The original approaches for&#160; speedy prototyping started to be accessible within the latter section of 1980s and also have been applied in order to make models plus prototyping elements. Today, they may be applied in a very wider [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Speedy prototyping indicates the automatic output of physical items simply by the application of item industrialized technologies. The original approaches for&nbsp; <a href="http://prototypezone.com/" target="_blank">speedy prototyping</a> started to be accessible within the latter section of 1980s and also have been applied in order to make models plus prototyping elements. Today, they may be applied in a very wider compilation of programs and maybe they are additionally utilized in the create involving production-quality components throughout reasonably minor quantities. Several sculptors utilize the particular devices within the output of complex types with regard to great arts presentations.</p>
<p>The application of&nbsp; <a href="http://prototypezone.com/" target="_blank">additive manufacturing machinery</a> pertaining to speedy prototyping obtains personal system through patterns taken on the personal computer or even computer images software package, changes these people into trim, electronic, parallel cross-sections, and then this varieties sequential tiers around time the particular model have been completed. Your virtual and actual physical versions tend to be nearly comparable inside the WYSIWYG method.</p>
<p>By means of backing producing, these devices scans inside information through computer aided design here is your chance along with pieces down sequential layers involving natural powder, water as well as sheet resources as well as by way of that fashion builds up molds from your succession associated with cross sectors. These tiers of which match up with all the virtual combination parts coming from Virtual design designs are generally linked collectively as well as amalgamated immediately to make the particular finishing shape. The main advantage of item manufacturing is it&#8217;s capacity to form most of geometric functions or any design.</p>
<p>The typical data boundary involving the&nbsp; <a href="http://prototypezone.com/" target="_blank">CAD software</a> as well as the equipment is your data file structure involving STL. The actual STL record estimates are a percentage or even assembly if you use triangular in shape act. Scaled-down sides results in advanced good quality area. The output of product by means of modern strategies could possibly be done inside of time up to some length of time, based upon in the act utilized and in addition in the dimensions and complication in the product. Component techniques with regard to speedy prototyping can be capable of generate typically models inside few hours, even though it may differ extensively based upon inside the kind of gear becoming utilized and also the element as well as amount of designs being manufactured at the same time.</p>
<p>Several challenging free-form generation approaches employ a couple of supplies during the construction of elements. The main supplies are the element people and the next are the help materials (they carry overhanging capabilities during the construction). The actual assistance materials tend to be elimiator later simply by warmth or even melted through solvents or even normal water.</p>
<p>The most common treatment creating could possibly be more affordable inside manufacture associated with polymer bonded goods within higher numbers; nevertheless, ingredient creation could be quicker along with less costly when fabricating somewhat smaller portions associated with elements. Models associated with a model in 3d give creative designers and in addition belief development team the capability in order to produce parts as well as idea versions with the aid of desktop dimension imprinter.</p>
<p>Speedy prototyping at present can be joining the area throughout rapid manufacturing and is suspected simply by many professionals that can be your &#8220;next level&#8221; systems. To understand another recommendation of high-end systems, check out http://www.http://prototypezone.com.</p>
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		<title>Laptop Memory</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this post I am going to gather some recommended tips which are about improving laptop memory performance. Performing these short tips makes you able to have the best usage of your laptop memory. Please read this post fully and help me to gather more tips and advices by leaving your comments:
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="justify">In this post I am going to gather some recommended tips which are about improving laptop memory performance. Performing these short tips makes you able to have the best usage of your laptop memory. Please read this post fully and help me to gather more tips and advices by leaving your comments:</p>
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<p align="justify">As you know, CPU is the most important hardware component for your laptop and RAM is second one. Having more memory makes your laptop faster. So, if your laptop can not process as well as you need you should free more memory to have more available memory for your programs. To solve this problem I recommend these eight tips:</p>
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<h2>1) Minimize your open windows to free more memory</h2>
<p align="justify">It is very easy to do! It is just enough to identify the programs that use amount of memory then you can minimize them when you want to work with another program. For example Firefox, Dream Weaver and Photoshop use amount of RAM. When you minimize a program, your computer will have more available memory for faster processing and when you maximize it, the memory usage of that program will grows up.</p>
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<h2>2) Use some tools to manage your laptop memory usage</h2>
<p align="justify">If you are tired of crashing your programs and it is very important for you to have more available memory for special program(s) and your laptop memory limit goes below a critical point, it would be the time to download and use some tools that control your laptop memory usage. In fact almost these tools attempt to free a specified amount of RAM in order to maximize your laptop performance. You can also use these ones as a program on your laptop: RamCleaner, RamOptimizer, MemMonster, Free Up Ram, RamSmash, SuperRam, MemZilla, MemoryWasher and etc.</p>
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<h2>3) Close idle programs</h2>
<p align="justify">When an OS boots up, some programs start automatically and you can see their icons on your system tray. Well, you can control them on your Taskbar and close them. You can also check them on Windows task manager:</p>
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<div>Press Alt+Ctrl+Delete to Windows Task Manager appears.</div>
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<li>
<div>Click on <strong>Process</strong> tab</div>
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<li>
<div>Under <strong>Mem Usage</strong> category find the program(s) memory usage.</div>
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<li>
<div>Select each one(s) you want to close by clicking on it.</div>
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<li>
<div>Press <strong>End Process</strong> and then close Task Manager window.</div>
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<h2>4) <a title="redure firefox memory usage" href="http://stayupdate.com/tips-tricks/increase-firefox-speed-and-decrease-firefox-memory-usage-20-tips/567" target="_blank">Reduce Firefox memory usage</a></h2>
<p align="justify">I have written another article named <a title="make firefox faster | reduce Firefox memory usage" href="http://stayupdate.com/tips-tricks/increase-firefox-speed-and-decrease-firefox-memory-usage-20-tips/567">Increase Firefox speed and Decrease Firefox memory usage +20 Tips</a> on <strong>StayUpdate.com</strong>. Reading this tutorial helps you to save about 40MB of memory! What a fantastic article it really is! I really recommend it!</p>
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<h2>5) Remove Spywares</h2>
<p align="justify">Spyware is a hidden software that runs in the background of your computer and uses your system resources. Well, there are many solutions to solve this problem, but now I want to introduce you two free spyware: <strong>SUPER Antispyware</strong> (free edition or pro edition) and <strong>Spybot Search &amp; Destroy</strong>.</p>
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<h2>6) Antivirus v.s laptop memory</h2>
<p align="justify">Some of Antivirus applications are not proper to use for the laptops with low memory. For instance Norton Antivirus needs amount of memory to work. You should use another antivirus for your laptop.</p>
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<h2>7) Increase your laptop memory using virtual memory</h2>
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<div>It is possible to have <strong>virtual memory</strong> on Windows and Linux. you can have virtual memory on Windows after following the steps below:</div>
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<li>
<div>Right click on My Computer and then select <strong>Properties</strong></div>
</li>
<li>
<div>Click on <strong>Advanced</strong> tab</div>
</li>
<li>
<div>Under <strong>Performance</strong> category click <strong>Settings</strong> button to Performance Options window appears.</div>
</li>
<li>
<div>Click on <strong>Advanced</strong> tab and under <strong>Virtual memory</strong> category click <strong>Change</strong> button to Virtual memory window appears.</div>
</li>
<li>
<div>Select a partition and select a custom size on the control box. then multiply your laptop Ram by <strong>1.5</strong> and type the result as the Maximize Size(MB) there and then press <strong>OK</strong>.</div>
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<h2> <img src='http://www.stayupdate.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_cool.gif' alt='8)' class='wp-smiley' /> Add Ram</h2>
<p align="justify">Finally if your memory problem is too critical to solve using the tips above, you need to buy and add a RAM on your laptop! (But it depends on your laptop model to support more memory or another RAM).</p>
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		<title>Increase Firefox Speed and Decrease Firefox Memory Usage +20 Tips</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since Firefox is one of the most important tools of Web designers and also other internet users, and because of big mount of Firefox memory usage, I decided to write this article and make it visual for all to be more interesting. Well, if you have a laptop and want to work with Firefox, Photoshop, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a title="PSD to Wordpress" href="http://wpfrompsd.com" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-604" title="psd2wordpress" src="http://206.71.53.6/~tharmon/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/psd2wordpress1.png" alt="psd2wordpress" width="250" height="250" /></a>Since Firefox is one of the most important tools of Web designers and also other internet users, and because of big mount of Firefox memory usage, I decided to write this article and make it visual for all to be more interesting. Well, if you have a laptop and want to work with Firefox, Photoshop, Dream Weaver and … as web design’s tools, you may need many memory on your computers But as we know, it costs much expensive to upgrade your hardware and for laptop owners that would be a disaster if their laptop maximum Ram support doesn’t let them to add another Ram in order to have more memory. ( I’ve also wrote another article for laptop owners: <a title="32 useful tips to improve laptop performance" href="http://stayupdate.com/tips-tricks/32-useful-tips-to-improve-laptop-performance/167">32 Useful Tips To Improve Laptop Performance</a> )</p>
<p>In this article I am going to tell you how to decrease firefox memory usage and increase firefox speed. This article of mine has two parts. So, follow each part to the end to make your Firefox Faster and <a title="Reduce Firefox Memory Usage" href="#ReduceFirefoxMemoryUsage">Reduce your Firefox Memory Usage</a>:</p>
<h1>Make Firefox Faster +10 tips:</h1>
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<h2>1)</h2>
<p>Firefox is usually very polite! it just send a request to server and wait to receive a response before sending another request. To set Firefox to send multi request at once follow these steps #1 to #3:</p>
<p>Open Firefox as a blank page or a blank tab. Type <strong>about:config</strong> in the address bar:</p>
<p><img style="display: inline" title="Make-Firefox-faster-01" src="http://206.71.53.6/~tharmon/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/makefirefoxfaster011.gif" alt="Make-Firefox-faster-01" width="138" height="43" /></p>
<p>If you are seeing a warning page and the button <em><strong>I’ll be careful, I promise!</strong></em> like the picture below:</p>
<p><img style="display: inline" title="Make-Firefox-faster-02" src="http://206.71.53.6/~tharmon/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/makefirefoxfaster021.gif" alt="Make-Firefox-faster-02" width="640" height="150" /></p>
<p>press that button to see another part. In filter bar type: <strong>network.http.pipelining </strong>to find it under <strong>preference name</strong> column:</p>
<p><img style="display: inline" title="make-firefox-faster-03" src="http://206.71.53.6/~tharmon/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/makefirefoxfaster031.gif" alt="make-firefox-faster-03" width="640" height="104" /></p>
<p>As you see in the picture above, the default value is <strong>False</strong>. So, double click on it to change it to <strong>True:</strong></p>
<p><img style="display: inline" title="make-firefox-faster-04" src="http://206.71.53.6/~tharmon/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/makefirefoxfaster041.gif" alt="make-firefox-faster-04" width="640" height="70" /></p>
<h2>2)</h2>
<p>In the text area that is in front of filter bar, type:<strong> network.http.proxy.pipelining</strong>. and change it to <strong>True:</strong></p>
<p><img style="display: inline" title="make-firefox-faster 05" src="http://206.71.53.6/~tharmon/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/makefirefoxfaster051.gif" alt="make-firefox-faster 05" width="640" height="76" /></p>
<h2>3)</h2>
<p>Now find <strong>network.http.pipelining.maxrequests.</strong> Right click on it and click <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">M</span>odify</strong>:</p>
<p><img style="display: inline" title="make-firefox-faster-06" src="http://206.71.53.6/~tharmon/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/makefirefoxfaster061.gif" alt="make-firefox-faster-06" width="640" height="183" /></p>
<p>The default value you are going to see would be 4. So, change it to 8:</p>
<p><img style="display: inline" title="make-firefox-faster-07" src="http://206.71.53.6/~tharmon/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/makefirefoxfaster071.gif" alt="make-firefox-faster-07" width="423" height="185" /></p>
<h2>4)</h2>
<p>At the same page (about:config) Right click on a blank space and select: <strong>New –&gt; Boolean: </strong>(now you are making a Boolean value. Through next steps you need to make some Boolean values again. I mean you should type <strong>about:config</strong> in the address bar and hit Enter then right click on a blank space and select: <strong>New –&gt; Boolean</strong>)</p>
<p><img style="display: inline" title="make-firefox-faster-08" src="http://206.71.53.6/~tharmon/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/makefirefoxfaster081.gif" alt="make-firefox-faster-08" width="252" height="141" /></p>
<p>name it <strong>network.http.pipelining.firstrequest</strong> and press OK:</p>
<p><img style="display: inline" title="make-firefox-faster 09" src="http://206.71.53.6/~tharmon/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/makefirefoxfaster091.gif" alt="make-firefox-faster 09" width="414" height="162" /></p>
<p>Then set it’s value <strong>True:</strong></p>
<p><img style="display: inline" title="make-firefox-faster-10" src="http://206.71.53.6/~tharmon/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/makefirefoxfaster101.gif" alt="make-firefox-faster-10" width="368" height="208" /></p>
<h2>5)</h2>
<p>At the same page (about:config) Right click on a blank space and select: <strong>New –&gt; Integer: </strong>(now you are making an Integer value. Through next steps you need to make some Boolean values again. I mean you should type <strong>about:config</strong> in the address bar and hit Enter. Then right click on a blank space of the page and select: <strong>New –&gt; Integer</strong> )</p>
<p><img style="display: inline" title="make-firefox-faster-11" src="http://206.71.53.6/~tharmon/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/makefirefoxfaster111.gif" alt="make-firefox-faster-11" width="250" height="142" /></p>
<p>Name it <strong>nglayout.initialpaint.delay</strong> and press OK:</p>
<p><img style="display: inline" title="make-firefox-faster 12" src="http://206.71.53.6/~tharmon/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/makefirefoxfaster121.gif" alt="make-firefox-faster 12" width="413" height="160" /></p>
<p>Finally set it’s value to <strong>0</strong>:</p>
<p><img style="display: inline" title="make-firefox-faster-13" src="http://206.71.53.6/~tharmon/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/makefirefoxfaster131.gif" alt="make-firefox-faster-13" width="414" height="178" /></p>
<h2>6)</h2>
<p>Large and intricate web pages can take a while to download. Although Firefox doesn’t have any delay here but since in default it should shows you what it’s received every 0.12 seconds and this causes to increase loading the web pages. Well, to avoid this:</p>
<p>Just as like as step 5 make another Integer value name it <strong>content.notify.interval</strong> and set it’s value to <strong>500000</strong>. Pay attention to the value ( It is five hundred thousand and not fifty hundreds )</p>
<h2>7)</h2>
<p>Just like #4 make another Boolean value. Then create a value called <strong>content.notify.ontimer</strong> and set it’s value to <strong>True</strong>.</p>
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<p>If you haven&#8217;t moved your mouse or touched the keyboard for 0.75 seconds then Firefox enters a low frequency interrupt mode, that means its interface becomes less responsive and your web page loads faster. Reducing the content switch threshold can improve performance, then, and it only takes a moment:</p>
<p>Make another Integer value. Name it <strong>content.switch.threshold</strong> click OK and set it’s value to <strong>250000</strong> (one fourth of a second) then click OK to finish the job for now.</p>
<h2>9)</h2>
<p>It is also possible to extend the last tip to user interface. Telling Firefox to ignore all user interface events until the current page has been downloaded, causes Firefox load web pages faster. (may this would be a little effective but it is recommended to test it for your browser and see how does it work for you):</p>
<p>Make an other Boolean value <strong>called content.interrupt.parsing</strong> and set it’s value to <strong>False</strong>.</p>
<h2>10)</h2>
<p>There are many unwelcome flash on many web pages. As we know this causes slowing down browsing. So, what is the solution? there is a very simple solution. That;s just installing a Firefox extension is named <strong>Flash Block</strong>. To download or install this Firefox extension click <a title="Block Flash to make firefox faster" href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/433">here</a>:</p>
<p><img style="display: inline" title="make firefox faster" src="http://206.71.53.6/~tharmon/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/makefirefoxfaster1.jpg" alt="make firefox faster" width="295" height="173" /></p>
<h2>11)</h2>
<p>As you know while you are browsing Firefox stores some script and images of the web pages in a local memory cache. And they can be retrieved faster if you open the same page. If you have plenty of Ram leave Firefox running to improve the performance.</p>
<p>Make another Integer value and name it <strong>browser.cache.memory.capacity</strong> and set it’s value to <strong>65536</strong>. Finally restart your browser to apply the changes and get large cache.</p>
<h2>12)</h2>
<p>There is an other helpful Firefox extension named <strong>FasterFox</strong>. Fasterfox allows you to tweak many network and rendering settings such as simultaneous connections, pipelining, cache, DNS cache, and initial paint delay. To download or add it to your Firefox click <a title="make firefox faster using fasterfox" href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9037">here</a>. But the way! to add it to your Firefox you need to sign in!</p>
<p><img style="display: inline" title="Faster firefox" src="http://206.71.53.6/~tharmon/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/fasterfirefox1.png" alt="Faster firefox" width="489" height="368" /></p>
<h2>13)</h2>
<p>The last tip I’m going to write about is using anohter Firefox extension named <strong>DownThemAll</strong>. This is the description I’ve seen about it:</p>
<p>This is all you can desire from a download manager: it features an advanced accelerator that increases speed up to 400% and it allows you to pause and resume downloads at any time.</p>
<p>To download it or add it to your Firefox click <a title="faster download with firefox using this extension" href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/201">here</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://206.71.53.6/~tharmon/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/fasterdownloadfirefox1.gif"><img style="display: inline" title="faster-download-firefox" src="http://206.71.53.6/~tharmon/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/fasterdownloadfirefox-thumb1.gif" alt="faster-download-firefox" width="559" height="377" /></a></p>
<h1>Decrease Firefox Memory Usage:</h1>
<p>This is the second part of my article that is all about reducing Firefox memory usage. Well, I have tested all of these tips by myself with a Firefox 3 on a Windows OS and the result has been Great to me. Usually Firefox memory usage on a Windows OS is at least 50MB and at most 100MB and it depends on the mount of installed themes, plugins and extensions. But today you will experience working with Firefox using less than 50 percent of the early Firefox memory usage.</p>
<p>To understand my meaning better I have taken picture of my desktop. So, below you are going to see my Firefox memory usage before applying any tips of rest of this article:</p>
<p><img style="display: inline" title="Firefox-early-memory-usage" src="http://206.71.53.6/~tharmon/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/firefoxearlymemoryusage1.gif" alt="Firefox-early-memory-usage" width="470" height="559" /></p>
<p>As you see my Firefox memory usage is so near to the maximum reported Firefox memory usage and that is because of many installed plugins and Firefox extensions on Firefox of mine. At the end of this article I’ll show you my Firefox memory usage after applying all tips below. Easier and shorter tips are first and longer ones are at last:</p>
<h2>1) Restart Firefox</h2>
<p>Sometimes Firefox memory usages grows up more and more and you need to freed some memory to avoid Firefox using abnormal memory. Well, sometimes it would be useful to restart Firefox to freed some memory.</p>
<h2>2) Clear Firefox download history</h2>
<p>Open Firefox and then Go to:</p>
<p><strong>- Tools –&gt; Options –&gt; Privacy</strong></p>
<p>Finally just leave ‘Remember what I’ve downloaded’ unchecked and press OK.</p>
<p><img style="display: inline" title="reduce-firefox-memory-usage-02" src="http://206.71.53.6/~tharmon/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/reducefirefoxmemoryusage021.gif" alt="reduce-firefox-memory-usage-02" width="594" height="584" /></p>
<h2>3) Don’t open files into Firefox</h2>
<p>Opening files into Firefox needs many memory. To avoid this it is just enough to follow these steps:</p>
<p><strong>- Tools –&gt; Options –&gt; Applications</strong></p>
<p>Then set PDF files to be saved instead of being open into Firefox. Finally press OK.</p>
<p><img style="display: inline" title="reduce-firefox-memory-usage-01" src="http://206.71.53.6/~tharmon/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/reducefirefoxmemoryusage011.gif" alt="reduce-firefox-memory-usage-01" width="595" height="583" /></p>
<h2>4) Keep your Firefox Up to date</h2>
<p>It is really recommended to use newer version of every Firefox extensions, Themes\skins, Plugins and … That is because of improving newer extensions, plugins and themes about using memory. Don’t forget to keep these plugins up to date forever: Adobe reader, Shockwave, Java, Flash</p>
<h2>5) Set Firefox to use less memory upon minimize</h2>
<p>In default almost all software need less memory when you minimize them. But to set Firefox to work like this we should follow these steps:</p>
<p>In the address bar type <strong>about:config</strong> and press Enter then if you’re seeing a warning message press the button <strong>I’ll be careful, I promise! </strong>(<a href="#about_config">just as like as first tip at first part of this article</a>)</p>
<p>Then make a Boolean value and name it <strong>config.trim_on_minimize</strong> and set it’s value to <strong>True</strong>. ( <a href="#making_boolean">I’ve told you how to make a Boolean value here</a> ) Finally restart Firefox.</p>
<p>Thus you would be able to minimize Firefox upon you need more memory. After using this tip you’ll see that Sometimes Firefox memory usage comes down to just 8MB after minimizing! But when your return it into your desktop it’s memory usage grows slowly. Therefore this tip would be really helpful to freed more than 40MB of Ram at the moment.</p>
<h2>6) Set Firefox to have fixed size of memory usage</h2>
<p>In default Firefox uses a percentage of memory on your computer. Therefore if you have more memory, Firefox uses more memory. To avoid this in order to having a fixed size of memory usage for Firefox:</p>
<p>In the address bar type <strong>about:config</strong> and press Enter then if you’re seeing a warning message press the button <strong>I’ll be careful, I promise! </strong>(<a href="#about_config">just as like as first tip at first part of this article</a>)</p>
<p>In the new appeared window type <strong>browser.cache.memory.enable</strong> in the filter bar and change the value to <strong>True</strong>:</p>
<p><img style="display: inline" title="reduce-firefox-memory-usage-03" src="http://206.71.53.6/~tharmon/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/reducefirefoxmemoryusage031.gif" alt="reduce-firefox-memory-usage-03" width="640" height="70" /></p>
<p>Then make an Integer value and name it <strong>browser.cache.memory.capacity</strong>. ( <a href="#making_integer">I have told you how to make an Integer value here</a> )To set it’s value, you should work according to the mount of Ram on your computer. So, set it’s value according to the table below:</p>
<table style="text-align: center" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="472">
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<td width="133" valign="top">Installed Ram:</td>
<td width="133" valign="top">Value you should set:</td>
<td width="204" valign="top">Comment:</td>
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<td width="133" valign="top">256 MB</td>
<td width="133" valign="top">4096</td>
<td width="204" valign="top">also set it for less Ram</td>
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<td width="133" valign="top">512 MB</td>
<td width="133" valign="top">8192</td>
<td width="204" valign="top"></td>
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<td width="133" valign="top">1 GB</td>
<td width="133" valign="top">16384</td>
<td width="204" valign="top">Like me!</td>
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<td width="133" valign="top">2 GB</td>
<td width="133" valign="top">32768</td>
<td width="204" valign="top"></td>
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<td width="133" valign="top">4 GB</td>
<td width="133" valign="top">65536</td>
<td width="204" valign="top">May be for Vostro 1510 owners!</td>
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<p>So, just double the value as Ram doubles!</p>
<p><strong>NOTE:</strong> To restore the value to default change the value of <strong>browser.cache.memory.capacity</strong> to –1 ( I mean minus one ).</p>
<h2>7) Use RamBack Plugin</h2>
<p>This is a helpful Firefox plugin and this is the description I have read about it: ‘<em>RAMBack will cause Firefox to issue an internal notification to free up memory that is otherwise held for performance purposes</em>’</p>
<p>You can download this plugin or add it to your Firefox from <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search?q=ramback&amp;cat=all">here</a>. If you are working with newer versions of Firefox, this would be the most recent version compatible with Firefox 3.0.7 that you can download it or add it to your Firefox from <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addons/versions/5972">here</a></p>
<h2> <img src='http://www.stayupdate.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_cool.gif' alt='8)' class='wp-smiley' /> Use Portable Firefox</h2>
<p>If having free memory is a critical problem for you it is recommended to use Portable Firefox and that is because of less Portable Firefox memory usage.</p>
<h2>How have been useful to reduce Firefox memory usage?</h2>
<p>As I promised you now I’m going to take a picture of my desktop to show you my Firefox memory usage after using the tips above ( Firefox memory usage when it’s maximize ):</p>
<p><img style="display: inline" title="firefox-less-memory-usage" src="http://206.71.53.6/~tharmon/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/firefoxlessmemoryusage1.gif" alt="firefox-less-memory-usage" width="469" height="559" /></p>
<p>As you see in the picture above I could decrease Firefox memory usage on my computer using the tips above to freed about 35MB.</p>
<p>So, This article finishes now and I hope you enjoy reading this article. I tried to make it visual and interesting to be more effective for you. Now Don’t forget to subscribe to my RSS feed to <strong>stay up to date</strong> via <strong>StayUpdate.com</strong></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today I’m going to tell you some recommended tips to improve your laptop battery life. Knowing these tips would be really helpful and practical for all laptop owners specially who need to work with their laptops using battery power frequency.</p>
<h2>Improve your laptop battery life</h2>
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<div>Sometimes you need to work on your notebook using battery power. Using the tips below helps you to optimize your laptop battery usage and extend your battery life:</div>
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<div>CPU activities need amount of battery power. So, you can use some programs that control the CPU speed to optimize the battery life. For example <strong>SpeedSwitchXP</strong> is simple and straight-forward to use, and you can Control the speed of your CPU to give you either <strong>Max Battery.</strong></div>
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<div>Defragging your Hard drive can also help your laptop battery to work longer and better.</div>
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<div>Decrease the LCD brightness to increase laptop battery power usage.</div>
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<div>Kill unwanted program which are not necessary to run at the moment. if your antivirus is running stop it and try scanning later, stop Google Desktop and so forth.</div>
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<div>If you never use your laptop on battery power use is minimum once every 2 or 3 weeks. Otherwise your battery will be ill too soon! But do not use your battery power fully (just use it for a short time)</div>
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<div>Remove external hardware. USB mouse, cool disks and etc. These ones use your battery.</div>
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<div>Increase your memory (by adding RAM) and decrease virtual memory. Because more laptop memory causes your laptop battery works less.</div>
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<div>Prefer Hard disk usage and use CD\DVD ROM(S) less. So, if you need to use a DVD\CD when you are using battery power, make a back up and then run your program from your Hard disk.</div>
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<div>Clean your battery pin(s).</div>
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<div>Hibernate your notebook and don&#8217;t standby. (Hibernate mode needs less battery power)</div>
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<div>Decrease your laptop temperature. (follow this post to find a tip about this topic)</div>
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<div>Decrease Graphic card activity (disable Screen resolution and disable screen savers).</div>
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<div>Turn off <strong>auto save </strong>on the software(s) you are using at the moment. and just set your laptop to </div>
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<div>Hibernate after finishing battery power to do not lose your data</div>
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<div>Set your windows power option to use battery power less (check it to don&#8217;t be <strong>max battery)</strong></div>
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<div>If you do not need to Wifi or Bluetooth, turn them off!</div>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this post I am going to gather some popular advices which are about improving laptop performance. Applying these short tips makes you able to have the best usage of your laptop. Please read this post fully and help me to gather more tips and advices by leaving your comments.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="justify">In this post I am going to gather some popular advices which are about improving laptop performance. Applying these short tips makes you able to have the best usage of your laptop. Please read this post fully and help me to gather more tips and advices by leaving your comments.</p>
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<h2>RAM:</h2>
<p align="justify">As you know, RAM is the most important hardware for laptops after CPU. Having more memory makes your laptop faster. So, if your laptop can not process as well as you need you should freed more memory to have more available memory for your programs. To solve this problem I recommend these eight tips:</p>
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<h3>1) Minimize your open windows to freed more memory:</h3>
<p align="justify">It is very easy to do! It is just enough to identify the programs that use amount of memory then you can minimize them when you want to work with another program at the same time. For example Firefox and Photoshop use amount of RAM. When you minimize a program, your computer will have more available memory for faster processing and when you maximize it, the memory usage of that program will grows up.</p>
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<h3>2) Use some tools to manage the memory usage:</h3>
<p align="justify">If you are tired of crashing your programs and it is very important for you to have more available memory for special program(s) and your laptop RAM limit goes below a critical point, it is really recommended to download and use some tools that control your computer memory usage. In fact almost these tools attempt to free a specified amount of RAM in order to maximize your laptop performance. You can also use these ones as a program on your laptop: RamCleaner, RamOptimizer, MemMonster, Free Up Ram, SuperRam, RamSmash, MemZilla, MemoryWasher and etc.</p>
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<h3>3) Close the program that are not necessary to run:</h3>
<p align="justify">As you know when you boot up your OS, some programs starts automatically and you can see their icons on your system tray. Well, you can control them on your Taskbar and close them. You can also check them on Windows task manager:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<div>Press Alt+Ctrl+Delete to Windows Task Manager appears.</div>
</li>
<li>
<div>Click on <strong>Process</strong> tab</div>
</li>
<li>
<div>Under <strong>Mem Usage</strong> category find the program(s) memory usage.</div>
</li>
<li>
<div>Select each one(s) you want to close by clicking on it.</div>
</li>
<li>
<div>Press <strong>End Process</strong> and then close Task Manager window.</div>
</li>
</ul>
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<h3>4) Reduce Firefox memory usage</h3>
<p align="justify">A good friend of mine has provided <a href="http://acomment.net/8-great-tips-to-reduce-firefox-3-memory-usage/566">8 great tips to reduce Firefox3 memory usage</a> on his blog. Reading this tutorial helps you to save about 30MB of memory! What a fantastic tutorial it really is! I recommend it!</p>
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<h3>5) Remove Spywares:</h3>
<p align="justify">Spyware is hidden software that runs in the background of your computer and uses your system resources. Well, there are many solutions to solve this problem, but I have provided two free recommended anti spyware here: <strong>SUPER Antispyware</strong> (free edition or pro edition) and <strong>Spybot Search &amp; Destroy</strong>.</p>
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<h3>6) No Norton Antivirus:</h3>
<p align="justify">Norton Antivirus needs amount of RAM to work. You can use another antivirus for your laptop.</p>
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<h3>7) Have Virtual Memory on your OS:</h3>
<ul>
<li>
<div>It is possible to have <strong>virtual memory</strong> on Windows and Linux. you can have virtual memory on Windows after following the steps below:</div>
</li>
<li>
<div>Right click on My Computer and then select <strong>Properties</strong></div>
</li>
<li>
<div>Click on <strong>Advanced</strong> tab</div>
</li>
<li>
<div>Under <strong>Performance</strong> category click <strong>Settings</strong> button to Performance Options window appears.</div>
</li>
<li>
<div>Click on <strong>Advanced</strong> tab and under <strong>Virtual memory</strong> category click <strong>Change</strong> button to Virtual memory window appears.</div>
</li>
<li>
<div>Select a partition and select a custom size on the control box. then multiply your laptop Ram by <strong>1.5</strong> and type the result as the Maximize Size(MB) there and then press <strong>OK</strong>.</div>
</li>
</ul>
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<h3> <img src='http://www.stayupdate.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_cool.gif' alt='8)' class='wp-smiley' /> Add Ram</h3>
<p align="justify">Finally if your memory problem is critical and you can not solve your problem using the tips above, you can buy and add a RAM on your laptop! (But it depends on your laptop model to support more memory or another RAM).</p>
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<h2>Hard disk</h2>
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<h3>1) Having a scheduled Defragment:</h3>
<p align="justify">Using your laptop files makes your file fragmented and your notebook will slow down because your Hard drive has to search for files scattered across the drive.&#160; Defragging your hard-drive will solve this problem and will pack all your files together for easy access from your hard-drive.</p>
<p align="justify">To perform a Defragment it is just enough to follow the steps below:</p>
<p align="justify">- Start -&gt; Programs -&gt; Accessories -&gt; System Tools -&gt; Disk Defragmenter</p>
<p align="justify">Then select a partition to defrag it.</p>
<p align="justify">It is recommend to Defrag your Hard drive every 2 or 3 months to keep your laptop working smoothly.</p>
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<h3>2) use an external Hard disk</h3>
<p align="justify">Do not use your Hard drive to store amount of files that you can store them on an external Hard drive.</p>
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<h2>Improve your laptop battery life</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<div>Sometimes you need to work on your notebook using battery. Using the tips below helps you to optimize your laptop battery usage and extend your battery life:</div>
</li>
<li>
<div>CPU activities need amount of battery power. So, you can use some programs that control the CPU speed to optimize the battery life. For example <strong>SpeedSwitchXP</strong> is simple and straight-forward to use, and you can</div>
</li>
<li>
<div>Control the speed of your CPU to give you either <strong>Max Battery.</strong></div>
</li>
<li>
<div>Defragging your Hard drive can also help your battery to work longer and better.</div>
</li>
<li>
<div>Decrease the LCD brightness.</div>
</li>
<li>
<div>Kill unwanted program which are not necessary to run at the moment. if your antivirus is running stop it and try scanning later, stop Google Desktop and so forth.</div>
</li>
<li>
<div>Remove external hardware. USB mouse, cool disks and etc. These ones use your battery.</div>
</li>
<li>
<div>Increase your memory (by adding RAM) and decrease virtual memory. Because more memory causes your battery works less.</div>
</li>
<li>
<div>Prefer Hard disk usage and use CD\DVD ROM(S) less. So, if you need to use a DVD\CD when you are using battery power, make a back up and then run your program from your Hard disk.</div>
</li>
<li>
<div>Clean your battery pin(s).</div>
</li>
<li>
<div>If you never use your laptop on battery power use is minimum once every 2 or 3 weeks. Otherwise your battery will be ill too soon! But do not use your battery power fully (just use it for a short time)</div>
</li>
<li>
<div>Hibernate your notebook and don</p>
<p>&#8216;t standby. (Hibernate mode needs less battery power)</p></div>
</li>
<li>
<div>Decrease your laptop temperature. (follow this post to find a tip about this topic)</div>
</li>
<li>
<div>Decrease Graphic card activity (disable Screen resolution and disable screen savers).</div>
</li>
<li>
<div>Turn off <strong>auto save </strong>on the software(s) you are using at the moment. and just set your laptop to Hibernate after finishing battery power to do not lose your data</div>
</li>
<li>
<div>Set your windows power option to use battery power less (check it to don&#8217;t be <strong>max battery)</strong></div>
</li>
<li>
<div>If you do not need to Wifi or Bluetooth, turn them off!</div>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>CD\DVD ROM</h2>
<p align="justify">Do not use your CD\DVD ROM(S) to watch movies or listening to music. just use your laptop CD\DVD ROM(S) to make backup for your movies and sound files.</p>
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<h2>Laptop Position</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<div>Sudden movement can hurt your laptop for example it could hurt your LED\monitor or Motherboard. So, be careful about your notebook position. To do this just try to put your laptop on flat surfaces</div>
</li>
<li>
<div>It is really recommended to avoid eating and drinking at your laptop: It is common that some pieces of food goes behind the laptop keys and this causes you can not type with your keyboard. to avoid this, do not eat at your notebook and also do not work on it where there are many powder material in the air.</div>
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<div>When some water or coffee or every other liquid reverses on your laptop, turn it off and reverse it as soon as possible. Then after waiting for enough time turn your notebook on and if it doesn&#8217;t work well, take it to a specialist serviceman.</div>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Laptop temperature</h2>
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<li>
<div>Putting your laptop on flat surfaces also causes reducing laptop temperature by existing some air under your laptop to have a good ventilation.</div>
</li>
<li>
<div>Check orifices of your laptop and keep them clean. They should always be open to have a good ventilation for your notebook.</div>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>etc</h2>
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<li>
<div>If your hands sweat a lot and you should type a lot using your laptop keyboard, it is really recommended to use an external keyboard (a USB keyboard). Because sweating can hurts your notebook body and changes its color.</div>
</li>
<li>
<div>Use special napkin to clean your monitor. you can also use the napkins that are used to clean glasses.</div>
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		<title>10 tools to have a perfect twitter account</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:09:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1) Just tweet it
Just twit it help you to find other twitter users who are like you. Surely it would be really perfect to you to find other users that are like you because they can help you and be good partners of yours.
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2) twitter patterns
Here you can find supplied styles for your twitter in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2>1) <a href="http://justtweetit.com/">Just tweet it</a></h2>
<p><strong>Just twit</strong> it help you to find other twitter users who are like you. Surely it would be really perfect to you to find other users that are like you because they can help you and be good partners of yours.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h2>2) <a href="http://twitterpatterns.com/">twitter patterns</a></h2>
<p>Here you can find supplied styles for your twitter in order to have an stylish twitter.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h2>3) <a href="http://twitterfeed.com/">twitter feed</a></h2>
<p>twitter feed let you to inform your followers when you update your blog via sending your last post URL. This is really useful for web developers.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h2>4) <a href="https://easytweets.com/">Easy tweets</a></h2>
<p>This is a web-based marketing tool that makes you able to manage multiply twitter accounts at the same time and be able to tweet with them.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h2>5) <a href="http://strawpollnow.com/">straw poll now</a></h2>
<p>You can have a poll on you twitter via this service. So, then you do not need any code or script and it is fast too.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h2>6) <a href="http://tweetbeep.com/">tweet beep</a></h2>
<p>This service let you to be informed when others tweet about your favorites via alert. You can easily keep track of conversations that mention you, your company, your product and etc.or a URL then you will be informed when others tweet about them.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h2>7) <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7631">twitbin</a></h2>
<p>Twitbin is a Firefox extension that let you to use your twitter account on your Firefox browser. You can send and receive messages easily! twitbin creates a side bar on your Firefox browser to allow you to communicate on <strong>twitter.</strong></p>
<p><strong></strong>&nbsp;</p>
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<h2> <img src='http://www.stayupdate.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_cool.gif' alt='8)' class='wp-smiley' /> <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5081">twitterfox</a></h2>
<p>twitterfox is another Firefox extension that notifies you on your friends&#8217; status on twitter. This Firefox extension just add a small icon on your Firefox. Then you can click on it to send messages, login, log out and etc. Really easy to use!</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h2>9) <a href="http://twitturly.com/">twitt(url)y</a></h2>
<p>This is a web service to track what URLs are twitter users talking about. Useful to know popular subjects and hot links among twitter users.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h2>10) <a href="http://lessfriends.com/">Less Friends</a></h2>
<p>You are following some people on twitter.com. Well, are they following you too? <strong>Less Friends</strong> help you to find the answer.</p>
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		<title>Check your Emails on Google faster (7 tips)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:46:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1) Gmail
You can go to http://m.gmail.com to sign in to your google account to check your Emails. This is a great way to check your Gmail on your mobile.
2) Mozila Thunderbird
Mozila Thunderbird is a great program that let you to organize all of your Emails in offline mode. you can also search your Emails, send [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2>1) Gmail</h2>
<p>You can go to <a href="http://m.gmail.com">http://m.gmail.com</a> to sign in to your google account to check your Emails. This is a great way to check your Gmail on your mobile.</p>
<h2>2) Mozila Thunderbird</h2>
<p><a href="http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/">Mozila Thunderbird</a> is a great program that let you to organize all of your Emails in offline mode. you can also search your Emails, send your Emails to others, and have multiply Gmail account on it. I really recommend it.</p>
<h2>3) Google Desktop</h2>
<p>You can search your Emails in offline mode and you can also search on your computer as easily as you search on the web via <a href="http://desktop.google.com/">Google Desktop</a>. Using Google Desktop makes you able to have a desktop search and also a sidebar gadget.</p>
<h2>4) Google Talk</h2>
<p><a href="http://talk.google.com/">Google talk</a> makes you able to have an approach for instant communications. You can also use Google talk to be informed about the new Emails that you have received.</p>
<h2>5) iGoogle</h2>
<p>Fist make a <a href="http://google.com/ig">iGoogle</a> page for yourself and then add Google mail\Gmail to your page (leave them checked). That&#8217;s finished now you have an iGoogle page and you can have some of your favorite materials there in just one web page.</p>
<h2>6) Google Toolbar</h2>
<p>If you want to work by IE and you need a toolbar for your Google account, you can download <a href="http://toolbar.google.com/T4/index.html">Google Toolbar</a>. Firefox users can also download another <a href="http://www.google.com/tools/firefox/toolbar/FT3/intl/en/index.html">Google Toolbar</a>. That&#8217;s it!</p>
<h2>7) Check your Emails on Google via Firefox add-ons</h2>
<p>I have provided 2 Firefox extensions in order to check you accounts via Firefox faster:</p>
<h3>|) <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/173">Gmail Notifier</a></h3>
<p>Gmail Notifier makes supports checking multiply Google accounts as well as Gmail hosted accounts. So, you can use Gmail Notifier to monitor multiply Gmail accounts inside your Firefox.</p>
<p><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/173"><img src="http://206.71.53.6/~tharmon/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/google-notifier1.png" alt="Google notifier" width="286" height="167" /></a></p>
<h3>||) <a href="http://www.longfocus.com/firefox/gmanager/">Gmail manager</a></h3>
<p>This Firefox extensions supports managing multiply Google accounts too. Gmail manager notify you when you receive a new Email and let you see account details (unread messages, draft, spam &amp; &#8230;).</p>
<p><a href="http://www.longfocus.com/firefox/gmanager/"><img src="http://206.71.53.6/~tharmon/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/gmail-manager-logged-in1.png" alt="Gmail manager_logged-in" width="238" height="271" /></a></p>
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