Computer users who want to increase the RAM of their computer have two choices to do so. They can buy all new computer memory and replace the current RAM with the newly bought modules, or they can add modules to the existing memory to increase the overall RAM this way. Both options have advantages and [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

One of the main points of criticism of Firefox users is the memory usage of the web browser. While I personally think that it has gotten a lot better with recent browser releases, some users are still reporting that the memory usage goes through the roof over time. It is not always the browser core [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox, Windows

Since the days of Star Wars and Star Trek, we’ve dreamed of technological advances that would make us faster, stronger and capable of doing more than ever before. Sure, we’re not quite at the point where we’re teleporting about or living in space “Jetson’s” style, but technology has made some impressive advancements, even in just [...]

Categories: Misc

Many computer users believe that memory optimizers are software programs that offer barely any positive effect. Some computer memory optimizers reduce the memory by raising the virtual memory instead, others degrade performance by optimizing the memory while others do nothing at all. Roman send in a link of the computer memory optimizer Minimem that might [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Do you know the type and amount of computer memory that your computer motherboard supports out of your head? There are ways to look those information up, for example in the manual that came with the computer motherboard but what if you bought the computer fully assembled? You could open it and find out about [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

You might remember the research paper published by the Center for Information Technology Policy at the University of Princeton that described how disk encryption could be defeated by taking a snapshot of the system memory and analyzing that memory for data and keys. I covered the Defeating Disk Encryption story here at Ghacks in February) [...]

Categories: Security, Software

That’s at least what Sam Allen discovered who used a software that he programmed to record memory usage of processes in Windows. He tested Safari 3.1 along with Firefox 3, Opera 9.5, Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 and Flock and discovered a huge gap between Safari and the other four browsers. His application recorded the [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox, ie, Opera

I’m the family’s computer guy and it is slowly spreading to family friends and even neighbors as well thanks to recommendations of family members. Recently my mum told my grandmother’s neighbors that I could take a look at their computer which was showing a bluescreen during startup and well, it’s hard to say no to [...]

Categories: Hardware, Tools

Many users think that usb flash drives are all the same. They look boring and can only be used to plug them into a usb port. The Lexar usb flash drive Jumpdrive Mercury adds one useful function to the usb drive.

Categories: Gadgets, Hardware