Internet Tools

Why does firefox use so much cpu?!

Posted by Chris on December 22, 2009 at 9:50 pm

Lately I was noticing that my ever trusty Firefox 3 had become a bit of a CPU hog. Perhaps it had a memory leak? Maybe I was running too many add-ons? The answer is much simpler than that!
Thankfully, there is a very quick and simple tweak you can make to make Firefox snappy again.
Read about [...]

Make FireFox faster with SpeedyFox

Posted by Chris on September 24, 2009 at 10:23 am

If you’re like me and an avid FireFox user, SpeedyFox is a handy little app that can help bring back the snappiness into your browser, especially if you’ve been using FireFox for a while.
SpeedyFox can:

Boost Firefox start up up to 3 times!
Speed-up browsing history
Quicker operation with cookies

Find out more about SpeedyFox

Google Wave – Web 2.0 Email & Instant Messaging

Posted by Chris on July 23, 2009 at 8:32 pm

Google Wave is Google’s next generation email and instant messaging web 2.0 client. It hasn’t been released yet as it’s still under development but the demonstration video they have posted indicates they have a very cool product on their hands!
I’ve only watched the first 30min of this 80min demonstration video but already there is some [...]

Paint.net – The FREE Photoshop Alternative

Posted by Chris on July 7, 2009 at 3:01 pm

I stumbled upon Paint.net the other day and was highly impressed with this piece of FREE software.
Unlike Microsoft Paint, this is a different and much more powerful piece of image editing software.
You can work with layers, apply gradients, manipulate image and canvas sizing and many other of the necessary cool features that Photoshop has.
Obviously it [...]

Twitter Fast Start Guide for Newbies

Posted by Chris on April 23, 2009 at 6:54 pm

Welcome to the easiest, fastest way to get started with Twitter.
What is Twitter?
Micro-blogging or think of it as internet txting, you send messages up to 140 characters.
Why use to Twitter?
To communicate or receive communication from people.
Step 1: Get Connected
- Sign up for a Twitter account.
- Enter your name and other relevant details, upload a profile [...]

Following Famous People on Twitter

Posted by Chris on March 16, 2009 at 8:06 am

I have really fallen back in love with Twitter again after finding a whole lot of known artists on Twitter and following them.
Some of their tweets are inspiring, some are just plain silly but either way it’s a really cool way of feeling more closely connected with these people, which I guess is the main [...]

A Quick Look at Google Picasa 3

Posted by Chris on December 19, 2008 at 3:43 pm

My personal opinion of Google Picasa 3 is that it is a fantastic improvement on Picasa 2.
They have played around with the menu a little bit but my favourite aspects are the additional features that lacked in Picasa 2.
The ‘red eye removal’ is far superior than the previous version and I actually use it now [...]

The Easiest Way to Resize Images

Posted by Chris on December 5, 2008 at 8:14 pm

You could use applications like Adobe Photoshop or Google Picasa (free) to resize your images. Thing is, they carry a lot of extra features which you may not necessarily need.
The easiest method I have found to resize images from your digital camera down to a respectable size that you can email of upload to Facebook, [...]

Gmail now has Voice and Video Chat!

Posted by Chris on November 15, 2008 at 1:00 pm

This is a very cool additional feature in my book.
Is Google looking to take on Skype perhaps?
Dunno but now it makes Gmail an even more impressive communication tool.
Read more about Gmail’s voice and video chat

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What Is Twitter & How To Use It

Posted by Chris on October 17, 2008 at 1:00 pm

Twitter is one of those social networking ‘things’ that’s actually pretty cool when you understand what it is, and how it can help you stay connected and in touch with people.
Check out the following video:

You can follow me at http://www.twitter.com/chrisyong
Thing I like is that you can connect Twitter to sync and update your facebook updates [...]