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5 smart tips will make your Firefox better !

Firefox has become very popular, and today is the free browser around 25 percent of users in Europe. Internet Explorer loses all the time of users, and the reason is that Firefox is so good. But it can be even better with these tips!

Mozilla, which develops the free browserFirefox , has just released version 3.5.3, which mainly contains bug fixes. You can download the browser free of charge from the website GetFirefox . The program has been translated into Swedish and it is a fantastic browser.

The great strengths of Firefox is not just in the browser is very fast and efficient , but also that there are so incredibly many additionalopportunities and to adapt the program to suit your own needs.

As a bit more experienced user, you can change lots of things. There are tons of tools for free download from Mozilla Addons , to make the program better and give it additional functions.

The new versions of Firefox, it has become easier to manage extensions ( addons ) through a window which is accessible from Tools -> Extensions . Here you can search for specific extensions.

In this article, you get five smart tips to make your browser better and safer with the settings and add-on.

 

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Pentax Kx a new compact digital SLR

Pentax today announced its new digital SLR Pentax Kx. Like so many new SLRs are Kx built to be small and flexible, and among the features are video recording in HD quality.

The new Pentax Kx is an evolution of last year's Pentax Km. System cameras are intended for people who do not already have an SLR. According to the manufacturer goes under the category of entry-level models. Therefore, among other things pushed up the size as much as possible, then just the size has been one of the major reasons why many consumers opted to purchase compact cameras rather than SLR.

Pentax Km features a new CMOS sensor that delivers 12.4 megapixels. Quality to compete with cameras at a much higher price. Now we have not tested the camera, so this is the manufacturer's own words. In addition to taking still pictures, you can also record HD video at a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels at 24 frames per second.

Pentax Kx is of course a lot of functionality. Among other things, include anadvanced anti shake function that facilitates shooting in low light or with large zooming - situations when it comes to being a steady hand. Light View finesseallows you to see the image on the LCD screen. This is something that usually only found on compact cameras, SLRs, since generally only has an optical viewfinder.

According to news website TechRadar seems Pentax Kx come in more than black, even if not part of the press release I got sent to me.TechRadar has photos of both a red and a white Pentax Kx. Sure you can be a little poles and argue that the SLR will be the classic black, but it can not disguise the fact that the red model looks very cool ...

Pentax Kx come onto the market in October, and then have a target price of 6595 SEK, including a 18-55 mm zoom lens.

 

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Super slim LED TV from Samsung

Samsung is launching a new product category in the segment of flat panel TVs. The new LED sets from the company is only three inches thick.

Forget plasma and LCD, the future technology for flat screens is called POINT. The technology is based on LCD technology, but where the LCD uses the constant backlighting and therefore often have problems with blacks in the image using LEDs instead of diodes. Besides the advantage of better blacks than traditional LCD displays as LED technology means that screens can be made much thinner than before.

Television sets in Samsung's new product line is 3 cm thick, with the wall bracket ports screen only 4.5 cm in front of the wall. The size of the models is between 32-55 inches and all television sets are equipped with Samsung's Media Solution [email protected].

This solution means, among other things you can look at movies from a network drive, your computer or a mobile phone via your TV You can also watch videos on the web by including YouTube. TVs also have a USB port that allows you to connect your music player, camcorder or digital camera to them.

The resolution of the screens are in all cases at 1920 x 1080 , ie full HD. 8-series, including LED devices are also 200 Hz Motion Plus technology, while the cheaper screens in 7 and 6-series has 100 Hz. The high refresh rate on the screens are guaranteed for a flicker-free and good image. On all the screens are not less than four HDMI inputs and equipment also supports MPEG-4.

 

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Freecom ToughDrive, external hard drive for tough

ToughDrive Sports is the name of a new external hard drive from Freecom, with a target group of users who have requirements for good durability.

A typical cheap external hard drive can withstand usually not very much.Releasing it to the floor, it may put off completely. But ToughDrive Sports will manage a case on two feet without any problems. In addition, the protection against, what Freecom in the press release calls, bad weather. The size is 16 x 9 x 2 inches and weighs 260 grams.

ToughDrive is based on a hard drive in the 2.5-inch size, which means you do not need an external power supply. The device requires a power that comes from the USB connection. The actual USB cable is integrated, so you do not have to carry around one.

Freecom Hard Drive is available with capacities of 250 GB, 320 GB and 500 GB and has a price tag starting at 1200 SEK.

 

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Nvidia 3D Vision provides video games a whole new dimension

At the CES show, the graphics card manufacturer Nvidia unveiled its new Nvidia GeForce 3D Vision.  This supplement consists of a pair of glasses, along with Nvidia graphics card and a monitor capable of 120 Hz, to give the player a 3D experience.

I have honestly not tried Nvidia 3D Vision - yet, anyway - and I am unfortunately not in place at CES, so I have to start from the press release has expired. According to the Nvidia 3D Vision automatically convert hundreds of games into a 3D experience. You wear the glasses, and the result I suppose is the same as when you look at the 3D TV with the classic red-green glasses.

The actual glasses, together with an infrared transmitter that is placed on top of the screen. This has a range of 20 meters.

During the CES show a large number of content providers, display manufacturers, OEMs and system builders support for NVIDIA's 3D technology. To "said Christian Svensson on Capcom:

- NVIDIA 3D Vision has the potential to bring PC gaming to a whole new level by offering an unmatched depth of titles. When you play Dark Void with NVIDIA 3D Vision glasses it really feels like you are inside the game on a whole new way.

Nvidia 3D Vision has initially been launched already in the U.S. where they cost the equivalent of about 1500 crowns.  It is at this moment not clear when they come to Europe and what they will cost, but it is decided that they would come sooner or later.

 

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Olympus PEN E-P1, compact digital SLR

Olympus PEN E-P1 is a new stylish digital SLR aimed at users who previously thought that SLR was too big and clumsy. Thanks to the Micro Four Thirds format has brought down the size.

When Olympus asked users about their interests in digital cameras so it appeared that many were interested in an SLR (SLR) but felt they were too big.That's right. Digital SLRs are generally heavy and large, and thus not easy to take with them.

The new model is the Olympus Pen E-P1 is built to be a compact alternative. The camera uses the relatively new Micro Four Thirds format, which is a standard to reduce the size of the lenses. The advantage is that you get a much smaller camera.The disadvantage is that you can not use the same old lens. The latter can be tackled with an adapter.

The sensor in the E-P1 is capable of taking pictures in 12.3 megapixels , and you can also record video in HD resolution. LCD screen on the back is 3 inches and you should have an easy interface suited to beginners. The camera has bildstabilistor for those who are not quite steady hand.

With the E-P1 is possible to take pictures with ISO settings from 300-6400. Burst join three images per second (shoot you in the RAW format you can take a maximum of 14 frames in a row). Pictures stored on a SDHC card .

There is no price tag seems not set yet, but it is certain that the Olympus PEN E-P1 will be in stores in July.

 

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Chat in multiple networks simultaneously with Trillian

ICQ, MSN, Yahoo, IRC - there are a lot of different chat networks that usually all require different applications to be able to use them. With Trillian , you can reach all the network instead of a single program.

By far the most widely used chat program today is MSN Messenger. Messenger is a phenomenon that seems to slowly kill off the competing network. IRC, for example.IRC is a chat network made up of different chat channels where each channel has its own regulars and their own jargon. ICQ is a new network, founded by Israeli Mirabilis .During the early 2000s was the plus point of the computer geek connection to their ICQ numbers by heart - now seems to most, however, have abandoned ICQ completely and switched to MSN.

Anyway, these and more networking you can all access through a single program - Trillian. In addition to MSN, ICQ and IRC supports the program also for Swedish users rather unusual networks AIM and Yahoo Messenger . The program offers in addition to chat capabilities also file transfer functionality for all networks.

The program is available for both PC and Mac . There is both a free version and a pay version of the program. The most obvious difference between the free version and paid version, which costs $ 25, is support for video chat. Trillian adds itself as a small icon in the system tray on your computer and you get up automatically when someone writes to you or by clicking the icon. Fair use and is visually similar Trillian on both MSN Messenger and ICQ and is therefore easy to get used to if you want to switch off two programs against one.

 

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Freecom MediaPlayer II play movies and music

You do not need a computer in the living room to watch movies and digital photos, or listen to music. Freecom MediaPlayer II will help you with this.

Freecom MediaPlayer II is yet another portable media player that can be connected to your TV or projector, or to a stereo. The player has a built-in hard disk up to 1TB storage capacity, which means about 220 DVD movies, according Freecom mathematics.

- MediaPlayer II is ideal for anyone wishing to entertainment anywhere and anytime with a single touch, "says Simon Rudolfsson, Sweden Manager for Freecom.

MediaPlayer II has an HDMI connector for connection to flat-screen TVs and support available for films with up to 1080i quality of uppslöningen. An interesting extra feature is the built-in BitTorrent client that allows you to download materials from the Internet directly to the media device (a warning will be issued, given Ipred Act).

In the video, the media player II supports a variety of files, MPEG 1, 2, 4 (MPG, AVI, DAT, VOB, IFO, TS), MKV, DivX and Xvid. The audio format player supports are MP3, WMA, Ogg Vorbis and WAV.

Remote control included and the player can be purchased with either 500 GB or 1 TB hard drive. There is also an option in the form of wireless network cards for connecting to the WLAN. The price tag starts at approximately 2000 dollars.

 

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Clean up and secure your computer, Part 4: Defragmentation

By defragmenting your hard drive cleaned, you will make reading and writing more effectively and faster. It is well invested time.

When you use your computer, and write to disk - something that made all the time, the data will become increasinglyfragmented . When the system writes a file to your hard drive, the file will be divided into small sections, to make it easier to manage and to take advantage of disk storage space to the maximum.But the more time you have spent your hard drive, the more scattered, these sections be.

Very scattered data allows the drive to work hard to collect and put together a large file. This notice this, reading is slower and, above all, you hear the hard drive making noise loud when the read head must jump back and forth across the magnetic disks.This is when your hard drive needs to be defragmented.

Defragmentation means that software moves on the blocks (clusters or blocks, as they are also called) so that a file's data as close together as possible. This way, the hard drive is not working so feverishly to locate all the contents of a file. It makes the reading go faster and you avoid some rattle from the computer. In the long term make it to your hard drive does not wear as much and last longer.

Windows has its own tool called Disk Defragmenter , which is found under Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools . This program is quite good and works fine to drive. However, it is not the most efficient on the market, exactly. Do you want better results, try something else.

A good choice is Auslogics Disk Defrag . This is a free tool from a well-known software manufacturer. The program is very easy to use. Start by turning off as many programs as possible, and then start Auslogics Disk Defrag. In the menu, select the hard drive you want to defragment. Then, just click Next and wait for the work carried out.

 

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Minimus for laptops - Sandberg Wireless Mini Mouse

Laptops have a tendency to become less and less. trackpad in many ultra-portable computers is a bit small, would you rather have a mouse that is specially designed for laptop computers, you should take a look at the Sandberg Wireless Mini Mouse .

At first glance, the mouse does not like much. It is very small , measuring only2.7 x 4.8 x 8.3 cm and are not particularly comfortable in the hand a first start. On top of the mouse, which is designed in black and gray, there are two mouse buttons and a transparent scroll button which can be clicked with. Some buttons on the side of the mouse, there is not and in all honesty it would probably become well time-consuming to use that case.

With the mouse's packages are no drivers , it found and installed automatically by the computer when you plug in the included USB receiver . Two standard AAA batteriesincluded, non-rechargeable. The mouse has no external connectivity for the power source means that you may change your battery yourself when they become exhausted. This is probably because it is primarily intended for use in portable context and the user from having to drag along a few cables.

Personally, it took a little while, because I rarely read manuals, to figure out where the USB receiver is hiding in the package. After a moment of pinching of the mouse, I discovered that the USB receiver is simply built- in mouse and removed through a small button on its top. When the USB receiver is stuck inside the mouse turns off automatically and the whole thing feels like a very neat solution to both save power and to ensure that the USB receiver does not disappear. The range is up to 1.5 meters , which is fully enough.

The mouse is mentioned very little and make themselves clean appearance well together with my Acer Aspire One , which I used as a test computer. A little life is both the biggest disadvantage and the advantage of this mouse. Want to avoid pushing down even more in your inside pocket when you carry your notebook mouse is great - do you have there is the requirement of ergonomics and super-precision , you look for a different mouse.

The price tag for Sandberg Wireless Mini Mouse is around 250 SEK .

 

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