Whether you are a hardcore gamer or a normal computer user, you expect fast performance from your computer. Latest versions of browsers like Firefox and Google Chrome consumes too much memory and if you try to run applications like Skype or even Microsoft Office at the same time, you may face sluggish operation on your [...]
CDN ( Content Delivery Network ) is an option to serve static content on webpage from a cookie-less domain to increase the page load speed. If you are having own hosting server then you can create own CDN on your hosting account by following simple steps.
When we start tweaking Windows operating system to optimum performance and speedup the processing, we change, disable services and running processes. You can create a single place to take control on different activities and option in Windows 7, and then tweak them accordingly to get better performance.
If you are facing a slow Internet connection on your computer, then you should try testing that to get exact upload and download speed. There are online tools to perform the test on just one click to let you know the current download and upload speed on your Internet connection.
Now a days, we have different kind of Internet connections like Wireless 3G, Broadband, Cable etc. Internet speed test will show you the current speed for download and upload, and based on that stat, you can check whether your ISP is giving claimed speed or not.
If you are using Google Chrome on a bigger screen, you would definitely like to have more speed dial boxes on a new window or tab of your browser. By default, Google Chrome shows (2 rows x 4 column) 8 thumbnails for quick access of most visited sites. On bigger screen, you may accommodate more speed dials on black window but there is no option to do the same. Here is an extension for Chrome browser to get as many speed dials as you want on your Chrome browser.
Internet users are growing day by day and so is the broadband speed in different parts of world. But still the browsing speed difference is huge in different countries for the broadband users. Ookla, the same company which owns Speedtest.net, recently launched a portal named “Net Index” where you can check average speed of broadband connection in different parts of world. South Korea is on the top position with 36.5 Mbps. US is on 26′th Postition with 7.69 Mbps and India on 122′nd with 1.33 Mbps.
If you are running Windows 7 operating system on your PC and also having Internet Connection then you should check the programs which are using that connection. Specially if the Internet connection is not much faster, then monitoring the programs is really helpful so that you can use the speed wisely. For instance, if you are downloading certain files and not getting the promised speed for download, then you should check if any other program is using the connection for other purposes.
Google Chrome is is a web browser with exceptional speed. As per different data, Chrome is the fastest browser in Industry. But do you know how Google’s engineers tests their own browser for load time and speed. As we all know that Google is one of the coolest company where people used to play in their work. They experiment, innovate and enjoy in their day to day work. Following the same principle, they test the Chrome browser’s speed with some weird experiment setup which includes guns, explosives, shoes and potatoes.
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