So you've had your laptop for about a year or more now. And recently you've noticed that it's been getting hotter and hotter when you touch it after leaving it on for a few hours.

Laptop's fans are netorious for collecting dirt, dust, and other chemicals in the air. Some of the things suggested in this article should help you cut down on your heat issues and keep your computer breathing better.

Today's world is full of communication. We work everyday on our phones, email, texting, and more. But more and more companies are switching to VOIP and Video conferencing solutions. And now today, though Skype, users can call each other for free over the internet with other Skype users and engage in interactive phone calls. 

Skype is a VOIP client, which is a Voice over IP, and the technology has finally reached millions of users. Skype right now has over 10,000,000 people online daily talking and communicating. One of the greatest advantages of using Skype is that if you want to call your loved ones or friends off in foreign countries, it's completely free!

In this guide, I'm going to go over getting Skype and starting a video call with a friend of mine in Canada.

In today's world, more and more people jump on to their computers for the single reason to use the Internet. The internet connects us with millions of different people worldwide. But do you know what browser you are using to browse with?

From statisics about FreePCTech.com, a majority of users use Internet Exploer 6, which is an out of date version of Microsoft's legendary web browser. Internet Explorer 6 dosen't have the support for the latest innovations the internet has to offer. Microsoft has released two major updates, Internet Explorer 7 and 8. Which both are good web browsers to use in today's world wide web. But did you know that there are more web browsers than Internet Explorer?

• If you are using WindowBlinds, this causes a huge conflict. Add Firefox to WindowBlinds Exclusion list to prevent WindowBlinds from using it's themes with Firefox.
• Clear out your download history often. Firefox caches your downloaded files for easy opening. To empty your Downloads List, press CTRL+J and click the Clear Download List.
• Close out Firefox when you are not using it. Click the File, and Close option and select Save and Quit to save your current tabs, then reopen Firefox and it will have what you were last working on up first.
• Uninstall Extentions that you are not using. Under the Tools menu, click Add-Ons and under the Extentions tab uninstall or disable Extentions you are not using anymore. This is dramatically cut back on your memory useage.
• Update your Adobe Flash Player and Sun Java to the latest version. Often times security updates or stability updates they release fix a lot of problems.

One of the reasons that computers are getting cheaper is because monitors are getting cheaper. The video hardware that drives them is also more affordable than ever before. Microsoft realized that when they released Windows 98 and built in support for multiple monitors. That support continued with 98SE, 2000 and ME. If you use NT, you're not out of luck, but this article won't help you. Your best alternative is to use a dual headed card, like the Matrox G450, one with two monitor outputs.

Getting dual monitors to work correctly seems to be a hit or miss affair. In many cases, it's just a matter adding a second video card and monitor and rebooting the computer. In other cases, you need to do some cyber gymnastics to get things working correctly.