Jas Dhaliwal’s Blog

Type “about:config” in your firefox address bar.
Search for the following settings:

network.http.pipelining  -  Set to TRUE
network.http.pipelining.firstrequest  -  Set to TRUE
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests -  Set to 32
network.http.proxy.pipelining  -  Set to TRUE
nglayout.initialpaint.delay  -  Set to 0

Its very likely that you won’t have an entry for network.http.pipelining.firstrequest. Thats ok. Just add one.
Right-click on the preferences list, select ‘New’ then select ‘Boolean’
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Hat Tip to the Geek in Disguise
“Everything has been figured out, except how to live.” - Jean-Paul Sartre
I’m nearly near my mid thirties, and I’ve made my share of mistakes in my life. I’m not a big believer in regrets … and I have learned tremendously from every single mistake … and my life [...]

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Apple has announced that Mail, Maps, Stocks, Notes and Weather are all coming to the iPod Touch. New iPod Touch owners get the apps bundled. Existing owners will need to pay £12.99 for the upgrade.The new Maps app can’t use cell-based location-finding, as available on the iPhone, but it can still figure out where you [...]

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A huge thanks to all those concerned who have updated the Revision 3 XbMC script. Its fantastic to have all the great Revision 3 shows back on XBMC.
The Xbox Media Center project (XBMC) has been one of the great reasons to get the Xbox 1 modded. Video and regular podcasts look at sound great [...]

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Uncle Walt has a few amazing things to say about Dell’s new XPS One. In the above video at about 2:30, Mossberg says, "…it is the first windows computer that I would put in the same class, or even slightly ahead of the Apple iMac in  terms of its hardware design"
Though, that is where the [...]

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I like the idea of the Kindle but I think the execution is poor. Paying to subscribe to premium blogs with RSS??.  Scoble rants about some other areas that suck.

Technorati Tags: Scoble,Amazon Kindle

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Two of the hottest mobiles go head-to-head, which one comes out best? Take a look at the video and decide?

 
Technorati Tags: BBC Technology,Rory Cellan-Jones,iPhone,Nokia N95

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Wil Harris pinpoints a few pain areas in Leopard and suggests some neat workarounds. I completely echo Wil’s thoughts on how Apple’s GUI designers were trying to make the OS more ‘Vista’ than Vista. I’m not a fan of the transparent toolbar, (I don’t see the point of it). Time Machine is a good feature [...]

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I have been using WHS while it was in beta and I have to say I love this product. On a technical perspective, there’s nothing new here. A trimmed version of Windows Server 2003 that you would find on a Windows Powered NAS. However, the interface is designed for home users. As we all [...]

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Professor Michael Wesch has published yet another excellent video, looking at some of the most important characteristics of students today. In particular, how they learn, what they need to learn, their goals, hopes, dreams, what their lives will be like, and what kinds of changes they will experience in their lifetime. The video is a [...]

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