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Creating a Firefox Extension in 3 Easy Steps

We recently created an extension for the Hipatic website. Here is how to create the most basic extension in 3 easy steps! Step 1: Create files & folders. Name it myfirstextension@mysite.com Inside this folder create files named chrome.manifest & install.rdf Inside the same folder create a folder named chrome Inside the folder named chrome create a folder named content Inside the folder named content create a file named sample.xul Step2: Filling up the files! open install.rdf and copy the following code <?xml version="1.0"?> <RDF xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:em="http://www.mozilla.org/2004/em-rdf#"> <Description about="urn:mozilla:install-manifest"> <em:id>myfirstextension@mysite.com</em:id> <em:version>1.0.0</em:version> <em:type>2</em:type> <em:targetApplication> <Description> <em:id>{ec8030f7-c20a-4

CPU too Hot. CPU Temperature above 60 degree Celsius?

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Introduction: Is your CPU temperature high? How high is high enough? Hipatic covers your processor's temperature problems right here in a series of articles. For Temperature Ranges: 1. Intel Pentium 4 2. Intel Core 2 Duo 3. Intel Core 2 Quad processor 4. Intel Core 2 Extreme Processor Yes. That is what I found when I returned home after 2 months. My PC was being used now and then by those at home but was not being cleaned. When I came back my pc restarted a few times on its own while playing a movie. I opened the box and started cleaning the case inside out. Now this PC of which I am talking of is situated near a window. So it accumulates a lot of dust and whatnot in a pretty short period of time. I removed the cpu fan & heatsink only to realize my mistake minutes later. The thermal grease had come off on removal of the fan & heatsink. I don't normally keep a tube of TC 1996 thermal grease at home, so I tried re-installing the heatsink as it was. I shouldn't have t