Make Sure TRIM Is Enabled for Your Solid State Drive in Windows 7 for Better Performance [Windows Tip]

Source: http://lifehacker.com/5640971/check-if-trim-is-enabled-for-your-solid-state-drive-in-windows-7

One of the best way to take full advantage of your solid state drive (SSD) is to use the performance-maintaining TRIM command. Technology blog GHacks shows us how to make sure TRIM is enabled in Windows 7.

While using something like Intel's previously mentioned Toolbox application to TRIM your drive is extremely useful, you need to make sure Windows 7 has enabled it first. And, while Windows is designed to automatically detect most SSDs, sometimes it doesn't work as intended. If you find the performance of your SSD is degrading (or just want to make sure TRIM is properly enabled), run Command Prompt as an administrator and type:

 fsutil behavior query DisableDeleteNotify 

It will give you one of two results, either a 0 or a 1. A zero indicates that TRIM is enabled correctly, a one means that it is not. If you have a TRIM-compatible SSD, but find that Windows 7 hasn't enabled the command, you can easily do so by running this command:

 fsutil behavior set disablenotify 0 

Note that TRIM is only supported in Windows 7, so if you have an SSD but are running an older version of Windows, it's probably a good idea to upgrade. Hit the link for other SSD optimization tips, and share your own with us in the comments.

Verify that TRIM is Enabled in Windows 7 [GHacks]

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Remoter Controls Android's Music Player from Your Home Screen [Downloads]

Source: http://lifehacker.com/5640972/remoter-controls-androids-music-player-from-your-home-screen-widget-free

Android: If you use your phone to listen to music, it can be annoying to open up the player just to switch tracks. Remoter is a set of home screen shortcuts that control the default Android music player.

You could, of course, use some of the built-in widgets for the music app, but widgets take up precious space and memory. Remoter was originally designed for the scrollable, easy-access dock of previously mentioned LauncherPro, but it works with any launcher. It's essentially a set of small apps, each of which performs some function—like play/pause or next track—so you can put them right on your home screen, launcher dock, or anywhere else you can attach shortcuts.

The app is still in development, and not yet available in the Market, but you can head over to the XDA-Developers forums and grab a copy of the app as-is right now. It works great; there are currently play/pause, next and previous track buttons, and a helpful fellow on the thread has created some icons to make them look a bit nicer.

To install it, just download the zip file to your SD card. You'll need a file manager like previously mentioned Astro to access them, and you can just install each package separately by tapping it (you'll need to make sure you have "Unknown sources" checked in Settings > Applications, though). Then, you can add them to your home screen or launcher as you would add any other app. Hit the link to check it out.

Remoter is a free download for Android devices. It only works with the default Android music player at the moment, and you'll need an account at the XDA-Developers forums to download the file. It only takes a moment and I highly recommend getting one anyways—there's a lot of great Android stuff to be found on that forum.

[APP] Music Controls as APP - Remoter [via Talk Android]

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Apple's 27-Inch LED Cinema Display is Now Available [Apple]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5640586/apples-27+inch-led-cinema-display-is-now-available

It took a good month and a half, but today Apple stocked its virtual storefront with the 27-inch LED Cinema Display. Shipping will take between 1 - 2 weeks for the $999 monitor. [Apple via @gaberivera]

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Google Video Chat Goes High-Res, For Double Chins 'N All [Google]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5640793/google-video-chat-goes-high+res-for-double-chins-n-all

As part of a new Labs feature for higher-res video in Gmail Chat, you will now see even more of your chat partner—double chins, warts, you name it. The chat window will also increase in size. [Gmail Blog]

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And the Most Ridiculous Photochopping Award Goes To... [Photoshop]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5640825/and-the-most-ridiculous-photochopping-award-goes-to

...Al-Ahram! Egypt's state-run and largest newspaper, whose editors weren't happy to see their Big Boss—President Hosni Mubarak—in the last place of this photo at the White House. Thankfully, Photoshop made him win the race, even beating President Obama.

The photo was taken by Pablo Martinez Monsivais of the Associated Press, during last Wednesday peace talks in Washington, D.C. The Middle Eastern leaders—Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas and King Abdullah of Jordan—were being
guided to the East Room of the White House by President Obama.

In Egypt, however, Mubarak was guiding all of them, which is what happens in a country where they have a state-run newspaper and the President is President since 1981. The editors of 1-million-reader Al-Ahram could have put him leveled with King Abdullah II of Jordan—on the right of the image—but no, they wanted their beloved leader to be ahead of Obama himself. [Copydesk]

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