Chrome is a speedy little browser, but that speed comes with a tradeoff: It also eats tons of memory. If you've got plenty of RAM, that may not be an issue; if not, you can reclaim that memory with a simple click.
As Lee Mathews over at Download Squad discovered, the most recent Chrome dev builds come with a command line switch (--purge-memory-button) that, when run with Chrome at startup, adds a Purge memory button to Chrome's task manager.
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320GB Seagate ST3320820AS - SATA 3Gb/s 8MB
500GB Maxtor Basics STM305003EHD301-RK Internet Speed ↓6.32 Mb/s ↑0.35 Mb/s ↔26ms Other Info BIOS - American Megatrends Inc. 5.07
Ethernet Port - NVIDIA nForce 10/100/1000 Mbps
DVD Drive - TSSTcorp DVDR/RW TS-T632L
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Keyboard Logitech K300 Black Mouse Genius on Steelseries 4HD Gaming pad PSU Corsair TX950W Case Corsair Obsidian 650D Cooling Thermaltake Frío Hard Drives WD Caviar Blue Other Info Headphones: Sennheiser HD-515
System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Touchsmart IQ771.uk OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 CPU AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-56 Motherboard ASUS Pheonix Memory 3GB Nanya PC2-6400 DDR2-SDRAM SO-DIM (400MHz) Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 256MB GDDR3 SDRAM Sound Card High Definition Intergrated NVIDIA MCP51 Monitor(s) Displays 46" Sony Bravia HDTV Screen Resolution 1600x1200
Hard Drives 1.5TB Samsug
320GB Seagate ST3320820AS - SATA 3Gb/s 8MB
500GB Maxtor Basics STM305003EHD301-RK Internet Speed ↓6.32 Mb/s ↑0.35 Mb/s ↔26ms Other Info BIOS - American Megatrends Inc. 5.07
Ethernet Port - NVIDIA nForce 10/100/1000 Mbps
DVD Drive - TSSTcorp DVDR/RW TS-T632L
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System Manufacturer/Model Number Self Built OS Windows 7 Pro x64 SP1 CPU Intel Core i5-2500K Motherboard ASUS P8P67 Memory 8GB Corsair XMS3 DDR3 Graphics Card EVGA GeForce GTX 670 FTW Sound Card ASUS Xonar DS Monitor(s) Displays SAMSUNG P2070 Screen Resolution 1600 x 900 @ 60Hz
Keyboard Logitech K300 Black Mouse Genius on Steelseries 4HD Gaming pad PSU Corsair TX950W Case Corsair Obsidian 650D Cooling Thermaltake Frío Hard Drives WD Caviar Blue Other Info Headphones: Sennheiser HD-515
System Manufacturer/Model Number Self Built OS Windows 7 Pro x64 SP1 CPU Intel Core i5-2500K Motherboard ASUS P8P67 Memory 8GB Corsair XMS3 DDR3 Graphics Card EVGA GeForce GTX 670 FTW Sound Card ASUS Xonar DS Monitor(s) Displays SAMSUNG P2070 Screen Resolution 1600 x 900 @ 60Hz
Keyboard Logitech K300 Black Mouse Genius on Steelseries 4HD Gaming pad PSU Corsair TX950W Case Corsair Obsidian 650D Cooling Thermaltake Frío Hard Drives WD Caviar Blue Other Info Headphones: Sennheiser HD-515
System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Touchsmart IQ771.uk OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 CPU AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-56 Motherboard ASUS Pheonix Memory 3GB Nanya PC2-6400 DDR2-SDRAM SO-DIM (400MHz) Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 256MB GDDR3 SDRAM Sound Card High Definition Intergrated NVIDIA MCP51 Monitor(s) Displays 46" Sony Bravia HDTV Screen Resolution 1600x1200
Hard Drives 1.5TB Samsug
320GB Seagate ST3320820AS - SATA 3Gb/s 8MB
500GB Maxtor Basics STM305003EHD301-RK Internet Speed ↓6.32 Mb/s ↑0.35 Mb/s ↔26ms Other Info BIOS - American Megatrends Inc. 5.07
Ethernet Port - NVIDIA nForce 10/100/1000 Mbps
DVD Drive - TSSTcorp DVDR/RW TS-T632L