RAM getting eatin up - memory leak?

ive been using cs5 for about a week now. Been editign various of clips cineform, jpg, redfiles etc...
Regardless of the session that i create and edit with... Im noticing that after about 15mins of editing my ram slowly starts to get used up. The memory usage slowly climbs up to 7.56gb somthing 7.89 then starts to chug my system and slow evrything now.
Why does it do this?
my specs:
window7 64bit
8gig of ram
raid 0
GTX 470

Not that I'm aware of. I'm not using any Matrox products.
By the way, I noticed that sometimes the process exits properly, but usually it gets stuck. It always exits properly if I click the Exit button on the launch screen instead of opening or creating a project.

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Note that an extension like Firefox bug can cause issues with memory leaks.
If it works in Safe Mode and in normal mode with all extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) disabled then try to find which extension is causing it by enabling one extension at a time until the problem reappears.
Close and restart Firefox after each change via "Firefox > Exit" (Windows: Firefox/File > Exit; Mac: Firefox > Quit Firefox; Linux: Firefox/File > Quit)
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes
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The current version of Office 2011 is 14.4.8.
First - find your Office 2011 install disc with the product key # - and only then remove Office according to MS instructions
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2398768
Or go here to DianefromOregon's site for help removing Office 2011:
http://www.officeformachelp.com/2012/12/office-for-mac-2011-remove-office/
Then Reinstall from DVD
Then enter your Product #
After successfully reinstalling Office 2011, update your Office product using the Software update within Office called Microsoft Update or going to the Help menu within Word or Excel or PowerPoint and select Update.
It may take a few times before you get to final upgrade to current Office version.
It should be 14.4.8 as of current date.
How to locate product keys
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2279109
or here on locating product keys
http://office.about.com/od/MicrosoftOfficeMac/a/Best-3-Ways-To-Find-Microsoft-Of fice-For-Mac-Key-Codes.htm
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Oracle server:ＨＰ－Ｕｎｉｘ
Oracle Version: 9.2.0.6.0
Application Server: windows2003
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