If you are looking for a free virtual machine software to run Windows inside Mac OS X Windows inside Linux Linux inside Windows, etc. you have to checkout VirtualBox. I have been a long time Windows and Linux user for a long time and following our love for our iPhones, we just bought our first […]
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WordPress 2.5 is here!
I have been really looking forward to WordPress 2.5 and is here now. I will be writing up a review of the new features this week but if you are already curious, Matt Mullenweg has written a great write up about WordPress 2.5 new features here. One of the big changes is the new WordPress […]
Monitor Your Website status for Free: Montastic
Montastic is a very cool website monitoring service. It is free to register and use. If you have a blog or website and you want to get notified anytime it goes down, keep reading. Quick facts about Montastic Free to register and use Register as many as 100 sites to monitor Get an email when […]
What is that Orange button? – RSS for everyone
The timing couldn’t have been perfect. Today, ShanKri-la’s subscribers as you can see is at 100! (definitely a big milestone for us) I know when I discovered what RSS does and started using it, I opened myself up to a whole new world in the internet. I religiously try to make my friends use two […]
Firefox 3 Beta 4 Portable – Run with Firefox 2
Firefox 3 beta 4 was released recently and some of you voiced that you’d rather wait until Firefox 3 was released as a stable version. I am going to tempt you again to try it. There is a portable version of Firefox 3 Beta 4 now available for download that you can try risk-free along […]
Get Directions from your Mobile Phone
Ever forget to print and take directions and a map with you while traveling? It’s not fun getting lost in a big city. Even if you are well prepared, plans might change and you might need to go to a place that you didn’t get directions for. No worries. Just dial ‘DIR-ECT-IONS’ (347-328-4667) from your […]
Quick Gmail Tip: Recover Password via SMS
You’d hardly forget your main Gmail account password. But, if you had multiple Gmail accounts for various passwords, it might be hard to remember them all especially when you set different passwords for them. Also, forgetting passwords is easy when you have just changed your password to something really secure and you don’t login to […]
Flickr Uploads and Batch Edits Gets Better
It feels like it has been a while since Flickr has been in the news. Yet, it is one of my favorite applications partly because of my interest in photography. Some day I want to dig deeper into it but right now I am content with enjoying others’ fine pictures. Uploader Upgrade Flickr used to […]
Which Tech Fanboy Are You?
You’ve heard stories about them. You may even have encountered one in the wild. Or in an Internet forum, where they commonly congregate and are notorious for their savage and often ill-thought-out verbal attacks on other fanboys and noobs. You knew you were looking at a fanboy of some kind, but you weren’t sure which […]
Gmail Goes Offline – In a Good Way
Gmail has been seeing some exciting improvements quicker than ever after the advent of Gmail Labs. The latest being the ability to access Gmail offline even after you have lost your Internet connection! Gmail Labs was a new feature introduced in Gmail a few months back. It follows the same lifecycle as most Google products […]
How to Setup Your Magicjack Voicemail?
Congratulations on buying the most cost-effective voip home phone service that is Magicjack. We switched to Magicjack years back and have never looked back. It is in fact fabulous to pay just $20/year for a home phone line and save hundreds of dollars in phone bills. One of the first things to do with your […]
Very cool way to start your searches – Sputtr.com
My homepage used to be Google. Because of its simplicity. And my web browsing habits were pretty simple too. Lot of my browsing sessions would start with a Google search. I wasn’t using so many web apps either. Google was my one stop search for all. Not any more. My search needs are so varied […]
Want to find out Who Called Us?
Are you annoyed by those calls from 1-800-number missed calls when you come back from work and wondered ‘Who called us?’. Wonder no more. There really is a website named Who Called Us where you can enter the number you want to look up. It is also interesting to see the most frequently reported/called numbers […]
Deauthorize Audible Account – A Detailed How to
Audible is one of the best audiobook subcription service out there. Period. One of the most attractive features is that it works so well with iTunes. However, if you are trying to add a new device or remove, or move your iTunes to a new computer you just bought deauthorize Audible account could be sheer […]
Search Google in 14 Indian Languages
Google has made search possible in a large number of international languages. I just found out today that Google has announced Google Labs India on our Independence Day on August 15. Google Labs India is to showcase their favorite ideas for Indian users. Now, they have made it really easy to search in 14 Indian […]
