Dropbox seems to be in a bad run recently. I wrote about Dropbox security when they rewrote some of the lines in the privacy policy pages. This got some bad publicity and even though I love Dropbox for it’s usefulness started suggesting Dropbox alternatives. Yesterday, Dropbox suffered another serious setback. One of the code updates […]
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Sorting Added to Remember the Milk
One of the features I missed in Remember the Milk (RTM) has been added. Remember the Milk (RTM) is a very cool and efficient online task manager. I have a love for GTD (Getting Things Done) tools and RTM is my favorite. Now, you can sort your tasks in RTM by Priority Task Name Due […]
WriteMonkey is a Free & Powerful Writing Tool
If you do any amount of writing, you are probably used to software like Word, etc. The downside with the modern tools are that they are ripe for distraction with all the bells and whistles. Every version adds more features and more options to deal with. Distraction free writing software are popular with professional writers. […]
Social Bookmarking in Plain English: Video
Following the wild success of ‘RSS in Plain English’ video that succinctly explained what RSS is, CommonCraft have come out with a video explaining del.icio.us and social bookmarking, in general. [youtube x66lV7GOcNU] I saw the sign ‘Easy does it’ on a pepper sauce bottle in Steak & Shake today at lunch and now it makes […]
New Attack KHOBE Thwarts Every Windows Security Product
This is shocking!! Security folks at Matousec.com have come up with an ingenious attack that can bypass every Windows security product tested and lets malicious code into your system! This is incredible as the list of Windows security products tested is huge!! The attack uses a ‘bait and switch’ tactic by sending a piece of […]
Access Dropbox Easily With Google Chrome Extension
If you use Dropbox and Google Chrome, you can now easily access your Dropbox files from the Chrome browser. Dropbox extension for Google Chrome is a free and unofficial extension for accessing your Dropbox files. Once installed, the Dropbox extension adds a small Dropbox icon on your Chrome toolbar. You click on the icon and […]
Miranda IM Client Gets Facebook Chat
Miranda IM is a multi-protocol instant messaging client for Windows. This venerable instant messaging client has recently added support for Facebook Chat making it even more attractive. Miranda IM supports a wide variety of protocols such as AOL Instant Messenger Gadu-Gadu IAX ICQ Internet Relay Chat Jabber MSN Netsend Tlen Yahoo and more.. Miranda IM […]
12 Must have Portable Apps for your USB drive
I use my 2GB Kingston U3 enabled USB drive a lot. The reason? The availability of a variety of portable applications and most of them for free. For your reading pleasure, here are a few of my favorites. Web Mozilla Firefox – Very handy to have if you frequent your IE using friends or relatives. […]
Best & Upcoming Android Tablets of 2011
I am in the market for an Android tablet and started looking for the options in buying Android tablets. We have an Apple iPad 2 and it has set the bar very high. But, the Android tablet market is still attractive for many reasons. I was just amazed at the variety I found in […]
Apple Shows Off HTML5 Demos in a Showcase
Apple, Steve Jobs specifically, have taken aim at Adobe Flash. It is old news that Flash was blocked from Apple iPhone and iPod Touch and Apple iPad more recently. And in a recent interview at D8 Conference, Steve Jobs said that they place their bets on the technology that’s in their spring season of their […]
How to use Smart Lists with Remember the Milk?
I like GTD (Getting Things Done) applications to a fault. We featured the use of Remember the Milk (RTM) as a GTD tool a short while back. My first experience with a tool of this kind was MonkeyGTD followed by d-cubed. d-cubed won me over from monkeyGTD but now I am torn between d-cubed and […]
Access GodMode Windows 7 Hidden Actions Folder
Windows 7 experts A Microsoft MVP had uncovered this trick in Vista and this trick works in Windows 7 as well. (Thanks @nirmaltv) An uber-cool Windows 7 Actions folder that is hidden from plain view. It is even called the Godmode! This Action folder consists of shortcuts to just about every settings change and administrative […]
Find Better Software Alternatives for Windows, Mac & Linux
I have this immense love for finding new software, web services alternatives to the ones I am already using. ShanKrila is a direct by product of that. I am always on the lookout for new & better software, that improved my productivity, let me keep my computer resources down and working on my computer a […]
ScreenToaster Gets Audio Recording
We looked at the budding and promising service ScreenToaster review back in Nov’08. ScreenToaster is an online screen recording tool that doesn’t require you to install any software in your computer. The only requirement is to have Java installed in your browser and you can use this in Windows, Mac OS X or Linux! It […]
Free Custom WordPress site Backup with XCloner
I have been using a combination of a backup WordPress plugin and a cron job to backup my site files over ftp. The WordPress plugin would backup the MySQL database and email it. Then I’d have to FTP out backups of PHP files created by a cron job. Then if I have to restore my […]
