Yesterday was the big day when Apple Santa Steve Jobs announced the 4th generation of their beloved iPhone model dubbed as iPhone 4. At the end of the day, they had also silently unveiled the next version of their flagship browser – Safari 5. Safari was recently showing off its HTML5 capability in the Apple […]
Build Your Own Mac OS X Lion Boot Disk
If you bought OS X Lion software recently, you would have found out that you have no physical disk for later re-installs. Apple has decided to sell OS X Lion only through their Mac App Store. But, I posted on how to create Mac OS X Lion boot disc earlier. Now, there is an even […]
Good Reads: Buzz in Blogs 2007-12-08
Couple of new things going on here at ShanKri-la. I have become a guest author at one of the popular Tech Blogs by my friend Keith D’Souza – Techie-Buzz.com. I will start out posting one post every week and it will appear mostly on Fridays. I was humbled and honored at the same time when […]
What’s new in Firefox 3.1?
Mozilla’s Firefox team is busy readying the Firefox 3.1 for final release by releasing public beta versions. We have seen Firefox 3.1 beta 1 hit the streets and 3.1 beta 2 are already available in the nightly builds. If you are wondering about the new features to be available, here they are: New tab-switching that […]
Handbrake 0.9.5 Released with Blu-ray Support
We just looked at a free Blu-ray ripping software yesterday. I then professed my love for Handbrake for all my ripping and video conversion needs. I was looking for an alternative only to rip Blu-ray DVDs. Lo and behold, Handbrake has released an update with version 0.9.5 with support for Blu-ray DVD structure. You can […]
Best Canon Rebel XSi DSLR with EF-S 18-55mm IS Lens & 55-250mm IS Lens Deal $620
I posted on a Canon Rebel T1i deal recently very similar to this one from Amazon and we bought our first DSLR from that! Canon Rebel XSi is one of the top best selling DSLRs around. Usually the Canon Rebel XSi with the 18-55mm kit zoom lens and a $300 Canon 55-250mm telephoto zoom lens […]
Dropbox Hacks: Find Your Remote Computer’s IP Address
I love Dropbox hacks. Do you frequently connect to your other computers via FTP or SSH? Now, you can easily find your remote computers’ IP addresses thanks to Dropbox. Of course, if you are a Dropbox user, you probably have Dropbox installed on all your computers. In fact, this tip assumes you have. To find […]
Cooler Master NotePal U2 Notebook Cooler Review
My 17” Dell Vostro notebook at work is a nice and powerful machine for the tasks I run on it. It has one problem though. It gets hot where I place my left palm beside the trackpad. I had been using a cheap notebook cooler from meritline but it broke within a few months and […]
Digsby is my Favorite Instant Messenger
That’s right. Move over Meebo. Move over Yahoo Messenger, GTalk. Digsby on the covers will look like one of the dozen multi-protocol Instant Messenger clients out there. But, this is by far the best integration I have seen among them. I am not just going to say that but actually tell you why. Garry Conn […]
SublimeVideo is a Delicious HTML5 Video Player
Watching embedded videos and streaming videos were totally restricted to Adobe Flash based platforms on web browsers. But, change is in the air. HTML5, the newest version of the HTML language that powers the Internet, has brought native support for audio and video embedding without the need for browser plugins like Adobe Flash, Apple Quicktime […]
Which Apple iMac Should I Buy?
That’s exactly the question my friend asked me last night. Apple just released a new round of iMacs recently refreshing their successful all-in-one desktop computer line. I have been considering purchasing an iMac for my wife some time soon and have been researching a little on the options. When my friend asked me which Apple […]
H&R Block At Home 2009 Deluxe Tax Software $20 (Updated)
It’s Tax season! Amazon has H&R Block At Home 2009 Tax Preparation Software (formerly TaxCut) in Deluxe and Premium versions as CD or Download for $19.99 & $18.99 respectively. Here are the links to the software CD version and the download version H&R Block At Home 2009 Deluxe Federal + State + eFile CD $19.99 […]
Guide to managing your non-essential passwords
Most websites offering a web service require you to authenticate with an username and password. How many times in a week do you find yourself, scrambling to your email to find that registration email you received or hitting the ‘Forgot your password?’ link? As a good ShanKri-la reader would do, you take good care of […]
How to Install Google Chrome in Linux with Wine
A lot of Linux users and Mac users were left out with yesterday’s Google Chrome release. Chrome is Google’s own browser that packs a lot of technical advancements under the hood and is competing headlong with the heavyweights such as Firefox, Safari, etc. Now, even Linux users can now run Google Chrome with Wine. Thanks […]
Google Chrome OS And Chrome Webstore
Google announced Chrome OS a year back and they have finally come out with a version to get feedback from real users. So, Google is piloting a program where they are going to give selected users a Google Chrome OS tablet and get constant feedback from users. We’re starting with the U.S. and will expand […]
