Dropbox is an excellent file sync software that offers upto 2GB free storage. However, Dropbox limits you to sync files only in My Dropbox folder. However, you cannot beat Dropbox for the fast superior seamless syncing it offers. I use Windows Live Writer extensively for my blogging and I wanted my drafts folder to be in […]

Sync Folders Outside of My DropBox to Dropbox
on November 2, 2009 in Dropbox, Tech for Life, Tips & Tricks, Windows

Firefox 3.6 Beta 1 Available For Download
on November 1, 2009 in Firefox, Tech for Life
Firefox 3.6 with Gecko 1.9.2 is here as beta 1 now. Here are the new features in Firefox 3.6 Users can now change their browser’s appearance with a single click, with built in support for Personas. Firefox 3.6 will alert users about out of date plugins to keep them safe. Open, native video can now […]

How to Add Facebook Events to Google Calendar?
on October 31, 2009 in Facebook, Google, Google Calendar, Social Networking, Tech for Life, Tips & Tricks
I use Google Calendar all the time now that I can sync Google Calendar with my iPhone. Go to Events page in Facebook (see the bar in the bottom of the page) Look for Export Events link in the Events page Copy the url in the popup window Go to Google Calendar – Look for […]

Upgrading Windows XP to Windows 7 Gotchas
on October 30, 2009 in Featured, Tech for Life, Windows, Windows 7
Windows 7 has finally launched! (check this post for a ton of articles related to this current post) Just want to give you a heads up that this post is mostly my experience in upgrading Windows XP Home to Windows 7 Home Premium with lots of useful resources I came across thrown in for good […]

Netflix Streaming Coming to PlayStation 3
on October 26, 2009 in Featured, Gaming, PlayStation 3, Tech for Life
I am psyched! I discontinued Netflix a few months back as I started to watch movies & tv shows streamed to my TV via my Playstation 3 using Tversity media server. Netflix so far had supported XBox 360 for streaming movies and TV shows from their Instant Watch library. But there wasn’t official support for […]

Google Reader Steps Up Personalization Efforts
on October 23, 2009 in Google, Google Reader, Tech for Life
Google Reader has yet again stepped up against an invisible opponent (seriously is anyone else even close now?) in the web based RSS reader space with more personalization options. Google Reader team has been busy introducing features that aim towards making it easy to find good web content, sharing it with your friends, leaving a […]

Windows 7 Released. Vendors Offer Free Anti-Virus SoftwareWindows
on October 22, 2009 in Featured, Tech for Life, Windows, Windows 7
Windows 7 has been officially released by Microsoft today – Oct 22nd. I still run Windows XP SP3 on my 5 year old desktop and it runs like a champ. I never upgraded to Vista as i knew how resource hungry it was. My wife has been running Vista on her Sony Vaio and it […]

Install Slew of Popular Free PC Software In One Shot
on October 19, 2009 in Featured, Tech for Life, Windows, Windows Freeware
I love quality free software and try to write about the all the good ones I come across here. But, it’s a lot of work when you are configuring a new computer either for yourself after a OS re-install or for a friend when you are ‘fixing it’. Earlier, I came across a project OpenDisc […]

TweetDeck Gets Recent Follower Columns & Inline Replies
on October 15, 2009 in Featured, Tech for Life
TweetDeck has been Twitter companion ever since @MattJabs convinced me to try it. I was a great fan of @Twhirl until then but the dashboard like Twitter interface lets you track so many accounts in columns at once. TweetDeck is an Posts on Adobe Air Twitter client and offers Multiple Twitter accounts support Facebook/Myspace integration […]

Free ZoneAlarm Pro Firewall 2010 (24 hours only)
on October 13, 2009 in Money Matters, Tech for Life
ZoneAlarm is known for their Free and Pro Firewall offerings. ZoneAlarm is hosting a 24 hour Trick or Treat and offering their ZoneAlarm Pro Firewall 2010 for FREE! It’s a $39.95 value. The license you get with this is valid for up to 3 PCs. The offer is valid between 6am PST 10/13/09 to 6am […]

Quick Tip: Create a Shortcut to Your Unread Gmail
on October 12, 2009 in Gmail, Google, Tech for Life, Tips & Tricks
Gmail has been the center of my online universe for the past few years. And I appreciate every little help to make me even more productive with my emails. Gmail already has a ton of features that can make you a productivity ninja. Labels, Filters, etc to name a few. You probably knew already that […]

3 Full 1080p HD 24” Viewsonic LCD Monitors for $500
on October 10, 2009 in Household, Tech for Life
Dell Small Business website has another awesome deal on 24” Viewsonic VX2433wm LCD Monitors. They have a buy 2 get 1 free offer. Just add 3 in the cart to see this price. Viewsonic 24” Full HD 1080p Monitors Specs High-gloss piano black enclosure Build-in SRS stereo speakers Max Resolution – 1920×1080 Max Sync Rate […]

Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week 09-10-09
on October 9, 2009 in Tech for Life
It is some quiet time in the Firefox front but I still haven’t had problems finding new and exciting Firefox extensions to share with you. The Firefox extensions developer community is awesome and unstoppable! Here are this week’s picks. Feedly: If you read RSS feeds via feed readers like Google Reader, Netvibes, Bloglines, etc. – […]

Feedly – Fun Alternative For Google Reader Interface
on October 8, 2009 in Featured, Tech for Life
Feedly is actually a Firefox add-on that turns your favorite feeds in Google Reader into fun magazine style start page. I am an avid RSS feeds consumer. I subscribe to hundreds of RSS feeds in a variety of topics and hardly go to individual websites to get my news in the morning. Between Twitter and […]

Jinni Goes Public With More Features
on October 7, 2009 in Tech for Life
I just reviewed Jinni – the intelligent movie recommendation engine last week. It was in a closed private beta but Jinni has opened to public since. As Jinni was opened for public signups, it also added a few additional features. Jinni got social – automatically connect with people you invited, check neighbors, follow interesting movie […]
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