Originally posted 2010-08-06 11:00:00. DRM advocates tend to argue that they add anti-piracy protection to keep users honest with paying for the software or product. Machinarium is an amazing point and click adventure game playable on Windows, Mac or Linux. In an effort to prove a point, Machinarium developers – Amanita Design from Czech released [...]
Machinarium’s Experience With Non-DRM/Piracy, Offers Amnesty
on November 20, 2011 in Gaming, PC Gaming, Tech Deals, Tech for Life, Web Apps
Forget Curating Your Own Google Reader
on November 20, 2011 in Google, Google Reader, Tech for Life, Web Apps
Originally posted 2010-03-11 08:00:00. Google Reader is probably my second most visited site in a day after Gmail. As much as RSS readers have and RSS feeds have gained popularity, a vast majority of people don’t want to take the pains of setting up their Google Reader account with the sites they want to follow. [...]
Free HTML5 Online Editor: Aloha Editor
on November 20, 2011 in Blogging, Tech for Life, Web Apps, WordPress
Originally posted 2010-08-02 10:32:01. HTML 5 is gaining steam so fast that a lot of folks are interested in getting on board this fast moving train. If you have been looking for a HTML5 editor, here is a quality free one. Aloha Editor is a free downloadable browser based HTML 5 editor that is designed [...]
DropBox Web – Redesigned with Bulk Operations
on November 20, 2011 in Dropbox, Tech for Life
Originally posted 2009-09-14 09:42:37. Dropbox is my favorite file sync software and one of its major advantages over others in the file sync area is their incredible web access to all your stored files and folders. Dropbox Web just got prettier. Not only, did it get a nice UI redesign but they also added some [...]
Xmarks Finds a New Home in LastPass
on November 20, 2011 in Tech for Life, Web Apps
Originally posted 2010-12-03 08:00:00. Xmarks – a browser based bookmark sync service has finally found a new home in LastPass. Xmarks service faced the threat of shutdown as they couldn’t monetize their excellent bookmark syncing service. However, they opened up a pledge to see if their users wanted to support them. This gave them enough [...]
End to End Travel Help from Rome2Rio
on November 20, 2011 in Tips & Tricks, Web Apps
Originally posted 2011-04-08 08:00:00. This nicely sums up the concept behind a new Google Maps mashup – Rome2Rio.com. “The airport to airport thing has been solved really well by Kayak and Hipmunk, so we want to do the other end like from the airport to where you want to go. Because no one goes on [...]
Site Speed Impacts Google Search Ranking
on November 20, 2011 in Blogging, Google, Tech for Life, Tips & Tricks, Web Apps
Originally posted 2010-04-12 07:00:00. We have been hearing of news lately that Google is going to start factoring in website loading speed in web search ranking. When all things equal, a site that loads fast will appear higher in the search results than a site that loads slow. Google just posted on their Webmaster Central [...]
Safari 5 New Features
on August 4, 2011 in Tech for Life, Web Apps, Windows, Windows Freeware
Originally posted 2010-06-08 07:00:00. 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 [...]
Dropbox Goes Public & Linux Client Is Available Now
on August 2, 2011 in Dropbox, Tech for Life
Originally posted 2008-09-11 16:04:47. DropBox is an innovative file synchronization service that seamlessly keeps the assigned folder between computers in sync. You can even get to your files from anywehere via a browser interface. You can read my DropBox Review here. Dropbox was on closed beta so far and they have just launched publicly! You [...]
Create Professional Facebook Pages For Free
on August 2, 2011 in Facebook, Social Networking, Tech for Life, Tips & Tricks, Web Apps
Originally posted 2010-07-08 11:30:00. Facebook has become a force to reckon with in the social networking world. It’s not just individuals benefitting from the Facebook effect. Businesses are also using Facebook to reach out to their customers and potential audiences. The default Facebook page you get to create are very bland and not eye-catching. Like [...]
Dropbox Hacks: Find Your Remote Computer’s IP Address
on August 2, 2011 in Dropbox, Tech for Life, Tips & Tricks, Web Apps
Originally posted 2011-01-20 12:00:00. 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 [...]
SublimeVideo is a Delicious HTML5 Video Player
on August 2, 2011 in Blogging, Tech for Life, Tips & Tricks, Web Apps
Originally posted 2010-04-28 12:00:00. 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 [...]
Top Web Applications Best Suited for Mozilla Prism
on August 2, 2011 in Remember the Milk, Tech for Life, Web Apps
Originally posted 2008-04-23 10:29:52. Mozilla Prism, previously known as WebRunner, is a great application that splits the web applications from the browser and lets you run them from your desktop. Although in it’s infancy, Prism is already very useful for me and I use it for a variety of web applications that I need open [...]
How to Mute Ads on Spotify? [Windows]
on August 2, 2011 in Tips & Tricks, Web Apps, Windows, Windows Freeware
If you are in the US, chances are you probably already scored a free Spotify invite by now. I am thoroughly enjoying Spotify in my desktops and have gotten a bunch of playlists setup to listen to at work and home. I still haven’t upgraded to a premium plan yet since the ad-supported free plan [...]
Get Around Blocked Websites with CyberGhost
on July 27, 2011 in Web Apps, Windows, Windows Freeware
One of the most popular posts here, for some reason, is how to get around blocked websites. I guess a lot of schools, colleges and workplaces block websites that people really want to get to. Whatever the reason maybe for the administrators to lock down their systems, they have to understand that it doesn’t stop [...]
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