Everyone has been talking about the historic snowstorm that just left most of the states in the US shoveling hard. We got around 13” here in Michigan. But, it is pretty cool to see this whole system move across over 2100 miles in the US! Wasn’t that just awesome to watch?
Tip: Save Any File on the Web Directly on Dropbox
on January 31, 2011 in Dropbox, Tips & Tricks, Web Apps, Windows, Windows Freeware
I absolutely love Dropbox hacks and here is another trick you may not know. If you are on a public computer and you want to upload a file you found on the Internet straight to your Dropbox account, you can do so. How? Just right clock on the file you want to save in Dropbox [...]
Skype Released a New Version for Mac
on January 27, 2011 in Skype, Social Networking
Skype has had a new version for Mac in beta for a while. But, I found it work not so well and quickly uninstalled it. Having heard similar feedback, Skype has trimmed a lot of fat from the beta and has released a new stable version of Skype for Mac. One of the important things [...]
Download Firefox 4 Beta 10 Now
on January 26, 2011 in Firefox, Firefox Add-ons
Firefox 4 has been in the making for a long time. As always with major Firefox releases, it is going through intensive beta testing. Firefox 4 has now reached beta 10 and includes over 500 bugfixes. Firefox 4 includes some major feature changes and additions like Instant website ID Private browsing Anti-virus software Crash protection [...]
Yamaha 5.1-Channel Home Theater Speaker Package $99
on January 23, 2011 in Gadget Deals, Gadgets, Tech Deals
I have been looking for an affordable home theater system for my basement. This Yamaha 5.1-Channel Home Theater Speaker Package from Amazon is on sale for $99.00 with free shipping. It has 2-way satellite speakers with 2.5” woofer & 1/2” tweeter and a 2-way center speaker with dual 2.5” woofers & 1/2” tweeter. The speakers [...]
Tip: Send Google Maps Directions to Your Devices
on January 19, 2011 in Tech for Life, Tips & Tricks
I use Google Maps a lot on both the web as well as on my iPhone. However, I just came across an option in there to send your directions to different devices. For eg. you are looking up an address on the web in Google Maps and getting ready to leave. I’d normally email it [...]
Tech Deals Roundup 1-17-2011
on January 17, 2011 in Gadget Deals, Gadgets, Tech Deals
Here are a few tech deals I came across today. Logitech Wireless Gaming Headset G930 with 7.1 Surround Sound – $132 – $30 mail in rebate =~ $102. Google Products = $125+ Toshiba 46G300U 46-Inch 1080p 120 Hz LCD HDTV (Black Gloss) – $626 Haurex Italy Men’s Red Arrow Auto Automatic Black Dial Watch – [...]
45 Free eBooks for Developers and Designers
on January 12, 2011 in Tech Deals, Tech for Life, Tips & Tricks
I just mentioned the free online book Dive into HTML 5 yesterday. Today, I came across an incredible article listing 45 free ebooks for Developers and Designers. I had to instantly bookmark it as well as share it here with you. Some of the interesting books I found here include Building iPhone Apps with HTML, [...]
Excellent Free Online Book – Dive Into HTML5
on January 11, 2011 in Tech for Life, Tips & Tricks, Web Apps
If you are interested in learning HTML5, there is an excellent online book from Mark Pilgrim. Dive into HTML5 is available online for you to read for free. However, you can also purchase the print edition of from O’Reilly. This is an interesting strategy for a book to be available for free online as well [...]
Mac App Store News Roundup – 1 Million in 1 Day And More
on January 7, 2011 in Tech for Life, Tips & Tricks
Apple’s Mac App Store launched yesterday and news around it have been pouring. So, it’s time to take a quick look at the important stuff around the App Store. 1 Million Downloads in 24 Hours Apple loves showing off numbers. And they came out and said that they have had 1 million software downloads in [...]
Apple Mac App Store is Open for Business
on January 6, 2011 in Apple
The day is here. Today Apple is set to launch the Mac App Store following the iPhone app store model for Mac applications. Mac App Store is open for business now! The store will sell Mac OS X applications both free and paid. Apple will take a 30% cut from the price. Once purchased, you [...]
Top 10 New Features in WordPress 3.1
on January 5, 2011 in Tech for Life, Tips & Tricks, WordPress
WordPress 3.1 is in release candidate versions and is expected for public consumption anytime. If you are running WordPress, you might be wondering about the new features. The WordPress team won’t disappoint you as there are many nice features coming in 3.1. Here is a brief overview of WordPress 3.1 New Features Post Formats This [...]
WinX Blu-ray DVD iPhone Ripper Free Until Jan 10
on January 3, 2011 in Tech Deals, Tech for Life, Tips & Tricks, Windows, Windows Freeware
Digiarty is known for their DVD ripping software. Winx Blu-ray DVD iPhone ripper is their popular 1-click solution to ripping Blu-ray DVDs to a mobile device format. This is the easiest way to convert your Blu-ray collection to format you can watch on your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad. Digiarty is giving away their Winx [...]
Finding the Best Free Checking Account
on December 30, 2010 in Household, Life matters, Money Matters, Tech for Life
Banks are getting hard with new regulations which are hurting their bottom line. Banks offered free checking accounts while covering that cost with overdraft fees, debit card interchange fees, etc. But, new regulations are putting a cap on overdraft fees and interchange fees that is going to affect their important revenue stream. So, how is [...]
How to Find Out If An Airport Has TSA Body Scanners?
on December 29, 2010 in Tech for Life, Tips & Tricks, Web Apps
With the holiday season in full swing, many of you are probably traveling and some of you are flying. As you may already know, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) have installed new backscatter body screening machines across many airports. A lot of people feel this as way too intrusive. If this is something you want [...]
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