I use a lot of Google’s products and some of them I find indispensible. Besides the obvious reason that they are free, I find some of their apps absolutely something I cannot live without. I use Google, GMail, Google Notebook, Google Maps and Picasa almost everyday! Do you find [...] Continue Reading…

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Back in the days, I was writing down tasks I want to get done in pieces of paper stuffed in my wallet. I know it’s archaic and wasn’t fun but it worked for me. But, with the advent of Google Calendar and other web applications I decided to dump [...] Continue Reading…

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Great news this morning! ShanKri-la has been chosen as the Tech Blog of the Week by Daily Cup of Tech. We are thrilled to have been awarded with this honor and encouragement.

We did have our share of doubts starting this blog with so many technology related blogs out [...] Continue Reading…

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Everything has to be fast these days. I talked about the fastest dictionary Ninjawords. Now, we have the fastest online malware scanner. If you want to know if your PC has any of the pesky viruses, trojans, spyware or other threats in 1 minute, Nanoscan claims to do it. [...] Continue Reading…

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These two will make great gifts for someone else or yourself, if you are on the market for one:

Slickdeals has listed this deal from Dell SanDisk 4 GB Cruzer Micro U3 USB Flash Drive $30 . I have a Kingston 2GB with U3 in it and it is [...] Continue Reading…

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This interesting concept caught my eye today! In today’s real estate market, where selling a home has become so hard, sellers are doing everything at their disposal to sell their property. Lot of sellers are offering concessions in closing costs. Some offer LCD tvs. I saw a couple of [...] Continue Reading…

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As we all know. looking for the best Firefox extensions in Official Firefox Add-ons is like searching for  the proverbial needle in a haystack.
I am a Firefox extensions addict and I try a lot of extensions every week. You can see my periodic new extensions in the Firefox [...] Continue Reading…

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