I have close to 130 apps on my phone. Recently, I filled up a folder of apps I’ve been testing out and decided to review one as soon as the folder is full and needs movement. Today is that day and the app that I’ll be reviewing is – Cooliris. Cooliris first started out as… Read more »
Monthly Archives:: July 2012
Google-
I have practically no use of Google+. My common friends are sticking with Facebook and twitter, my tech follow ups happen mostly on twitter and rss feeds and I’ve not joined a single hangout ever. Instead, a lot of strangers keep adding me to their lists. I am not saying GP isn’t growing. It certainly… Read more »
So, what happened??
Bad stuff happens. I loved HelioHost. They have some really good services. I specially liked them because I like playing with software and they gave me a big play ground. But, they had frequent downtimes. Their servers were always crashing. But, and I thank them for their smarts, they always recovered all the data. So,… Read more »
Welcome Back!
Here’s to another start for the nitinkhanna.com domain and associated blogs and paraphernalia. What happened? Well, My site hoster – heliohost.net killed my account because I did not log into CPanel for 30 days. I did not receive any warning emails or support after my account was killed. So, my databases, uploaded files, URLs and… Read more »
VMware buys Nicira for $1.26 Billion
The big news for today is VMware’s acquisition of Nicira for $1.26 Billion. For those who don’t know, Nicira is a pioneer in Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Openflow. SDN is a technology that allows the virtualization of the network, thus abstracting the network and allowing a company to create multiple virtual networks based on… Read more »
I just realized that my lips are no longer chapped. Looks like 3 months of water therapy paid off!!!
In the Tech: Evil 3D printing and Instagram Anniversary
I’ve often talked about 3D printers and how they can and will take an ugly turn some day. It seems that day is going to come sooner than later. A hacker has created a key that can be printed by a 3D printer and opens the doors for criminals, literally. The key, which still needs… Read more »
Chrome Web Store – Undirect
UndirectRemoves redirection tracking of clicks on search results in google via Google Just wanted to highlight a great tool in Google Chrome. When you do a google search, each search link is a weird long link that Google generates to track what you’re doing. This tool simply replaces that long link with the original link,… Read more »
CU Boulder Internet down?
My friends in Boulder are calling me up about a possible Internet downtime they’re facing. Everyone sitting inside the University of Colorado Boulder’s network is unable to connect outside. In fact, even the CU websites as well as associated institutes like NSIDC are down. This is an amazing level of downtime and what’s even more… Read more »
Spool is joining Facebook «
Spool is joining Facebook «. I can’t believe this is happening. Facebook has a habit of buying a lot of companies and shutting them down. It’s almost a ritual for them. I used this service often when I was on the bus to work and didn’t want to waste my Data plan. So this… Read more »