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And the winners of 30 Paragon Backup & Recovery 10 Suite are…
The winners of dotTech’s 30 Paragon Backup & Recovery 10 Suite license giveaway have been selected. They are as follows:
Congratulations to everyone that won and better luck next time to everyone that did not. All e-mails with registration information should have already been sent out by Paragon, so please [...]
Read More »Free Paragon Virtualization Manager 9.5!
Paragon Virtualization Manager is a software that allows you to:
Easily migrate a Windows-based computer to a virtual environment (P2V) and vice versa (V2P). Work with virtual disks from one easy-to-use interface of Virtualization Manager, without starting a virtual machine: migrate from one virtual environment to another (V2V), exchange data
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Get up to 50% off on Wondershare Software products!
Recently dotTech and Wondershare teamed up to sponsor a giveaway of Wondershare DVD Ripper Platinum. To continue our cooperation with Wondershare Software, dotTech and Wondershare are once again teaming up, this time to bring large discounts on other Wondershare Software products. (dotTech is not getting any commission on these sales [...]
Read More »Free 6 months license of Emisoft Anti-Malware!
Emisoft Anti-Malware, previously known as a-squared Anti-Malware, is a complete anti-malware solution that provides users with protection against various different types of scumware:
(Click on image to full features list in full size.)
Based on personal experience, Emisoft Anti-Malware has fairly good detection ratings but it has lots of false [...]
Read More »EASEUS releases new freeware version of Data Recovery Wizard
EASEUS is a name that should be very well known to dotTechies because EASEUS not only often runs freebies promotions that I have posted about, but dotTech has also reviewed multiple different EASEUS products. One such product – that was given out as a freebie by EASEUS and reviewed by [...]
Read More »YoWindow: Read (watch) the weather forecast in style
Ever use your computer to read the weather forecast? It can’t be a very exciting experience; reading about the weather, intrinsically, is just boring. YoWindow is a weather forecast program that aims to making reading (watching) the weather forecast a bit more delightful and enjoyable, rather than the dull experience [...]
Read More »dotTech Exclusive: Free Wondershare DVD Ripper Platinum! (Promotion open for 24 hours only so hurry!)
Update: This promo has now ended.
Wondershare DVD Ripper Platinum is a professional DVD ripping tool that allows users to rip their DVDs (including most, if not all, DRM protected DVDs) and convert them into various different video formats (including .VOB for lossless storage.) Here are key features of Wondershare [...]
Read More »Free WinX DVD to iPad Ripper!
WinX DVD Ripper Platinum is an acclaimed DVD ripper by Digiarty Software. WinX DVD to iPad Ripper is the exact same software as WinX DVD Ripper Platinum, except WinX DVD to iPad Ripper is specifically aimed at people who own Apple products (iPad, iPhone, iPod, and Apple TV). Like WinX [...]
Is your Wi-Fi unprotected? Google probably stole your data.
Privacy, privacy, privacy; it seems all like everyone is talking about nowadays is privacy. And why shouldn’t we be – no one likes the idea of big brother watching every move we make on the internet or having some psychopath be able to find us by simply typing our name [...]
Read More »Free 1 year license of Advanced SystemCare Pro!
As I am sure most of you know already, Advanced SystemCare Pro is a popular system optimization/management/cleaning/etc. tool from IObit. While IObit may have some questionable tactics for their Internet Security 360 software, Advanced SystemCare Pro itself is fairly good software, although somewhat a RAM hog sitting in the background [...]
Read More »dotTech Exclusive: Free Paragon System Backup 9.5 (unlimited licenses – free for everyone) and Paragon Backup & Recovery 10 Suite (30 licenses only)!
Once again dotTech is teaming up with Paragon Software to bring dotTechies some goodies; this time around, however, we actually have two goodies instead of just one. What do I mean exactly? What I mean is free giveaways of Paragon System Backup 9.5 (System Backup 9.5 is the exact same [...]
Read More »[Review] Binerus 3D Text
{rw_text}Software reviewed in this article:
3D Text by Binerus
Version reviewed:
v1.00
Supported OS:
Windows 2000 and higher, Mac OS X 10.4 and higher, and Linux
Price:
$29.95 (USD) but you can get it for free for a limited time at Giveawayoftheday.com!
Software description as per the developer:
A perfect
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dotTech Exclusive: Free Eltima SWF & FLV Toolbox! (Promotion open for 24 hours only so hurry!)
Update: This promotion has now ended.
Second in the list of promised free software is Eltima SWF & FLV Toolbox. Hence, today dotTech is teaming up with Eltima Software to bring everyone Eltima SWF & FLV Toolbox ($55.95 value) for free!
For those that don’t know, Eltima SWF & FLV [...]
Read More »Ask dotTechies: What is the best freebie you have ever received?
Freebies are very popular on dotTech; and why shouldn’t they be? Everyone loves saving money thus everyone loves freebies. At this point in dotTech’s life – going to become 2 years old later this year – dozens of freebies have been posted. I am interested in knowing what freebies dotTechies [...]
Read More »[Review] Wondershare USB Drive Encryption
{rw_text}Software reviewed in this article:
Wondershare USB Drive Encryption
Version reviewed:
v1.0.0
Supported OS:
Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista/7
Price:
$24.95 (USD) but you can get it for free for a limited time at Giveawayoftheday.com!
Software description as per the developer:
Nowadays people increasingly rely on USB devices to carry sensitive information, unaware
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[Review] Sothink DHTML Menu
{rw_text}Software reviewed in this article:
Sothink DHTML Menu
Version reviewed:
v9.30 Build 932
Supported OS:
Windows 2000 and higher
Price:
$65 (USD) but you can get it for free for a limited time at Giveawayoftheday.com!
Software description as per the developer:
It is an easy and productive drop down menu
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dotTech Exclusive: Free Glary Utilities Pro! (Promotion open for 24 hours only so hurry!) *Update: Promo extended for 6 more hours*
Update: This promotion has now ended.
As promised earlier this week, dotTech is teaming up with GlarySoft to bring everyone Glary Utilities Pro for free! For those that don’t know, Glary Utilities is a jack-of-all-trades software that can do all of the following (as per the developer):
Glary Utilities comes [...]
Read More »And the winners of the 30 AnyBizSoft PDF to Word 3.0 licenses are…
The winners of dotTech’s 30 AnyBizSoft PDF to Word 3.0 license giveaway have been selected. They are as follows:
Congratulations to everyone that won and better luck next time to everyone that did not. All e-mails with registration information will be sent out by me within 24 hours. Please be [...]
Read More »A few important announcements: Three (time limited) freebies coming to dotTech and Ashraf going on vacation soon
Do you hear that? No? Me neither; that is the new-dotTech-article sound that you don’t hear. I know I haven’t posted an article if a few days; the semester is ending and I wanted to focus on my studies so I don’t fall flat on my face because I got [...]
Read More »Free ALZip 8!
ALZip is an archiving software like WinZip, WinRar, or 7-zip. These are all the features of ALZip as per the developer:
Currently ESTsoft – the developer of ALZip – is working on a new version of ALZip, v8. Currently v8 is in beta, available for anyone to download and use. [...]
Read More »[Review] uMark Professional
{rw_text}Software reviewed in this article:
uMark Professional
Version reviewed:
v1.3
Supported OS:
Windows 2000/XP/Vista
Windows 7 is not officially supported but it seems to work fine on Win7.
Price:
$19.99 (USD) but you can get it for free for a limited time at Giveawayoftheday.com!
Software description as per the developer:[...]
Read More »Apple may face legal inquiry on Flash snub
Those of you who follow Apple news may know that with the release of iPhone OS 4.0, Apple added a clause in their terms and conditions that all software written for iPhone OS must written “directly in C, C++, or Objective-C” and developers can no longer “call any private APIs”. [...]
Read More »Free .COM domain (with free private registration) for one year!
When I first started registering domains, I used to use GoDaddy.com for all my domain purchasing needs. I picked GoDaddy originally because
- I had heard really good things about them.
- GoDaddy often offers coupons that allow users to purchase domains for cheap (i.e. 1 year registration for 99 cents).
In [...]
Read More »[Review] Paragon Drive Backup Professional
{rw_text}Software reviewed in this article:
Paragon Drive Backup Professional
Version reviewed:
v10.0 Build 9105 (18.11.09), Professional Edition
Supported OS:
Windows 2000 Professional SP4/XP Home/XP Professional/Vista/Win7
Price:
$49.95 (USD) but you can get v9.5 for free for a limited time at Giveawayoftheday.com!
Note: v9.5 is the exact same as v10 except
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Windows 8 to be released in 2011?
How long has Windows 7 been out, 6-8 months? Apparently Microsoft already has plans for Windows 8. A leaked document by former Microsoft employee Chris Green reveals that Windows 8 may be released in 2011:
(Windows 8 probably won’t be called Windows 8 when it is released.)
The document also [...]
Read More »[Review] Aston Menu
![[Review] Aston Menu](http://cdn.dottech.org/media/2010/05/2010-05-03_000404-290x160.png)
{rw_text}Software reviewed in this article:
Aston Menu
Also known as Aston2 Menu
Version reviewed:
v2.00
Supported OS:
Windows XP/Vista/Win7
Price:
$19.95 (USD) for a “personal” single license or $24.95 (USD) for a “home” 4 user license… but you can get it for free for a limited time at Giveawayoftheday.com!
Software [...]
Read More »Free Paragon Drive Backup 9.5 Professional!
Paragon Drive Backup Professional is a commercial backup (image and file) software. These are the main features of Paragon Drive Backup 10 Professional per the developer:
For a limited time (from Friday, 9:00AM on 30th of April to 9:00AM on Tuesday, 4th of May EST) users can get Paragon Drive [...]
Read More »[Review] Simpo Word to PDF
{rw_text}Software reviewed in this article:
Simpo Word to PDF
Version reviewed:
v2.0.0.5
Supported OS:
Windows XP/Vista/Win7 (32-bit)
Microsoft Word needs to be installed
Price:
$24.95 (USD) but you can get it for free for a limited time at Giveawayoftheday.com!
Software description as per the developer:
Simpo Word to PDF is
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Stun the audience by using Prezi instead of PowerPoint for your presentations
When it comes to creating presentations, we all tend to use PowerPoint (or other equivalent) presentations. PowerPoint presentations are really nice – and they are very easy to make with lots of customization available – but what if you want your presentation to standout from above the rest? For example, [...]
Read More »[Review] Sothink Video Converter
{rw_text}Software reviewed in this article:
Sothink Video Converter
Version reviewed:
v2.0 Build 90112
Supported OS:
Windows XP/Server 2003/Vista/Server 2008
Does not officially support Windows 7 but it seems to work just fine on Windows 7
Price:
$29 (USD) but you can get it for free for a limited time at
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Free 1 year of Dr. Web Anti-virus for Windows!
Dr. Web Anti-virus for Windows is an security software. These are the features as per the developer:
I have never used Dr. Web Anti-virus for Windows, so I don’t know how good or bad it is. However, for those that want it you can get 1 year of Dr. Web [...]
Read More »[Review] Wondershare SafeLock
{rw_text}Software reviewed in this article:
Wondershare SafeLock
Version reviewed:
v1.0.0
Supported OS:
Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Win7
Price:
$29.95 (USD) but you can get it for free for a limited time at Giveawayoftheday.com!
Software description as per the developer:
Wondershare SafeLock is a secure file encryption software for users to encrypt file, and
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Free FILEminimizer Pictures! (24 hours only so hurry.)
FILEminimizer Pictures is a software that allows you to compress your image files “by up to 98%.” If you want more detailed information on the software, please read the full review I wrote on FILEminimizer Pictures.
For a limited time – this promotion will only last for 24 hours – [...]
Read More »New v2 of CapsLock Warning brings new features
Back in February I introduced CapsLock Warning, a program written by our very own Rob. Since February Rob has made improvements to CapsLock Warning, based off feedback he has received and new ideas he has conjured on his own. This new version of CapsLock Warning – which I am calling [...]
Ask dotTechies: What is your pet peeve?
A “pet peeve” is an action/habit/thing that really annoys the heck out of you. In other words, a pet peeve is something that you really hate. I am curious as to what annoys dotTechies – what is your pet peeve?
Since it is impossible to quantify pet peeves into a [...]
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