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[CC] Free WinX HD Video Converter Deluxe!

Guest Author November 3, 2011 3

WinX are doing a Halloween giveaway of their WinX HD Video Converter Deluxe until Nov 6:

Get this all-in-one HD video converter, DVD burner and YouTube video downloader. Easily play any videos with your iPhone/4S, iPad, iPod, PSP, PS3, Xbox, Android, Blackberry and DVD player. Support MKV, AVCHD, M2TS, AVI,

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[CC] Free Steganos Privacy Suite 12!

Guest Author October 25, 2011 13

Update: The freebie is actually Steganos Privacy Suite 12, not Steganos Security Suite 12. My bad.

The following is the description of Steganos Privacy Suite 12, as per the developer:

Premium security — privacy you can trust

  • Working on a PC or laptop that’s connected to the internet offers

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[CC] Free Aimersoft DVD Creator!

Guest Author September 23, 2011 18

A few days ago I noticed Ashraf’s post about DVD Flick. While reading the comments, it seems to me DVD Flick is a hit or miss software — for some people it works, for others it does not. If you are one of the people who have been failed by [...]

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[CC] Kingsoft Office Suite Free 2012 is a freeware alternative to Microsoft Office

Guest Author September 17, 2011 14

News about Kingsoft Office Suite Free 2012 has been floating around on dotTech’s forums for a while. I thought it is high time to share with dotTech-proper. (Thanks to Enfeus for informing us about this software on the forums!)

Kingsoft Office Suite Free 2012 is a freeware office suite product. [...]

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[CC] Trick to get Google Chrome’s standalone installer (instead of using Google Updater)

Guest Author September 11, 2011 22

With Google Chrome being used by hundreds and hundreds of people around the world, it is becoming so popular that it’s winning everyone’s hearts by releasing every possible feature it can add to its newer versions. It has almost all the features needed to become the world’s most preferred browser. [...]

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[CC] Make WinX DVD Ripper Platinum (v6.3.5) portable in 4 easy steps

Guest Author September 9, 2011 8

This is a short tutorial how you can make WinX DVD Ripper Platinum (v6.3.5) portable. After this you will be able to use WinX DVD Ripper Platinum 6.3.5 from wherever you want (USB drive, portable hard drive, etc.). This tutorial is comprised of four (4) short and easy to follow [...]

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[CC] Free WinX Blu-ray Decrypter!

Guest Author August 31, 2011 9

WinX Blu-ray Decrypter software description by the developer:

Backup and Decrypt Blu-ray Video Disc to Your Hard Drive

WinX Blu-ray Decrypter is able to decrypt any Blu-ray video disc, even encrypted with recent AACS MKB v25, BD+ and BD-Live, etc., and transform 3D Blu-ray to 2D video. It comes with

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[CC] Free Simpo Tech PDF Merge & Split!

Guest Author August 28, 2011 11

Simpo Tech PDF Merge & Split is a software that, obviously, allows users to split and merge their PDF files. Here is the description of the software by the developer:

An excellent application combines with a PDF merger and a PDF splitter.

  • Merge PDF files in two ways – partial

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[CC] 5 Ashampoo software for free!

Guest Author August 27, 2011 17

PC basics gave us a taste of Ashampoo freebies earlier this week. I hope I can continue the tradition by sharing information about how everyone can get 5 Ashampoo software for free!

Description of software, by Ashampoo:

Ashampoo Anti-Malware

The official successor of Ashampoo AntiSpyWare and Ashampoo AntiVirus has been

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[CC] 3 new Ashampoo freebies

Guest Author August 25, 2011 9

Software Description

  • Ashampoo® Undeleter (as per the developer):

  • Ashampoo® Photo Converter (as per the developer):

  • Ashampoo® Red Ex (as per the developer):

Freebie Details

To get the 3 free Ashampoo products, follow the steps below:

Version being given out for free: Ashampoo Undeleter: v1.0.0m Ashampoo Red EX: v1.0.0, Ashampoo Photo [...]

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[CC] jv16 PowerTools Lite 2011 (freeware)

Guest Author August 25, 2011 2

Like jv16 PowerTools but can’t afford or don’t want to pay for the shareware version? Now you can use jv16 PowerTools Lite, the freeware version of jv16 PowerTools! Admittedly jv16 PowerTools Lite has limited functions compared to the paid version, but it comes with the same quality associated with the [...]

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[CC] Free BDLot Video Converter!

Guest Author August 21, 2011 16

I came across this video converter, and it looks a lot like WinX Video Converter so I thought I should share.

This is what the developer has to say about BDLot Video Converter:

Comprehensive Video Converter, Burner and Video Downloader Combined

BDlot Video Converter is full-featured video converting software, working

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[CC] Free Ashampoo Snap 4!

Guest Author August 19, 2011 19

Software Description

Ashampoo Snap is a program to take a “snapshot” of what you see on your computer screen. This program is an alternative to the default windows “Print Screen” function. Ashampoo Snap 4 has more features than the default screen capture function. With Ashampoo Snap 4, you will be [...]

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[CC] Free Wise Disk Cleaner Pro and Wise Registry Cleaner Pro!

Guest Author August 14, 2011 19

Update by Ashraf: It appears that this is a fake “freebie”. The developer claims to giveaway the Pro version of their software but instead is giving away the free version. Don’t waste your time with this one! Sorry to everyone that was duped by this.

Some of you may have [...]

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[CC] 6 free O&O Software programs

Guest Author August 11, 2011 19

Although not as highly acclaimed as some of its competitors such, as Paragon Software and EaseUS, O&O Software is a German software publishing house that develops software many different computer utilities.

If you have been a long-time dotTech follower like me, you may have seen Ashraf post about O&O freebies [...]

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[CC] Free Wondershare LiveBoot 2012! ($59.95 value – giveaway ends soon!)

Guest Author August 10, 2011 23

Nowadays most peoples’ lives revolve around their computers; and when a computer disaster strikes, it can be very devastating. Thus it is always handy to have tools ready to help you recover from a computer crash. Wondershare LiveBoot 2012 is one such tool.

Here is what Wondershare claims LiveBoot 2012 [...]

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[CC] Make passport/ID photos yourself with ID Photostudio (freeware)

Guest Author August 9, 2011 9

When I have a task to complete, I seek the means to do it preferably free of charge. Recently, one of these tasks was to restore old and damaged photos, convert them to passport format, and print them.

The restoring part was easily realized with Ashampoo Photo Optimizer (test version) [...]

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[CC] Freeware Yadis! Backup

Guest Author August 9, 2011 14

I just found a little gem, Yadis! Backup. The program provides real time backup to just about any destination.

I’ve been looking for a real time/continuous backup program for a while, to make backup to my WD MyBook World Edition (NAS). The Memeo backup software that came with WD is [...]

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[CC] Rename Files quickly, including file extensions, with Bulk Rename Utility

Guest Author June 3, 2011 24

Howdy y’all. This is my first article here, and I figured I’d start out with a little known British freeware program called Bulk Rename Utility.

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Developer’s Description

Bulk Rename Utility is an easy to use file rename program (a.k.a. file renamer). Renaming multiple files has never been easier! It has

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[CC] Sort your files/folders automatically into the correct folder with DropIt

Guest Author June 3, 2011 2

Earlier this week Locutus posted about Belvedere, a program that automatically sorts files and folders for users. DropIt is a similar tool, except it works a bit differently:

DropIt is a tiny, flexible, hard-working tool to automate sorting and filing data-files and folders.

DropIt is a file manager that operates [...]

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[CC] Free Wise Disk Cleaner Pro v5.93!

Guest Author May 31, 2011 10

Wise Disk Cleaner Pro is “junk file cleaner”:

Wise Disk Cleaner Pro is a quick and safe junk file cleaner. With the advanced scan engine, it safely and quickly locates junk files in your system. By deleting temporary and junk files, it increases available disk space and improves system performance.

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[CC] Open almost any file (75+ file types supported) with Free Opener

Guest Author May 27, 2011 14

Have you ever had a problem of not being able to open a file? Try as you must, but you just cannot find a program to open it. Or, maybe you have multiple different programs downloaded to open different types of files. Free Opener, a freeware tool, may be able [...]

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[CC] Softmaker Office 2008 is now available as freeware!

Guest Author May 25, 2011 4

There are a variety of free office suites out there – both online and as software. These freebies usually fall in one of these three categories:

  • Free shareware software as a giveaway
  • Open source software
  • Freeware

The software dotTechie “Amnesia” (thx Amnesia!) brings to us today is shareware-gone-freeware. In other [...]

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[CC] Three freeware e-mail assistance tools

Guest Author May 25, 2011 11

For some time, I have found it annoying to have to open Outlook Express to read my e-mail. Similarly, the consultation of the messages from my free AOL-mailboxes could also be described as tedious. To make maters worse, my ISP has a laborious procedure imposed by my provider for consulting [...]

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[CC] Free Sonic PDF Creator! (Facebook users only.)

Guest Author May 24, 2011 16

Sonic PDF Creator is the following:

Professional, Secure PDF Creation

Create professional looking and secure PDF documents from hundreds of Windows applications. A simple to use interface with value added features you’ll need, like batch conversion, watermarking, PDF merging and splitting & more.

What it Can Do For You

Reliable

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[CC] Free TuneUp Utilities 2010!

Guest Author May 24, 2011 28

Everyone has heard of TuneUp Utilities, there is no need to introduce it. All I want to say is that everyone can get TuneUp Utilities 2010 (TuneUp Utilities 2011 costs $49.95, or $24.95 if you install it then uninstall it while it is in trial) for free!

Promotion/registration page: http://www.tuneup-software.co.uk/promo/cs0411/[...]

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[CC] Free 6 months of Panda Cloud Antivirus Pro!

Guest Author May 20, 2011 9

Panda Cloud Antivirus, which comes in Free and Pro editions, is an anti-malware solution by Panda Security that is based in the cloud:

Panda Could Antivirus Free is always available for free for personal and non-profit use only. Panda Cloud Antivirus Pro, on the other hands, typically costs $29.99 for [...]

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[CC] Free Xbox 360 with purchase of PC for students!

Guest Author May 19, 2011 5

Hot off the press! Microsoft just announced today that starting May 22, students buying a PC priced $699 (USD) or more can qualify for a free Xbox 360 4GB console. The only requirements are that you need to have a .edu email address (online purchases), or a valid student ID [...]

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[CC] Free WinX DVD Video Converter Pack! (48-hours only)

Guest Author May 18, 2011 6

WinX DVD Video Converter Pack contains two programs, WinX DVD Ripper Platinum and WinX HD Video Converter Deluxe:

WinX DVD Ripper Platinum

WinX DVD Ripper Platinum is an ultimate DVD ripper software capable of ripping the content of DVDs to a wide range of mainstream video formats, such as AVI, [...]

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[CC] Free WinX DVD Copy Pro!

Guest Author May 18, 2011 8

WinX DVD Copy Pro is a software that allows users to copy DVDs without any loss in quality:

WinX DVD Copy Pro is specially designed to meet users’ up-to-date DVD backup demand; clone DVD to DVD disc for safe storage; copy DVD to ISO image for later burning, playing or [...]

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[CC] Free Magic Camera! (48-hours only)

Guest Author May 18, 2011 12

Update: This article has been pulled by Ashraf because of reports that the software in question may be malicious. For those curious, it got 2/43 detections on VirusTotal. Sorry everyone!

Update2: At the request of some people, I have put this article back up. However, get Magic Camera at your [...]

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[CC] Free Laplink PC Lock! (24-hour promotion)

Guest Author May 16, 2011 4

Laplink PC Lock is an encryption software:

PC Lock secures your privacy with powerful and sophisticated encryption that automatically protects personal and sensitive data, keeping you safe from hackers and thieves. If files on your PC are not encrypted you are risking identity theft, privacy invasion and significant financial loss.

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[CC] Free PretonSaver Home Edition!

Guest Author May 16, 2011 19

PretonSaver Home is a tool that allows users to save ink and paper when printing:

PretonSaver Home is a revolutionary software for home printing that helps you save money without compromising on quality.

It works with everything!

  • All formats: documents, presentations, photos – everything!
  • Any printer type: inkjet and laser

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[CC] Use Disable Startup to monitor and control what runs at Windows startup

Guest Author May 13, 2011 12

(Sorry in advance for my bad English.)

I looked for a software warning of any attempt to add something at the Windows startup. I first fall (without hurting me) on  “Startup Guard“, but after a while I must note that it consumes lots of CPU on Win XP [...]

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[CC] Free WinX DVD Ripper Platinum! (Until May 14)

Guest Author May 12, 2011 13

WinX DVD Ripper Platinum is an excellent DVD ripper that can rip most, if not all, DVDs to to various different output formats:

WinX DVD Ripper Platinum is an ultimate DVD ripper software capable of ripping the content of DVDs to a wide range of mainstream video formats, such as [...]

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