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[CC] Free WinX HD Video Converter Deluxe!
WinX are doing a Halloween giveaway of their WinX HD Video Converter Deluxe until Nov 6:
Read More »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!
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:
Read More »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!
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 [...]
Read More »[CC] Kingsoft Office Suite Free 2012 is a freeware alternative to Microsoft Office
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. [...]
Read More »[CC] Trick to get Google Chrome’s standalone installer (instead of using Google Updater)
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. [...]
Read More »[CC] Make WinX DVD Ripper Platinum (v6.3.5) portable in 4 easy steps
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 [...]
Read More »[CC] Free WinX Blu-ray Decrypter!
WinX Blu-ray Decrypter software description by the developer:
Read More »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!
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:
Read More »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!
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:
Read More »Ashampoo Anti-Malware
The official successor of Ashampoo AntiSpyWare and Ashampoo AntiVirus has been
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[CC] 3 new Ashampoo freebies
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 [...]
Read More »[CC] jv16 PowerTools Lite 2011 (freeware)
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 [...]
Read More »[CC] Free BDLot Video Converter!
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:
Read More »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!
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 [...]
Read More »[CC] Free Wise Disk Cleaner Pro and Wise Registry Cleaner Pro!
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 [...]
Read More »[CC] 6 free O&O Software programs
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 [...]
Read More »[CC] Free Wondershare LiveBoot 2012! ($59.95 value – giveaway ends soon!)
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 [...]
Read More »[CC] Make passport/ID photos yourself with ID Photostudio (freeware)
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) [...]
Read More »[CC] Freeware Yadis! Backup
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 [...]
Read More »[CC] Rename Files quickly, including file extensions, with Bulk Rename Utility
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.

Developer’s Description
Read More »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
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 [...]
Read More »[CC] Free Wise Disk Cleaner Pro v5.93!
Wise Disk Cleaner Pro is “junk file cleaner”:
Read More »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
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 [...]
Read More »[CC] Softmaker Office 2008 is now available as freeware!
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 [...]
Read More »[CC] Three freeware e-mail assistance tools
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 [...]
Read More »[CC] Free Sonic PDF Creator! (Facebook users only.)
Sonic PDF Creator is the following:
Read More »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!
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/[...]
Read More »[CC] Free 6 months of Panda Cloud Antivirus Pro!
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 [...]
Read More »[CC] Free Xbox 360 with purchase of PC for students!
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 [...]
Read More »[CC] Free WinX DVD Video Converter Pack! (48-hours only)
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, [...]
Read More »[CC] Free WinX DVD Copy Pro!
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 [...]
Read More »[CC] Free Magic Camera! (48-hours only)
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 [...]
Read More »[CC] Free Laplink PC Lock! (24-hour promotion)
Laplink PC Lock is an encryption software:
Read More »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!
PretonSaver Home is a tool that allows users to save ink and paper when printing:
Read More »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
(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 [...]
Read More »[CC] Free WinX DVD Ripper Platinum! (Until May 14)
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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