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How many dotTechies know what a disc image is? Most of us properly either know what it is, used one before, or have at least heard of it. If I asked this same question, say,…
Continue reading »Controlling other people’s computers from far away sounds daunting, doesn’t it? Well it’s not. Teamviewer is a great–and free–application for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X that makes screensharing a snap (and two numbers). I…
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Wow. It has been a dang long time since I have posted on dotTech. That is not to say I spent my time off wisely – played League of Legends until my brain turned into…
As great of a browser as it is, Firefox is probably the most notorious memory leaking software known to man to date. With no time to spare, a user can easily be losing dozens -…
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Ever working on a project and wished you could place two windows side by side to make it easier for you to do whatever you were doing? I know I have. Well, you know as…
Software reviewed in this article is:
Version reviewed:
v3.0.6299.4937-REL
System Requirements:
Supported Windows® Operating Systems: XP / 2003 Server / Vista / 2008 Server / 7
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Giveaway of the day for October 14, 2009 is:
Version reviewed:
v6.1.0
System Requirements:
Windows XP, Vista, 7 (x32, x64)
Software description as per GOTD:
AnVir Task Manager
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Continue reading »I remember long ago, in my Linux phase, I used to mess up my Windows partition about twice a day (don’t ask me how… it just happened). Back then, I discovered Testdisk and used it…
Continue reading »For the past couple of days I have been working on an article about a freeware program which allows you to assign hotkeys to literally any task (launch a program, file, folder, website, etc.). The…
Continue reading »Most people enjoy using T9 (or something similar) on their cell phones when typing text messages. Since T9 uses an advanced behavioral detection algorithm (I don’t know if “behavioral detection algorithm” is a real term……
Continue reading »I have noticed there is a bit of confusion out there when it comes to DVDs. People want to burn movie DVDs which they can play on their DVD player but often mix up the…
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Giveaway of the day for September 10, 2009 is:
Version reviewed:
v3.0.0.25
System Requirements:
Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista with Microsoft DirectX 9 or later version
Software description as per GOTD:
Wondershare
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Continue reading »At one time or another everyone of us has copied something then copied another thing (effectively overwriting the former copy) without remembering we already had important data copied (a few obscene and censored words usually…
Continue reading »I have never really been a fan of memory optimization programs. The reason for this is most of the memory optimization programs I have come across actually make your computer slower(as opposed to faster) because…
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