Articles archive for December 2009

Temporary halt in GOTD reviews

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As I am sure you all know, I run dotTech less as a business or work, and more as a hobby. In other words, I enjoy writing articles and reviews for dotTech and…

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Free DVDFAST Fast DVD Ripper PRO!

DVDFAST is running another promotion. This time, however, instead of giving out their video converter, they are giving out their Fast DVD Ripper PRO.

Fast DVD Ripper PRO is a software that allows users…

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Ask dotTechies: Would you pay to visit your favorite website, and if so, how much?

3-4 months ago the Internet was buzzing with the news that News Corp, a media publication company which owns and operates many popular Internet destinations like The Wall Street Journal, would start charging for the…

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The results are in: Most dotTechies build their own computers, with Dell, no favorite, and HP following close behind

Two weeks ago I asked “What is your favorite computer brand?”. The polls have now closed and the results are in -…

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Can’t access your favorite website but are not sure if the problem is at your end or theirs? Get a second opinion with DownForEveryoneOrJustMe.com

It is happened to the best of us: we load up the computer to visit our favorite website and instead of being greeted with the familiar homepage, we get a 404 or connection error message.…

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Free novaPDF Lite Desktop 7!

novaPDF is a commercial PDF printer which allows you to turn any file which you can print into a PDF. There are three editions of novaPDF – Lite, Standard, and Professional. Each edition has a…

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Free WinX Blu-ray Decrypter!

WinX Blu-ray Decrypter is one of Digiarty Software’s newest creations. It allows users to rip/backup Blu-ray movies (Blu-ray, Disc BD-R, BD-RE) to HD video (.m2ts). According to the developer, WinX Blu-ray Decrypter bypasses all Blu-ray…

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iPrint – now freeware – helps users cut back on printing costs “by up to 60%”

Forget the fact that “going green” is now the cool thing to do. Just think about saving money. iPrint is a very simple software which helps users reduce printing costs (developer claims printing…

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[Review] FILEminimizer Office

Software reviewed in this article:

FILEminimizer Office

Version reviewed:

v5.0

System Requirements:

Windows 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, Vista, and Win7

Price:

$44.95 (USD) for a single user license. Bulk licensing discounts

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Thinking of buying RAM? Crucial tells you just how much – and what type – to get

Having a slow computer can be annoying.  A lot of the time, your computer is slow because it is running low on RAM.  RAM comes in sizes from 32MB to 8GB in the…

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Ashraf is back.

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First and foremost let me say thanks to everyone that expressed concern and curiosity about my lack of activity for the past 6-7 days. You see I was out of town for the…

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Free Backup4all Lite 4.3!

2009-12-17_210525Backup4all is a commercial file backup software. It comes it four flavors, Backup4all Lite, Backup4all Standard, Backup4all Professional, and Backup4all Portable. Here is a chart comparing the feature differences between all four versions:

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Backup4all…

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SharpKeys: Easily and quickly remap your keyboard keys (change what each key does when pressed)

2009-12-17_174049Are you constantly hitting Caps Lock while typing? Have you ever hit the Windows key while playing a game and end up paying the ultimate price because of it? Do you want to play a…

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[Review] FILEminimizer Pictures

Software reviewed in this article:

FILEminimizer Pictures

Version reviewed:

v2.0

System Requirements:

Windows XP/Vista/Win7

Price:

$34.95 USD but you can get it for free for a limited time at

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