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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 »AnyBizSoft PDF to Word Converter officially becomes freeware, gets renamed to Wondershare PDF to Word Converter Free
AnyBizSoft PDF to Word Converter has been a popular software on dotTech: It has been reviewed, v2.5.3 has been made freeware, and v3.0.0 has been a giveaway for an extended period of time. Now Wondershare – who owns AnyBizSoft Studio – has decided to officially make AnyBizSoft PDF to Word [...]
BitDefender QuickScan: Lightning fast cloud-based malware scanner for quick, on-the-fly security checks
Ever try to use traditional, clunky online malware scanners to try to get a second opinion as to if your computer is clean or infected with malware? I have, and I can attest to the fact that it isn’t pretty. While in theory online malware scanners can be useful, in [...]
dotTech Promo: Free EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard (v5.5.1)! [48-hours only]
Update: This promotion is now over. Sorry to those that missed it! To avoid missing promotions in the future, consider subscribing to dotTech: RSS Feed | E-mail | Twitter | Facebook.
Earlier this week dotTech and EaseUS teamed up to bring everyone EaseUS Partition Master Professional for free. Well we [...]
Read More »Lazarus: A must have form recovery add-on for Firefox (and Chrome)
We have all had those oh **** moments where we fill out a form (a registration form, a comment on a website, a post on a forum, writing an e-mail, etc.) and when we go to submit it, there is a technical error that prevents the form from being submitted [...]
Read More »[Android] Best free office documents editor
A few months ago I wrote an article discussing the best free office documents viewer on Android. Now we revisit the realm of office documents, but this time we are looking for the best free office documents editor.
Before we discuss what app is the best free office documents [...]
Read More »Two tools from Master Nirsoft to help you download streaming videos (and audios) off the internet
URL Snooper is a pretty popular software for allowing you to download streaming videos/audio off the internet. However lately I have been having a problem with URL Snooper and YouTube videos. So I went looking for other tools and I came across two more masterpieces by Nirsoft.
VideoCacheView
You see [...]
Read More »Tip: Download codec packs to avoid video/audio playback problems
Ever try to play a video/audio file in Windows Media Player and get an error message telling you the file type is not supported? The reason this happens is there are many different types of video/audio files out there; these different file types require different codecs in order to be [...]
Case Study: How even the most experienced users can install third party crapware (like toolbars) and how to protect yourself from such offerings
While I may not have as many years under my belt as other people, I consider myself to be a moderately experienced and knowledgeable techie. Yes, some people can disagree about my level of knowledge/experience, but I think we can all agree I know enough to be able to dodge [...]
Read More »dotTech Promo: Free 1 year licenses of Outpost Security Suite Pro! [72-hours only]
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As a long-time fan and user of Agnitum’s Outpost Firewall, I am glad to announce for the next three [...]
Read More »Firefox only: SiteLauncher makes it easy to access your favorite websites via hotkeys
SiteLauncher is a magnificent add-on for Firefox which not only gives you ease of use and marvelous simplicity, but also delivers free milk and cookies whenever its sensors detect that you’re getting hungry. Hey, one can always hope, right?
SiteLauncher allows you to easily visit your favorite websites in Firefox [...]
Read More »dotTech Promo: Free EaseUS Partition Master Professional Edition (v9.0.0)! [48-hours only]
Update: This promotion is now over. Sorry to those that missed it! To avoid missing promotions in the future, consider subscribing to dotTech: RSS Feed | E-mail | Twitter | Facebook.
Earlier this year we shared EaseUS Partition Master Professional v8.0.1 with you. Now dotTech and EaseUS are teaming up [...]
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 »Don’t be part of the crowd – make custom mobile phone ringtones with Audacity
Does your phone still sound like this? Make your phone more interesting, more yours with a customized ringtone. Making a ringtone with Audacity is surprisingly easy and allows for a lot of control.
Image Credit: Wikipedia
Setting up Audacity for ringtone making
To start making your own ringtones, install Audacity. [...]
Read More »[Android] Best free video call/chat app
Not all phones/tablets have front facing cameras. However, for the ones that do, video calling/chatting is an exciting feature. However, although the technology has been around for years, video calling/chatting is a resource intensive process. Although many apps claim to provide users with optimal video calling/chatting functionality, in reality most [...]
Read More »“Show them what’s important” – use Awesome Highlighter
We have all experienced the frustration when someone is unable to follow our directions clearly and unable find that one link/text on a web page. We have all also had disagreements with others about certain facts and have tried to provide proof that we in fact are correct in our [...]
Read More »The best free file backup software: GFI Backup Home Edition
In my article on FBackup I just ranted about how I am obsessed with Titan Backup. Well let me tell you my affair with Titan Backup is over; we are done – I broke up. I found myself a new love which comes in the name of GFI Backup Home [...]
Read More »[Android] Best free OCR (image-to-text) app
OCR (Optical Character Recognition, also known as image-to-text) is a delicacy on PCs; the technology itself has advanced leaps and bounds, but the price of this technology is still out of the reach of many. The good, quality OCR programs on Windows cost an arm and a leg while the [...]
Read More »xPud: Quickly gain access to your files and/or the Internet by booting up in under 10 seconds
Typically, it can take anywhere from 30 seconds to 3 minutes for someone’s computer to cold start. Have you ever been in a hurry and wished your computer would boot up more quickly, say in like 10 seconds? Well you know what they say – be careful what you wish [...]
gImageReader: Open source, Google-powered OCR (optical character recognition) program that actually works
Optical character recognition is one of a few types of technology meant to make our lives easier. The only problem is, to take advantage of this convenience, one typically has to shell out a lot of cash: Good OCR programs are bloody expensive. Luckily, Google is in the business of [...]
Use Android Mate (Free) to remove bloatware from your Android phone
Update: If Android Mate does not work for you, try freezing apps to remove bloatware. Freezing bloatware usually works better than deleting bloatware.
A growing trend with Android smartphones is the inclusion of bloatware (software/apps that come preinstalled on the phones). While bloatware is easily uninstallable when included onto Windows [...]
Read More »[Firefox] HTTPS Everywhere automatically encrypts the web by forcing websites to use HTTPS
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To S or not to S, that is the question; the S in HTTP vs HTTPS, that is. HTTP stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol. It is the English of the Internet (or Internets, depending on who you are talking to). HTTPS stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure; it takes HTTP [...]
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 »Surf Wikipedia without internet access; take Wikipedia with you on the go. I am serious.
We all know about Wikipedia.com. It is the single largest source of information on the internet. Period. However did you know you can surf Wikipedia even when you have no internet access? I am not kidding. WikiTaxi is a portable no-installation-needed application that allows you to download and store the [...]
Read More »Programming for newbies, Part 1: Python
Hi all, this is my first post here at dotTech. There have been many common question when one decides to dive into “world of programming”. These questions includes but not limited to “which language should I learn?” or for those who want a lot of fun, will ask “which language [...]
Read More »Free USB Safely Remove (v4.7)! [Limited time offer]
Software Description
The following is a description of USB Safely Remove, as per the developer:
USB Safely Remove is a USB device manager. It saves time and extends user abilities on active work with flash drives, portable drives, card readers and other gadgets.
A handy menu to stop devices
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[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 »Free Wondershare Video Converter Ultimate!
Software Description
Says Wondershare about their ultimate video converter Wondershare Video Converter Ultimate:
Wondershare Video Converter Ultimate is an all-in-one DVD & Video converter tool and DVD burner for assisting you to convert videos/audios among formats like AVI, WMV, MP4, MKV, FLV, 3GP, MPG etc. even convert video to 3D
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Hating the new Google bar? Make it look better with a quick script.
Updated 6/29 with a better script.
As part of Google’s newest, most social redesign yet, the search engine giant has decided to go for a whole new color scheme, one of whites, reds, greys and blacks, as apposed to their old scheme of light blues and whites.
This new black [...]
Read More »Free Able2Doc v.6.0, PDF to Word converter!
Software Description
PDF to Word conversions are tough to get accurate. Investintech has taken their own shot at the game and come up with Able2Doc, which they describe as this:
Able2Doc 6.0 performs fast and accurate conversions to MS Word and Open Office Writer with columns, tables, headers, footers, graphics
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Free BDlot DVD Clone Ultimate [Like WinX DVD Copy Pro]!
Software Description
Did you just drop that DVD?! You’ll never be able to see that movie ever again! And it was a good movie, Pirates of the Carribean, not Pirates of the Carribean 4 or whatever it’s called. Luckily, if you backed it up with BDlot DVD Clone [...]
Read More »Free Wise Disk Cleaner Professional!
Software Description
How big is your hard drive? 500GB? 250GB? 120GB? No matter how big or small it is, it always seems like you’re about to fill it. Wise Disk Cleaner Pro can help, however:
Wise Disk Cleaner Professional is a user friendly, fast and easy to use application developed
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How To: Install ADB and Fastboot on your Windows computer for use with your Android phone
Anyone that has ever tried to mod their Android phone has come across users telling other users to run various different ADB and/or Fastboot commands. The only problem is the average Joe has no idea what ADB and Fastboot are because, well, they aren’t your run-of-the-mill applications. I was completely [...]
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