Anyone that has used Ice Cream Sandwich’s new UI in all its glory can attest to how awesomely awesome Google’s new “Holo” theme is. It is obvious Google thinks its new Holo is awesome because they have anno...
App Description The following is a description of Wiki Encyclopedia Pro, as per the developer: Wiki Encyclopedia Pro: fast access to Wikipedia for your Android phone, without the ads! Wiki Encyclopedia Pro gives you access to Wiki...
Have a file that has no extension? Or maybe you have a file with the wrong extension (e.g. Word cannot open a file that appears to be .DOC)? You can pander around trying to figure out the proper extension for the file or you can u...
Every now and then we run across a file extension which we don’t understand. I’m sure most people, including myself, tend to simply Google file extensions we don’t know or don’t understand. Googling a file ...
Since the launch and success of the iPhone, companies are coming to realize they can gain a competitive edge over the competition with very little risk if they can engage the developer community. As much, many web services nowaday...
You know that week where most everyone was either enjoying the holidays with their families or enjoying time off work with their families? I’m not too sure the with their families part actually happened. According to Flurry ...
Did that title catch your attention? Yeah, I bet it did. According to StatCounter, Chrome 16 is now the most popular browser in the world with 24.96% of market share, surpassing Internet Explorer 8 (20.89%) late last year. Of cour...
There is TeamViewer for those that need remote access or remote control or screen sharing capabilities. However, TeamViewer is not ideal for sharing one mouse and one keyboard across multiple computers in a local network. For that...
Anyone that has used a laptop with a touchpad and external mouse knows using the same pointer speed (“sensitivity”) for both is not ideal. Unfortunately, Windows does not allow users to customize different speeds for t...
Not satisfied with any of the tethering apps mentioned in dotTech’s best free tethering (and WiFi hotspot) app article? Maybe ClockworkMod Tether is more of your liking. What Is ClockworkMod Tether ClockworkMod Tether is a n...
On Saturday I posted about Gameloft’s New Year’s Sale, selling all their games for $0.99 — all games except the latest and greatest Modern Combat 3: Fallen Nation. In the article I mentioned Gameloft plans on als...
How many people here have ever accidentally closed an application window? Maybe Firefox? Word? Chat window? [Insert window here]? Don’t worry; it happens to the best of us. Maybe our mouse slips. Maybe our hands slip. Maybe ...
Almost three years back I wrote about Zsoft Uninstaller, a program that allows users to track changes made to their computers during software installation so when it comes to uninstall, the software in question can be cleanly unin...
So you have jailbroken your Apple TV. What to do now? How about… run iOS apps. Yeah, you read that properly. It has been a longtime coming but diligent hackers have finally been able to run iOS apps on Apple TV; the video ab...
Own an Apple TV? Ready to break the shackles? Want to (eventually) run iOS apps on Apple TV? Time to jailbreak it! Disclaimer: This guide is intended as a helpful “how to”. Ashraf and dotTech are not responsible for an...
Update: Wow, it seems either the 20,000 copies were used up or Green Man Gaming ended the promotion early. Either way, this promotion is now over — it ended very quickly. Sorry for those that missed it! Subscribe to dotTech ...
Google is trying to take over the world, Microsoft already owns our souls, and Yahoo… well, Yahoo is a classic (couldn’t think of anything else to say about Yahoo). So the million dollar multi-billion dollar question i...
As much as I would like to type up a witty New Year’s greeting, I feel the best thing to say right now is: Thank you. Thank you for all the support each and every one of you have provided over the past year, despite the ups ...
Software Description The following is a description of Aomei Partition Assistant Professional Edition, as per the developer: Aomei Partition Assistant Professional Edition allows you to manage your disk partition similar with Part...
Missed out on Gameloft’s Labor Day promotion? Gameloft is running a New Year’s sale, selling all their games on Android Market for $0.99 until January 5, 2012. The key thing to note here is all Gameloft games that are ...
As an amateur who only needs to edit images once in a while, it is hard for me to justify shelling out hundreds of dollars for Photoshop. Instead I have been relying on the freeware alternatives, GIMP and Paint.NET. The issue with...
Are you a Kindle user? If not then it may darn well be time to start now. For a limited time – until January 9, 2012 – Amazon is giving everyone in the USA (sorry everyone else) $10 free Kindle e-Textbook credit. This ...
If you follow technology news regularly you will have, without a doubt, read about SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (PROTECT IP Act — Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Pro...
Are you a gamer? Then chances are this program is for you. Game Booster works by disabling unnecessary background programs, defragging your game directories, and freeing up RAM. Here is a short description as per the developer: De...
Tethered. Untethered. No tether. He tether. She tether. With Apple constantly squashing jailbreaks, it is can be confusing to know if your specific iPhone/iPod/iPad can be jailbroken or not. Thus a chart was created (I did not cre...
Software Description The following is a description of O&O DiskImage 5, as per the developer: Prevent data loss easily and securely! With O&O DiskImage 5 you can create images of your entire computer or individual partitio...
Virtualization is a novel way to ensure no permanent changes are made to your computer; it allows users to safely test software and, if desired, protect against malware. Virtualization itself comes in two main forms. There is usin...
You know that $2 “convenience” fee Verizon Wireless planned to start charging starting January 15, 2012? That fee that literally charged you $2 for paying your bill? Yeah, well, after 24-hours of public outcry – ...
Software Description The following is a description of Auslogics Internet Optimizer, as per the developer: This tool will speed up your Internet connection by optimizing numerous settings like Max MTU and RWIN specifically for the...
There is no such thing as a free lunch. Apparently there is also no such thing as hard-working, honest Americans paying their monthly phone bill without being charged for the privilege. Starting January 15, 2012 Verizon Wireless i...
Tethering is the ability to share your mobile device’s (phone or tablet) internet connection with other devices, whether that be a computer or another mobile device. Being able to tether (and create a WiFi hotspot) is a nati...
Software Description The following is a list of features for Ocster Backup Pro 7, as per the developer: Storage Types & Locations Harddisks (internal, USB, Firewire, NAS, …) USB sticks Network drives Ocster Secure Storag...
Oh my, what do we have here. It seems like Redmond’s mobile experiment is finally taking off — quite literally. Windows Phone Marketplace now has over 50,000 apps, 17,000 of which were submitted in the past 90 days. Of...
Do you have multiple Google accounts? I have multiple Google accounts. And I am not just talking about Gmail; I use multiple different Google accounts across a variety of services Google offers. An issue with using multiple Google...
I wrote about GetJar Gold a while back. Since then I have been posting individual articles on some GetJar Gold freebies which I thought were noteworthy. Recently GetJar Gold passed the 100 mark in the number of paid apps it offers...
