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Be careful what you rent — rent-to-own computers from seven companies spied on users, stealing passwords and photographing… sex
You know those scary stories you hear about how a hacker took control of someone’s webcam and videotaped or photographed them without their knowledge? Yeah, well, it turns out hackers aren’t the only ones doing such things — companies that rent out computers do such things, too.
The Federal Trade [...]
Read More »How to root HTC One S using ClockworkMod recovery [Guide]
Getting your HTC One S rooted will help you get free and do many things such as install custom ROM’s, do many advanced tasks such as modding your device configuration in most of the possible ways to suit your needs; features which are alien to unrooted devices.
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Read More »iOS Maps apologizes for sucking and Siri fails to find an apology [Comic]
![iOS Maps apologizes for sucking and Siri fails to find an apology [Comic]](http://cdn.dottech.org/media/2012/09/ios_maps_siri_comic-290x160.gif)
Who likes poking fun at the world’s most valuable company? I sure do and apparently so do the artists at Joy of Tech. The following is another comic poking fun at iOS Maps. This time, to add salt to the wound, Siri is thrown in the fray. Check it [...]
Read More »Cheetah cub looks at cheetah momma for guidance [Amazing Photo of the Day]
![Cheetah cub looks at cheetah momma for guidance [Amazing Photo of the Day]](http://cdn.dottech.org/media/2012/09/cheetah_cub_with_mom_cheetah-290x160.jpg)
We have already seen lions and their cub strolling in the middle of the road. Want to see another similar inspirational photo? Look no further than the photograph I have to show you today.
The following is a photo of a cheetah and what is presumably her cub. Check it [...]
Read More »[Windows] Help your concentration and sleep better with White Noise Sleep System
Extraneous noise can be very distracting–it’s our brains trying to pick patterns out of the background. White noise can help. Random frequencies that combined create the sound from an old CRT TV on the wrong channel, white noise contains no patterns, and thus is impossible for our brains to use. [...]
[Windows] Back up, transfer, and restore your Gmail inbox and archive with GMVault
A lot of people use Gmail to manage their day-to-day lives. But what happens if Gmail were to suddenly get wiped off the face of the earth, or if Google were to close down your account? It’s important to keep backups of your emails for the sake of your data’s [...]
[Windows 8] Watch full-screen TED talks with TEDTalks HD
Ever seen a TED video? If not, then you don’t know what you are missing. TED – which stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design – is a nonprofit organization that organizes TED conferences and talks where people give speeches on ideas or inventions they have. They’re amazing to listen to, and [...]
[Android] Try to keep up with the simple but awesome game Tap! Tap Faster!
Fast-paced games are common, but simple ones are few and far between. Fun, simple ones? You’ll have better luck winning the presidency. However, Tap! Tap Faster! is one of those apps that manages to break the mold. Though the concept behind it is incredibly simple, it manages to suck you [...]
[Android] Bouncing Marble is a physics/puzzle game involving obstacles and barriers
Are you looking for a fun physics game that makes you think of bouncing angles, speeds, and more in your head? At first glance, Bouncing Marble looks promising, but if you take a closer look, you’ll notice it’s not actually all that fun.[...]
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Read More »[Android] Create and download infinitely customizable widgets with Ultimate Custom Widget
![[Android] Create and download infinitely customizable widgets with Ultimate Custom Widget](http://cdn.dottech.org/media/2012/09/uccw-290x160.jpg)
Chances are, your home screen is either a messy haven of your favorite apps jumbled together to let you launch them quickly or a beautifully arranged screen designed from the ground up to look beautiful. If you’re the latter, I’ve got some great news: rather than relying on some custom [...]
Read More »[iPhone] Get personalized restaurant recommendations with Ness Dining Guide
Do you just love food? Are you always on the lookout for new places to eat? If, so then Ness Dining Guide might be just the app for you. Discover new restaurants and follow what your friends are eating too.
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Read More »[iPhone] Add several useful tools to your phone with Ultra Utilities! + Flashlight
It is not hard to find a utilities app on the App Market. It is even easier to find a flashlight app. The majority of apps in both genres are either free with ads or paid without them, although there are a few exceptions. In reality, the functionality of the [...]
[iPhone] Stay up-to-date with your favorite television shows with Renewed
Do you find yourself being so busy that you can’t keep up with your favorite television shows? If so, then give Renewed – TV Show Renewal and Cancellation Guide a try. The app will save you the headache of keeping track of multiple television shows and when they are airing. [...]
[Mac OS X] Keep yourself fit with All-in Fitness
All-in Fitness is the ultimate resource for getting in shape. This app will be perfect for those who are looking to exercise but aren’t exactly sure where to start. In addition it is also useful to people who already work out, but are looking to add more variety into what [...]
[Mac OS X] Turn your iPad or iPhone into a wireless trackpad for Mac with Remote Mouse
With Remote Mouse, you can transform any iOS device into a wireless trackpad with a full keyboard. This will be especially useful if you are in a meeting or giving a presentation. With this app, you can control your computer from anywhere in the room. This will also be [...]
[Mac OS X] Keep track of every Mac ever made with Mactracker
Mactracker is essentially a giant database of every Mac ever made. This can be incredibly useful for IT professionals who work with Apple products on a daily basis as it offers an ton of useful information. This could additionally be used if you have been a long-time Apple fan want [...]
Apple thinks brand new iPhone 5s with physical damage is normal
Last week news rolled in of some iPhone 5s having scratches, dings, scuffs, etc. out of the box. That is to say, brand new iPhone 5s with (minor) physical damage. A loyal but upset customer e-mailed Philip Schiller, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Marketing, informing him of the issues, asking [...]
Read More »New Lightning connectors give Apple a monopoly on iPhone accessories, might trigger legal action against the company
Anyone that has been following iNews knows Apple has introduced the new ‘Lightning’ connector on the iPhone 5. Not only is it smaller, and faster, than the previous 30-pin connector on iDevices, the ‘Lightning’ connector is also incompatible with accessories (cables, docks, etc.) that work with the old 30-pin. That [...]
Read More »New Java vulnerability in Java 5/6/7 bypasses Java security sandbox, affects 1 billion users worldwide
Is it open season on Java? Or has the season for Java never ended? Who knows. I do know, however, that yet another vulnerability has been discovered in Java. This time the vulnerability affects Java 5, Java 6, and Java 7, meaning roughly one billion users around the world are [...]
Read More »IEEE, a group of tech experts, leaks almost 100,000 usernames and passwords — login information for Google, Apple, and Samsung employees
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (aka IEEE) describes itself as “the world’s largest professional association for the advancement of technology”. The IEEE is not only home to many big names in the scientific and engineering community but many IEEE members are also employees of big tech firms (Google, [...]
Read More »How to unlock the bootloader of HTC One S and install ClockworkMod touch or non-touch recovery [Guide]
Unlocking your device will enable you to go free of the bounds on your bootloader and will enable to carry out advanced tasks. ClockworkMod recovery is an extensive recovery tool which would further give you more power, enabling you to root easily root your device and/or install custom ROM’s etc.[...]
“When an Android steals iPhone’s look and feel, who you gunna call? Googbusters” [Comic]
![“When an Android steals iPhone’s look and feel, who you gunna call? Googbusters” [Comic]](http://cdn.dottech.org/media/2012/09/googbusters-290x160.jpg)
Most of us have probably seen the ‘Ghostbusters’, movie, cartoon, or otherwise. If you haven’t seen Ghostbusters then the comic shown below probably won’t resonate very well with you. However, if you have seen Ghostbusters — and you are familiar with the recent Apple vs Android spat — then you [...]
Read More »Gorgeous photo of aurora borealis over the Arctic Circle [Amazing Photo of the Day]
![Gorgeous photo of aurora borealis over the Arctic Circle [Amazing Photo of the Day]](http://cdn.dottech.org/media/2012/09/wow-290x160.jpg)
Aside from my wife, nothing is more beautiful than nature. One such example of the beauty of nature is a phenomenon called ‘aurora borealis’, also known as ‘northern lights’, which is “a natural light display in the sky particularly in the high latitude regions, caused by the collision of energetic [...]
Read More »[Windows] Help scientists unravel the mysteries of protein folding with Folding@home
Did you know that, around the world, there are numerous projects to use home computers as distributed supercomputers? There are, and Folding@home is one of the most famous ones. Created by scientists at Stanford University, it lets your computer join a vast network that allows them to study the science [...]
[Windows] Download and upload to remote fileservers (FTP, SCP, SFTP) with WinSCP
There are tons of people who use FTP clients every day. Graphic designers use them to upload completed designs. Web programmers use them to upload finished scripts and programs. Whatever you use them for, try WinSCP. It’s a free and popular client that does not only FTP, but SFTP [...]
[Windows 8] Read the latest issue of Popular Science with the free PopSci app
Popular Science is a cool magazine, and has made a great switch over into web magazine form. It has an official Android app, an iOS app, and now, a Windows 8 app. It rolls all of the latest stories and headlines into one big, beautiful app that lets you read [...]
[Android] Get a beautiful set of new wallpapers every day with BetterThanExpected Wallpapers
The internet is a beautiful place filled with even more beautiful photography. Channeling the Internet’s amazing photographic skill into your small tablet or smartphone, however, is near impossible without BetterThanExpected Wallpapers. It’s a free live wallpaper that automatically downloads and fades wallpapers from Reddit, one of the Internet’s largest [...]
[Android] Monitor folder creation on your SD card with SDCard Watcher
Try mounting your Android phone on your computer. You’ll be amazed by how many random folders there are named after apps that you thought you uninstalled ages ago. This is due to how Android works, but with the help of the free app SDCard Watcher, you can see what [...]
[Android] Stop missing important calls and texts and get periodic missed call and text notifications with Missed Call Reminder
If you for some reason miss a call and don’t notice it–say you’re in a meeting or have your phone on silent–you won’t notice it until you turn on your phone’s screen and notice the icon in your notification tray. This can lead to calls being returned hours later than [...]
[iPhone] Crack the codes to save the world in Beat Enigma Pro
Do you like code games? Do you enjoy playing games in the matching genre? If so, then you will probably enjoy Beat Enigma Pro.
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Beat Enigma Pro is a game where you match symbols by swiping over them. The [...]
Read More »[iPhone] Get quick and fast access to Wikipedia with Wikipanion
Wikipedia is a popular non-profit encyclopedia on the web. It differs from a print encyclopedia in the sense that it is constantly updated by its members, any of which can edit the site. Over the years, it has quickly grown into one of the more popular reference sites on the [...]
[iPhone] Looking for a new free web browser? Try Maxthon!
With the overload of popular web browsers on the App Market, a developer really needs to put out a quality product to fit in. Maxthon Web Browser might be fast and reliable enough to do just that.
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Maxthon Web Browser [...]
Read More »[Mac OS X] Boost your Mac’s volume with Boom
Boom is an application for you Mac that will increase the volume output. This is very useful because the default volume is very low. This application is perfect for those who don’t have a speaker system or for those who are constantly on the go. This app will boost your [...]
[Mac OS X] Go skateboarding using your fingers with Touchgrind
Touchgrind is a game where you control a skateboard with your 2 fingers. It bears a shocking resemblance to those old Tech Deck skateboards you used to play with when you were younger. It is hours of fun and will undoubtedly be a big hit with all skateboarding fans.[...]
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Read More »[Mac OS X] Manage your to-do list with Wunderlist
Wunderlist is a fantastic to-do application. This app is especially useful if you are the type of person who is always making lists. It becomes even more useful if you would like to share those lists with your friends or family
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