Last year the rumor mill spit out a rumor of Microsoft upending its regular 3-4 year Windows update cycle in favor of yearly releases (presumably in response to the changing technological landscapes thanks to mobile devices). Asid...
As mentioned earlier, starting in Firefox 19, Firefox has a native PDF reader. This means Firefox can view PDFs without you having to install a third-party add-on or program. Firefox’s PDF viewer is enabled by default. The i...
Another day, another Firefox release; this time it is Firefox 19. On the whole, Firefox 19 doesn’t bring too many user-facing changes — except for one. Starting with v19, Firefox now has a built-in PDF viewer meaning y...
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As I am sure many dotTechies already know, NASA has terminated its Space Shuttle program in favor of helping fostering the commercial (private) sector fill the gap… and so NASA can save money (which hopefully will be put tow...
As luck may have it, the shower curtain in my bathroom was actually just replaced with a new one. However, my shower curtain is nothing fancy — just a simple, transparent one (I hope I never forget to lock the bathroom door&...
You ever see a janitor or cleaning person or someone with a similar job use a floor buffer, also known as a floor cleaner or floor polisher? They typically use it very calmly and slowly (and, for some reason, always while listenin...
Without a doubt one of the most successful iterations of Windows is (was) Windows XP. Even today, eleven years after it was released and three major new versions of Windows out (one of which, Windows 7, is also a huge success), mi...
As I am sure most dotTechies know, a ‘CAPTCHA’ is a method used to verify that person logging in, posting, etc. is really a person and not a robot. There are various different types of CAPTCHAs but the most common is b...
Prior to last year, HTC followed the pollute-the-market-with-as-many-phones-as-possible approach instead of the create-a-brand approach. But, after the post-iPhone 4S slaughter, HTC realized they will never be able to fight off Ap...
I am very much a left-brained person, meaning I lack creativity. Sometimes I wish I was more right-brained so I could come up with awesome projects like the following. The following is a long-exposure photo of a man who “ran...
Even though I am a (part-time) blogger and I should know better, I rarely (if ever) proofread. I am just physically and mentally incapable of making myself proofread (sort of like how I am incapable of making myself review the ans...
As with most companies nowadays, Burger King has an official Twitter account. (Yes, even dotTech has a Twitter account even though I don’t consider us a company per se.) It is not entirely clear who did it or how they did i...
Ever hurt yourself by accident? I am not talking about dropping something on your big toe. Rather, I am referring to things like accidentally biting down on your tongue, kicking your leg while walking, and… punching yourself...
Reddit user ‘Burnstyle’ is single father who works as a firefighter. Has a son who enjoys going to the firehouse and playing on the firetrucks. So what did Burnstyle do? He built his son a firetruck replica bed… ...
