How life was before smartphones [Comic]
It doesn’t matter how old or young a person is — everyone has probably had someone older, such as a grandfather or grandmother, tell them about “the good old days” where people worked much harder, had bette...
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Hilarious photo of a cat tanning in the sun on a beach chair [Amazing Photo of the Day]
With the advent of LOLcats, memes, FAIL photos, etc. we have all probably come across hilarious animal images, particularly cats. (Why do people find cat images funny? I never understood that.) The following is a photo which I hav...
Grab 30GB of free cloud storage from Glide!
Still haven’t decided upon a cloud storage service provider? Maybe Glide is more up your ally. Glide OS is a web-based, HTML5 operating system developed by TransMedia. Essentially it is a web app that runs in all major brows...
Adblock Plus on Chrome now displays “non-instrusive advertising”, here is how to disable it
Last year the developer of Adblock Plus introduced the concept of “acceptable ads” on Firefox. In a nutshell, “acceptable ads” are ads that Adblock Plus does not block; ads that the developer of Adblock Plu...
Looking to hire a Windows 8 writer
Hey, I’m looking for a Windows enthusiast to cover Windows 8 for dotTech. The responsibilities for this position will be to cover Windows 8 software and apps, and tips and tricks. This is a paid position. If you are interest...
Have you upgraded, or will you upgade, to Windows 8? [Ask dotTechies]
Windows 8 officially launched yesterday, Friday October 26. With so many monetary discounts provided by Microsoft for those that upgrade, I’m sure curious as to how many dotTechies have already upgraded or plan on upgrading....
Who to blame for a poorly coded program? [Comic]
I’ve been reviewing programs on dotTech, previously known as Politically Motivated (dotnet) for those of you that have been around for that long, for over four years now (dotTech’s fourth birthday just passed last Mond...
See the awesome architecture of the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles [Amazing Photo of the Day]
Designed by architect Frank Gehry, the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, California (USA) was designed and built to be one of the most acoustically sophisticated halls in the world. I’m not sure if it this acousticall...
Apple fanboys prank Windows 8 fans, then realize Windows 8 is better than Mac [Comic]
I’m not sure if anyone has heard the news yet but, just like how people line up at Apple stores in anticipation of a new iPhone or iPad, there are people who are lining up at Microsoft stores in anticipation for Windows 8. O...
“Tabletop” mountain floats in the clouds [Amazing Photo of the Day]
Mount Roraima is a “tabletop” mountain located in South America. More specifically, Roraima is found in Venezuela’s Canaima National Park on the Guiana Shield, bordering Guyana and Brazil. Aside from its semi-uni...
WinPatrol Plus is available for just $0.99 for the next 24-hours, be quick [Tip]
WinPatrol is an excellent program that many dotTechies, including myself, are big fans of. If you have been using the freeware WinPatrol, this is your chance to upgrade to WinPatrol Plus for less than a dollar. For roughly the nex...
What online review ratings really mean [Comic]
It seems like since the advent of the internet — from simple HTML pages, to Geocities, to modern blogs — there is always someone or some website reviewing a product (may that be user rated reviews) and giving the produ...
Magnificent tiger takes a stroll by a waterfall [Amazing Photo of the Day]
So far in dotTech’s Amazing Photo of the Day segment we have covered lions, cheetahs, monkeys, squirrels, turtles, elephants, birds, alligators, dolphins, and more lions. Do you know what (animal) we have not covered, yet? O...
Apple’s “rubber band” (“bounce-back”) patent is invalidated by US Patent Office — justice one step at a time?
Some may call it justice; others, karma. Me? I prefer “music to my ears”. How ever you describe it, it doesn’t make it any less real. What am I talking about? The following: the US Patent and Trademark Office has...
ITC rules that Samsung has infringed upon 4 Apple patents
After being slapped with a $1.05 billion fine and the potential ban on more than 20 of its devices, Samsung has been handed another set back. This time it is not by a jury but rather by a judge at the United States International T...