About Ashraf
Happily married to the most beautiful woman ever, Ashraf is the founder of dotTech. Ashraf spends insane hours on dotTech (usually writing articles but sometimes doing absolutely nothing except staring). Yes he is weird, but he is also very friendly.
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...
We all multitask. (Don’t even try to claim you don’t.) For me it is so bad sometimes I multi-task just for the sake of multitasking. Multitasking on a computer often involves doing something else while you wait for a p...
Linux enthusiast are you? Good for you. Mac user? Eh, it is your life. My guess is even as a Linux enthusiast and/or Mac user you are dual-booting with Windows because, frankly, it is extremely hard to ditch the operating system m...
Ready for a classic? For the next 24-hours (December 28, 2011 only) Amazon Appstore is giving away Monopoly as its free app of the day: Legend has it that the modern version of the MONOPOLY board game was invented during the Depre...
Software Description The following is a description of CoffeeCup Web Image Studio Lite, as per the developer: First, a bit of background: We started this project as a response to the overwhelming positive reception and success of ...
Software Description The following is a description of Auslogics File Recovery 3, as per the developer: Why Use File Recovery Recover All File Types With Auslogics File Recovery software you can recover ALL file types: documents, ...
Often times we visit pages with a lot of junk on them. That is not to say the pages are junky but rather when printing there is a lot of undesired content we don’t want to waste ink and paper on. HP Smart Print is a program ...