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.
Mirror, mirror on the wall: What is the best file sharing/backup service of them all? Dropbox. All free Dropbox accounts come with 2 GB of storage space. Last November I posted about how to increase that 2 GB of storage space by 5...
{rw_text}Software reviewed in this article: Process Lasso Pro Version reviewed: 4.00.29 Software description as per the developer: Process Lasso is a unique new technology that will improve your PC’s responsiveness and stabi...
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Aside from the iPhone 4 itself, talk about the “Verizon iPhone 4” has probably been one of the most rumored rumors about a smartphone in the history of smartphones. Today, however, the story has been set straight. No l...
Software Description The following is a description of Crave World Clock, as per the developer: See current time for major cities and time zones around the world on your desktop. A must-have world clock software for people who nee...
Sometimes we install programs that require no other programs to be running. Other times we are doing something resource intensive and would like there to be no other program running in the background. For whatever reason, there ar...
{rw_text}Software reviewed in this article: InPaint Version reviewed: v3.0 Supported OS: Windows 2000 and higher Price: $39.99 (USD) for a personal license, and $99.99 (USD) for a business license Software description as per the d...
{rw_text}Software reviewed in this article: WinUtilities Professional Edition Version reviewed: v9.96 System Requirements: Windows 7/Vista/XP/2003 Server/2000/NT/98 Price: $49.99 (USD) The developer has been running a 40% off sale...
Most everyone has heard about the Wikileaks, erm, leak drama regarding United States diplomatic cables. Since the leak, the US government has started an investigation to try to bring Wikileaks “to justice”. I put ̶...
Software Description The following is a description of McAfree VirusScan Plus, as per the developer: Anti-Virus/Anti-Spyware Detects, blocks, and removes viruses, spyware, adware, even rootkits—insidious programs designed to tampe...
{rw_text}Software reviewed in this article: iCare Data Recovery Software Version reviewed: v4.1 Software description as per the developer: Working with Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2000 professional and Windows Server 2008, 2003, 2000 al...
dotTech has multiple different ways it can be subscribed through: RSS Feed | E-mail | Twitter | Facebook. Typically these four options cover the subscription needs of most dotTechies. However, recently I have been told by some peo...
You became overjoyed by reading about the solution to your Windows Media Player woes. So you had a few clicks and ended up with a mess of codecs on your hands. Now Windows Media Player or [insert player name here] will no longer p...
Software Description The following is a description of Wondershare Video Converter Platinum as per the developer: Wondershare Video Converter Platinum can directly convert videos, including from HD and AVCHD videos, to popular vid...
Software Description The following is a description of MAGIX PC Check & Tuning 2010, as per the developer: PC Check The PC Check analyzes weaknesses and problems in the system and lists them. Short problem descriptions may be ...