Author Archives: Ashraf

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.

dotTech Exclusive: Free AnVir Task Manager!

UPDATE1: This is post is not about the freeware version of AnVir Task Manager but rather the shareware version which you would normally have to $39.95 pay for. UPDATE2: If you have Kaspersky you may get a warning when trying to in...

[Review] WinX DVD Author 5.5

{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for May 16, 2009 is: WinX DVD Author 5.5 Version reviewed: v5.5 Software description as per GOTD: WinX DVD Author is professional and easy-to-use DVD authoring software designed to create and burn DVD ...

Shortwave: a handy quick-search “utility”

I ran across Shortwave about a week ago and have been debating with myself ever since then how I am going to write about it. Is it bookmark or is it a plugin? What should I call it? How do I explain what it does? If I say bookmark...

[Review] Extra DVD Ripper Professional

{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for May 13, 2009 is: Extra DVD Ripper Professional Version reviewed: v6.43 Software description as per GOTD: Extra DVD Ripper Professional is a DVD ripping tool to rip your favorite DVD movies to popul...

[Review] MultiSet 6.5

Giveaway of the day for May 12, 2009: MultiSet 6.5 Version reviewed: v6.5 Build 170 Software description as per GOTD: Want to create a WindowsXP installation disk that will automatically install the OS Windows without asking quest...

[Review] Extra DVD to Audio MP3 Ripper

{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for May 11, 2009 is: Extra DVD to Audio MP3 Ripper Version reviewed: v6.07 Software description as per GOTD: Extra DVD to Audio MP3 Ripper is a DVD movie soundtrack ripper and DVD to MP3 ripper that ca...

[Review] ShellLess Explorer 1.24

{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for May 10, 2009 is: ShellLess Explorer 1.24 Version reviewed: v1.24 Build 0427 Software description as per GOTD: ShellLess Explorer is a powerful file explorer replacement which is based on windows sh...

One-up keyloggers with KeyScrambler

I hate keyloggers. Hate, hate, hate. I am not sure anyone likes keyloggers (besides the scum who use them for evil purposes). If you like keyloggers please tell me so I can ban you. I am only half joking. To protect ourselves from...

[Review] Extra DVD to 3GP Ripper

{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for May 9, 2009 is: Extra DVD to 3GP Ripper Version reviewed: v6.41 Software description as per GOTD: Extra DVD to 3GP Ripper is flexible and easy to use DVD ripper software. It can quickly convert DVD...

Organize your start menu with Tidy Start Menu.

Unless you specifically tell a program otherwise, most programs nowadays will add themselves to your start menu when you install them. If you navigate your start menu often you know how annoying it is to view the dozens (hundreds?...

Forums are up. Finally.

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