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.
Some months ago (3-4?) I was surfing Slickdeals when someone mentioned that you could get free domain hosting for forever from Microsoft. The “free” and “forever” part got my attention and so I investigated...
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Mixed in with all the brouhaha over today’s giveaway Video to Flash Converter, Giovanni, the great free-alternative software conquistatore (otherwise known as ‘conquistador’ to us culturally insensitive Americans...
{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for February 13, 2009 is: Video to Flash Converter Version Reviewed: 1.0 Software description as per GOTD: Video to Flash converter quickly and easily converts your digital video to the SWF Flash or FL...
Hi all. Recently there has been an issue with my webhost. At times my website downs down because of a database error. Whenever I find out this is happening, I promptly contact my host to have they restart the database. However, th...
{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for February 12, 2009 is: FTPGetter Version Reviewed: 3.11.0.12 (the version was updated to 3.11.0.15 with the fix – see below) Software description as per GOTD: Save time on FTP updates! Plan yo...
{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for February 11, 2009 is: Backup4all Lite Version Reviewed: 4.0 Build 126 Software description as per GOTD: Backup4all Lite is an award-winning backup software for Windows, offering an intuitive interf...
Update: Originally I reported that Kaspersky confirmed the hack by unu. That was a semantical mistake on my part. Kaspersky actually confirmed the vulnerability but denied a successful hack. Update2: According to a statement by Bi...
{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for February 10, 2009 is: ArtStudio Version Reviewed: 1.1.2 Software description as per GOTD: Corner-A ArtStudio is powerful animation software that can bring to life boring static images. ArtStudio ha...
{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for February 9, 2009 is: Cover Commander Version Reviewed: 2.91 Software description as per GOTD: Cover Commander creates professional, custom-designed virtual boxes, books, dvd-boxes, manuals, CD disk...
It seems someone was able to hack Kaspersky’s database via their website using a “simple SQL injection”. As far as I know, the database was not their virus/spyware signature database, but rather their corporate d...
{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for February 8, 2009 is: WinLog Assist. Version Reviewed: 2.3 Software description as per GOTD: Win Log Assist is a PC time-keeping tool and Task Tracking Software. The program logs the exact time when...
Okay, this is the first time I have ever heard of something like this. The story goes that in 2003 a man was arrested for drug trafficking in Malaysia. Soon after officers arrested him, his twin arrived and the twin was arrested a...
{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for February 7, 2009 is: 2Flyer Screensaver Builder Pro Version: 8.0 Software description as per GOTD: 2Flyer Screensaver Builder is a powerful tool which lets you create high-quality screensavers and ...
{rw_text}Giveaway of the day for February 6, 2009 is: Audio Recorder. Version: Program gives no information on the version. Software description as per GOTD: Audio Recorder is a small and easy-to-use program that allows you to rec...