Hey dotTechies, Some of you probably noticed dotTech was down all day. The downtime was caused by a bad hard drive and it took my web host the better part of the day to run diagnosis, backup data, replace the drive, and restore da...
Hey dotTechies, dotTech last made a server upgrade roughly two years ago. Because dotTech has been growing, recently sometimes dotTech would slow to a crawl due to more traffic than our old server could handle. So I decided to upg...
Hey dotTechies, On Tuesday dotTech’s ability to send e-mail reminders, comment updates, etc. was disabled by our web host due to a bogus spam complaint. That issue is still being resolved but due to how long it is taking, ou...
Hello dotTechies, Back in September my web host blocked dotTech’s access to send e-mails because someone decided to start marking our e-mail reminders as spam. That issue was resolved in about a day plus another day or two f...
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...
Hello dotTechies, A few days ago I asked a simply but loaded question — should dotTech start its very own “Best Free Windows Software” section? While there were (are) some naysayers, the overall answer was a reso...
Hey dotTechies, Last week Janet, a loyal reader, made a striking comment. She more or less questioned why dotTech would review anything but the best software in each category. I fired back that we like to provide our users with ch...
Hey dotTechies, Longtime readers know I like to ask for feedback every time a major change happens here on dotTech. In the past few weeks dotTech has “returned to its roots” in the sense that we are now focusing more o...
Hey dotTechies, I just wanted to give everyone a heads-up that there will be less activity on dotTech for the next few days as I assemble a new team of superheroes. This is, of course, temporary and I see us back at full throttle ...
Hey dotTechies, dotTech is currently in need of writers. More specifically, we need people who can review: Windows software Android apps iPhone/iPad apps Add-ons/extensions for browsers Mac OS X programs Basically we need writers ...
Hello dotTechies, I’ve recently made a few changes to dotTech and would greatly appreciate any and all feedback you all have. Content Changes A few months ago I decided to make a major change in what dotTech covers. Instead ...
Hello dotTechies, The e-mail ban issue mentioned yesterday has been resolved and my host has restored access to port 25. This means dotTech e-mails will resume from now onwards. I apologize for any inconvenience this may have caus...
Hello dotTechies, This is just a friendly reminder that you if you are subscribed to our e-mail notifications, whether that be one-email-per-article list or one-email-per-day list, please do *not* mark our e-mails as spam just bec...
Just over two weeks ago dotTech went to the salon and got a makeover. At the time I promised dotTech’s mobile version would get a similar remodeling. That time has arrived. Hit up http://dottech.org on your mobile device and...
Hello friends, Welcome to dotTech 4.0. This is the fourth major revision of dotTech and, if I do say so myself, it is our best one yet. Not only does this new theme give dotTech a fresh, modern look but it simply kick-ass. [Insert...