Any dotTechies, or dotTechies’ children, have read the ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ novels? For those that have not read or heard about them, ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ are children books that allow y...
Sun. The Sun. Our Sun. Without the Sun, most scientists hypothesize there wouldn’t have been life on Earth. We happen to live on a planet that is perfectly positions relative to the Sun; not so close that it is so hot but no...
According to a report out of The NPD Group, there are now more devices in the U.S. that are connected to the internet than there are people. U.S. homes have 425 million internet-connected devices, while the human population sits a...
Google Chairman Eric Schmidt is planning to make a trip this month to a very interesting destination — North Korea. Reports reveal that he’ll be making the trip with former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson but not d...
So you own a brand new Samsung Galaxy Camera, one of the recent innovations by Samsung? Wait no more, to get your ‘camera’ rooted. Follow this guide to get the power of root now on your Galaxy Camera. Disclaimer: This ...
There are a lot of programs out there for your PC that allow you to download videos right from the internet and store them for offline use. However, there are not as many programs that allow this on your mobile phone. That being s...
Finding a full featured, portable text editor is hard. Finding one that is free is even tougher! The good news is that RJ TextEd Portable gives you all of this…and more. Not only is this program a full featured text editor, ...
Lep’s World is a side-scrolling adventure game for Android that’s going to seem very familiar the second you jump into it, but that doesn’t mean it’s just another clone of a classic game. Instead, it create...
When people plan a trip to a new city, they spend hours looking up the best places to eat, stay, and visit. But more people would have a better overall travel experience if they spent as much time researching the airports that the...
If you’re looking for a DVD ripper for Windows, then WinX DVD Ripper Platinum may be just what you’re looking for. This is a paid program that promises to give you all of the ripping tools you will ever need. Does it d...
R2 Studios, a startup that focuses on home automation technology, made the news recently due to the high-profile companies trying to acquire them – namely, Apple, Microsoft and Google. It looks like Microsoft is the one of t...
I do not know about anyone else, but I, for one, enjoy optical illusions. Why? I do not really know. Maybe because they perplex my mind. Maybe because I like feeling smart after I figure them out. Maybe because I am just weird. Wh...
Back in the 1950s, Stockholm Metro (the train company in Stockholm, Sweden) started allowing arts to paint the underground train stations. Flash forward to 2013 and many of Stockholm Metro’s stations are filled with beautifu...
Let’s say iPhone was a person. A real, actual person. Then let’s say iPhone got drunk and went partying with Android and Galaxy S III, assuming both Android and Galaxy S III both are real people, too. What would happen...
Polaroid has done some pretty questionable things in the past — like making Lady Gaga the face of their company, for example. It’s understandable given the situation of the company, which is way past its prime and is a...
The mobile OS market has a new challenger — Canonical has unveiled the mobile version of Ubuntu, with plans to launch devices in early 2014. Ubuntu for phones is “Mobile industry ready,” meaning it will be easy f...
Looks like the iPod Touch won’t be the only iOS device to come in different colors, with the iPhone rumored to join it when it gets upgraded this year. Topeka Capital Markets analyst Brian White has issued a report saying th...
As you already know, Windows 8 provides two version of Internet Explorer (IE) 10 in order to satisfy traditional and touch-screen users. So that, IE 10 in Modern UI has some features, which lacks from IE desktop version, to help u...
When I am working on the computer, I love to listen to music. Since I sometimes have to take my work with me, I am not always at home to listen to my CD player or radio. That is why I have fallen in love with internet radio. Howev...
Do you want to watch live TV right from your Android device? What if I said that you can watch live streaming on your device for free? Well you can with Free Live TV. This is a program that allows you to watch free TV programing f...
If you’re passionate about technology, then you may know that solar activity can have a potentially disastrous effect on all kinds of tech, from radios to navigation equipment to infrastructure. Given the fact that solar act...
Intentionally or otherwise, I’m sure most, if not all, dotTechies have run across computer issues. From personal experience, I can attest to how, at the start of the problem, I am motivated to fix it all and get everything b...
Gorillas, lions, tigers, monkeys, elephants, etc. — we have seen many animals in dotTech’s daily Amazing Photo of the Day segment. We have not, however, seen any pandas. Well, no worries because I have a panda to shar...
While the usual talk about Windows 8 is people criticizing it, it looks like we’ll be starting 2013 with quite the opposite. Acer president Jim Wong has come to the defense of Microsoft’s latest operating system, sayin...
When a blasphemous video of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) began circulating and inciting riots last year, Pakistan’s government decided to ban Youtube altogether. The government decided to lift the ban a few days ago, only to ...
Many kids received new game systems this past Christmas morning, but one kid got another surprise along with his Nintendo 3DS — porn. When Mark Giles from Colorado purchased this gift for his son, this was definitely somethi...
The South Korean government is taking censorship to the next level — for teenagers at least. In an attempt to prevent cyber-bullying, the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family has plans to install software on teenagersR...
For the first time in 20 years, New York City’s annual crime rate is about to go up. Who does NY Mayor Michael Bloomberg believe is responsible for this? Why, Apple of course. Well, not Apple directly but some people who rea...
Foxconn’s factories have long been criticized for poor working conditions, dragging its associated companies like Apple along with them. A New York Times report published a year ago detailed the poor conditions at Foxconn, a...
While everyone in Paris (and the rest of the world) was celebrating the new year, some thieves decided that it was the perfect time to rob an Apple Store. But not just any ordinary robbery, this one involved masked men, guns, a ge...
Remember when a certain Sony phone codenamed the Yuga leaked? It looks like it’s now official. Well, almost official. With CES fast approaching and Sony widely expected to introduce its new flagship phones, Engadget has unco...
Barnes & Noble seems to be going good with their Nook HD/HD+. The following guide will not just help you to get your Nook HD/HD+ rooted, but will also help you install GAPPS (Google Apps) package, enable Unknown sources (which...
The most annoyed change in Windows 8 for desktop users is the lack of Start menu. From Windows 95, Start menu became a place to start every work you want to do in Windows. Despite replacing Start menu with Start screen, which cont...
There are tons of programs out there that claim to download videos straight from the internet. Although some of them work, there are a lot of them that are not worth your time. Today we are going to be looking at FSS Video Downloa...
There is no shortage of photo editing tools on the internet today. Every time you turn around it seems like someone else has a new one for you to try. So when I first came across Retouch Pilot, I was not expecting much, just more ...
