Remember that legal battle over patents Apple has with, um, everyone? Yeah, well, Apple 1, HTC 0. Yesterday the U.S. International Trade Commission passed final judgement on the matter of Apple’s complaint that HTC devices w...
You know what is one of the most annoying things ever? Someone (or something) changing the icon configuration on my desktop. It drives me nuts; I have the icons in a certain config for a reason and when someone/something changes i...
There are many online malware scanners that use multiple antivirus engines to scan files. However, as shown in dotTech’s analysis of Avira vs avast! vs AVG vs Microsoft Security Essentials, antivirus software don’t det...
Does it feel like you just updated to Firefox 8? That is because you literally did just update to Firefox 8. But hey, Mozilla has a rapid release cycle schedule to meet. Who cares if these rapid updates are bloody annoying. Here c...
Software Description The following is a list of Outpost Security Suite Pro features, as per the developer: Anti-Malware module (Anti-Virus + Anti-Spyware) with greater detection accuracy Two-way firewall for secure network connect...
There are many, many programs out there that serve the purpose of analyzing your hard drive usage (such as O&O DiskStat which was recently just posted about on dotTech). So, for a analyze-hard-drive program to stand out, it ne...
Update: WinOptimizer 8 is now available as a freebie! Go get it now. Software Description The following is a description of WinOptimizer 7, as per the developer: What does this program do? Just as dirt and trash accumulate in buil...
Ever working on a project and wished you could place two windows side by side to make it easier for you to do whatever you were doing? I know I have. Well, you know as they – be careful what you wish for… you might jus...
Ever crash your computer? If you say “no” you are a liar. Ever crash your computer and then it refuses to load into Windows? One of the most common causes of computer crashes is a new software change you made. One of t...
Software Description The following is a description of Paragon Disk Wiper, as per the developer: Disk Wiper 10 Personal allows you to: Completely erase a whole hard disk, a separate partition or just clean free space. Irreversibly...
You may have heard Google is rolling out Ice Cream Sandwich to GSM/UMTS Nexus S devices over the next month. If you are impatient and don’t want to or cannot wait for ICS to hit your Nexus S, there is way to manually update/...
Software Description The following is a quick description of Backup4All Lite, as per the developer: Backup4all Lite edition implements the basic functionalities of a backup application, thus more suitable for home users that don&#...
Some of us may have relatives in other parts of the other world while others have business contacts. Yet others have friends while others just online acquaintances. The fact is with globalization occurring at a stunning pace and t...
Software Description The following is a description of CyberLink MediaShow 5, as per the developer: CyberLink MediaShow 5 is a fast and easy way to preserve and share your life’s best moments. One-click fixes, photo slidesho...
Software Description The following is a description of StuffIt Deluxe 2010 (Windows), as per the developer: The only compression utility you need StuffIt Deluxe® gives you all the features you need to backup, share, archive, encry...
Software Description The following is a description of ABBYY Screenshot Reader, as per the developer: Create your own “snapshots” of images and texts from opened documents, file menus, Web pages, presentations, or PDF files with j...
Update: Back when I wrote this article two years ago SUPERAntiSypware’s online scanner was “new”. It isn’t new anymore. Still, this article is applicable to the scanner because it is still around today. SUP...
Ever look at a file or folder and wonder why the heck the “size” and “size on disk” are different? Yeah, me too. Until recently I had no idea why these two are different and just brushed it off as some tech...
Software Description The following is a description of Simply Good Pictures, as per the developer: With “Simply Good Pictures” you achieve results, which even professional photographers could only obtain with extensive...
Software Description The following is a description of Ocster 1-Click Backup, as per the developer: Features Fully Automatic: Creates fully automatic backups of your data Easy to use Full system backup: Backup of your whole comput...
Windows Calculator provides you with a fair amount of functionality in terms of mathematical computational needs. However it is an annoying piece of **** to use. One of my biggest grips with Windows Calculator is that you can̵...
Last year in August I wrote about CCEnhancer (it was known as CCleaner Enhancer back then before Piriform made the developer change the name), a simple program that enhances CCleaner (yes, pun intended) by adding cleaning support ...
Software Description The following is a description of Android Converter, as per the developer: Multimedia for Android – originally easy! Convert music, videos and photos for your Android-device: no matter whether mobile-, s...
Do you torrent? My guess is many people do, legally or illegally. A new proof-of-concept website, YouHaveDownloaded, aims to prove your downloading is not anonymous and is being tracked. You Are Being Tracked You may or may not kn...
Hey dotTechies, Earlier today I made an announcement about some potential downtime while I make some changes to dotTech. Well the changes have been made and hopefully almost no one had any downtime. This announcement is intended t...
Just a quick announcement. I am making some back-end changes to dotTech (a post will be made later on exactly what has happened after I have made the changes). I am doing my best to ensure little to no downtime but in the next 24-...
Often times when I am multitasking I copy some text/link/picture/whatever planning on pasting it somewhere else. However before I can paste that information, that I copied, to the proper location I end up copying something else fo...
Software Description The following is a description of CyberLink YouCam 3, as per the developer: Split Mode Apply webcam effects to other open webcam applications using split mode. User Interface An all new slick user interface, w...
Software Description The following is a description of Serif PhotoPlus 10, as per the developer: Powerful enhancement tools Correct common image problems like lighting and red eye. Plus, remove people and object with PhotoPlus’ cl...
Software Description The following is a description of Zentimo, as per the developer: Fast & Reliable Device Safe Removal Highly customizable, informative & powerful device menu Unlike native safe removal tool’s menu...
Ever come across a website where you thought “wow those are great images” (usually on a digital art of photography website) and then proceeded to save them all to your computer one by one? Well save your self the pain ...
Software Description The following is a description of IObit Advanced SystemCare PRO 4, as per the developer: Like hiring your own PC technician inside your computer Advanced SystemCare PRO 4 provides an always-on, automated, all-...
Software Description The following is a description of Incomedia WebSite X5 Smart 9, as per the developer: WebSite X5 Smart 9 removes all the obstacles and takes you straight to the heart of the matter – creating your very own web...
Earlier this year I posted an article about how users can download codecs to avoid video/audio playback problems. In the article I mentioned codecs are a handy way to solve the problem of not being able to play specific types of v...
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