Have you ever had a problem of not being able to open a file? Try as you must, but you just cannot find a program to open it. Or, maybe you have multiple different programs downloaded to open different types of files. Free Opener,...
Today I am here to tell you of a program that you can use to supplement your protection software to enhance digital security. Meet WinPatrol: WinPatrol is a very lightweight security app that does all of the following: Detect and ...
Having a clipboard manager on your Windows PC is very handy because it makes it easy and convenient to retrieve previously copied content. Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to do the same on your phone? Sure, for most people cl...
One popular form of attack used by malware is disabling Window’s components such as the Command Prompt, System Restore, and Task Manager. Re-enable is a simple portable tool that allows users to easily re-enable Windows̵...
Part of the smartphone experience is to be able to do anything (well, almost anything) on your device. This means being able to view/read office documents. While there are some phones that come with an office document viewer (such...
There are a variety of free office suites out there – both online and as software. These freebies usually fall in one of these three categories: Free shareware software as a giveaway Open source software Freeware The softwar...
What is the point of having a smartphone if it cannot read your super-duper-important PDF documents? In this article we take a look at all the free PDF readers/viewers available on Android Market and recommend the PDF reader/viewe...
If you own an iPhone 4 you probably are already aware of the must talked about iPhone 4 design flaw. Well now Consumer Reports, a nonprofit authoritative source on everything consumer, has confirmed there is indeed an iPhone 4 des...
For some time, I have found it annoying to have to open Outlook Express to read my e-mail. Similarly, the consultation of the messages from my free AOL-mailboxes could also be described as tedious. To make maters worse, my ISP has...
No one likes ads. However, ads are a reality that we must live with. Or, must we? One of the great things about Android is all the free apps. The downside to free apps are advertisements. What if one could block these ads? I mean,...
You have really cool apps on your phone and would like your friends or family to get them too. What do you do? You can, of course, tell people the name of the app you want them to download; then they can open Android Market and ma...
I am sure most of you have seen the videos that I have begun to incorporate in some of my reviews; for those videos I used a video capture tool called Debut. For the longest time Debut has been my favorite video capture tool ̵...
Once I was walking to class at my university and I noticed a sign on the sidewalk had a QR code on it. Naturally I was astonished, never before seeing QR codes outside of the Android ecosystem, but now that I think back on it I fi...
Not many will argue with me when I say Photoshop is one of the best image editors created to date. At the same time, Photoshop is probably one of the best expensive image editors created to date also. So what are your options if y...
Sonic PDF Creator is the following: Professional, Secure PDF Creation Create professional looking and secure PDF documents from hundreds of Windows applications. A simple to use interface with value added features you’ll nee...
Everyone has heard of TuneUp Utilities, there is no need to introduce it. All I want to say is that everyone can get TuneUp Utilities 2010 (TuneUp Utilities 2011 costs $49.95, or $24.95 if you install it then uninstall it while it...
Our purpose here on dotTech is to make your tech life easier; that includes your smartphone. As part of our “make-your-tech-life-easier” theme, we have created an Android apps repository. We have reviewed, selected, an...
I have nothing (much) to hide, but the idea of someone invading my privacy by looking at my activity history (such as my browser history) makes my skin crawl. I am sure many other people feel the same way. Thus, we have looked for...
Originally written on May 23, 2011. Updated on May 28, 2011 and June 4, 2011 to make some clarifications about File Locker. Not to be confused with application locking, protecting files is a way to prevent access to specific files...
While we tend to keep our phones to ourselves (at least, I do), there are times when we are forced to lend our devices to others. Our smartphones are precious; many times we just don’t want anyone and everyone snooping aroun...
Prio is a simple program which adds a “Save Priority” option to Windows Task Manager effectively making any priority change by you permanent: Screenshot originally found on the developer’s website Of course this ...
Gtalk is built into Android. However, what if not all your friends use Gtalk? Must you download one app for every instant messaging platform out there? Heck no. In this article we review and recommend the best free instant messeng...
Some (most) phones come with file manager apps; others do not. The brilliance of Android is even for those that have file manager apps, you can still download a different file manager app if you want from Android Market. This arti...
Recently IObit, a software publishing firm famous for their Advanced SystemCare software package and their Internet Security 360 scandal, released a freeware product – Advanced Uninstaller – that aims to serve all your...
Dropbox is a popular cloud-storage service. It is loved by all and used by many. Heck, it is dotTech’s favorite and I personally use it too; I have even used – in conjunction with other file hosting services – to...
We have all seen Lorem Ipsum text floating around. In short, Lorem Ipsum is just a bunch of gibberish letters/words used as “placeholders” or “dummy text” when the author of something (a website template, a...
Panda Cloud Antivirus, which comes in Free and Pro editions, is an anti-malware solution by Panda Security that is based in the cloud: Panda Could Antivirus Free is always available for free for personal and non-profit use only. P...
Resizable windows are one of the key parts of the window metaphor. Unfortunately, not every piece of software follows this design standard. For example, how many times have you gone to a Properties panel, only to discover you had ...
Earlier this week dotTech featured EASEUS Partition Master Professional in a giveaway. Now, we bring you another EASEUS product: EASEUS Todo Backup Professional! Software Description The following is a description of EASEUS Todo B...
Hot off the press! Microsoft just announced today that starting May 22, students buying a PC priced $699 (USD) or more can qualify for a free Xbox 360 4GB console. The only requirements are that you need to have a .edu email addre...
WinX DVD Video Converter Pack contains two programs, WinX DVD Ripper Platinum and WinX HD Video Converter Deluxe: WinX DVD Ripper Platinum WinX DVD Ripper Platinum is an ultimate DVD ripper software capable of ripping the content ...
While I personally have depreciated the use of my desktop, some people are desktop fiends: All important files, folders, and shortcuts should be accessible directly from the desktop. If you are one of these desktop fiends, then De...
WinX DVD Copy Pro is a software that allows users to copy DVDs without any loss in quality: WinX DVD Copy Pro is specially designed to meet users’ up-to-date DVD backup demand; clone DVD to DVD disc for safe storage; copy DV...
Forget the fact that “going green” is now the cool thing to do. Just think about saving money. iPrint is a very simple software which helps users reduce printing costs (developer claims printing costs can be reduced &#...
Update: This article has been pulled by Ashraf because of reports that the software in question may be malicious. For those curious, it got 2/43 detections on VirusTotal. Sorry everyone! Update2: At the request of some people, I h...
