As far as data backup is concerned, there are a myriad of shareware options available, let alone the freeware ones. Most of them do good jobs, including but not limited to, operating system (OS) file backup. However, like m...
What is an AVI? AVI stands for audio video interleave and is a multimedia container format, first introduced by Microsoft in 1992. As a container file, it can house both separable audio and video i.e. an AVI will contain both mpeg...
I am sure that many of you have come across webpages with black backgrounds and colorful texts that were hard to read (like this one)! You probably wished you could have changed both the backgrounds and the texts on said pages so ...
I’m not a coder. I don’t develop applications. I almost flunked the only programming class I ever took. So obviously, Microsoft’s announced new software absolutely does NOT have me in mind, but that isn’t a...
Windows has hundreds of thousands of programs. Because of this great volume and lack of a central store, software discovery (aka finding new and useful programs) is extremely difficult. With our Windows Software of the Day initiat...
Some posts ago we brought to your knowledge Unity, a heavyweight video game development tool. Now we present you a simpler tool, one that creates 2D games, StencylWorks. HOW DOES STENCYL… WORKS? Not sure to be honest. Here a...
How many programs do you have installed on your PC? Do your have every single serial key for each of your software stored in a safe place? Would you like to group them (the serial keys) in one single document? Consider it done wit...
We all have security software on our computers. Ideally those security software will protect us against malware but sometimes that doesn’t work so well; either the software don’t detect malware or they can’t prop...
…And now, for something completely different than where I have ventured before, I present you FotoSketcher. WHAT IS FOTOSKETCHER AND WHAT DOES IT DO FotoSketcher (FS) is an extremely fun and simple yet powerful digital image...
Update: When I wrote this article ManicTime was purely a freeware program. Now it has freeware and shareware editions. “Welcome to The 21st Century. How may I take your order?” “How about… 3 hours of sleep,...
A few posts ago, Ashraf thoroughly covered a couple of heavy duty serious encryptors called AxCrypt and TrueCrypt. If you’re looking for a way to hide your files/folders in a more simple, lightweight and less FBI/CIA style, ...
Many of you already know what widgets are. For those who don’t, widgets are little programs running independently on a widget engine. They are those things that float around on your screen, typically your desktop. There are ...
This is my first post on dotTech as a dotTech author; I hope you enjoy it. Please consider leaving a comment, as it really makes my day and makes me feel as if I didn’t waste my time. Knytt Stories is a simplistic, yet intri...
