Want an all-encompassing freeware application that includes a plethora of necessary network admin tools? Who am I kidding? The real answer to that question is who doesn’t want something like that? A lot of times, especially when i...
The GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a free, open-source, cross-platform, and powerful image editor for photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert-quality p...
Some of the best windows applications come in the form of a simple tool that ultimately extends the user experience. Often, they add convenience and usability to the platform, which otherwise wasn’t there to begin with. Speaking o...
Building upon the momentum of yesterday’s review, which saw use of a native GIF creation tool called GifCam, we’re going to take a look at another image tool. When it comes to presentation, images can really help you drive t...
Screencast or screenshare software is great, especially when you need to show off examples taken directly from onscreen content. Unfortunately, most screen capture software only allows you to store the captured content as a video ...
Sometimes it’s necessary to know the size or dimensions of a particular onscreen object. Such information is certainly needed for visual design and web development, but there are other practical uses, as well. Unfortunately, you c...
IBM Lotus Notes is the email client of choice of many corporates. Unless you play around, it is difficult to figure out how to import an image or a graphic as background in Lotus Notes Mail on Windows. Here is how you can do it: P...
There are a ton of Notepad alternatives that offer advanced features when compared to the vanilla Notepad app. Some of them improve the experience, while others don’t really add much to it. Notepad+ is a great example of an altern...
When Microsoft came out with Office 2010, they did at least one excellent job, i.e., inserting videos in PowerPoint has become as easy as going to the Insert tab and inserting videos from File/Web Site/Clip Art. The same applies t...
My movie collection on my computer used to be a huge mess. I had a single folder for everything, and it includes subtitles movie posters and all kinds of junk. Eventually I realized that it works better if you store each movie in ...
Love it or hate it, many corporates prefer the notorious Symantec or Norton security in Windows OS for one reason or the other. The problem is that this security software, more often than not, creates silly situations. For instanc...
One of the most convenient features of mobile devices like an Android smartphone, iPhone or iPad is that they automatically synchronize with the marketplace and download updates as soon as they’re available. Unfortunately, Windows...
If you are like me, you definitely dislike optical disc playback because sometimes playback fails; reasons behind failure include, but are not limited to, faulty disc, region lock, device limitation. For example, a DVD bought in U...
Protection, protection, protection. Security, security, security. It sure does seem like we talk about both subjects a lot here at dotTech, and for good reason too. You can never be too safe, especially when it comes to your perso...
Microsoft’s latest mice are designed to make Windows 8 a little easier to use for those that don’t use trackpads or touchscreens. If you’re a Windows 8 user and prefer to use a mouse for all your computing needs,...
