Phil Dotree

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Phil Dotree has written copy for numerous websites and news sites for five years. His articles have appeared on the Howard Stern Show, Fark, Digg.com.
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Here's my full review of the Sleep Cycle iPhone App.
Here's a few tips for professional and home recording studios looking to avoid data loss.
Here's some tips that can help a band sell more merchandise at the shows they play--and how to sell merchandise when you don't have any shows on your calendar.
Here's a few tips for putting rhythm into a recorded track if you don't have access to a drum kit.
Here's a look at some of the worst dreck that Apple's ever sold.
Here's my full review of the Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeler effect, and whether it's worth the price of admission.
Here's a look at a few common guitar effects that get overused, both live and in the studio.
Here's a look at why Netflix Instant View has become a valuable alternative to cable TV.
Here's why the planned gritty reboot of the Spider-man series is a terrible, terrible idea.
Here's four reasons that it's better to wait before running out to buy the iPad.
Here's a few reasons that Howard Stern won't go back to the normal radio airwaves anytime soon.
Here's a look at why it's important to securely erase a hard drive when switching to a new computer.
Here's a look at MusicDNA, and whether it has a chance of overtaking the MP3.
Here's a look at the Gowalla iPhone app and how well it stacks up to its competition.
Here's a look at a few great ways that you can use the foursquare app.
Here's a look at a few simple ways that you can help the country to go green in the next ten years.
Here's a look at Spiceworks, free office management and computer monitoring software.
A look at the main features of Lala and Imeem.
One of the newer apps gaining a lot of press coverage is Nude It, which supposedly shows the people around you...naked.
There's no question that cloud computing will have a serious impact on IT business in 2010, so here's a look at exactly what it is and how it's expanding the functions of the internet at large.
Here's a look at a few of the more common errors committed by home music producers when trying to capture the sound of a guitar played through effect pedals.
Here's a look at Crate's DSP guitar effects, and whether they're a suitable substitute for traditional guitar effect pedals.
Here's a quick troubleshooting guide to help you out if you're having printer issues in Windows 7.
The iPhone is pretty much owning the consumer smart phone market. This doesn't sit well with anyone in the phone business other than AT&T and Apple, of course. Here's a look at the leaked Google iPhone killer, the Nexus One.
Here's my full review of ModTone's MT-DD Deep Dive Octave guitar pedal, and how it stacks up to its incredibly long name.
Here's a look at a few of the common reasons that many consumers choose to buy tablet computers.
Here's a look at the tubes in tube amps, and how often you should consider replacing them.
Here's a few easy steps to take to make your Windows 7 searches go much faster and more accurate.
Here's a look at how you can stream video from your Windows 7 PC to your Xbox 360.
Here's a quick guide to help you put music onto an iPhone without using iTunes.
Here's my full review of the Boss DD-7 digital delay effect pedal.
Here's a look at the main hard drive manufacturers, and whether any of them can really claim the "best" title.
Here's a look at whether the Metal Zone effect pedal lives up to its name.
Here's a look at how you can get an old, antique style effect for any sound that you've recorded, for use in movies, music, and more.
Here's my review of the VOX Joe Satriani Time Machine pedal.
Here's a look at a few things you can do when your guitar effects pedals stop working.
Here's a look at a few common household sounds that might ruin your audio recordings after a mic picks them up.
I enjoy a good game of soccer, but unfortunately I don't believe that the popular perception of the sport will ever change. Here's why.
Here's a look at a few possible signs that your external hard drive is beginning to break down, and what you can do when you determine that it's not going to last much longer.
Here's a quick guide to using the iPhone to find WiFi hotspots.
Here's a few tips to help you out if you ever find yourself driving through the mountains near Mesa.
Here's a look at four common and potentially dangerous mistakes that people make when cleaning their computers.
Here's a look at four clear signs that you can't fix a hard drive.
Here's a look at a few tools that are absolutely necessary in order to perform data recovery services.
Here's a look at why disassembling a hard drive is never a good idea.
A look at whether programs can be saved to an external hard drive for backup.
Here's a quick guide to checking whether your copy of Windows 7 has been properly activated, and what you can do if it isn't.
Here's a look at the Snow Leopard update for Mac OS X, and whether you should consider buying it.
Here's a look at whether digital guitar effect pedals can accurately simulate the sounds of old analog pedals.
A turkey haiku for Turkeyday.
Here's a look at a few of the best independently released rock albums ever recorded.
Here's a look at whether speaker plugins and EQ settings can be a good tool to use in your home audio recording mixes.
Products from the guitar effect and amp company Kustom have gotten a bad rap, simply because they're cheap. Here's a look at how they actually work and function, and whether they're worth the low cost of admission.
Here are a few things to try if Windows 7 should lock up on you.
Here's a quick guide to backing up your iPod using Windows 7.
Here's a quick review of the Boss CE-5 chorus ensemble guitar effect pedal.
Here's a quick guide to creating a new user profile (also termed user account) using Windows 7.
Here's a quick guide to deleting a created profile in Windows 7.
Here's a look at how parents can control a child's Internet usage in Windows 7.
Here's a look at some less expensive Apple-oriented products to pick up for tech fanatics on your Christmas shopping list.
Here's a quick guide to creating and using XPS documents in Windows 7.
Here's a look at how you can check to find out whether a certain model of a hard drive is reliable and long-lasting.
Here's a guide to safely dual booting Windows 7 and Windows XP without losing any of your data.
Here's my review of the Moog MF-103 phaser guitar effect pedal.
Here's a quick guide to using the snipping tool in Windows 7 to take screen shots of all or part of your computer screen.
The Boss BD-2 Blues Driver is an overdrive effect used by many major guitarists. Here's my review of the Boss BD-2.
Here's my review of the Boss CH-1 Super Chorus effect.
Here's a quick guide to using the Task Scheduler in Windows 7.
Here's a look at the data backup options available in Windows 7, and whether or not you should consider third party data backup software in addition to 7's core features.
Here's a quick guide to help you know how to check hard drive speed when comparing two HDDs.
Here's a look at whether Windows 7 needs an anti-virus program installed in order to stay secure.
Here's a look at a few key numbers you should keep in mind when looking for a new hard drive.
Here's a quick guide to loading and watching a DVD movie in Windows 7.
Here's a look at what a registry cleaner can do for Windows 7, and whether it's a necessary purchase for keeping your computer up to speed.
Here's a look at four great Christmas gifts that you can buy for a piano player that won't cost too much money.
Here's a look at how a computer's operating system can affect the possibility and cost of a data recovery procedure.
Here's a quick guide to scanning a picture using Windows 7.
Here's a look at hard drive latency, and what it means for hard drive speed.
Here's a look at how the Marshall EH-1 stands up to other echo pedals on the market.
Here's a look at a few great homemade Christmas presents that anyone can make--that aren't too hokey or sentimental, either.
Here's a quick guide to evaluating your business's data backup needs and coming up with a good plan to keep your data safe.
Here's a look at a few of the best guitar pedals out there that make tremendous gifts on Christmas, birthdays, or other occasions.
Here are a few tips for picking out a hard drive for your Windows 7 computer.
Here's a look at a few gift starter guitar packages that make great presents for Christmas, a birthday, or any other day of the year.
Here's a few very simple ways that you can free up hard drive space in Windows 7.
Here's a quick guide to sharing folders and files using the explorer in Windows 7.
Here's a quick guide to fixing the bug in Adobe Audition that prevents you from using the "Edit" view.
Here's a few tips that will allow you to adequately and safely package and ship a computer hard disk drive.
The endless reboot bug does pretty much what you'd expect, given the name--it causes a computer to reboot over and over during a Windows 7 installation, or to tell a user that installation was unsuccessful, prompting a reboot cycle.
Here's a few tips that you'll want to consider before installing Windows 7.
Here's a look at a few things you can do to fix the issue, and hopefully prevent it from happening again.
Here's a look at some of the pros and cons of using burnable discs as your data backup method.
Here's a look at how the speed of your hard drive can affect the speed of your computer.
Here's a look at what you'll need to do to burn data CDs and DVDs in Windows 7.
Here's a look at how the indexing feature of Windows 7 allows the OS to search for and find files much faster.
Here's a few tips for what you can do when your computer won't display the right resolution for its monitor.
Here's a look at why cold weather means that you need to be especially careful when taking components out or putting new components into your home or office computer.
Here are a few tips to reduce crashes, blue screens and other major problems in Windows 7.
Here's a look at how cold weather can be dangerous to hard drives.
Here's a look at how vibration can damage hard drives, and what you can do to prevent it from ever happening.
Here's a look at a few apps that can help guitarists learn to master their instruments, all available on the iPhone.
Here's a look at why 64 bit operating systems are often considered "better" than 32 bit systems.
One of the coolest new features that Windows 7 has right out of the package is the ability to automatically notify a user when an update is available for a video game. Here's a guide to enabling game updates notifications on Windows 7.
Here's a quick guide to miking and recording a piano using only one microphone.
Here are a few tips that you can use to keep your Windows 7 installation working properly, and to help you avoid crashes, bugs and other issues.
This article will take a look at why you should restart your iPhone once a day, and how to do so if you're not familiar with the process.
Here's a quick guide to keeping your iPhone more stable, with less bugs and smaller chances of a crash.
Here are some audio recording program tricks that can help make a voice sound much better.
Here's my full review of the Fender Phaser Pedal.
Here are a few tips for getting started after you've installed Windows 7, to help you learn the features and cool additions of the new operating system.
Here's a look at why the iPhone keyboard will stick in the up position, and how to quickly fix the problem.
Here's a look at a few bits of information about Windows 7 that Microsoft would rather you didn't know.
If you sell on Craigslist, meet the buyer in a public, well lit place. iPhones are hot items, so you don't want to take any chances. You also don't want to take any personal checks, by the way.
I've got some good news for the early adopters: Windows 7 is quite solid. Here's my full review of Windows 7.
Here's a few tips for using special effects on live vocal tracks.
Here's a quick guide to changing the settings of the Taskbar in Windows 7.
Here's a look at some of the best programs you can find to edit video on an iPhone 3GS.
Here's a quick guide to getting recorded videos off of your iPhone 3GS and onto your Windows XP computer.
Here's a quick guide to making Windows 7 look and act a bit more like Windows XP.
Here's a quick guide to playing videos recorded on the iPhone 3GS through a television.
Here's a look at how to start a podcast to promote your independent band.
Here's a look at what causes a hiss in audio recordings, and how to remedy the problem.
Here's a look at some of the best audio recording software you can find for Windows 7.
Here's a guide to what you should look for when hiring a computer expert for a case involving a Windows XP computer.
Here's a look at how you can keep tech gifts in your budget this holiday season and find the best deal possible.
Here's a look at how you can take advantage of the speech recognition functions of Windows 7, and how to use them after they've been set up.
Here's a look at when AT&T will introduce a tethering feature for the iPhone.
Here's a look at how to use and manage the desktop Gadgets in Windows 7.
Here's a quick guide to creating fun, unique, and awesome Christmas desktop wallpaper for your home computer, using Windows XP or Windows 7.
Here's a look at whether Windows 7 will be noticeably faster than Windows XP on your computer.
Here's a look at some cheap video game Christmas gifts that will satisfy the little gamers in your household.
Here's a look at four health and singing problems with harsh voice or hoarse singing.
Here's a look at how you can pick a great guitar tuner pedal to use in live performances.
Here's a look at five great children's books for the Christmas season.
Here's a look at how you can set your computer to back up files automatically in Windows 7.
Here's a guide to learning how to sing while playing any instrument.
Here's how you can decide whether your company should upgrade its computers to Windows 7.
Here's a look at three of the best pieces of data recovery software that you can use on a home computer.
Here's a look at how to recover lost, deleted, or corrupted data in Windows 7.
Here's a look at the OraMD gum disease and toothpaste replacement product.
Here's a look at a few guitar practice exercises you can use to improve the sense of time and speed in your right hand.
Here's a look at how to tell whether your laptop can run Windows 7.
Here's a look at a few iPhone apps that will help you waste time wherever you are.
Here's a look at whether you should choose analog or digital audio recording when heading into a studio or building your own.
Here's a review and overview of the Beatles remasters, alone and in their collectible box sets.
Here's a quick guide to changing your wallpaper in Windows 7 and adding options like multiple pictures.
Here's a look at why devices need to be safely disconnected when using Windows 7.
Here's a look at whether Windows 7 is worth the money, for an upgrade or a full installation.
Here's a quick guide to backing up the Windows 7 registry.
Here's a guide to using Bitlocker To Go to encrypt files on a USB flash drive in Windows 7.
Here's a look at Windows 7's anti-piracy measures, and how they might affect would-be software thieves.
Here are three things that every computer users should know before installing Windows 7.
Here's a quick guide to deciding whether to buy the 32 bit or 64 bit version of Windows 7.
Here's a look at the Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and Wii's price points and main features to help you decide which to buy for Christmas this year.
Here's a quick guide to viewing file extensions and changing them if necessary in Windows 7.
Here's a look at how computer repair shops can make money by providing data recovery for their customers.
Reunion shows can be a little nerve-wracking, especially for indie bands, but they're a great opportunity and can lead to a good time, and at least some good merch sales. Here are a few tips for organizing and executing a band reunion show.
Here's my review of the VOX Satchurator guitar effects pedal, the newest distortion pedal in VOX's line.
Here's a look at some of the best Christmas tech gift bargains that you can find this Christmas season.
Here's a look at six of the best electronic gifts for the women on your shopping list this Winter.
Listen to Glenn Beck or Rush Limbaugh much? Are you taking them up on their challenge to use your constitutional right to avoid the swine flu vaccine? Cool! You're a complete tool.
Here's a look at a few of the most persistent Windows 7 myths.
Here's a look at a few of the most original and best Christmas craft ideas out there.
Here's a look at a few ways to practice a guitar completely silently.
Here's a look at three easy and simple homemade ornament ideas for your holiday season, for a Christmas tree or general decorative needs.
Here's a look at six of the best electronic gifts for kids that you can pick up this holiday season.
Here's a look at a few of the best electronic gifts you might consider picking up for the men in your life this holiday season.
Here's a look at how to choose and use an external microphone with your iPod Touch or an iPhone.
Here's a look at a few natural sleep aids that you don't need to visit a pharmacy to obtain.
Here's a look at how businesses can develop a good hard drive data recovery budget.
Here's a look at a few of the key differences between solid state and tube guitar amps.
Here are a few good regular maintenance habits that can keep your Windows 7 computer running smoothly and stably.
Here's a look at how problems with a computer's registry can make it less stable and slower.
Here's a look at some free programs that can make a Windows hard drive run faster, which will aid the overall speed of any home PC.
Here's a look at some of the best eco-friendly stocking stuffers available, and where you can find them.
Here's a look at how placing a computer in a bad area could cause its hard drive (and other components) to fail.
Here are a few reasons to wait before upgrading your computer to Windows 7.
Here's a guide to recognizing when the sounds that a hard drive makes are more serious than its normal operating sounds.
Here's a look at what disk defragmentation actually is, and how it can potentially help to add years of life to your computer's hard drive.
Here's a look at what a registry cleaner is, what it does and whether it's a good tool to use on a Windows PC.
Here's my review of Real's Rhapsody iPhone app.
A Netflix iPhone app is probably on the way, the only remaining question is how it will function. Here's a look at some likely possibilities.
Here's a few tips for getting the most room possible for employees out of a small amount of office space.
This fall, expect to see a few diamonds amidst the rough of the struggling and bland major-label minutiae. Here's a look at a few of the best.
I set up a test between the iPhone's microphone and a few studio microphones to determine the quality of the mic on Apple's device.
A look at some common vitamins that can be extremely beneficial to keeping healthy, shiny hair.
Here are a few tips for building a cheap home recording studio that rivals the professionals.
Here's a look at how Sidewiki works, and how it has the potential to make big changes on the Internet.
Here's a look at how you can use distortion effects on vocals in your home recordings.
Despite their sometimes less-than-stellar reputation, Peavey amplifiers give a really unique sound, so I decided to head to my local guitar store to try out one of their newer models, the high-end Peavey ValveKing 212.
Here's a look at how Fender became so popular, and its major contributions to guitar development.
Here's a look at iPhone tethering, whether it's legal and the possible risks.
I decided to head to the store to check out Marshall's highly rated JVM210C to see how it played. Here's my review.
I decided to check out one of Fender's offerings, the G-DEC, because it touts itself as a "next generation" amp. That's a claim that's worth evaluating, eh?
Here are a few tips for mixing your songs and other audio in surround sound.
If you're sure you've got a great idea, here's a few tips for making your iPhone app happen.
Here's a look at how to find out how much of your computer's hardware is compatible with Windows 7.
Here's a look at a few ways that you can improve the sales of your iPhone app.
Here's a look at the most annoying and frustrating aspects of the iPhone 3GS.
Here's a look at how the iPod's compatibility will be with the new Windows 7 operating system.
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