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A Shattered Collection of My Best Memories: An Immediate Solution Thanks to Stellar Photo Recovery

Who doesn’t love creating new memories and saving them as photos on a smartphone, PC, or any other digital media? While many of us share some on social media, we keep the most precious and private ones to ourselves. Sadly, my hard drive of photos became corrupted, which held images…

Adobe Acrobat Pro is the ultimate solution for increased productivity

Disclosure: Our team is always looking for things we think our readers will value. We have received compensation for publishing this article. Despite our many technological advances today, we still sit with situations where we open several apps for a task. You use one to compile a document, another one…

GOM Mix Max’s Big Launch

GOM & Company is releasing its newest video editing software, GOM Mix Max, with a big launch celebration. Focused on balancing high-quality and plentiful features, GOM Mix Max will be a powerful tool for new editors and veterans alike. Users who sign up now can get GOM Mix Max for free for…

PlayStation 4: Coming Soon
Sony’s has just announced an up-coming, mysterious PlayStation meeting, followed by a video that was released on Sony’s official PlayStation Blog. The video is a vague display of light and sound, and shows nothing but invites the viewer to “See the future” and displays the PlayStation symbol and hints... Read more
AVG Report Finds ‘Disturbing’ Trend of Child Hackers
Children as young as 11 are writing malware designed to steal login details from online gamers, according to internet security software giant AVG Technologies. The Czech-founded company, which provides internet and mobile security to more than 140 million customers, has released a Threat Report, detailing its investigations into a... Read more
GitHub: Best Overall Startup Winner at 2012 Crunchies
One of the big winners this year at the 2012 Crunchies was GitHub.  They managed to walk away with the prize for Best Overall Startup.  The tool for developers had previously won the Crunchies Bootstrap  Bootstrap Award in 2009.  GitHub started out as a part of the developer movement. ... Read more
Yahoo to Join Forces with Google
Money makes the world go round and this was on display when Yahoo decided to join forces with Google on a new advertising deal. According to the agreement, Google now has permission to display its ads on some of Yahoo’s websites. That Google would make money off Yahoo would... Read more
The 2012 Crunchies Review
The Sixth Annual Crunchies Awards are now behind us. The awards were widely regarded to be a huge success.  They were held this year at the elegant Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco.  It was hosted this year by John Oliver, a writer and correspondant on Comedy Central’s The... Read more
Evasion iOS 6.1 Jailbreak Tool Released
The wait is over for iOS 6.1 users. If you own a device which runs on iOS 6.1, the jailbreak tool for unlocking it has finally been released by Evasion. Now, you can use services and apps beyond the ones offered by Apple and other compatible platforms. Jailbreaking has... Read more
New Design Ideas for Facebook News Feed
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said that the foundation for Facebook is based on 3 pillars, Time Line, Graph Search and News Feed. Time line received a massive overhaul approximately 18 months ago. Graphics Search which focuses on the navigability was overhauled this January. Now the team at Facebook... Read more
Anonymous Hacks US Federal Reserves
The US Federal Reserve Bank has confirmed that it was a victim in a recent cyber attack by the hacktivist group “Anonymous”. The personal data of more than 4000 bank executives was stolen. The confidential information was stolen on Sunday and later the Fed admitted to Reuters news agency... Read more
Are Transparent Displays the New Trend for Mobile Devices?
Transparent displays are currently a hot ticket item in mobile devices.  Recent pictures of a transparent screen iPhone and iPad have created huge internet buzz about the potential of such items.  The response has been positive and there appears to be high demand for the devices.  Unfortunately for anyone... Read more
CD Projekt Announces The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Love is in the air for devoted gamers at the beginning of February, not because of Valentine’s Day, but due to the announcement made by CD Projekt. Adam Badowski, the head of CD Projekt RED, announced that the third installment of the successful Witcher franchise is in development and... Read more
Path Creator Gets Fined By FTC
The Federal Trade Commission has recently made it clear that they are serious about protecting your privacy.  It has just been announced that the creator of the Path social networking app has been fined $800,000 as a part of a settlement.  The FTC has charged that the Path illegally... Read more
BlackBerry 10 Devices Won’t Be Sold In Japan
The BlackBerry 10 OS has been highly touted for months, unfortunately customers in Japan will not be able to test out the new OS. According to Nikkei Business Daily the tech firm has decided to skip the Japanese market upon launch of its new device line. BlackBerry market share has nosedived... Read more
Winbot – The Window Cleaning Robot
Robots that can clean your house is not a new concept. Vacuuming robots like Roomba and Neato have become essential to many who despise the chore.  However, Ecovacs, a China-based company has taken this idea in a new direction. Winbot is an efficient, robotic window washing device and the... Read more
Apple Top US Smartphone Market With Samsung Second
Estimates from Market Researcher Strategy Analytics and ComScore indicate that Apple Inc. is the number one smartphone manufacturer and vendor in the United States. According to the ComScore results, Apple holds 36.3% of the market share while Market Researcher Strategy Analytics estimated a 34% market share for the company.... Read more
Gears of War: Judgment Available in March
A joint effort by creators People Can Fly and Epic Games, Gears of War: Judgment, designed exclusively for Xbox 360, has at last been completed and will reach retail stores in March. This is the 4th Gears of War Game in the franchise and is a prequel to the... Read more
Honda Opens Its Arms To Siri
Prior to its release, Siri was surrounded by a lot of hype. Typically, though, once it was available to the public, complaints started cropping up. There really is no pleasing some people. The issue with Siri, though, is whether or not she really is useful to the average person.... Read more
Great Tech Gifts for Valentine’s Day
With Valentines Day coming up, you will want to be prepared to please that special someone.  You may feel the need to go beyond the standard chocolates and flowers this year.  If you are looking for the perfect gift for the tech lover in your life, then look no... Read more
Rosa Linux 2012

Rosa Linux 2012

News February 8, 2013

When looking for something exciting and fresh in the world of Linux distributions, it can be easy to focus on the same names over and over again.  However, a recently released update has made one name stand out from the crowd. The newest updates to ROSA Linux comes with... Read more