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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…

Cyberpunk 2077: CD Project to Change the Gaming Industry?
The folks who created Witcher are sticking to their task of trying to revolutionize the gaming industry. The Witcher is touted as one of the best role-playing games ever and people still flock to buy it when a new version is launched. The company behind the game, CDProjekt Red... Read more
How to Deal With a Social Media Hoax
Due to social networking and the internet, many people have become citizen journalists, sometimes given first-hand accounts of stories and offering perspectives that many mainstream journalist’s cannot.   This is revolutionary in today’s day and age of instant news broadcast and information, but does have its drawbacks.  Citizen journalism does... Read more
Microsoft Working on Software That Predicts Catastrophic Events
Can a single piece of software predict catastrophic events? Microsoft believes it may have found a way to complete that very task. The software giant alongside the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology is developing a disaster-predicting software platform that predicts future events by analyzing news headlines. The program examines news headlines... Read more
How to Be More Productive with Your Smartphone
People often state that you only use 10 percent of your brain.  While that may or may not be true, it is definitely possible that you only use 10 percent of your smartphone.  You should ask yourself if you are getting the most out of your smartphone. Often, people... Read more
Fashion Vs Technology: Stealth Wear by Adam Harvey
In the age of technology, public surveillance has become a norm in many countries. While surveillance is helpful when it comes to catching criminals, sometimes it can be a breach of privacy. Sensors and hidden cameras may have watched and tracked your every move for the last decade, but... Read more
Grand Theft Auto V Release Pushed Back Until September
Originally set to release in the spring, Rockstar Games’ new Grand Theft Auto V has announced that they are pushing back the date. September 17th is the new release date to allow more time for development and the perfection of game details. Although many gamers are disappointed by the... Read more
Twitter Attacked By Hackers
Social media giant Twitter is the latest victim of an internet security attack. The San Francisco-based company now joins the likes of the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, which have also reported breaches of their systems within the last two weeks. ‘Unusual access patterns’ were detected by... Read more
The Brand New Microsoft Office 365
Microsoft Office 365 is a huge departure from former versions offered by Microsoft. The new Mcrosoft Office 365  is a cloud friendly, web based service.  It not only offers cloud based services, it is now available as a subscription based service.  This is a huge shift for Microsoft, which... Read more
US Software Developer Takes Outsourcing To A Whole New Level
What if you could just go to the office, look at cat videos all day, pay a fraction of your salary to someone else to do your work, and get excellent performance reviews? Although it may sound impractical and even impossible, one anonymous software developer did exactly that. According... Read more
Apple Claims 34% Marketshare In Q4, Surpasses Samsung
Apple and Samsung have been in a constant battle for the top sales spot in the US smartphone market. In Q4 2012 Apple managed to jump past Samsung, claiming a 34 percent market share. Apple is estimated to have sold 17.7 million units in the quarter. Samsung in the... Read more
Steam and Android: Game Changers in the Gaming Industry
Android and Linux are not known for gaming. Although you can play games through android powered Tablets, but no self respecting gamers would call Angry Birds a ‘real’ game. Ouya, Steam Box, and Nvidia’s Project Shield have therefore been dismissed by some critics, because it is a common perception... Read more
EU Citizens Warned Over US Cloud Spying
American law enforcement authorities can spy on data stored by EU citizens who choose to use US cloud services – and it is legal for them to do so. Former chief privacy advisor to Microsoft Europe, Caspar Bowden, has highlighted the privacy issue in a Fighting Cyber Crime and... Read more
Apple’s Innovation Machine Under Serious Scrutiny
Recently Apple’s innovation machine has come under serious scrutiny by some investors and customers. Although most are pretty happy with Apple’s new products, but some critics are expressing displeasure over the lack of new ground breaking products by the company. The iPad mini is doing very well, but overall... Read more
Forget College – Try Programming Boot Camp
Filling out college applications can be an intimidating chore, especially when you start adding up the expenses.  Just one year at a college or university can run anywhere from $20,000 to $50,000, or even more once you factor in tuition, fees, housing and meals, books and supplies, and don’t... Read more
Google Handwrite Gets Upgraded
Google handwrite is a nifty tool that has proven to be extremely helpful to a lot of people ever since it was introduced last summer as a beta. Recently, Google has announced that they have improved the tool making it faster and easier to use. The tool now offers... Read more
Studio Ghibli Enters The PS3 Market With Ni No Kuni
Hayao Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli has captured the hearts of countless animation fans all over the world with its creations such as Castle in the Sky, My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle, Tales from Earthsea, and Ponyo. Even individuals who are not really into the format easily... Read more
This Week’s Top 5 Trending Videos
This week’s top 5 trending videos is united by one common factor: loads of fun. While you may consider them profane, vulgar and offensive, there is no doubt you are in for a fun time when watching these viral sensations. Without further ado, here are the top 5 trending... Read more
Record Conversations with the Skype Video Recorder
Have you ever wanted to be able to record that important Skype session?  There are many reasons why someone would want to record a Skype call.  Perhaps you are interviewing someone and want to be able to keep a record of the interview.   It could be that a business... Read more