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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…

FBI Bring Down Massive Child Porn Site With Flaw in Firefox
The United States government has successfully removed one of the Internet’s largest child pornography websites, following a program that cracked security on a service that enables anonymous Internet browsing and site hosting. Security expert Brian Krebs reports that United States authorities were able to explore software behind a site hosted by... Read more
California High-Speed Rail Line Construction Begins Summer 2013
The U.S. will finally get their first bullet trains, as a California high-speed rail line project is expected to break ground this summer. The new line, scheduled to be completed in 2029, will allow passengers to ride travel from Los Angeles to San Francisco in less than three hours... Read more
Wii U Sales Plummet, Wii Still Strong
Nintendo’s financial figures for the April-June quarter reveal that the company is still making a profit, even if Wii U sales plummet further. Surprisingly enough, the Wii U predecessor is still going strong and has successfully sold more than 100 million units since its launch in 2006. The latest... Read more
Tunester is the Music Player for Minimalistic Android Users
Minimalism seems to be the in thing these days, and apps certainly are not exempt from the trend. If you’re an Android user, and you want a music player that showcases minimalism at its most beautiful, we have something for you: Tunester. The app was released very recently, and it... Read more
Google Adds Touch-Friendly Features to Chrome
Now that Google has released its own touchscreen Chromebook Pixel and a range of Windows 8 machines, the need for Chrome to have touch features has increased. It would appear that Google have been preparing a number of touch-friendy features for its Chrome browser, after the latest nightly Canary... Read more
Glassware Developer Says Glass Made Him A Better Driver
Although Google Glass is not yet for sale to the general public and there has been no official announcement regarding date or pricing, there are a bunch of people who have the device for beta testing, to try and help Google improve it. These are the people that have... Read more
Kirobo The Robot Sets Off For The International Space Station
On Sunday morning the world’s first talking humanoid astronaut left Japan and headed off for the International Space Station. The robot, named Kirobo, weighs only 1 kilogram and stands 34 centmeters from head-to-toe. Kirobo is travelling to the ISS along with five tons of supplies for the crew and... Read more
Wireless Charging Available At Starbucks
Recently we announced that  Google have said it will be the company that provides WiFi connectivity to Starbucks customers across the coffee chain’s 7,000 locations in the USA.  Almost coinciding with this, those wonderful coffee people have taken the next step towards being a technology friendly place to drink, eat,... Read more
Has The Motorola Moto X Fallen Flat?
I suppose that it really is too soon to give the verdict on the Moto X. After all, it hasn’t been more than a week since Motorola’s new smartphone was announced. While the select few have been given a better view of the Moto X, the general public still... Read more
Xbox One Lifespan: 10 Years Always Switched On
With three months to go until the Xbox One is officially out, Microsoft apparently still have some aces up their sleeve, in their efforts to ensure supremacy for their new console over its biggest rival, the PlayStation 4 from Sony. New reports suggest the Xbox One lifespan was designed... Read more
Twitter to Add Report Button
Social media giant, Twitter, is adding a few nifty new features and will clarify a few of its rules in response to recent rape threats, bomb threats, and other general abuses that has hit the site, of recent times. Specifically involving European authors, journalists and Members of Parliament.  Albeit,... Read more
SanDisk Connect Drives Stream Data Wirelessly
At home, at work, in your car, in your wallet – one can never have too many flash drives, as the need to store and access data on the spot is forever growing. Just stick them in an USB port and you’re ready to go. But what about a... Read more
Apple Software Update Will Stop Device Hacking Through A Charger
Earlier this year, scientists from the Georgia Institute of Technology discovered a security flaw that leaves Apple devices such as iPhones and iPads vunerable to hackers through a simple charger. Billy Lau and his colleagues demonstrated their findings at the Black Hat hacking convention in Las Vegas this week.... Read more
Google to Supply WiFi At Starbucks
United States telecommunications provider AT&T, has been supplying WiFi to Starbucks coffee house locations in the United States of America for years.  But, sadly for them, all that is about to change though, as Internet supremo Google have recently announced that it will be the company that provides WiFi... Read more
Boxed Kit: Portable Office Furniture
What would it be like if you could carry a table and set of stools around in a neat, tight package? To be able to practically move your office wherever you want and work on your laptop while sitting comfortable at your desk in the middle of a park?... Read more
Microsoft Forced to Rename Skydrive
Microsoft will change the name of its cloud storage service, Skydrive, following a legal challenge from BSkyB. A High Court judge ruled that the name infringed on BSkyB’s trademark and said that there was evidence that Skydrive’s name had resulted in confusion amongst the general public. Although Microsoft were... Read more
Spotify Doubles 2012 Revenue After Expansion
Internet music streaming service, Spotify, more than doubled revenues in 2012 to 435 million euros ($577 million) due to its expansion to new markets and with it, it almost doubled its user base, documents have shown on Wednesday. The Stockholm-based business, which provides a free on-demand music service with... Read more
Scientists Freeze Light for a Minute
It turns out that the fastest known thing in the universe, light, can in fact be stopped. A German team of scientists have successfully stopped light from traveling for a whole minute. The record-breaking event could be a major breakthrough in the field of quantum memory storage. So how... Read more