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

Desktop Jan 2, 2024

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

Business Sep 1, 2022

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

Video Dec 8, 2021

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…

Become Aquaman With This Underwater Jet Pack

News December 27, 2013

Moving through the sky like Superman might still be a far ways off, but you can take comfort in knowing that even if you can’t take to the skies you will soon be able to take to the seas in ways only dreamed of before. I’ve never “officially” scuba... Read more

A Self-Driving Car From Ford?

News December 27, 2013

As someone who has never lived very close to family and has always had to drive long distances to visit them, I can say that I really appreciate cruise control in a vehicle. It lets my foot get rid of the cramp that comes with continually pushing down on... Read more

250K Devices Infected By Cryptolocker Ransomeware in UK Alone

News December 27, 2013

A research team specialising in security has revealed that the form of Ransomeware, Cryptolocker, could have managed to infect anywhere between 200,000 to 250,000 devices and could also have collected over £600,000 ($980,000, AU$1,000,000) in the virtual currency Bitcoin. Dell’s SecureWork’s specialist counter-threat unit has scrutinised the infection rates... Read more

No More Woof Translates Dog Barks To Human Speech

News December 27, 2013

Have you ever heard your dog barking and wondered what in the world he/she was saying? Maybe it’s because I’ve seen too many Disney movies in my life, but I’ve always imagined that dogs have their own language and talk to each other the same way humans talk (or... Read more

Cubli The Robotic Cube Can Walk & Jump

Internet December 26, 2013

Swiss researchers at Zurich’s ETH Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control, have built a cube-shaped robot that can walk around and balance itself on its edges or corners. The Cubli is able to accomplish these feats because it has three internal spinning wheels, which provide a gyroscopic balancing force. The... Read more

Take Your Family To Jurassic Park

Internet December 26, 2013

There’s all kinds of neat places for families to visit these days. There’s Niagara Falls, the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone National Park, the Redwood Forest, Sea World, and the list goes on and on. While all of those places are great and all, they all seem kind of boring when... Read more

Cargo Zeppelins To Arrive By 2016

Internet December 26, 2013

A Luxembourg-based airfreight company, Cargolux, has announced their plans to revive the ill-fated airships for more mundane purposes. The Cargolux company’s next generation of Zeppelins will be designed to be the new cargo carriers and the first fleet of 22 airships are expected to begin their operations over Europe,... Read more

Info From 40 Million Credit Cards Stolen From Target

Internet December 26, 2013

For a store that’s logo is a giant bulls-eye, Target recently found itself in the crosshairs of some credit card thieves. And, if you shopped at a physical Target location in the United States between November 27th and December 15th and used a credit or a debit card, your... Read more

Oracle Buys Responsys For $1.5bn

Internet December 25, 2013

The rumours floating around regarding the Responsys buyout have been confirmed. Oracle will buy cloud-based marketing company Responsys for $1.5bn. Oracle has finally reached an agreement to obtain the cloud marketing company, for $1.5bn (£945m), as they continue to build up their cloud services portfolio. The deal also continues a... Read more

Buy Your Own Iron Man Suit!

News December 25, 2013

If you received some money for Christmas, there’s obviously a lot of ways you can choose to spend it, depending on how much Santa left you. You can buy a PlayStation 4 or an Xbox One, you can buy a new phone, or you can buy some music. But... Read more

Are You A Binge TV Watcher? Netflix Thinks So!

Internet Mobile December 25, 2013

Who doesn’t enjoy a good TV show every now and then? And, who doesn’t enjoy watching episode after episode until the season (or series) is finished? Sure, there’s other things we could do, like clean the house, mow the grass, cook dinner – but really, who wants to mess... Read more

5 Minute iOS 7 Jailbreak Released

Mobile News December 25, 2013

It never takes hackers too long to figure out how to bypass Apple’s security rich features of their latest iOS and provide the world with details of how to Jailbreak their nice and shiny iPhones. And iOS 7 is no exception. The iOS7 Jailbreak has finally arrived and it... Read more

Google Robot Wins The DARPA Competition

Internet December 25, 2013

Out of the fifteen teams that entered the DARPA robot challenge, the winner was a robot from a Google-owned start-up company. The machine from team Schaft successfully completed all eight of the rescue-themed tasks and came top of the leaderboard, with a fairly wide margin when compared to the... Read more

RSA Denies NSA Back Door

Internet December 25, 2013

Security software provider RSA has “categorically” denied that it knowingly and wilfully included a flawed formula for generating random numbers in its BSAFE product as part of a agreement to provide a “back door” for the National Security Agency (NSA) to access data sheltered by the encryption software. RSA... Read more

Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga Comes To iOS

Mobile December 24, 2013

I have some very good news for Lego fans, Star Wars fans, and those who own an Apple device that has been updated with at least iOS 6. It seems that “a galaxy far, far away” has now decided to take up residence in the app store. That’s right,... Read more

Cause Of Aging Reversed In Mice, Humans Next

Internet December 24, 2013

Let’s face it, none of us want to get old. Over recent years we’ve seen a real push from medical researchers, trying to reduce disease and finding ways of making us live longer. The University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Australia and Harvard Medical School have been working... Read more

Woman Walks Off Pier While Looking At Facebook

Internet Mobile December 24, 2013

It’s really hard to read about this story and not bust out laughing. It’s even harder to write about this story without laughing uncontrollably. And, sadly to say, it’s hard to feel bad for this unfortunate woman. What unfortunate woman, you ask? Let me explain. A young woman in... Read more

Researchers in Canada Send Text Using Vodka & A Fan

News December 24, 2013

Researchers at York University in Canada have used vodka and a desk fan to send a new type of text message. The team were able to encode the alphabet in evaporated alcohol and assigned different concentration levels to represent bits 1 and 0. During the experiment, the chemical signal... Read more