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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…

DARPA Creates Giant Folding Telescope
Our curiosity about the Earth and outer space is as vast as the universe itself. Current orbital telescopes, made of high-density glass, are expensive and require a lot of effort to get them into space. So as researchers strive for higher-resolution images, it’s rather convenient that DARPA has created... Read more
Vuzix M100 Smart Glasses Available For Pre-Order
Wearable tech is the future of mobile communications. I know it’s a bold statement but no doubt you have heard it before.  The reason I say this is because more and more firms are producing this kind of technology, and I don’t mean Internet Giants such as Google. Sure... Read more
Father Arrested For Plugging in Electric Car
Okay, this is just ridiculous. I’ve heard of people getting arrested for some crazy things before, but never have I heard of someone getting arrested for using a power outlet; until now, that is. That is exactly what happened to a father by the name of Kaveh Kamooneh in the... Read more
BioPen Lets Surgeons “Draw” Bones
Researchers at Australia’s University of Wollongong have created a handheld 3D-printing pen that could give surgeons the ability to “draw” a living repair on an injured bone. The BioPen contains two different types of “ink”, one made from human cells and another which is a protective UV-activated structural gel. It... Read more
Facebook “No Posts” Bug Affecting Users
Facebook has had a ‘No posts to show’ bug, late last week, which the company were aware of but no fix was made available immediately, leaving users to wait and see until after the weekend for their solution.  The company did not give a reason for the error, which... Read more
Nintendo Doesn’t Care What You Think
At the end of the day, Nintendo doesn’t really care what their fans think. This is the message many are getting after the President for Nintendo of America, Reggie Fils-Aime, basically said just that in a recent interview. In a market now dominated by Sony and Microsoft, one would... Read more
Instagram Wants To “Share A Moment With You” On Thursday
Invitations have been sent out to an event held by Instagram next week in New York City. The invitation for the event, which will be hosted by CEO Kevin Systrom and his team, requested that the guests “share a moment”. There are no details as to what Instagram is... Read more
US Tech Firms Demand Surveillance Overhaul
Eight top technology firms in the US are calling for the surveillance laws in that country to be changed.  This comes after recent revelations regarding the USA’s National Security Agency’s data collection tactics. The National Security Agency is collecting Internet records of millions of people in the United States... Read more
Bluetooth 4.1 Will Allow Headsets To Connect To The Internet Soon
It’s been a couple of years since I first heard online professionals ask, “What is the next big thing after the Internet?” I am still not sure that the next big thing is around the corner, but the “Internet of Things” is certainly making waves. Already acronymized as IoT,... Read more
What To Buy the Techie Who Has Everything
What do you buy someone who has everything? Even worse, what do you buy a techie who seems to have everything? Don’t panic, here are a few hints and tips which may help you decide what will make the perfect present. How about a Lego iPad case? This great... Read more
Tongue Drive System Allows Tongues To Guide Wheelchairs
Anne Laumann, a professor at Georgia Institute of Technology, has helped to design something that could drastically improve the way paralyzed individuals get around. She has designed the Tongue Drive System, which allows wheelchairs to be controlled with, you guessed it – a tongue. Using a magnetic stud inserted... Read more
Android’s Andy Rubin Shares Google’s Secret Robot Plan
The New York Times has reported that Android founder Andy Rubin will indeed be pursuing his lifelong love of robots. Since leaving the mobile operating system behind, rumours have suggested that Rubin would spend his time working on actual androids. It has been revealed, apparently by Rubin himself, that... Read more
US Government Fined $50 Million For Pirating Software
This is just not a good year for the US Government when it comes to public relations. In the past year alone, revelations from attack drones around the world to the media leaks with Edward Snowden have done everything but bolster faith in the US Government. If anything, these... Read more
Pony Botnet Steals 2 Million Passwords
According to researchers at Spiderlabs, criminals have scooped up more than 2 million passwords for sites such as Facebook, Yahoo and search engine giant Google, but it appears that the data was stolen via malware-infected machines rather than a direct hack of their systems. Trustwave‘s SpiderLabs delved into source... Read more
Drone Launched From Submerged Submarine By US Navy
The US Navy, already capable of firing missiles from a submarine, has announced that it has succesfully launched an unmanned drone from a submerged submarine. After six years of development, the drone called an XFC UAS-eXperimental, was launched via a standard torpedo tube from the USS Providence. “This six-year... Read more
Meet The Self-Replicating Ormerod 3D Printer
RS Components and RepRap have joined forces to create an affordable 3D printer, called Ormerod. Not only is the printer cheap, and I mean very cheap for a 3D printer, it is also self-replicating! The RepRapPro Ormerod will be delivered in parts, so you will have to assemble it... Read more
2014 Honda Civic Is The Car For iOS Fans
Car enthusiasts will rave – and rant – about anything and everything about every single car that rolls out of the factory. I suppose that we all have a bit of Top Gear thinking (well, wishing) in us, but the fact remains that it is rather hard to diss... Read more
EE 4G Available In 160 Cities & Towns Before 2014
We all want quicker speeds when it comes to our Internet connection, don’t we? Whether that be at home or out and about. And we don’t usually have to wait a long time to get it either.  When it comes to mobile connections, EE has been at the game... Read more