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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…

UK Government Hit Back At Anonymous With DDoS
According to documents supplied by Edward Snowden to NBC news, the UK government have attacked hacktivist groups including Anonymous, using DDoS attacks.  The distributed denial of service or DDoS attack as it is more commonly known, is the same process of attack used by hacktivists in online attacks. Anonymous... Read more
Google Bans Porn Apps For Chromecast
Google has said it will not allow porn on its Chromecast. As well as releasing the Chromecast SDK, the company also issued the Terms of Service that developers are obliged to adhere to if they want their apps to be used on Chromecast. One condition of the terms is... Read more
Aston Martin Forced To Recall 75% Of Cars From 2007 On
There are small problems for vehicle manufacturers, and then there are big problems. Aston Martin is currently facing a pretty big one. Just how big, you ask? Well, they have to recall 75% of their vehicles that were made between the years 2007 and 2014. It turns out that... Read more
North Korea Rips Off Apple’s Mac OS X
North Korea maybe seen as one of the world’s most oppressive governmental regimes, but when it comes to technology it appears as though they are making a effort to keep up with the times.  Red Star OS is the country’s national operating system, and recently some screenshots have surfaced... Read more
Google’s World Domination Plan
If you have been following Google recently you will have noticed how the company seems to snapping up every robotics company and intelligence system in sight. Just in the last few months, Google has acquired Nest, the company responsible for making the smart thermostat, as well as Boston Dynamics,... Read more
Pick Up Your Own Apocalypse Survival Kit
I don’t know when or how it exactly it will happen, but one thing’s for sure – this world is going to one day begin to end and we all need to be ready for the apocalypse. Maybe this world will meet its end at the hands of aliens,... Read more
Stealth Drone Successfully Tested
It has been announced that a top-secret stealth drone has carried out its first successful set of test flights.  The Taranis project, named after the Celtic god of thunder, was recently billed by military leaders as the most technologically advanced aircraft ever built in the United Kingdom. The project... Read more
Check Out This Road Ready Little Tikes Car For Adults
Did you ever have a Little Tikes car as a kid? Of course you did – it’s pretty much an essential part of childhood. You know the one I’m talking about – the one with no windows, no windshield, painted red and yellow, and above all else awesome. If... Read more
Image Leaked Of Samsung’s Windows 8.1 Phone
An image leaked on Evleaks, shows what looks like the new Samsung Huron Windows Phone, sparking rumours that Verizon is gearing up to launch not just the 5-inch Nokia Lumia Icon Windows Phone, but also a Samsung Windows Phone 8.1. Looking at the image, the handset does have a... Read more
World’s First 3D-Printed Titanium Bike
3D printing isn’t just for making random plastic cogs and sprockets, as the guys over at Empire Cycles have discovered.  They have designed and created the MX-6 prototype.  It is a third lighter than a normal metal bike frame and four times stronger than the most rigorous testing demands. ... Read more
IBM Researchers Make A Breakthrough In Graphene Technology
IBM researchers have been demonstrating the amazing capabilities of a wafer-scale graphene material that could radically change electronics. Branded as the “wonder material”, the researchers have been able to use graphene in creating the most advanced integrated circuit. This has the potential to allow mobile devices to transmit data... Read more
Year Of Code Backed By UK Government
The Internet is increasingly important to the future of the world’s economy.  There is however a really big problem.  The education systems that are currently in place, do not push the needed and required skills enough.  Therein lies the issue; it comes down to the priority of the education... Read more
NASA Wants The ISS To Be The Universe’s Coldest Place
NASA has plans to create the coldest known spot in the universe. Space is already known to be very cold but the space agency wants to go even further in order to do an in-depth study of quantum mechanics. The International Space Station (ISS) has been chosen as the... Read more
Help Cure Cancer – Play Video Games
Casual gaming is often called a waste of time, but in this instance it may not be. If you play this sci-fi shooter you can assist scientists with their research into cancer! Play to Cure–Genes in Space sits you squarely in the cockpit of a spacecraft, flying through asteroid... Read more
‘Candy’ Trademark Causes A Right Saga
King.com has trademarked the word ‘candy’ in order to protect its best-selling game, Candy Crush Saga. However this has caused outrage amongst gamemakers, who have sparked an online protest named Candy Jam. The protest has resulted in game developers joining forces to create as many different games as possible... Read more
Dell Denies Reports Of Staff Cuts
Computer manufacturer Dell, has denied the reports that it is going to cut its global workforce even more harshly than had previously been thought, with news circulating that predicts as many as 15,000 employees are going to cease working for the company.  Since a refinance deal, which moved the company... Read more
iPhone 5C Sets on Fire in School Girl’s Pocket
There have been previous reports of iPhones causing death due to battery charging issues but the latest story comes from a 14-year old school girl, whose iPhone 5c set on fire in her pocket. The Morning Sentinel reports how the school girl from Kennebunk, Maine had to be treated... Read more
Drones Are Mapping The Globe For New Game
A new game development studio called Pixyul, is currently using drones to map the whole planet for a new game in development.   The developers behind ReRoll are trying to recreate a real world experience, by using drones to map the planet, so that the game environment is as close... Read more