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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…

Chrome Voice Search Coming To Windows, Mac & Linux
If you use Google Chrome as your default internet browser on your desktop computer, the creative geniuses at Google are doing everything they can to make it easier for you to search for things, etc. If you have a fairly recent smartphone with the Google Chrome app, you’re probably... Read more
Buffalo Wild Wings Restaurants Get Samsung Galaxy Tablets For Patrons
What do you usually do whilst you are a waiting for your food to arrive? Look at your phone right? Well, if you ordered your food from Buffalo Wild Wings, then you can now play with a Samsung Galaxy tablet whilst you kill the time!  Buffalo Wild Wings restaurants... Read more
McAfee Stinger Update Has New & Enhanced Detections
When it comes to internet security, there is a plethora of choice from various providers. McAfee is a well known name in antivirus and its Stinger product promises to detect and remove malware threats. Although its not a replacement for full fledged antivirus software, McAfee Stinger is a quick... Read more
Flickr Co-Founder Launches Findery App
Caterina Fake is the mind behind the massively popular Flickr photo-sharing site and is looking to eliminate that historical chain with a new location map-based social discovery platform, called Findery. Findery is currently available on iOS, it becomes clear that the world is meant to be viewed by the... Read more
OCZ Create Lightning Fast 3.2 TB SSD
Toshiba purchased OCZ last month for $35 million after OCZ were bankrupt.  OCZ are starting shipments of a new line of solid-state drives (SSD’s), which offer a maximum storage capacity of 3.2TB.  The Z-Drive 4500 range of Solid State Drives ship in capacities of 800GB and 1.6TB.  The new... Read more
Opera 20.0.1387.64 Stable Available To Download
Opera Software ASA has released its latest stable version of the web browser for Windows PC users.  At the time of writing, there has been no official change log released for Opera 20.0.1387.64 but the browser comes packed full of features, including advanced functions like Opera’s E-mail program. If... Read more
Electronic Membrane Created To Keep Your Heart Beating Forever
“My heart will go on, and on..” I can hear Celine Dion now.  And soon, your heart may be able to go on and on as well, thanks to a revolutionary electronic membrane designed to keep your heart rate beating perfectly.  The membrane is made from a  thin, circuit-lined... Read more
Dell Charging New Computer Users A Fee To Install Firefox
Mozilla, the company behind the popular Firefox browser, is investigating reports that Dell is charging users with new computers to install Firefox.  Reports from one user, who informed the Register website that he was asked to pay £16.25 ($27.25) to have the browser installed on his PC.  Mozilla Firefox is free,... Read more
Microsoft’s Law Enforcement Requests Report – March 2014
With all the cases of government snooping and outright requests for user information, not to mention the leaks that have let the cat out of the bag, companies seem to have engaged in a quest to show transparency. Microsoft is one of those who is rather vocal about law... Read more
Hack The Jurassic Park Network
I can still hear the sound of the Tyrannosaurus Rex stomping towards the 10,000 volt electrical fence that is no longer operational.  The water in the glass vibrates as Lexi shivers in fear and panic.  Enter the tri-toed claw on the top of the fence.  The once bleating goat... Read more
More Revelations Over The Bitcoin Bankruptcy
Following the news that one of the largest Bitcoin exchanges filed for bankruptcy, MtGox released a statement on its website giving more details about what happened. The company had closed down after losing approximately 750,000 bitcoins much to the fury of customers. In the statement the firm  claim that... Read more
Snowden To Hold Webchat From Russia At SXSW
Notorious Edward Snowden, known as a National Security Agency (NSA) informer in the US, will join this year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Festival roster of speakers in Austin Texas. Snowden ran from the US in June, taking with him, top-secret documents.  However, he will appear through a teleconference... Read more
Take A Look At The Largest Aircraft in The World
There are a lot of aircraft in the world – commercial planes, military planes, helicopters, and the list goes on and on. Depending on the type of plane you’re looking at, most aircraft look and act very similar. There’s small aircraft, middle-sized aircraft, large aircraft, and then my personal... Read more
Dropbox 2.6.18 Is Now Available On FileHippo
Dropbox is an online sharing tool that allows you to select, share and synchronise files with other users. You can sync any size or type of file and the software comes with 2GB of online storage for free. The latest version, Dropbox 2.6.18, sees added translations but the company... Read more
Big Firmware Update On The Way For Sony SmartWatch 2
There is a big firmware update on the way for the Sony Smartwatch 2. At a recent event the devices on show were running build number 1.0.B.4.80 rather than the current 1.0.B.3.46 build. So what changes can we expect to see? Well to begin with there will be new... Read more
Nano Tweezers Set To Revolutionize Nanotechnology
The science of small is fascinating, isn’t it?  I mean, the things that scientists are able to accomplish in the field of nano technology is astonishing to people like myself, who only have a rudimentary understanding of the science of Physics, Chemistry and Biology.  The recent publication in Nature Nanotechnology noted... Read more
Microsoft To Launch Windows XP Warning Popup
Last week, I asked (perhaps rhetorically) if Microsoft’s push for people to ditch Windows XP will ever end. I suppose I can keep asking that, as Microsoft is supposed to launch a Windows XP warning popup on the 8th of March; and it’s supposed to look like the screenshot... Read more
Linux Bug Affecting More Systems
A severe bug in the open-source GnuTLS library, which is used by lots of Linux variants, will undermine the encryption which keeps Web traffic secure from attacks and is similar to the “goto fail” bug in Apple OS, which was discovered in February. If you are a Windows or a... Read more