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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…

Figures Show Android Has Overtaken iOS in The Tablet Market
The big tech companies are constantly battling to come out on top, striving to gain the majority market share with their products. The technology research firm Gartner had made predictions that Apple would keep its hold on the tablet market until 2015. However, a new study by the company... Read more
Food Cycler Lets You Compost Right In Your Kitchen
We all eat a lot of food every year, and as a result, there’s a whole lot of food waste that we just throw out. Some people throw their food waste in a compost pile, but unfortunately, not everyone lives in such an area where they’re able to have... Read more
CCleaner Now Has Support For Opera Startup Items
The hugely popular personal computer cleaning tool, CCleaner has just been updated and now has support for managing Opera start-up items and the guys over at Piriform have added file content duplicate detection too.  Piriform has just released CCleaner 4.11 and CCleaner Portable 4.11, the popular free and paid-for cleaning tool for... Read more
Use Yahoo Video Chats? You May Have Been Spied On
Everyday, it seems, there is new information released that makes individuals question how private their “private” lives really are. If it’s not revelations about the NSA intercepting our telephone calls and/or our emails, it seems to be something along those same lines. Unfortunately, in the year 2014, it doesn’t... Read more
Follow Google’s Project Loon On Its Journey
Google announced its Project Loon last year. Its aim is to bring the internet to the most remote parts of the world, where it is near impossible to currently get access. The project is now well under way and you can track the helium ballons as they journey around... Read more
Uroburos Malware: Russian Intelligence Suspected
Russian government hackers have been suspected of establishing a highly sophisticated piece of malware that is designed to obtain files from digital infrastructure.  The Uroburos malware is named after an ancient symbol, which depicts a dragon eating its own tail. G-Data said of the Uroburos malware that it was “one of the most advanced... Read more
Steve Ballmer Reveals His Biggest Regret
Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has had his fair share of ups and downs, and yet despite what many analysts have pointed out as his failings, Ballmer has brought Microsoft to higher financial levels. That’s one thing no one can take away from him. Just like any other human... Read more
Google’s In-Car Solution ‘Projected Mode’ Leaked
Following the news that Apple’s ‘iOS in the car’ is set to be unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show, Daimler, the parent company of Mercedes-Benz, has revealed that Google’s in-car solution will be called ‘Projected Mode’ and that it will seamlessly integrate Android devices in the car’s dashboard. Daimler... Read more
Is Facebook Acquiring Drone Company To Take On Google?
Facebook has been shelling out some serious money over the last few years.  First of all there was the purchase of Sequoia capital-backed Parakey in 2007, then, a few years later and at a more costly amount came Gowalla for $3 million. Next up in the big purchase line... Read more
Check Out This Underwater Exosuit Worthy Of Iron Man
Underwater exploration has come a long way over the years. Thanks to scuba divers, submarines, and various pieces of ultra-expensive underwater equipment, our eyes have seen a glimpse of a world we otherwise would probably have never seen. But underwater exploration, as we know it, is about to get... Read more
Samsung’s Next Chromebook Looks To Be Getting The Leather Look
The latest images leaked by @Evleaks reveals that Samsung will likely be sticking with the design trait that can already be seen on the NotePRO and TabPRO Android tablets; faux leather. Love it or hate it, the look has certainly become a firm fixture for the company, which also... Read more
Skype Outlook Integration Goes Live Globally
Microsoft Webmail users can finally use Skype on Outlook.com as the feature is fully rolled out globally to all users, after a year of preview testing.  A senior product-marketing manager for Skype, Karen Tong, stated in a 4 February blog post that Skype for Outlook.com was live worldwide, following a staggered... Read more
Hackers Pose As Netflix Tech Support To Steal Data & Indentity
According Malwarebytes, the internet security firm, hackers attempted to pose as Netflix tech support in a bid to steal data and identities. The company, which also develops anti-malware software exposed the phishing scam on an official blog, outlining how Jerome Segura of Malwarebytes was directed to call a number... Read more
Want A Restaurant Menu? Just Ask Google
It seems there is going to be no end of the possibilities when it comes to Google. You can do most anything with Google these days – check your weather on the fly, identify a random song playing in the background, find directions to an unknown destination – and... Read more
Young Student Improves Online Content For Colour Blind Users
A seventeen year old high school student from India has been researching ways to make visual content online better suited to those who are colour blind. Animesh Tripathi has been experimenting with algorithms to ascertain the best way to adjust colour schemes for websites, making it easier for colour... Read more
More Details About Microsoft’s Cortana Revealed
Microsoft is busy at work with making its personal digital assistant, Cortana, competitive; and recently, they gave us a sneak preview its capabilities. Thanks to The Verge, we now have a bit more information about Cortana. As we mentioned before, Halo fans will probably be disappointed to see a... Read more
This Wearable Device Sits Discreetly On Your Ear
Kazuhiro Taniguchi from the Hiroshima City University has developed a new wearable technology device but it is rather more inconspicuous than Google Glass, being worn on your ear rather than directly on your face. The prototype device, which Taniguchi has named Ear Switch, has an interface that uses infrared... Read more
Minecraft Movie
Minecraft is a game about breaking and placing blocks. It began as people building constructions to shield against nocturnal monsters, but now players work together to create imaginative creations.  And now, it may expand once again and turn into a full length movie! Creator, Markus Persson, said they were in talks... Read more