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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…

US Supreme Court Deciding On Software Patents
When is software entitled to patent protection? The United States Supreme Court will soon begin a hearing relating to this question. Alice Corporation holds patents for a computer system that eases financial dealings. CLS Bank International is challenging these patents saying they are not eligible for a patent. In... Read more
The XPocalypse is Here: It’s Really Goodbye to Windows XP!
This is it, folks. The day that Windows XP users have been dreading for the past several months since Microsoft announced that it was going to end support for the beloved operating system. April 8 is here. The XPocalypse is here. And it comes alongside the latest Windows 8.1... Read more
Twitter Adds Messaging To Vine Video App
Twitter has said that users of its Vine video app are now able to send their contacts private videos and other messages.  This is a clear indication that they are stepping up competition with Facebook in the mobile-messaging market. The new introduction means that Twitter and Facebook both now... Read more
Skydiver Almost Pulverized By Meteorite
There are any number of risks associated with skydiving. Here are some of the biggest ones: the chute not opening, the plane crashing, passing out mid-jump, forgetting to open the chute, colliding with another skydiver, getting the chute stuck in a tall tree, and you name it. But here’s... Read more
Saturn Moon Has Underground Ocean
Researchers say they have identified an underground body of water that is as large as North America’s Lake Superior, on a small moon of Saturn, called Enceladus.  The water is hidden beneath nearly 25 miles of ice! The ocean was found at the south pole of the tiny moon. ... Read more
Take The Official Geek Test – What Kind Of Geek Are You?
Now that being a geek is officially cool, we are surrounded by wannabe geeks with their thick-rimmed glasses, cheesy T-shirts and the odd smart watch but in reality…do they even know their Star Trek from  their Star Wars. So time to man (or woman) up and take the official... Read more
NHS Patients Receive Video Conferencing Consultations
Doctors in the UK are trialling a new type of service; via Internet video conferencing service Skype, to save patients the trouble of leaving their home to attend appointments.  Huddersfield doctors are contacting children and young people with epilepsy who are among the first to be offered follow-up appointments... Read more
This Space Shuttle Was Built By A Chinese Man On His Roof
All houses are unique in their own way. With nearly an unlimited amount of decorations and styles, you’re not really likely to ever enter into the “same” house twice. And with all those options out there, home-owners really have a license to do whatever they want to make their... Read more
2014 Top 5 Tech April Fools’ Day Pranks
We all love a good joke and so do most of the tech giants it seems, if any of their April Fool’s Day pranks are anything to go by. Here’s my top five for 2014. 5. Whether you admit it or not, we’ve all done a selfie, some of... Read more
Human To Dolphin Translator
A few years ago I was on holiday visiting Cuba.  Whilst I was there, I had a chance to swim with Dolphins.  I have to say that it was one of the most enjoyable experiences of my life.  As you may know, Dolphins are some of the most intelligent... Read more
Windows 8.1 Update Coming Tomorrow
Windows 8 users are probably looking forward to getting some much needed improvements to their operating system. The adoption rate of Microsoft’s latest operating system leaves no doubt as to how unsatisfied people are with it – Windows 7 still dominates the operating system market share. Even Windows XP... Read more
Behind The Scenes With Project Ara
Google has given us a glimpse of the work that is going into Project Ara, the company’s modular phone concept, that is being developed by its Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP) group, via a new video (below). In order to appeal to the masses, Google explains how there is... Read more
Robotic Fire-Fighters Tested By US Navy
Robots are the future!  Industry and everyday life relies on the work of robots of varying degrees.  Now there are robotic fire fighters who could help put out fires and protect firemen and women from fires they would otherwise, be unable to enter. As one can imagine, a variety... Read more
PullClean Door Handles Automatically Sanitize Your Hands
Germs are everywhere. Hospitals know this, of course, which is why you see a hand sanitizing station practically every two feet when you roam through the halls. There’s usually one outside of every patient room, several bottles at nurse’s stations, and even more bottles on worker’s desks throughout the... Read more
HTC One M8 Beats Rivals In The ‘Drop Test’
It is inevitable that at some point you will drop your smartphone. It’s happened to the best of us; either they fall out of our pocket or they slip through our butter fingers. So what we need to know is, which is the most sturdy and is built to... Read more
SITU: Smart Scale Counts Calories & Weight
TUAW writer Michael Grothaus is the latest in a long line of critic come creator.  He has developed a calorie-counting scale that has assisted him in losing 67 pounds over the last year.  Smart technology indeed! The device is called SITU and it is a smart scale, which calculates the nutritional... Read more
XBMC Beta 3 Fixes Airplay Issues
XBMC, the award winning media centre application for Linux, Mac OS X, Windows and Xbox, has reached Beta 3 and although it contains only fixes rather than features, the fixes are still worth a mention. It is well known that Airplay support in XBMC suffered many issues ever since... Read more
New 20 Version Of Opera Has Critical Bug Fixes
Opera has rolled out yet another 20 version of its popular browser. It comes with what the company describes as “some new critical bug fixes”, one of which resolves an auto update problem on Mac, where the auto update process prompts for user credentials and then exits immediately if... Read more