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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…

Sprint Wants to Cut your Smartphone Bill in Half
If you’re someone who wants to save quite a bit of money on your smartphone bill and is tired of having either Verizon or AT&T as your service provider, Sprint has just announced a pretty tempting offer. Beginning this Friday (12/5/14), if you bring in a copy of your current bill... Read more
Microsoft Snags Acompli
Not everyone is good at keeping secrets, are they?  Take Microsoft for example; they have confirmed, after accidentally leaking their plans, that they are to purchase email startup Acompli for an undisclosed amount. The company came to prominence thanks to its synonymous app for Android and iOS, which has... Read more
VMware Player Version 7.0.0 is Now Available
A virtual machine is a computer defined in software. It’s like running a PC on your PC. This free desktop virtualization software application makes it easy to operate any virtual machine created by VMware Workstation, VMware Fusion, VMware Server or VMware ESX, as well as Microsoft Virtual Server virtual machines... Read more
Hashkey Makes Hashtags Easier than Ever in the UK!
If you haven’t noticed, hashtags (#hashtags) have become incredibly popular over the past few years. At first, I’d only see them on Twitter, but now, I seem to see them on Facebook and just about everywhere else I visit as well. Sometimes, they make sense, and sometimes, well, they... Read more
Protect Yourself with MalwareBytes Anti Exploit
Are you ever worried about the security of the software you use? Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit protects you against the security vulnerabilities that could be found in the code  which make up your software programs. Your software contains millions of lines of code, which unfortunately some people want to exploit. Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit... Read more
Tidy up your Google Drive with These 5 Neat Tips
Google Drive gives you lots of space in order to store everything from documents, photos and forms but like any other huge closet, it inevitably gets a little messy. Here are five tips on how to keep your virtual storage cupboard organized and tidy. Organise Your Storage Space Image... Read more
Intel Buys PasswordBox
On Monday of this week, a recent deal was announced regarding Intel acquiring a cross-platform identity management service, based out of Montreal, called PasswordBox. The recent acquisition means the firm will be merged with the Intel Security Group portfolio. Intel has said this acquisition of PasswordBox will encourage the company’s Safe... Read more
Bid on A Microphone Used by the Beatles
You just never know what you may find in an online auction site in today’s world; sites like eBay have completely changed the game. If you want an item badly enough (and are willing to pay for it), the sky’s pretty much to the limit. Think about it for... Read more
Google Glass to Get Intel Chip in 2015
Reports are circling that microchip manufacturer, Intel, will be suppling a new chip for a the latest version of Google Glass. The new version of Glass will be available in 2015, according to news reports. The new chip will replace the current one that is made by Texas Instruments. ... Read more
Why you Should Never Take Photos Using iPads!
It wasn’t until Apple released the iPad 2, with its front and rear-facing cameras, that people started taking photos with iPads. Now it seems to have become an epidemic with people thinking it’s ok and cool to thrust a large rectangle device into the air, blocking everyone else’s view.... Read more
Need To Master Your Movie’s Audio? Get AudioDirector 5 Ultra
CyberLink’s AudioDirector provides you with complete control over editing, mixing and mastering your video’s soundtrack, sound effects and dialogue. The cutting-edge restoration tools let you restore and work with files, which have audio glitches or imperfections. AudioDirector gives you perfect integration with PowerDirector, which allows faster complete editing, therefore... Read more
Obama Pushes $263 Million For 50,000 Police Body Cameras
If you haven’t heard about all of the civil unrest happening in Ferguson, Mo (and other areas as well), you haven’t had the TV on or opened up a newspaper lately. As a citizen not too terribly far from Ferguson, I can tell you that it’s just about all... Read more
Need a Backup of your NAS or SSD? Try True Image 2015
Acronis True Image creates backups of important data, individual partitions or entire hard-drives. With those backups at hand, mistakenly deleted files or hard-drive defects are of little concern. TrueImage features scheduled backups and synchronization of images on hard-disks, NAS systems, USB drives and over the web. As soon as... Read more
Sony Experiments with New E-Paper Fes Watch
Sony has been experimenting with its smartwatch design and has come up with the Fes Watch, a minimalist and monochrome looking watch made from e-paper. The thought process behind this unconventional smartwatch is to look at how fashion can play more of a roll in technology. Of course, it... Read more
How to Share a Photostream with Non Apple Devices
I find using Apple‘s iCloud Photo Sharing service really useful for sending your favourite moments to all you favourite people. The service not only lets you share Photo Streams with other people using an iOS device, i.e. iPhone and iPad owners, but the service also provides you with a... Read more
Fire Breathing Dragon Breaks World Record for Largest Robot
Darpa are going to have to up their game as far as robotics go, as the world record title for the world’s largest robot goes to Zollner Elektronik AG. Named Traddino, this 56-foot-long dragon not only walk around on all fours but also breathes fire! Thanks to special flame... Read more
Ferguson Vandalised Business Gets $200k of Crowdfunding in 24 Hours
The recent riots, which rocked Ferguson last Monday night caused immense amounts of damage to numerous different local businesses. Understandably local business owner, Natalie Dubose,  turned to a crowdfunding page in order to raise $20,000 and get her business on track. In only 24 hours time she smashed her goal... Read more
Microsoft is About to Delete Clip Art for Good
I may be getting older, but I can still vividly remember when I used Microsoft’s Clip Art feature for just about anything I was doing. If I needed a quick picture of something, I’d just type in what I was looking for in the search box, and after a... Read more