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A Shattered Collection of My Best Memories: An Immediate Solution Thanks to Stellar Photo Recovery

Desktop Jan 2, 2024

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

Business Sep 1, 2022

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

Video Dec 8, 2021

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…

AI Is Everywhere, But Is It A Good Thing?

News September 19, 2016

From toothbrushes that sense your general oral health to refrigerators that learn how much milk is left for your next cup of coffee, AI is everywhere. It’s the hot topic buzzword that’s working its way into every sector of society, from the bathroom to the boardroom. It’s become an... Read more

Russia Blocks More Porn Sites, including Youporn and Pornhub

Internet News September 16, 2016

Pornhub.com and Youporn.com, two of the world’s largest adult websites in the world are to be blocked by the Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology, and Mass Media, (Roskomnadzor). All Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in Russia have until Tuesday to comply with the new ruling. The... Read more

Hackers Learning How To Shut Down Internet

Internet News September 16, 2016

A security expert has warned that a group of hackers is attempting to see if it’s possible to bring down the internet completely. According to Bruce Schneier writing in a blog post, hacker collectives, most likely to have been sanctioned by either China or Russia, is testing the defences... Read more

Are You Ready For iOS10?

Mobile News September 16, 2016

If you don’t plan to shell out the big bucks for a brand-new iPhone–the one that notoriously doesn’t have a headphone jack, by the way–you can still take advantage of a lot of the highly-touted new features with your very own download of iOS10, compatible with versions of the... Read more

EU Wants Free WI-FI For All By 2020

Internet News September 15, 2016

Free WIFI for everyone was just one of the major proposals from the European Commission annual State of the European Union address on Wednesday made by President Jean-Claude Juncker. The idea is to try and ensure that free Wi-Fi European Commission will be available across all public spaces throughout... Read more

In With The Old: Macro-Based Malware Is Back

News September 15, 2016

As if IT guys and cybersecurity pros didn’t have enough to worry about, some of the old tactics for spreading malicious software are back, taking tech users by surprise in the process. Macro-based malware, which was pretty much abandoned after word got out that it was a known virus... Read more

AI Just Became More Human

News September 14, 2016

The first really great “bad” computer voice had to be Joshua from War Games (1983). Before that, actors dubbing voice over spouted nasally, monotone lines (“Danger, Will Robinson!”) to make audiences believe they were programmed, but Joshua had all the right pieces: sometimes monotone, sometimes the slightest of inflections,... Read more

Tesla Says Upgraded Autopilot Will Improve Safety

News September 14, 2016

Tesla has announced a number of software upgrades to its semi-autonomous cars that will be installed into all existing production cars ‘over-the-air,’ in the next few weeks. “This is quite a massive enhancement,” said Elon Musk, Tesla’s CEO, of the software upgrades. “I wish we could have done it... Read more

Seagate Sued By Staff After Phishing Data Leak

News Privacy and Security September 13, 2016

Seagate the hardware manufacturer most well-known for making hard drives for computers is this week facing down a lawsuit launched by some of its own employees after their personal information was handed over in a sophisticated phishing scam. Information about staff was apparently willingly attached to an email and... Read more

Chrome Update Will Flag Unsecured Shopping Sites

Internet News September 13, 2016

If you’ve paused to read this article, you’re probably already “in the know” when it comes to the distinction between HTTP and HTTPS. Ideally, you look for the tiny but crucial difference in the designation before doing anything profound, like filling in an online form or handing over your... Read more

WPS Office 2016 – All Your Office Tools In One Place!

Office Software Software Reviews September 12, 2016

Not too many years ago, the world was plagued with a compatibility issue that had the power to stop business in its tracks. Okay, that might sound a little bit melodramatic, but it’s true. The issue stemmed from the various office suites, more specifically in the lack of communication... Read more

Airbnb To Combat Inherent Discrimination By Hosts

News September 9, 2016

Online accommodation site, Airbnb, has published an in depth report about the racial discrimination and prejudice that some paying guests experience at the hands of renters. As a result, the website is set to introduce new policies that will aim to prevent Airbnb renters from discriminating against paying... Read more

Concerns Over Medical Software Security

News Privacy and Security September 9, 2016

With record numbers of hacking events and data breaches exposing hundreds of millions of individuals’ personal identifiable information every year, you’d think by now there’d be no one left to have an unblemished, untarnished, “unpublished” security record. In fact, experts like the ITRC have begun warning consumers about data... Read more

Nest Just Got Smarter…And Creepier

News September 8, 2016

Google re-acquired its own Nest thermostat back from its parents company, Alphabet, earlier this year (it makes sense if you don’t overthink it), and already the innovations are rolling out. The latest change to the company’s smart-home product line? More intuitive software powering the security cameras, which stop alerting... Read more

EU Considers Relaxing Broadband Regulations For Telecom Companies

Internet News September 8, 2016

The EU may be considering slashing the regulations that Internet Service Providers have to abide by in order to increase the roll out of fibre optic networks across Europe. At present, any company that installs fixed line fibre broadband infrastructure is legally obliged to grant access to other broadband... Read more

98M Russian Email Accounts Hacked

Email News September 7, 2016

Just when everyone likes to point this finger at Russian hacker groups for some of the recent major-scale data breaches, the tables have turned. According to research by Leaked Source, Rambler.ru (kind of like the Russian equivalent of Yahoo) was breached and around 98 million users’ email and password... Read more

Hack Sees 800,000 Brazzers Porn Site Accounts Released

Internet News September 7, 2016

The names of almost 800,000 registered users of porn site Brazzers have been exposed in a data breach…Kind of. The exposed user data actually originated from a separate forum associated with the Brazzers website, but Brazzers users who never signed up to the forum may unfortunately also have had... Read more