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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…

Nearly 1M Elderly Identities Leaked Online
Telemarketing company, HealthNow, suffers massive data breach A recently discovered database of information has left one company suffering the effects of a data breach, and nearly one million senior citizens questioning where their sensitive identifying information may have ended up. HealthNow, a telemarketing company that tracks its customers and offers... Read more
Improve Your Cybersecurity With IObit Malware Fighter 5
We review the latest release from IObit, Malware Fighter 5. New data has shown that ransomware attacks, specifically ones that target certain industries, are on the rise. Hospitals and medical centers were highly sought after targets due to the fact that many organizations chose to pay the ransom rather... Read more
Robert Taylor, Computer And Internet Pioneer, Passes Aged 85
Robert Taylor was one of the preeminent founding fathers of the Internet and the personal computer as we know them both today. Taylor died last Thursday, in his San Francisco home, said his son, Kurt Taylor. Taylor had been suffering from Parkinson’s disease, and other ailments in recent years. Leslie... Read more
Judge Fired For Trolling News Articles About His Own Cases
Use of fake profile names didn’t protect Judge. In what has to be one of the most blatant abuses of “conflict of interest,” a judge has been removed from his position for online trolling. The comments in question were made under fake screen names, but pertained to cases the... Read more
Get Up To 40% Off Acronis True Image
Back up your data in just two clicks. Acronis True Image 2017 promises the fastest data backup and recovery available, offering protection for your PC, Mac, mobile, social, and remote data. What’s more you can now get all this and enjoy a saving of up to 40%! Available in three versions: Essential; Plus; and... Read more
Most Artificial Intelligence Exhibits Gender And Racial Bias, Claims New Research 
Study published in the journal, Science, claims AI displays biases for racial and gender stereotyping. As AI and the algorithms that control it continue to become part of our everyday lives, there is growing evidence that the data sets and input stimulus it uses to train itself and grow do not... Read more
US Air Force Successfully Tests Autonomous F-16 Ground Strike Capability
Project with Lockheed Martin announces second successfull test of a fully autonomous F-16 strike fighter. The “Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle” (UCAV) demonstrated that it could deal with an unexpected air-to-air threat, navigate to its target independently, and carry out an air-ground-strike. The tests form part of a project known as... Read more
Prison Inmates Build Computers And Hide Them In Ceiling
Instead of dismantling old PCs, crafty prisoners built their own! Never underestimate the ingenuity of people in desperate situations. As one Ohio prison has found out the hard way, people have an insane ability to make-do under tough circumstances. Inmates in an Ohio prison were set to work in... Read more
Top 5 Productivity Apps
The best software to help you be more productive. With winter finally behind us and the promise of summer in the air, it’s the perfect time to ‘Spring clean’ your life, kick start those projects and be more productive
 finally! To help you take the first steps towards being more effective... Read more
Patch Announced To Fix Microsoft Word Bug
Help on the way to cure zero-day vulnerability discovered in Microsoft’s flagship title. If you’re a Windows fan, take note: a security flaw in Word has been announced, one that apparently affects every single version of the software. The new zero-day vulnerability has been discovered in the Microsoft flagship title,... Read more
BrickerBot Malware “Bricks” Open IoT Devices
BrickerBot turns your IoT device into a handy paperweight. So far, consumers and tech experts alike have a love hate relationship with Internet of Things-connected devices (IoT). On the one hand, there are exciting innovations that have added convenience and security to our daily lives. At the same time,... Read more
PDFelement 6 offers powerful editing features, great design and ease of use
Transform your old static Office forms into interactive PDF forms with PDFelement 6 Professional for Windows and Mac. Despite startling innovations in form technology, many businesses still rely on static electronic or paper forms for their applications, questionnaires or surveys. Often created with Excel or Word, these simple forms... Read more
Suspected Russian Hacker Detained In Spain Over US Election ‘Mass Hacking’.
Alleged hacker detained at the request of American authorities. Russian man, Pyotr Levashov, was arrested in Barcelona last week on a US computer crimes warrant. He has been detained under a US international arrest warrant and a Spanish court is to start proceedings to decide whether he can be... Read more
Google Adds ‘Fact Check’ Flag To Search Results
New independently-verified ‘Fact Check’ tool added to news and search results. In response to the rise of ‘fake news’, Google has begun displaying fact-checking labels in search results highlighting news and information that has been independently quantified and vetted by third party fact checking organisations. ‘With thousands of new articles published... Read more
How Little US Users Know About Cybersecurity
Survey reveals some shocking gaps in cybersec knowledge. The old jokes about a grandmother trying to work her first computer are funny because the struggle is real (just ask anyone who’s had to help her learn to work her email account). But the reality behind those memes is far... Read more
Don’t Axon Me, Bro! Taser Changes Name As Focus Shifts To Software
Axon name change will help distance brand from calls of police brutality. Who could forget the dude-cry heard ’round the world, the helpless cry of a University of Florida journalism student who tried to evade would-be police brutality by crying out, “Don’t tase me, bro!” before that exact outcome... Read more
Amazon Launches Conversion Software For eBooks
New tool helps authors convert Word docs for Kindle publishing platform. Over the years, Amazon has grown from an online book retailer to an all-things-internet empire, offering tools for everything from uploading an ebook to creating a video game. A new tool launched in beta goes back to its... Read more
Microsoft Reveals Truth About Windows 10 Data Collection
Will transparency on Windows 10 finally put privacy concerns to bed, or will it open Microsoft up to further criticism? Every since the halcyon days of 2015 when Microsoft first released Windows 10, the company has come under fire about its somewhat invasive data collection policy. By far the biggest... Read more