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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…

Even Facebook CEO’s cover their webcams
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If even the Facebook CEO covers his webcam with tapes, shouldn’t we all be doing it? When Facebook creator, Mark Zuckerberg posted a photo earlier this week to mark Instagram’s 500th million user milestone, he probably didn’t imagine that what was going on in the background would garner more... Read more
Bloatware Free Windows 10 Courtesy of Microsoft?
Microsoft may be listening to the masses with their new clean Windows 10 install tool. Windows 10 power users have always found it a relatively simple process to remove all the bloatware that comes with Microsoft’s current Operating system thanks to their intricate knowledge and use of power shell... Read more
China Claims World’s Most Powerful Supercomputer 7th Year In A Row
China has been named the home of the fastest supercomputer for the 7th year in a row. But for the first time, and what makes this year’s choice unique, is the fact that this year’s winning computer has won using only Chinese designed processors. The computer based in the... Read more
US Spam Merchant Is Jailed For Two And A Half Years
A US man responsible for sending more than 27 million spam emails will be checking his friend requests from a jail cell for the next two and a half years. Spam King Sanford Wallace pleaded guilty to charges including criminal contempt and fraud relating to the use of electronic... Read more
Microsoft Get In On Marijuana Trade
Microsoft have expanded their horizons by getting in on the burgeoning US drug trade. Known better for producing operating systems and office software, the Redstone based company is helping out the newly (in some states) legalised marijuana industry. Microsoft has formed a partnership with a California-based technology start-up named... Read more
Hackers Steal DNC Confidential Information: But Was It The Russians?
First it was apparently the Russians that hacked the DNC, now maybe, maybe not. While the news just about who is responsible continues to change, one thing that can be confirmed; the Democratic National Committee’s server were hacked, and only time will tell what was and what was not... Read more
Bugged Lexus Update Results In System Errors Across The Board
If you own a Lexus manufactured between 2014 and now, then no doubt you already know your satnav stopped working, your radio is silent and your Bluetooth enabled devices are pretty much useless. If you don’t own a Lexus manufactured between 2014 and now, then you should know that... Read more
FCC Wins Net Neutrality Court Appeal
The internet in the US is to remain neutral for the foreseeable future thanks to a court ruling by the circuit court in the District of Columbia, on Tuesday regarding the ongoing battle for net neutrality The new ruling essentially upholds the current status quo ensuring that federal regulators... Read more
Microsoft Puts Itself In Debt To Buy LinkedIn For $26.2bn
Despite cutting their losses in the smartphone market and trying to spin off 2014 acquisition Nokia into the night, Microsoft has announced it is now buying the business focussed social networking site, LinkedIn, for a massive $26.2 billion. The deal will be Microsoft’s biggest ever purchase and is Chief... Read more
Google Bans Anti-Semitic Chrome Extension
Google has banned an extension of its Chrome browser which was being used to identify Jewish names on the internet by surrounding them with three sets of brackets, or parentheses. The brackets, known as (((echoes))), have become notorious in recent years in far right social media as an anti-Semitic... Read more
Intel Warns Of Alarming Rise In Ransomware Attacks
According to the European head of technology for Intel, Raj Samani, Ransomware is “rising at an alarming rate and show no signs of stopping
” Ransomware is malicious malware installed secretly on victim’s machines that encrypts all or part of the data on a person’s machine and that can then... Read more
Calgary University Pays Ransomware Hackers $20,000
A university in Canada has publicly revealed that it has paid hackers the ransom fee they demanded in order to regain access to data stored on computers and servers on its campus network. “As part of efforts to maintain all options to address these systems issues, the university has... Read more
Siri Calls Ambulance For Distraught Mother
For Apple tech Geeks, Apple’s personal assistant, Siri, may be the definitive last word in why they own an iPhone, but now they have something else to boast endlessly about too, because now Siri also calls ambulances. At least it did for one Australian mother when she found her... Read more
50 Arrests Made As $25 Million Russian Hacker Gang Caught
A Russian Hacker gang that used advanced malware that security software struggled to detect to gain access to its victims bank accounts, has been caught and arrested, according to several news reports. In what is believed to be Russia’s largest ever arrest of hackers in one operation, Russian law enforcement... Read more
Yahoo Releases FBI National Security Letters To The World
Despite continuing financial difficulties and an ever decreasing user base, Yahoo made some online history this week revealing what most people up on their technology news already knew; that it had received National Security Letters (NSLs) from the FBI. While Yahoo’s revelation probably doesn’t come as any surprise, and... Read more
ï»ż  PC Market Not Dead, Says Intel Boss
It’s just we’re all waiting longer in between upgrades
 At least that’s what Intel CEO Brian Krzanich stated on the first day of June at the Bernstein Strategic Decisions Conference in New York. Kraznich was fairly adamant in his belief that the ‘PC is not dead,’ even if right... Read more
Laptops Come Preinstalled With Security Vulnerabilities
It’s always a nice feeling to power up a new laptop or notebook for the first time. The machine boots in no time, the desktop isn’t cluttered with 18 months’ worth of stuff, and everything just works.  There’s also that really nice feeling knowing that the laptop is clean... Read more
Web Giants Vow To Tackle Hate Speech In Social Media
Several of the web’s big players have released the news that they intend to deal with and remove hate speech posted online within 24 hours of it going live. The move supports a new code-of-conduct intended to limit the dissemination of online abuse via social media. The code was... Read more