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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…

Project Tango To Go To ISS
One of the new projects by Google is the prototype smartphone that is crammed with sensors, which enable it to sense and then learn the world around it. Project Tango will undoubtedly be used in many different ways, but the guys over at NASA are going to get their... Read more
MS-DOS Source Code Now Available To The Public
Surprise, surprise! It does seem that Microsoft is really going through major changes. Not only have we heard about rumors about a free version of Windows 8.1, but now, Microsoft has released the MS-DOS source code to the general public. Free AND Microsoft? Strange bedfellows, huh? Arguably, MS-DOS is... Read more
New ‘Anti-Social’ App, Cloak, Lets You Avoid People
The whole point of social media is keep everyone connected and help you expand your number of friends and acquaintances, yet the new service named Cloak is turning the concept on its head and is aimed at helping you avoid everyone. Created by the programmer Brian Moore and the... Read more
Rent Your Own Cinema With Ourscreen
I remember that sometime back; I booked a couple of rows in the local cinema for my family and a group of my friends to see a movie.  I remember this because my credit card took a battering that day, fortunately I have some very honest and reliable friends... Read more
Google Beefs Up Gmail Security
Do you regularly use a Gmail account? So do I. And for the most part I’ve been really happy with the Google service. I think it’s intuitive and I can’t complain that it doesn’t do what I need it to when I need it to. And with recent reports... Read more
Blender 2.70 is Packed Full Of New Features
Non-profit organisation, The Blender Foundation, has released a major update to its open source, cross-platform 3D graphics software. Packed full of new features and  improvements to the user interface,  it is now more consistent and powerful. One added feature is that Cycles now has initial support for volume rendering;... Read more
Israel SkyShield Combats Missile Strikes
Israel has just taken a new twist in fighting surface to air missiles. The country’s latest, Laser firing jets, dubbed SkyShield, are set to help combat launched missiles. Israeli defence contractor, Elbit Systems, developed the SkyShield system. Yesterday, Israel’s ministry of defence announced that SkyShield has successfully completed testing... Read more
This RC Dragon Flies Through The Air & Breathes Fire
Whether it’s because of the popularity of video games such as The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim, or television shows such as Game of Thrones, or even Hollywood movies such as How to Train Your Dragon, one thing is clear: dragons are insanely popular right now. And, it’s a safe bet that more than... Read more
The NSA’s Biggest Secret; Water Usage?!
The National Security Agency has fought long and hard to keep its secrets under wraps. Thanks to Edward Snowden, some of them are now no longer a secret but perhaps one of the more strange enigmas surrounding the agency is how much water its brand new data centre uses.... Read more
LG Smart Lighting Comes With Full IOS Support
A few months ago I wrote a story on the Phillips Hue Smart Lightbulb system.  Well, it didn’t take long for other tech giants to jump on the band-wagon.  LG has introduced their version of the Smart Bulb.  The LG Smart Bulb is a connected light bulb that is... Read more
Vulnerability Alert: Zero-Day Attacks Against Microsoft Word
Yesterday, Microsoft announced a vulnerability in Word, which could allow code to be remotely executed. This remote code execution can happen when a user opens an RTF file, which has to be specifically written to do the malicious activity, using an affected version of Microsoft Word. Merely previewing such... Read more
Be A Secret Agent in This Bulletproof, Diamond Studded Suit
The Swiss company Suitart has created the most elaborate suit that even James Bond would aspire to wear. Not only is it covered in diamonds, it is bullet-proof and has built-in air conditioning. Oh and it is waterproof too. The company says that each suit is custom-tailored to the wearer,... Read more
Budding Archaeologists Can Now Unwrap Egyptian Mummies Digitally
A new exhibition that uses complex 3D models and a giant touch screen has been unveiled in Stockholm, Sweden. The Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities is allowing budding archaeologists to look deep inside an Egyptian sarcophagus.  As BBC News reports, the museum in Stockholm recently used computed topography and photogrammetry... Read more
Is iTunes Coming To Android?
As someone who switched from an iPhone 3Gs to a Galaxy S3 and then switched back to an iPhone 5s recently, I can tell you that there is a world of difference when it comes to purchasing and listening to your music. With the iPhones, all I have to... Read more
Forget Weights, Tone Those Biceps With ToneFone
It seems there is just no end to the diverse and unusual uses for the humble iPhone case. It was only last week that I reported on the case that also doubles up as a stethoscope and now keeping on the health theme, I’d like to introduce the ToneFone.... Read more
Unity 5 Engine Revealed

Unity 5 Engine Revealed

News March 25, 2014

At the Game Developers Conference 2014 in San Francisco, Unity Technologies has revealed the new model of their engine Unity 5.  It is now available to pre-order. A recent press release by David Helgason, CEO of Unity Technologies stated;  Every time we ship a new version of Unity, we’re looking to... Read more
Opera 20.0.1387.82 is Available To Download
The Opera team has released another update for the stable channel of the Opera browser. Opera 20.0.1387.82 sees some minor bug fixes and so is now more stable than ever. You can download Opera 20.0.1387.82 now through FileHippo. SOURCE: http://www.filehippo.com/download_opera Read more
Twitter Blocked Again, This Time It’s Turkey
Some countries are, shall I say, a tad irked over their citizens using social media outlets to voice their opinions. Turkey is the latest in a long line of countries that are stopping access to the social media website.  Currently any Twitter users in Turkey are being redirected to a statement... Read more