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Never Lose Again Your Digital Memories

Back Up and Recovery Sep 30, 2024

Losing photos and precious videos is incomparably much more than just a technical inconvenience: it is an emotional loss of dear memories. Cherished captured moments from family gatherings, vacations, and personal milestones hold deep sentiment. It’s as if part of our past has been torn out when these things disappear….

How to Clean Up Your Computer or Laptop after the Holidays

Best Software Sep 19, 2024

Your laptop most probably carries more than just travel photos and memories from your holidays. Using it to stay in touch, watch movies, or navigate your way around an unknown location during your vacation adventures, it’s no surprise that digital clutter builds up. From downloading huge files and accessing unfamiliar…

Holiday Video Disasters: Common Issues and How to Solve Them

Best Software Aug 28, 2024

The arrival of summer is often accompanied by cameras ready to capture every special moment of our vacations. However, too often we discover upon returning home that those memories have various types of errors. From videos that won’t play to corrupt files that prevent us from reliving our experiences, it’s…

Netflix Confirms Offline Playback Will “Never Happen”

Internet December 27, 2014

Netflix foolishly announced offline playback would be coming to Honeycomb tablets back in 2011, and ever since fans of the streaming service have waited for the feature. Well the wait is now over, Netflix’s director of communications and technology Cliff Edwards has revealed offline playback is “never going to... Read more

Steam Starts Region Locking Games After Low Currency Exploits

Gaming News December 26, 2014

Even though Steam regularly offers deals and sales for digital games, some people are not happy with the prices and head over to third party key sellers, for cheaper prices. It looks like Steam is not happy with these key sales from other regions, taking thousands of digital keys... Read more

Sony Claims ‘The Interview’ May Be Released Online

Internet December 26, 2014

The past week has seen lots of change in the Sony Pictures hacking case, starting with U.S. officials confirming a connection between North Korea and hacking group #GOP. It has not been disclosed how the connection was found, but either way it has sparked major backlash against the communist... Read more

Check Out The U.S.S. Enterprise in Gingerbread

News December 25, 2014

You know the holiday season is upon us when you start seeing iconic space vehicles recreated in gingerbread, specifically the U.S.S. Enterprise from Star Trek. I have to admit – I enjoyed the movies, but I was never much of a trekkie, but I think even I could get... Read more

Motorola Returning To China Under The Veil Of Lenovo

Mobile December 25, 2014

Motorola has been focusing on the U.S. market ever since the restructure in 2011, following the $12.5 billion acquisition from Google. Ownership has changed hands since then, and now Chinese giant Lenovo owns Motorola, after a $2.91 billion acquisition. Lenovo now wants Motorola in the Chinese market, according to... Read more

Disneyworld To Accept Apple Pay & Google Wallet

Mobile News December 25, 2014

Walt Disney World is one place that my wife has always wanted to holidays. Personally, I don’t want to stand in the long queues or drive around endless parking lots. Bu,t one reason I have held off so far is the cash. I really don’t want to have to always... Read more

Duck Hunt is Coming Back on Christmas Day!

Gaming News December 24, 2014

If you’d like to get a little bit of nostalgia for Christmas this year and you own a Nintendo Wii U, you’ll be able to purchase/download the classic Nintendo game Duck Hunt through the Wii virtual console. Techbeat reported some months ago that the classic game would be rereleased, but... Read more

Bitcoin Exec Jailed for Silk Road Transactions

Internet December 24, 2014

A former Bitcoin Foundation board member and CEO of the now-obsolete exchange BitInstant, Charlie Shrem, has been incarcerated for two years in prison for assisting Silk Road users swap cash for digital currency anonymously. As you will probably be aware, The Silk Road, was an online marketplace that was... Read more

Sony Pictures Hackers Warn Cinemas Previewing The Interview

Internet December 24, 2014

The #GOP group has become highly active in the past week, invoking 9/11 terror threats to moviegoers going to see “The Interview” on Christmas. Sony Pictures has already sent emails to cinemas, saying it will allow “The Interview” to be pulled from screening. The new film starring Seth Rogen... Read more

Google to Include Tegra K1 Processor in Project Ara

News December 24, 2014

Project Ara, the futuristic modular smartphone from the minds of Google, is getting ever closer to its promised 2015 release. The ‘concrete’ information received so far is that you will be able to hot-swap most of the components. These include the camera, RAM and Storage capacity. There are also... Read more

FileZilla 3.10.0 Beta 3 Now Released

News Software Reviews December 23, 2014

FileZilla Client is a fast and reliable cross-platform FTP, FTPS and SFTP client with lots of useful features and an intuitive graphical user interface. The FileZilla Application allows you to transfer files and navigate among folders, Web sites, and your computer. A great feature of FileZilla is that you can... Read more

You Can Now Preorder a $30,000 Apple Watch

News December 23, 2014

Everything’s so much better with a little bit of bling added to it, right? Even though the Apple Watch is still forthcoming and we don’t have all of the details we’d like (such as pricing, etc.), it isn’t too early to preorder an extremely blinged-out version of the upcoming... Read more

Volvo Accident Prevention Helmet Concept Announced

News December 23, 2014

The Swedish car manufacturer Volvo has previously shown the world some of their in-car cyclist collision detection systems that help prevent accidents for both parties on the road. It appears as though now the safety conscious Volvo is about to publicly show case a piece of technology for bike... Read more

WhatsApp Potentially Coming to Desktop

Desktop Messaging News December 23, 2014

WhatsApp is available on almost every mobile platform, including discontinued platforms like Symbian and Nokia Series 40, but has never developed a web client. New reports say WhatsApp will finally come to the desktop, after five years of availability. The new web client will use OAuth, sending a message... Read more

Google Adds New SDK on Android & Unity for Cardboard VR

News December 22, 2014

Google is starting to get serious with the Cardboard VR, despite vice president Sundar Pichai brushing it off as a small project worked on for a few hours at Google I/O. A new update to the software side of the virtual reality platform adds developer support for Android and... Read more

Continuity: How to Disable Calls On iPad

How To Mobile December 22, 2014

Apple are great innovators. They make great products, which are well built and have some amazing features. With the announcement of OS X 10.10 Yosemite, Apple introduced a great new feature called, Continuity. This feature allows you to field phone calls and text messages from your iOS devices and... Read more