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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…

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
Has The Cloud Evaporated?
Cloud-based software, typically licensed via a subscription model, became all the rage in recent years, as an article by Jeff Bennion for Above The Law demonstrated. Bennion points out several obvious benefits to subscription-based software, as opposed to only a handful of negative aspects, not the least of which... Read more
  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
Adobe’s Polite Reminder To Stop Pirating Software
Adobe’s taking a stand against pirated copies of its software. No matter what the form of media–film, music, software, books–there’s someone who stands to make a quick buck off a pirated version of it. Whether it’s bootleg movies actually filmed in the darkness of a theater or ebooks that... 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
New Data In Racism Of Criminal Risk Software
Imagine a dystopian future in which you are assigned a number of key characteristics at birth, only instead of being assigned these labels by genetics or upbringing, the government assigns them to you based on arbitrary, uncontrollable factors. A child’s educational track is determined within moments of emerging from... Read more