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A Shattered Collection of My Best Memories: An Immediate Solution Thanks to Stellar Photo Recovery
Desktop Jan 2, 2024
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…
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
Video Dec 8, 2021
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…
Researchers at IBM have announced that they are allowing access to a fully functioning quantum computer to anyone who wants to use it. “Most of today’s quantum computing research in academia and industry is focused on building a universal quantum computer. The major challenges include creating qubits of high... Read more
From last week, Microsoft has ended what many people consider the easiest way to search the internet; by blocking third party searches that go through Bing and the Cortana digital personal assistant. The move was announced late last week in a blog post by the General Manager of Search... Read more
Of course it goes without saying that if you own an android phone or tablet already then you’ve probably used UC Browser already, and quite liked it. UC Browser has been one of the go-to browsers of choice of android users for a number of years, and now it’s... Read more
German Nuclear Plant Found To Be Infested With Old Malware
News April 29, 2016
A German nuclear power plant a mere 75 miles away from the city of Munich was apparently found to be ridden with old malware including file stealing bot-ware and remote access Trojans. The malware was found to be present on the min computer system responsible for monitoring the power... Read more
Victims of the Ashley Madison hacking scandal from last year have been told by a US judge they can’t sue the parent company of the extramarital affair website anonymously. If they want to proceed, they must reveal who they are… Yes, that’s right, the lawsuits have started, and as... Read more
Apple is set to reveal the newest version of iOS and possibly also a renamed, re-branded and upgraded version of OS X, the tech giant has revealed. In a nice twist to standard tech company announcements however, the news was unveiled by Apple’s digital assistant, Siri. Whether Apple intentionally... Read more
FileHippo Smashes The 3,000,000,000 Download Barrier
News April 27, 2016
Yep, that’s right, FileHippo passed a very significant milestone recently. Last month we officially passed the 3 billion download mark, and if you don’t mind us saying, we do feel quite proud of that figure. Where It All Began FileHippo.com was started by two software enthusiasts in 2004. We’re really proud of... Read more
Project Management Software Trello Crowdsources Its Way To 20 Languages
NewsProject Management April 25, 2016
Project management software, Trello, has now gone that bit more global by officially announcing it is now available for use in 20 languages around the world. You could be mistaken when you look at the official Trello Blog post for thinking the real news is that their cartoon husky Taco... Read more
A federal court judge has sentenced the SpyEye malware creators to almost 30 years behind bars for their crimes. The pair of cybercriminals were found guilty of developing the software and distributing the resulting malware to anyone willing to pay for it. They were also found guilty of using... Read more
Well it had to happen eventually. But last week Google officially announced that support for its Chrome browser on older (legacy) operating systems has finally happened. The news came the day after Google rolled out the latest version of the browser, Chrome 50, with the following blog post: “Today,... Read more
On Monday, the US Supreme Court on Monday decided not to hear a challenge from the Authors Guild and other prominent writers who claimed that Google’s digital scanning of their work was in effect a mass copyright issue and intrinsically unfair. In a brief written explanation, the current justices decreed... Read more
WhatsApp Just Switched on Encryption for a Billion People…. As any regular reader of our news section here at FileHippo can’t but have failed to have noticed over the last 6 weeks, the ongoing legal feud between Apple and the FBI has been an omnipresent story that for a... Read more
Microsoft Sues US Federal Government Over Users Private Data
News April 15, 2016
Microsoft is suing the US government over what it says is the unconstitutional manner in which federal law enforcement agencies can forbid tech companies from informing customers that their personal data held by Microsoft is being examined. The Redstone based company is arguing that having to keep access requests... Read more
The European Parliament has voted and passed the biggest shake-up of data protection laws for 20 years. On Thursday the 14th April, the European parliament voted through some new legislation which centered on tougher rules for data protection for its citizens. The new laws are primarily concerned with increasing... Read more
So it looks like it’s true: Windows 10 really might be the last version of Windows you’ll ever need. It might also be the last version of Windows you ever have the option to get as well… if the latest update from Microsoft goes to plan. But panic not,... Read more
Feedly: Lightweight, Fast, Easy To Use RSS Reader Worth Checking Out
InternetProductivitySoftware Reviews April 12, 2016
Let’s just cut to the chase about Feedly, shall we? Feedly is an RSS reader that does exactly what it says it’s going to do, and doesn’t hold back on the features. If you want to follow your favorite news sites, gossip, eBay stuff, YouTube channels and shows, Tumblr... Read more
Wikimedia’s Sweden Art Map ‘Violated Copyright’
News April 11, 2016
The supreme court in Sweden has said that a Wikimedia website that documents public works of art violates Swedish copyright laws. The ruling came after the ‘Visual Copyright Society’ in Sweden sued Wikimedia Sweden for giving away free access to photographs of public works of art hosted on its... Read more
The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s director, James Comey, has publicly confirmed what many have suspected: That the law enforcement agency’s successful hack of the of the iPhone 5c used in the San Bernardino terrorist incident will not work on newer and more modern iPhones. “We have a tool that works... Read more