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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…

Online Petition Begs Microsoft To Release Patch Notes For Windows 10
An online petition started back in August now has “Thousands of corporate tech admins” voicing their disagreement with Microsoft’s decision to no longer give detailed descriptions on Windows 10 updates. Redmond based tech giant Microsoft has found itself under renewed pressure to release more information on its Windows 10... Read more
iOS 9 Ad Blockers Speed Up Internet But Worry Online Publishers
iOS 9 which was released yesterday finally allows for 3rd party apps aimed at blocking advertisements to be installed on Apple devices running the latest software Anyone who read PageFair’s “Cost of Ad Blocking Software” report  back in August will not be surprised at just how quickly  content blocking... Read more
GCHQ Password Guidance: Can You Trust It?
GCHQ, the UK government spy agency have recommended that people use simpler, easy to remember passwords, suggest banning password strength meters and regular password changes. But can you trust security advice that comes from the same people who were found to be unlawfully conducting mass surveillance against its own... Read more
Facebook To Add ‘Dislike’ Button
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg has said that in the very near future, people will be able to express their empathy in a much better way by employing the use of a ‘Dislike’ button. Apparently, Facebook is really close to having it ready for user testing….   Liking the Dislike since 2009... Read more
Hackers Decrypt 11 Million Ashley Madison Passwords
Decryption of 11 million Ashley Madison passwords by hobbyist hackers brings more woe to Ashley Madison.com users. Stolen password data was thought to be secure; shock, horror, surprise
it wasn’t. But just how much are Ashley Madison themselves responsible for using simple and easy to break passwords? It’s the data... Read more
How Apple’s iPad Pro Apps Could Put A Dent In Windows 10
At $800, the iPad Pro has been firmly leveled at businesses, marking a distinct shift from the Steve Jobs ‘consumers’ approach of recent times. But the question several have been asking at the Apple event taking place this week, is why would people go with the new Apple workhorse over... Read more
Hell Freezes Over, Pigs Fly, And Microsoft Appear at Apple Event
Only one thing in the title of this article is true. Hint: It’s the one with Apple in it. On Wednesday, representatives of Microsoft made an unexpected surprise appearance at Apple’s September showcase event. Apple’s head marketer, Phil Schiller had just finished talking up how new apps could help... Read more
John McAfee Announces Run For President
Just when you thought the US Presidential election couldn’t  get more surreal than it already is, everyone’s favorite self-labelled ‘eccentric millionaire,’ John McAfee has announced his bid for President of the United States of America. No, really, he has. McAfee told Wired.com: “I have many thousands of emails saying... Read more
Mozilla Releases Firefox for iOS Preview To Public
If You Live In New Zealand
Last Thursday, Mozilla released the first public preview of its brand spanking new version of its Firefox web browser for iOS. But don’t anybody go diving for the download button just yet
. While the Firefox browser has finally decided to make an appearance on iPads, iPhones, and iPods, unless... Read more
Adult Player Porn App Takes Secret Photos Of Users, Holds Them To Ransom
Android Adult Player porn app entices users with explicit images but instead takes photos using smartphone’s front camera, locking the device and then holding users to ransom. In this latest example of ‘Ransomware,’ the Adult Player app seems  legitimate enough to begin with. Unfortunately this particular porn app for... Read more
Google, Intel, Mozilla, Netflix, And Others Form Alliance For Open Media
Google, Intel, Microsoft, Mozilla, Netflix, Amazon, and Cisco, have become day one members of the newly formed Alliance for Open Media. The Alliance (AOMedia) is an open source, not for profit project intent on creating ‘a new, open royalty-free video codec specification
with binding specifications for media formats
’ The overall... Read more
US Considers Sanctions Against China For Alleged Cybertheft Activity
The Washington Post’s Ellen Nakashima has reported that the Obama administration are planning a series of ‘unprecedented economic sanctions against Chinese companies and individuals,’ who have gained from the Chinese government’s cybertheft of ‘US trade secrets.’ The news has surfaced just weeks before the Chinese Premier, Xi Jinping, visits... Read more
Alphabet Subsidiary, Google, Changes Logo
Google: A synopsis: In the beginning was the word, and the word was Google. Then God Google  said: “Let us remake the internet in our image, in our likeness, so it may rule over the search browsers of cyber space.” And Google saw what it had made, and it was... Read more
Office 2016 For Windows Set For September 22 Release!
Microsoft keep quiet but leaked memo all but confirms date. An internal memo obtained by WinFuture.de from Microsoft’s internal intranet last week confirmed what many in the industry long suspected: Microsoft Office 2016 will be released in September, on the 3rd Tuesday of the month. While Microsoft have yet to officially... Read more
Chrome To Silence Audio Auto-Play In Tabs: Internet Set To Rejoice
The internet is collectively poised to exhale loudly in relief as news has begun to surface that Google Chrome will silence tabs that automatically play whenever a new tab is opened. In what might start to put an end to one of the biggest bug-bears of recent times for... Read more
Windows 10 Installed 75 Million Times In First Month: Microsoft Quite Pleased With Themselves
Microsoft has revealed that Windows 10 has been installed on more than 75 million devices in the first month of its release. The news caused jubilation in the company, and  several Microsoft executives have allegedly sustained serious “High Five” related wounds, according to anonymous sources in Emergency Rooms across the... Read more
Suicides And Extortion Linked To Ashley Madison Data Hack.
Two people in Canada with personal information allegedly associated with the Ashley Madison Data Hack are reported to have committed suicide as a result of the leak from the adultery website. Toronto police’s acting staff Superintendent, Bryce Evans, said on Monday morning, that while the deaths were as yet unconfirmed,... Read more
Wondershare’s Dr.Fone For iOS Is Ready For iOS9 – Claim Your $10 Off Now!
Wondershare is currently offering $10 off their flagship iOS data recovery software, Dr.Fone for iOS, exclusively to FileHippo users, for both Windows and Mac versions. All buyers have to do is enter the special promo code WS2015 when prompted, in order to receive this special offer.    Anyone who... Read more