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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…

Sony Xperia Tablet Z Unveiled In Japan
The Sony Xperia Tablet Z has been officially unveiled in Japan and it packs a powerhouse punch that should get tablet owners excited. The new Sony tablet is just 6.9mm thick, making the device the thinnest 10-inch tablet offering currently on the open-market. The device is also light at... Read more
iPad Display Production Reduced Before Earnings Call
Sharp Corp., a major supplier of display units for Apple’s iPad tablet line has slowed down production of its 9.7 inch panels. The displays are used on Apple’s full-sized iPad tablets. Reuters has learned that Sharp’s production plants are now churning out only enough Apple iPad displays to run at... Read more
Google Wants Passwords To Include Physical Items
Google understands that a human entered numerical and character based password will never be as secure as a physical item and for that reason the company is exploring physical item encryption options. In a new research paper published by the company in the January issue of the IEEE Security... Read more
AT&T Considers Purchase Of European Carrier
AT&T Wireless was unable to merge with Deutsche Telekom owned T-Mobile USA and now the company could be reversing course, heading to Europe where it will attempt to purchase a wireless carrier. According to the rumor the company would buy an aging network, upgrade its 4G LTE technologies and... Read more
Apple’s iPhone Business May Have Lost Steam
When the original Apple iPhone debuted in 2007 consumers flocked to AT&T Wireless in the hopes of getting their hands on the revolutionary new smartphone and its easy to navigate iOS platform. As Apple continued to release new, seemingly better iPhone devices, customers continued to upgrade, sometimes a full... Read more
Samsung Chromebox Receives Intel i5 Upgrade Option
When we think of the Samsung Chromebox and other Google Chrome OS based devices we don’t typically think of “high-end” computing. Yet Samsung on Wednesday announced that its Chromebox system is now available with Intel’s i5 processor. The Ivy Bridge class CPU with its 1.9GHz speeds  is a huge... Read more
Apple And Amazon Ordered To End ‘App Store’ Dispute
While the war of Apple patents vs. the world rages on, at least one dispute is expected to reach its inevitable climax. A Federal court judge has ordered that the two company’s end their long standing dispute over Amazon’s original use of the term “Appstore.” Amazon launched “Appstore” as... Read more
LG Nexus 5 in Production?
Device manufacturer LG has halted production on its Nexus 4 smartphone line, a good indicator that the company may be preparing for the next iteration of the Google Nexus. During CES 2013 LG Electronics senior vice president James Fisher hinted at the Nexus 4 being only the “first of... Read more
Aaron Swartz PDF Tribute Gathers Pace
Following the suicide of RSS/Reddit Co-Founder Aaron Swartz a PDF tribute with links to copyrighted research has been making the rounds. Before his death Swartz had become an internet activist and was facing up to 35 years in jail and $1 million in fines after he downloaded 4.8 million... Read more
Google Chrome Beta 25 Adds Web Speech API
As the web becomes increasingly more accessible to the masses Google is making its use more accessible for everyone. On Monday Google announced the release of Google Chrome Beta 25, the newest iteration of its popular web browser. With the release of Google Chrome Beta 25 Google has added... Read more
Apple iPhone 5 Sales Weak? Apple Cuts Component Orders
Apple, Inc. has reduced the number of orders it had placed for iPhone 5 components after the company experienced weaker-than-expected demand for its hit product line. According tot he Wall Street Journal: “Apple’s orders for iPhone 5 screens for the January-March quarter, for example, have dropped to roughly half of... Read more
Microsoft Upset That FCC Stopped Google Probe
The Federal Trade Commission announced this week that it has concluded its probe into anti-competitive actions by Google and Microsoft executives are not happy with the FCC’s decision. A blog post by Microsoft Vice President and Deputy General Counsel Dave Heiner says the FCC’s decision is “troubling” and “unusual” and that the... Read more
Apple To Sell $39 Billion in Business Macs And iPads
The newest analysis from Forrester Research suggests that Apple, Inc. will sell more than $39 billion in Macs and iPads in 2014. Company analysts believe Apple will push through $7 billion in Mac sales and $11 billion in iPad sales in 2013, followed by a $1 billion increase for... Read more
Square Reader Launches At 7,000 Starbucks Stores
Square was early to the mobile connected card reader market and the company is continuing its dominance in the space. On Thursday the company announced that it is now being sold throughout Starbucks’ 7,000 company operated stores in the United States. With Starbucks now on-board Square readers are being... Read more
Samsung Series 3 Chromebox Gets Redesign
The recently redesigned Samsung Series 3 Chromebox may feature many of the same internal components as the original device, but it also features a new design that departs from the look and feel of an Apple Mini. Originally released in Mid-2012 the update to the device offers a new... Read more
Nokia Rumored to Sell Handset Division to Microsoft or Huawei
For the last several years Nokia has been fighting tooth and nail with Apple, Samsung, Motorola and other mobile handset manufacturers. Yet despite its best efforts, including a partnership with Windows Phone 8, the once reigning king of cell phones has managed only modest success with mounting losses.  Now... Read more
Is Apple iOS 7 in Beta Testing?
One of the best ways to determine if a company is beta testing new mobile technology is to scour user-based data logs to determine OS and device type. In the case of Apple one developer recently discovered internet data for devices running on what appears to be the company’s... Read more
Intel Launching Its Own Cable TV Service
Several years ago Intel attempted to team up with TV manufacturers to produce the first line of Google TVs, ultimately Intel failed to win over manufacturers and Google TV 1.0 failed to impress. Jump forward several years later and the microprocessor company is not only preparing to enter the... Read more