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Never Lose Again Your Digital Memories

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

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

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…

Enterprise Linux 6 Customers Receive Beta 6.7 Update
Red Hat has beta released Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.7 on May 5th, 2015, an update for the firm’s Enterprise Linux 6 operating system that provides monitoring capabilities for customers, security enhancements, and updated systems management. The new beta release is available on the Red Hat Network to... Read more
EMC Responds To Customer Demand, Make ViPR Controller Product Free
EMC has responded to customer demand by making their software-defined ViPR product available for free through an open source license. The storage product is the first software solution belonging to EMC to become an open source project. The project is also known as Project CoprHD (pronounced Copperhead).   Project... Read more
Adobe Updates Lightroom With New Android Features And More
Adobe recently unveiled huge updates to its Creative Cloud Photography Plan – a $10 per month subscription to Lightroom, Photoshop, and other similar apps. Hogging the spotlight of the update is the sixth major release of Lightroom, now known as Lightroom CC (unless you buy the software separately). The... Read more
Microsoft Pulling Support For SQL Server 2005
Microsoft recently reminded SQL Server 2005 users that time is running out and support for the product would cease on April 12th, 2016. The announcement came via blog post from corporate vice president of Data Platform at Microsoft, T.K. Rengarajan. It’s not a surprising announcement, as SQL Server 2005 has... Read more
Chrome Will Block Oracle’s Java Plugin By Default In Version 42
A recently released Chrome update, Chrome 42, no longer supports Oracle’s Java plugin, bringing to the forefront Google’s decision to completely phase out NPAPI (Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface) by Chrome 45 in September, 2015. NPAPI first came on the scene in 1995 as part of Netscape Navigator 2.0... Read more
Avira Free Antivirus 2015 Review
Avira Free AntiVirus (2015) is a reliable program designed to keep your operating system secure and protected. With features like an antivirus scanner that provides complete protection against malware, a browser tracking blocker that prevents ad networks from monitoring your every move online, deal finder, safe browsing that blocks... Read more