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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….

Data Recovery in The Cloud: Kroll Ontrack RDR
Data recovery engineers at Kroll Ontrack now do not require physical access to a damaged drive to commence a data recovery operation.  Kroll Ontrack has recently released a new version of their Ontrack Remote Data Recovery (RDR) software.  The new software comes with an added security bonus for customers.... Read more
Sense: The Ultimate Sleep Aid
Let’s face it – most of us don’t sleep as well as we’d like to. We wake up with the alarm feeling groggy and not altogether with it, hardly ready to face whatever the day may bring. We’ve tried different sleeping techniques, but none of them seemed to work... Read more
Scientists Create Temporary Tattoo That Makes Electricity
A team of researchers at the University of California San Diego have developed a temporary tattoo-like sensor, which keeps tabs on the wearer’s exercise and then converts sweat into electricity. The removable device works by monitoring lactate: a substance that is present in perspiration.  Lactate increases with a more strenuous... Read more
Will Remastered Games Become More Popular On Consoles?‏
Remastered games are starting to crop a lot more, ever since the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One became commercially available. This can range from the original Resident Evil (1996) to The Last of Us (2013), all coming with graphics improvements, better performance and reworks to individual characters. Even with... Read more
The Latest Version Of mIRC is Now Available To Download
mIRC is a feature rich Internet Relay Chat client for Windows, which can be used to communicate, share, play or work with others on IRC networks globally.  The client can be used either in multi-user group conferences or in one-to-one private discussions. The user interface is clean and practical... Read more
WEMU: Epilepsy Detector & Monitor
There has been a great deal of news in the field of wearable technology of late, especially in medical circles.  The latest initiative is a collaborative effort by a medical device company, Bioserenity (from France), an epilepsy organization, Epilepsy Action from the UK and another French organization called Efappe.... Read more
Sharks Keep On Eating Google’s Underwater Cables
All companies have problems. Some of those problems are pretty common across the board, such as meeting the budget, hiring/firing the right people, meeting customer needs, meeting quotas, etc. And then there’s some companies who have problems none of us have really even dreamed of, such as Google. It... Read more
Vuze 5.4.0.0 is Now Available To Download
Vuze is a free BitTorrent client that is used to transfer files via the BitTorrent protocol. Vuze is written in Java, and uses the Azureus Engine.  Vuze offers multiple torrent downloads, queuing/priority systems (on both torrents and files), start/stop seeding options and instant access to information about your torrents.... Read more
Restaurant in China is Staffed By Robots
One of my favorite things to do is to go out and eat at a restaurant. And while I like the occasional fast food experience, I really prefer a sit-down kind of meal. It really doesn’t matter where I go, though, the experience is just about the same. I... Read more
Ex-Google Engineer Turns iPad Into A Teacher With Osmo
Is your child addicted to his iPad?  Rather then taking it away, use it to your benefit!  Pramod Sharma, an ex-Google engineer, has used the iPad’s addictive quality to an educational advantage.  Osmo uses the cameras and display of the iPad and turns any table into a learning lab... Read more
The Latest Version Of Picasa is Now Available to Download
Picasa is an application, which helps you to instantly find, edit and share all of the pictures on your PC. Picasa is configured to automatically locate all your pictures and then sorts them into visual albums that are organized by date with folder names you will recognize.   To... Read more
Man Allegedly Used Siri To Help Him Commit Murder
I’ll be the first person to admit that I’ve tried to use Siri to do some stupid things. I’ve asker her to tell me jokes, if she’s single, what her favorite music is, what the answer to certain math problems are – heck, I even asked her to marry... Read more
New 3D Tool Fills In Missing Parts Of Images
A lot of exciting projects are coming out of Carnegie Mellon University lately.  Dr. Yaser Sheikh, a computer scientist and his team, has recently created a digital editing tool that helps users manipulate objects in a photograph so that they can expose areas not in the original image.  For... Read more
You Can Play Battlefield 4 For Free This Week
If you’ve not had the chance to try your trigger finger at Battlefield 4 yet, you can play the entire game for free this week. This promotion is coming to gamers thanks to Origin. All you have to do is sign up by 8/14, and you’ll have a week’s... Read more
Heart Attacks Predicted By Algorithm
Heart Attacks are a growing concern for many people.  They can affect almost anyone with little warning.  However, there may be an algorithm that can predict heart attacks up to four hours before doctors can. Cardiac or respiratory arrest are often predicted using a scorecard called the Modified Early... Read more
Microsoft Ending Support Of Old Internet Explorer Versions
Never a company afraid to rock the boat, Microsoft has announced that they are planning to stop their support of older versions of Internet Explorer. Beginning on January 12, 2016, only the latest version of Internet Explorer (IE) will receive security updates and any kind of tech support. It... Read more
Apple Bringing Siri To Mac OS X‏
Apple’s virtual assistant technology could be coming to Mac OS machines in the near future, according to a recent patent, named ‘Intelligent Digital Assistant in a Desktop Environment’. The new patent could add Siri on the next desktop update, OS X Yosemite. The update has been long awaited, after... Read more
Lost Android Phones Can Now Call Their Owners
Parents teach their children to memorize their phone number(s) from an early age so that they can call them if they’re ever lost or have an emergency, and that’s definitely a wise thing to do. Now, smartphones can do the same thing – if they’re running the newest version... Read more