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Holiday Video Disasters: Common Issues and How to Solve Them

Best Software Aug 28, 2024

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…

August 24 Tech news roundup: Windows will remove Control Panel soon, Chrome gets a critical security update, Access Apple Podcasts on any browser

News Aug 24, 2024

Windows 11 Control Panel will be removed soon Microsoft has confirmed it will remove Control Panel from Windows 11. This has been coming for a long time, since 2015 to be precise. A recent update to a document on Microsoft’s website reveals that the legacy app is being deprecated, in…

July 6 Tech news roundup: Netflix is discontinuing its Basic Ad-free plan, Authy suffers another security breach, Google Translate supports 110 new languages

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Microsoft’s Weather app is displaying more ads Microsoft has made a server-side update to its Weather app. The desktop app, which is pre-installed in Windows 11, now displays multiple advertisements. This is not the first time that the Redmond company has made such a change, it did something similar last…

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Fake Your Mood With AgencyGlass

News April 23, 2014

We can fake a lot of things, as that old saying “fake it till you make it” didn’t just come out of nowhere – but it’s really hard to fake things with our eyes. Unfortunately, our eyes are often tell-tale signs of exactly how we’re feeling inside – if... Read more

VMWare Player Update

News April 23, 2014

This free desktop virtualization software application makes it easy to operate any virtual machine that has been created by VMware Workstation, VMware Fusion, VMware Server or VMware ESX. The software also supports Microsoft Virtual Server virtual machines or Microsoft Virtual PC virtual machines. With VMware Player 6.0.2 you can... Read more

Hogwarts is Accepting Online Students – Enroll Now!

News April 23, 2014

I have some very good news for all of you Harry Potter fans out there…and let’s face it – who isn’t a Harry Potter fan? If you thought your adventure with Hogwarts was all over when you finished reading Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows for the seventh time or when... Read more

Ineda Raises $17 Million For Wearable Device Chip R&D

News April 23, 2014

Some of the low power chips which are used in many wearable tech products are designed and made by Ineda Systems, a US and Indian start-up firm. The company develops low-power SoC’s (system on a chip) for wearable technology markets. The company has managed to raise US$17 million in... Read more

Nike Fires Fuelband Team But New Colours On The Way

News April 22, 2014

Recent reports towards the end of last week said that Nike were allegedly going to be shutting down its FuelBand department following a spate of layoffs on Friday. If this were true however, it would marked a significant exit in the wearable fitness device market by one of the most prominent... Read more

NASA’s Kepler Program Discovers Earth-Like Planet

News April 22, 2014

For a long time now, the guys over at NASA have been searching for a planet that closely resembles Earth. But there never seems to be a perfect match (surprisingly). Recently however NASA has found what they consider to be a close match to our Earth. According to a... Read more

Microsoft Opening 11 New Specialty Stores Across The US

News April 22, 2014

Online stores have made it so much easier for us to throw our money at companies like Microsoft (to name only one, of course), but there is still something about going to a brick-and-mortar shop to browse, touch, and actually play with devices. Whether or not we actually buy... Read more

Mom Creates UpSee Harness To Help Her Son Walk

News April 22, 2014

Most parents would do anything to help their children succeed, whether it comes in the form of sacrificing financially so they can get a good education, or just being present with them in the small moments as well as the big ones. No parent likes to be told their... Read more

World’s First Heterogeneous System Architecture Server Chip

News April 22, 2014

AMD is due to give the first public demonstration of their second-generation Opteron X-Series server processor, code-named “Berlin”, at the Red Hat Summit, San Francisco, US on Wednesday. The demo will consist of X2100 Series Opteron that will run a Linux environment, which is based on the Fedora Project. Berlin is... Read more

Project Loon Testing LTE In Nevada

News April 21, 2014

Google’s Project Loon has expanded its testing in the Nevada desert. It is, allegedly for the very first time, delving into the licensed radio spectrum. Google themselves have declined to comment on the secret trials, but a local official has confirmed they are related to Project Loon, and recent... Read more

Microsoft’s Clippy Makes A Sneaky Comeback

Mobile News April 21, 2014

Who doesn’t remember Microsoft’s “assistant” back in the day? Clippy, the paper clip that never got affected by the downs of life, the bouncing thingy on your screen that always gave you a smile when no one else would. Obviously, with the advancements in software over the years, Clippy... Read more

Evernote Update Now Available To Download

News April 21, 2014

Evernote allows you to easily capture information in any environment on whatever device or platform that you find the most convenient to use. By using Evernote you can access and search your information at any time and from anywhere you choose. So, stop forgetting things. Capture everything now so... Read more

Drones To Provide Wi-Fi For Military

Internet News April 21, 2014

Now that it seems all things “drone” are here to stay, people are coming up with all kinds of practical uses for drones. As Techbeat recently reported, Amazon is already working on the 6th generation of their delivery drones, drones can be bought online and assembled at home, and... Read more

Wireshark 1.11.3 (32-bit) Beta Released

News April 21, 2014

Wireshark is the foremost network protocol analyzer that is available. The software is standard across industry and educational institutions alike. There are many features to the software such as the deep inspection of hundreds of protocols, with more constantly being added. You can use live capture and offline analysis.... Read more

BBC iPlayer Update Supports More Android Devices

Mobile News April 20, 2014

Almost all of BBC iPlayer users that use an Android device are now able to download BBC content to watch offline. The British Broadcasting Corporation issued an update for their immensely popular app this week. Following an initial rollout on 11 devices in September of 2013 and then a careful... Read more

World’s Biggest Jenga Game Played With Caterpillar Excavators

News April 20, 2014

If you had access to giant earth moving equipment, what would you do with it? Maybe help out friends landscaping their new garden? You could try to assist a local charity in making a kids playground? What about being a little bit selfish and just have some fun with... Read more

Time To Give Those Germ-Ridden Devices A Clean

Mobile News April 20, 2014

Did you know that according to one study, some smartphones and tablets harbour more germs than a toilet seat and flush handle? Disgusting I know but the research indicated that this germ fest is due to our busy lifestyles that often leave us snacking on sticky and greasy food... Read more

Grad Student Brings Prehistoric Plants To ‘Life’

News April 19, 2014

Jeff Benca, a grad student in the Department of Integrative Biology and Museum of Palaeontology at Berkeley in California, also a prehistoric plant enthusiast, published a paper describing a ‘new’ found prehistoric species of lycopod. The difference in his paper to many others is his detailed colour reconstruction of... Read more