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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

News Jul 6, 2024

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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Saturn Moon Has Underground Ocean

News April 8, 2014

Researchers say they have identified an underground body of water that is as large as North America’s Lake Superior, on a small moon of Saturn, called Enceladus. The water is hidden beneath nearly 25 miles of ice! The ocean was found at the south pole of the tiny moon. ... Read more

Take The Official Geek Test – What Kind Of Geek Are You?

News April 8, 2014

Now that being a geek is officially cool, we are surrounded by wannabe geeks with their thick-rimmed glasses, cheesy T-shirts and the odd smart watch but in reality…do they even know their Star Trek from their Star Wars. So time to man (or woman) up and take the official... Read more

This Space Shuttle Was Built By A Chinese Man On His Roof

News April 7, 2014

All houses are unique in their own way. With nearly an unlimited amount of decorations and styles, you’re not really likely to ever enter into the “same” house twice. And with all those options out there, home-owners really have a license to do whatever they want to make their... Read more

2014 Top 5 Tech April Fools’ Day Pranks

News April 7, 2014

We all love a good joke and so do most of the tech giants it seems, if any of their April Fool’s Day pranks are anything to go by. Here’s my top five for 2014. 5. Whether you admit it or not, we’ve all done a selfie, some of... Read more

Human To Dolphin Translator

News April 7, 2014

A few years ago I was on holiday visiting Cuba. Whilst I was there, I had a chance to swim with Dolphins. I have to say that it was one of the most enjoyable experiences of my life. As you may know, Dolphins are some of the most intelligent... Read more

Windows 8.1 Update Coming Tomorrow

News April 7, 2014

Windows 8 users are probably looking forward to getting some much needed improvements to their operating system. The adoption rate of Microsoft’s latest operating system leaves no doubt as to how unsatisfied people are with it – Windows 7 still dominates the operating system market share. Even Windows XP... Read more

Robotic Fire-Fighters Tested By US Navy

News April 7, 2014

Robots are the future! Industry and everyday life relies on the work of robots of varying degrees. Now there are robotic fire fighters who could help put out fires and protect firemen and women from fires they would otherwise, be unable to enter. As one can imagine, a variety... Read more

PullClean Door Handles Automatically Sanitize Your Hands

News April 7, 2014

Germs are everywhere. Hospitals know this, of course, which is why you see a hand sanitizing station practically every two feet when you roam through the halls. There’s usually one outside of every patient room, several bottles at nurse’s stations, and even more bottles on worker’s desks throughout the... Read more

SITU: Smart Scale Counts Calories & Weight

News April 7, 2014

TUAW writer Michael Grothaus is the latest in a long line of critic come creator. He has developed a calorie-counting scale that has assisted him in losing 67 pounds over the last year. Smart technology indeed! The device is called SITU and it is a smart scale, which calculates the nutritional... Read more

XBMC Beta 3 Fixes Airplay Issues

News April 6, 2014

XBMC, the award winning media centre application for Linux, Mac OS X, Windows and Xbox, has reached Beta 3 and although it contains only fixes rather than features, the fixes are still worth a mention. It is well known that Airplay support in XBMC suffered many issues ever since... Read more

New 20 Version Of Opera Has Critical Bug Fixes

Internet News April 6, 2014

Opera has rolled out yet another 20 version of its popular browser. It comes with what the company describes as “some new critical bug fixes”, one of which resolves an auto update problem on Mac, where the auto update process prompts for user credentials and then exits immediately if... Read more

Google Chrome Best For Gaming

Gaming News April 6, 2014

Are you a gamer? What web browser do you use? Well, if you haven’t tried it already, you should give Google Chrome a trial run on your PC and see if you like it. Google Chrome is one of the best desktop browsers currently available on the planet. Millions... Read more

Traffic Cameras In Miami Don’t Work

News April 6, 2014

I am not really a fan of traffic cameras. Don’t get me wrong, I understand their purpose and think they can definitely help out sometimes, but I also think they’re more trouble than they’re worth. For one thing, they make me slightly paranoid, especially if I go through a... Read more

Ion Wireless Smart Lighting

News April 6, 2014

Smart lighting is becoming more popular in the market at the moment, with many different firms showing off their products left, right and centre. One such company is Lava, who has produced a different kind of smart light called Ion. (It is currently in a production-ready prototype). The firm... Read more

Spotify Gets A Major New Design

Internet News April 6, 2014

Spotify has launched its biggest overhaul since it was first released back in 2008. Whether you use the service on the web, desktop or iOS, straight away you will notice that its new look is flat and dark, with a colour scheme that is black, black and more black.... Read more

Fingerprint Analysis Pilot Study Reveals More Data Than Ever

News April 5, 2014

Fingerprint analysis has been used to identify suspects since the late nineteenth century by Police departments around the world. With today’s modern technology, the Police and forensic scientists still can’t reconstruct a smudged print though. Also the Fingerprint patterns are also of little or no use when the suspect is... Read more

Novena: The Open Source Laptop

News April 5, 2014

You may have been one of the hoards of people who snapped up the Rapsberry Pi when it first came out. I know my husband was. And for just $35, it really did create a stir at the time, providing a low-cost platform that could be customised in countless... Read more

Cortana Not Coming To Asia Till 2015

News April 5, 2014

I hate to be Debbie Downer here, but while it seems that Cortana might just have what it takes to put Siri in the backstage, users who live in Asia will have to wait till next year to enjoy Microsoft’s new personal digital assistant. While the latest Windows Phone... Read more