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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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RealCare Baby Gives Teens A Taste Of Parenting

News November 21, 2013

Nothing prepares you for parenthood quite like being forced to act like a real parent. “Dummy” babies have been around for years in classrooms for use in parenting classes, but continuing advances in technology have enabled products like the RealCare Baby to be developed. The RealCare Baby, created by... Read more

Researchers Find The Key For Self-Healing Batteries

News November 21, 2013

Researchers at Stanford University think they have come up with a solution to improve the lithium-ion battery, which could lead to improvements in the next generation of mobile phones and electric cars. Currently lithium-ion batteries contain silicon electrodes. Although silicon is a great material because it has a high... Read more

Do Not Track Kids Act Introduced in US

Internet News November 21, 2013

Is it morally right to track and analyse the internet history of children under 16 years of age? An American bill called the Do Not Track Kids Act of 2013 is planning to protect children under the age of 16. It will extend federal anti-tracking protections under the Children’s... Read more

Edward Snowden May Have Stolen 200,000 Documents

Internet News November 21, 2013

It seems the world has not seen or heard the last from Edward Snowden. Love him or hate him, Snowden is continuing to make national headlines even while he resides in Russia in a state of temporary asylum. Snowden, who was formerly contracted with the National Security Agency as... Read more

MIT Invents Remote Controlled Shape Shifting Robotic Screen

News November 21, 2013

When I first located this on the internet, my initial reaction was simply “wow, that’s deep”. Even now, I stick by that initial reaction after reading more on the subject and viewing the media surrounding the project. If you love tech and I know you do, this will blow... Read more

Firefox Phones Will Not Be Available In The US

Mobile News November 20, 2013

Firefox fan? Resident of the United States? Sorry, but it’s not looking good for you if you’ve been waiting for Firefox phones to come to the country. Although Mozilla has previously stated that Firefox phones were going to be released in the US, the most recent developments point to... Read more

New York To Washinton In One Hour With Japanese Maglev Train

News November 20, 2013

The Japanese government has been showing off its maglev train system to former US politicians in the hope that it will encourage American companies to invest in this expensive technology and take it back home to the States. The group of Americans, who were from The Northeast Maglev advisory... Read more

GESTURES App Promises Easier & Better Pictures

Mobile News Photo and Image Software Reviews November 20, 2013

For anyone who likes to take pictures with a phone, which is probably most of us, there comes a point when we realize that there are just too many buttons on the camera interface. There seems to be a button or icon for everything under the sun: flash, capture,... Read more

Robot Deer Take Aim At Illegal Hunters

News November 19, 2013

I’m always up for a good police story, and I hope you are as well. It seems with the influx of crime, police in every precinct are having to get extra creative in the ways they catch the bad guys. Apparently, the police in Florida have been having a... Read more

Rover The Robot Cow Herder

News November 19, 2013

Robots have been able to revolutionise operations in the army and have taken NASA’s space exploration to a new level but robots could be about to get a new assignment; herding cows. According to Australian researchers robots could be the future in herding cows. A four-wheeled device named Rover,... Read more

Chrome 31 Browser Released

Internet News November 19, 2013

The time has come round once again for Google to release its latest Chrome Web browser. The new Chrome Stable browser is known officially as Version 31.0.1650.48 and it is available for free to download for Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome Frame, according to a recent post by Anthony Laforge... Read more

Google’s “Deep Learning” Computers Out-Smart The Creators

News November 19, 2013

A Google software engineer has said that the company’s “deep learning” decision-making systems have been able to crack coding problems that the engineers who designed them can’t. Quoc V.Le made the revelation at the Machine Learning Conference in San Francisco on Friday, where he also outlined how Google are... Read more

Keep Watch Over Your Kids With A Tedi Bear

News November 19, 2013

I think it’s safe to say that teddy bears aren’t going anywhere any time soon. Teddy bears have long been faithful companions to children, but they haven’t really done all that much for parents. Starting in 2014, though, a new teddy bear will be hitting the shelves, and this... Read more

McAfee To Testify About Belize Murder

Internet News November 19, 2013

Software pioneer John McAfee said on Wednesday last week that he will willingly testify regarding the murder of his American neighbour in Belize in 2012, as he is seeking to defend himself from a wrongful death charge which blames him for the killing. 68 year old McAfee, was named... Read more

Microsoft Releases First Worldwide Telescope-Driven Planetarium

Internet News November 18, 2013

As kids, we all had dreams of what we wanted to be when we grow up. I’m not a hundred percent sure, but I think I’m not going out on a limb when I say that space and astronauts rank high up in that list of “what I want... Read more

FAA To Allow Electronics During Entire Flight

News November 18, 2013

Flying is stressful enough without stringent limitations on when, where, and how often you can use your personal electronic devices. Who reading this hasn’t been in the middle of a good book on your Kindle only to have to power it down because your airplane was about to take... Read more

FlyKly’s Smart Wheel Powers Your Bike & Charges Your Phone

News November 17, 2013

We all want to do more to be environmentally conscious, don’t we? Most among us would agree that we should change a few things in our lives to help the planet. What about cycling to work? Or does that make you feel uncomfortable? What with all the sweaty mess... Read more

Google Invests $80 Million On Solar Panels

Internet News November 16, 2013

Google is to invest $80 million into solar-powered plants in a bid to secure power for its data centers in the future. The plan is to build six new solar farms in the American Southwest, possibly in the desert regions of Arizona and Southern California. Google, who are working... Read more