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• Cool Websites & Tools – Unisex Bags, Change Color Of Your Monitor, & Set Maximum CD-ROM Speed
• What Type Of Gamer Are You?
• Which Fictional Gadget Would You Sell Your Soul For? [We Ask You]
• 3 Of The Most Noob Friendly Dota 2 Heroes, And Some To Avoid
• Is Your Antivirus Tracking You? You’d Be Surprised At What It Sends
• The Best Free Video Editors For Windows
• IObit Advanced SystemCare Lets You Safely Keep Running Windows XP [Rewards]
• Host Your Own Website On Your Raspberry Pi
• Now That’s What I Call Irony: Avast Forum Down After Security Breach
• 5 Of The Most Valuable Games For The Nintendo GameCube
• How To Turn Your Raspberry Pi Into An Always-On Downloading Megalith
• 6 Gorgeous, Completely Free Icon Packs To Facelift Your Android
• Can’t Wait for Civilization Beyond Earth? Play These Space Games Now
• What Is Mac OS X FileVault & How Do I Use It?
• Photojojo Lens Kit and Mobislyder Camera Dolly Review and Giveaway

Cool Websites & Tools – Unisex Bags, Change Color Of Your Monitor, & Set Maximum CD-ROM Speed Posted: 28 May 2014 09:31 PM PDT Inapp Translator – Sometimes you want to read an email, a text or an article in a foreign language and you immediately need a translator. With Inapp Translator, you can easily translate the whole text or part of it into your preferred language without closing the active application; you can see the translated result at the same place, on your screen. Marco Polo – If you’ve ever lost or misplaced your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch somewhere nearby but can’t quite remember where, stop flipping pillows and frantically patting your pockets. The Marco Polo app will help you quickly find... Read the full article: Cool Websites & Tools – Unisex Bags, Change Color Of Your Monitor, & Set Maximum CD-ROM Speed

What Type Of Gamer Are You? Posted: 28 May 2014 07:30 PM PDT Do you know what type of gamer you are? Are you a casual “play when you’re bored” gamer? Perhaps you’re the hardcore “have to own the latest and greatest consoles” type of gamer? Some of you may be restricted to only playing games on your iPhone or iPad — that’s okay too. Well, if have two minutes to spare, and you’re keen to find out what type of gamer you are, take this interactive quiz. Share the result with us below! Read the full article: What Type Of Gamer Are You?

Which Fictional Gadget Would You Sell Your Soul For? [We Ask You] Posted: 28 May 2014 05:30 PM PDT As a geek you’re bound to have a wishlist packed full of real gadgets that exist right now. And yet fictional gadgets are always so much cooler than those sitting on store shelves. There are plenty of fictional gadgets to choose from too, with countless books, movies, and television shows having featured them over the years. The question is, which fictional gadget would you sell your soul to own? If selling your soul in return for a gadget was an option, of course. Real Or Not, I Want One We want to know, Which Fictional Gadget Would You Sell Your... Read the full article: Which Fictional Gadget Would You Sell Your Soul For? [We Ask You]

3 Of The Most Noob Friendly Dota 2 Heroes, And Some To Avoid Posted: 28 May 2014 03:00 PM PDT Dota 2 is an absolutely terrifying game for a newcomer. You have over 100 heroes to choose from, and you have a community of players who will chew you out for making the smallest mistakes. We’ve already covered some basic tips that can help you improve at the game, but taking it back to an even more basic level, how do you even know which heroes to play when you get started? Which heroes are good for beginners? That’s exactly what we are going to cover today. Bane What Does He Do: All of his spells only target a single person,... Read the full article: 3 Of The Most Noob Friendly Dota 2 Heroes, And Some To Avoid

Is Your Antivirus Tracking You? You’d Be Surprised At What It Sends Posted: 28 May 2014 02:00 PM PDT Your antivirus software is watching you. A recent study shows that popular antivirus applications like Avast assign your computer a unique identifier and send a list of all web addresses you visit to the manufacturer. If the antivirus finds a suspicious document, it will send the document to the antivirus company. Yes, your antivirus company might have a list of web pages you’ve visited along with your sensitive personal documents! AV-Comparatives’ Data Transmission Report We’re getting this information from AV-Comparative’s Data transmission in Internet security products report, released on May 8, 2014. AV-Comparatives is an antivirus testing and comparison organization. The... Read the full article: Is Your Antivirus Tracking You? You’d Be Surprised At What It Sends

The Best Free Video Editors For Windows Posted: 28 May 2014 01:00 PM PDT Video has become an incredibly common part of everyday life. People take videos on smartphones, upload them via YouTube, and share them on Facebook. You’d think, then, that free video editors would be common, but it turns out the selection is limited for anyone not blessed with Mac OS X (and, as a result, access to iMovie). Here are the five top choices for Windows users. Windows Movie Maker Introduced originally in 2000, Windows Movie Maker’s peak popularity came with its release as Windows Live Movie Maker in the Windows Live Essentials software suite. Movie Maker’s development has been slow as of... Read the full article: The Best Free Video Editors For Windows

IObit Advanced SystemCare Lets You Safely Keep Running Windows XP [Rewards] Posted: 28 May 2014 12:00 PM PDT Just like the lead-up to the year 2000, many people in technology industries acted like Microsoft’s end date for supporting Windows XP marked some kind of computer armageddon. The reality is that it just meant there would be no updates to the operating system, including any security vulnerabilities. To fill this gap, IObit has stepped up with a new version of Advanced SystemCare that reinforces the security of your Windows XP system so that you can keep running it without worry. Version 7.3 of IObit Advanced SystemCare has been tailored to solidify the security of the Microsoft XP operating system,... Read the full article: IObit Advanced SystemCare Lets You Safely Keep Running Windows XP [Rewards]

Host Your Own Website On Your Raspberry Pi Posted: 28 May 2014 11:00 AM PDT Need to run a website but can’t afford the hosting costs? One way around this is with the Raspberry Pi, which is more than capable of running basic web server software. Best of all, setting it up is simple. Why Use A Raspberry Pi? We’ve previously looked at the many amazing uses for the Raspberry Pi – but who knew it could run as a web server? Whether you’re looking for an Internet-facing site (perhaps as a basic home page), a small-scale corporate intranet, or a test machine you run a WordPress development system on (or even the new Ghost... Read the full article: Host Your Own Website On Your Raspberry Pi

Now That’s What I Call Irony: Avast Forum Down After Security Breach Posted: 28 May 2014 10:30 AM PDT Over the weekend, Avast’s community-support forum was breached by hackers, causing the company to temporarily shut down the forum while they migrate the information over to a new and more secure software platform. Users are urged to change their passwords for any other websites where they have the same login information (username and password) as they did on the Avast forum. When the forum returns, all users will be prompted to change their passwords. AVAST forum offline due to attack. For more information, please see our blog post. http://t.co/4uKkZ43zMF — avast! Antivirus (@avast_antivirus) May 26, 2014 Avast assures users than... Read the full article: Now That’s What I Call Irony: Avast Forum Down After Security Breach

5 Of The Most Valuable Games For The Nintendo GameCube Posted: 28 May 2014 10:00 AM PDT Nintendo, a company that is struggling a bit as of late with the poor sales of its Wii U console, is often reminded of the GameCube recently, because it was not a sales darling. While the original Wii was a huge success, the GameCube, even though not a failure, was not exactly the most successful console ever released by the inventors of Mario, Zelda, and so many other beloved franchises. That being said, the GameCube had a solid library with plenty of games that are both fun to play and sought after by collectors today. While the rarest of GameCube... Read the full article: 5 Of The Most Valuable Games For The Nintendo GameCube

How To Turn Your Raspberry Pi Into An Always-On Downloading Megalith Posted: 28 May 2014 09:00 AM PDT Do your part for the global “Linux distribution network” by building a dedicated, secure, torrent-downloading megalith that barely uses 10W of power. It is possible, and it will, of course, be based on a Raspberry Pi. Downloading and seeding (you do seed, right? Good people seed to at least a 2.0 ratio) is an arduous task for any regular computer, and means you’re sucking down far more electricity than you ought to be by having to leave it on overnight. What if you could offload that task to a low-powered Raspberry Pi, small enough to stuff under a floorboard and... Read the full article: How To Turn Your Raspberry Pi Into An Always-On Downloading Megalith

6 Gorgeous, Completely Free Icon Packs To Facelift Your Android Posted: 28 May 2014 08:00 AM PDT Transforming the look of your Android device doesn’t have to cost you anything. We previously took a thorough look at 5 stunning icon packs, but Google Play is brimming with icons. Below you will find six packs, all of which are very highly rated on Google Play, with hundreds or thousands of ratings. While you shouldn’t always trust ratings, these visually striking packs speak for themselves — plus, because they are free, you have nothing to lose by installing them. Belle UI First, let’s talk breadth: Belle, the highest-rated pack in this collection, includes over 1,200 custom icons. In other... Read the full article: 6 Gorgeous, Completely Free Icon Packs To Facelift Your Android

Can’t Wait for Civilization Beyond Earth? Play These Space Games Now Posted: 28 May 2014 07:00 AM PDT This year at PAX East, Developer Firaxis Games announced that the next title in their addictive Civilization series will explore mankind’s future instead of its past. This fall, Sid Meier’s Civilization Beyond Earth (CBE) will let you guide humanity’s first interstellar colony to glory or ruin on an alien world. Are you excited for exploration beyond Earth, and you’ve already tried these great free space games? It’s time to try these high quality titles that let you wander among the stars. Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri (PC, Mac) $5.99 This isn’t Firaxis’ first time mixing turn-based strategy with space faring adventures.... Read the full article: Can’t Wait for Civilization Beyond Earth? Play These Space Games Now

What Is Mac OS X FileVault & How Do I Use It? Posted: 28 May 2014 06:00 AM PDT You might feel safe when you have set a password on your Mac OS X account, but the truth is it’s more of a formality; a deterrent for people with temporary access to your computer. It will suffice when you leave your computer on at home, or grab a drink in the library, but someone with the prerequisite knowledge and a bit of time could still access your data. In truth, a password only keeps someone from logging into and accessing the operating system, but your hard disk is not similarly encrypted. With an Ubuntu boot disk, or by putting... Read the full article: What Is Mac OS X FileVault & How Do I Use It?

Photojojo Lens Kit and Mobislyder Camera Dolly Review and Giveaway Posted: 28 May 2014 05:30 AM PDT Phone lenses are interesting, and so are dolly sliders. So we went ahead and spent $100 on this Photojojo Lens Kit featuring five different smartphone lenses, and an additional $95 on the Mobislyder portable camera dolly. At the end of this review, we’ll be giving both the lens kit and Mobislyder dolly away to one lucky reader. There Are Far Cheaper Options The first thing you should know about the smartphone lens kit is that there are much, much cheaper ways to get some glass for your smartphone. These are to be found mainly on sites like DX and Aliexpress.... Read the full article: Photojojo Lens Kit and Mobislyder Camera Dolly Review and Giveaway

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