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Free Antivirus Fusion, Avast buys AVG for 1,300 million.

Two companies that were founded and were predestinated to get fused, were Avast and AVG. Almost 30 years after its foundation, the fate has been met: Avast has thrown an offer to buy AVG for 1300 millions of dollars. The operation will be completed when the authorities of the competence give their approval.

It comes of an important fusion because we are talking about two of the biggest companies of free antivirus software. AVG Antivirus Free Edition and Avast! Free Antivirus 2016, always are shown in the ranking of best free antivirus. In fact, between the two companies, there are more than 400 millions of users, being divided between 250 millions of users of PC/MAC and 160 millions of users of free antivirus for smartphones.

In the press release that announces the acquisition, the Counselor and Delegate of Avast Vicent Steckler, counts with a funny anecdote: While the presentation of the products of Avast amongst a great audience was made, a gentleman got close to him and congrats him for the presentation and confessed that he was interested into ‘know more things about the AVG’s products’.

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Microsoft redefines the multi-GPU applications.

Everyone knows that one of the biggest projects that Microsoft is working is the new API DX12, which is the new possibility of blending graphics cards regardless which company has built their graphic core, something that will leave obsolete in an immediate matter the actual SLI and CrossFire of Nvidia and AMD. Now Microsoft has …

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How to hack an Android Phone – is this really possible?

Hello!, if you’re coming in, it’s because you want to understand how to hack android phones. That’s precisely what I am going to be teaching to you in this 100% free tutorial, here we will see how the hackers actually hack a PC remotely, and thus we shall be well warned against them.

Hackers pursue the following objectives:

  • To erase the SD Card or to format the device.
  • To take pictures with the frontal and back camera.
  • To receive the exact location of the device through Google Maps.
  • To perform audio recordings.
  • To spy the messages and the call history.

Please take into account that the purpose of this tutorial is mainly informative. There are many people suffering robberies who need to access their mobile phones again just to erase all sensitive or important/private information. So, if your objective in learning this stuff is doing evil by hacking everyone’s mobile phones with this tutorial’s techniques, we can accept no responsibility whatsoever and will not be liable for any damage you may cause through the application of our teachings. We do not recommend, as well, any remote method that works by means of Bluetooth, since this technique has been proved not working. Our technique works by means of Wifi or normal internet connection.

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Best Wireless Router for Gaming 2016

Nearly a week ago, we share with you all a especial guide, in which we gave you a few recommendations to help you to choose the perfect router, and to complete that article we have wanted to do a second part in which we are going to give some advice that will help to enjoy the possibilities that offer a gaming router.

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We explain the new nomenclature of AMD graphics

You may have already realized that with the new generation of graphic cards, AMD has change their nomenclature once again, generating doubts and controversy among the users and even the experts as always. Therefore, the manufacturer has come to the rescue to explain the details of this new nomenclature that will be used from now on.

The new nomenclature that AMD is using in this generation of graphic cards is, as always, indicative if it’s known how to interpret. Coming up next we are going to explain it in the simplest way possible to leave no room for any doubts. In the explanation, we are going to take off from the next slide.

AMD graphics

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Recover files from flash drives with MiniTool Power Data Recovery

To recover information deleted by mistake, from formatted units or recovering complete File systems is not always easy and the results may be so varied. What we do know is that this usually is an expensive, with expensive programs, with some exceptions.

Power Data Recovery

To recover files from usb drives is not a simple task and do not get confused, it is not always possible and most likely we will not be able to recover all of the information. There are apps that will allow us to recover a great part of the files, especially if those files have not been “footed” by another information. To act soon is important.

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How to set an IP power outlet so it reestablish our failed internet connection

One of the benefits that the IP outlet offers us is to be able to control our local or remote connectivity through highly known icmp queries such as ping. This way, if the internet connection is lost, it can switch off and on our equipments automatically.

Recently I have seen – likely you too – a little device that has a relatively affordable price which detects if our internet enabled devices are not able to connect to the internet and then automatically resets our modem. It is ResetPlug, costs 60 Dollars and has been widely publicized as an innovative product even though in reality it is way too far from being the first device that provides this kind of services.

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AOC Agon AG271QG, the new top-end AOC monitor

The monitor manufacturer AOC has announced the one that from now on, will be its new top-end monitor within their Gaming Agon family, Agon AG271QG of 27-inches, featuring NVIDIA G-Sync technology and a whopping 165 Hz frequency, among many other things.

AOC Agon AG271QG

AOC has managed to achieve with Agon AG271QG an “almost” perfect monitor for Gaming. On one hand, it incorporates an IPS-Like (AHVA) panel that has everything good in this type of panels (deeper colors, high saturation, higher color gamut, better viewing angles, etc.) but without their common main disadvantage which is known to be a response time of only 4 ms GtG (and could not be otherwise since it’s considered a gaming monitor, of course).

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UHDTV and QuadHD: Beyond the High-Definition.

A story that is likely to be repeated all around the world and it’s something that has us like protagonists, just as mere spectators of the vagaries of technology. Surely, we have bought our cutting-edge FullHd TV just some weeks ago, thinking that this technology will last for a long time with us. Unfortunately, this is a wrong fact because in this precise moment are settling the bases of its replacement. One of this wonders is the UHDTV, which thanks to its resolution that can deploy in front our eyes, is going to make our cutting-edge TV become absolutely obsolete in a short period of time.

The competence to show beyond of what our eyes can see, it’s being developed in the design tables with a few but quite expensive things to show on the stores’ shelves. However, the way which technology goes in fast pacing, there is no need to be waiting plenty of time necessary for that situation to goes in reverse, and newly we will find ourselves in the mission to get the TV which works to enjoy the new experience.

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The first personalized Nvidia GTX 1070 are already here.

Last Friday, June 10 the first Nvidia Geforce GTX 1070 graphic cards in their Founders Edition version went out to the market and today, only three days later, a lot of manufacturers have started to present their personalized models within which we find from models that only substitute the dissipator of the Nvidia to models with really high overlocks.

In spite that for the Nvidia Geforce GTX 1080 there’s barely any models of graphic cards that apply personalized cooling solutions (not to mention, with a different printed circuit to Nvidia reference), manufacturers seem to have become more aware this time with the new GTX 1070 and they are already presenting the first personalized models of this graphic card that will very likely be open to purchase a the end of the present June. So let’s see some of the offers that we got to know.

COLORFUL

This manufacturer presents two versions of the Geforce GTX 1070, the Colorful iGameGTX1070 X-TOP-8G and the Colorful iGameGTX1070 U-TOP-8G, besides the already known Founders Edition. Truth is that they haven’t given any more details regarding any of them.

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