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It looks like Apple has been attempting to hire away watchmakers from Swiss luxury watch brands as part of their much-rumored iWatch, though they are reportedly having some trouble with recruiting. While European watchmakers have been repeatedly contacted by Apple, Google, and others recently, companies like Swatch have little interest in working with them, and employees seem disenclined join tech firms. For instance, Apple has attempted to hire a number of employees from Swiss watchmaker Hublot, but has met with little success, according to Financial Times: “Apple has contacted some of my employees – I saw the emails personally,” Mr Biver told a Swiss publication, …

The DropSuit Rugged Case by Body Glove for the iPhone 5c, available now in the iMore store, aims to provide moderate protection without adding a lot of bulk. It also features shock absorption and a design that lets you maintain a sturdy grip on your iPhone. But does it really protect? Let's find out! After putting the DropSuit Rugged Case on my iPhone 5c, one of the first things I noticed was that it didn't come all the way up around the edges like I expected. Body Glove states that it still has enough of a lip to allow you to place the phone face down on a flat surface and not sustain and scratches. While I feel there's a tiny edge, I wouldn't be comfortable enough pl…

Today Only: Purchase the Incipio Lexington Hard Shell Folio Case for iPad mini and save 46% The Incipio Lexington Hard Shell Folio Case protects your iPad mini with a vegan leather exterior combined with a rigid plextonium frame that can unfolded to offer multiple viewing angles for easy and comfortable typing. List Price: $34.99 Today Only: $18.95 Find more great deals on iPad mini accessories including cases, chargers and headsets at the iMore Store! Continue reading...

Every day dozens and dozens of new and updated apps and games hit the iOS and Mac App Stores. It's impossible to keep up with them all, but it's not impossible to pick out the very best. Here they are! Today we have updates to a calendar app, a news reader, a text editor, and more. New and updated iOS apps Fantastical 2: The alternative calendar for iPhone has made a number of fixes. $4.99 - Download Now Flipboard: The popular news reader now has language support for Turkish, along with some improvements and bug fixes. Free - Download Now Byword: This text editor updates to version 2.1.5 with fixes for a couple of issues regarding list creation and text insertion…

Philips announced a batch of new Wi-Fi connected lighting products today, including this handsome number made through 3D printing. There are both hanging and table 3D luminaries with Philips' signature color LED bulb inside, which, like usual, you can control and program with your iPad or iPhone. The Entity pendant lamp designed by WertelOberfell is going for a whopping 2,999€ (a little over $4100 USD) and the Tempest table lamp designed by Strand + Hvass costs 2,499€ ($3400 USD) with pre-orders starting March 31. On the more affordable side of things, Philips also announced a new bulb called the lux, which is a white-only version of their current bulb, and the hue…

I have an OEM Windows XP Home Edition. I downloaded both the ISO and the network version of Windows SP3 from the Microsoft update website. I tried the ISO version first and it failed to logon to Windows with an error that said the product key was invalid for this media type. I restored back to SP2 in safe mode. I unmounted and deleted the ISO. I tried the networking version for IT pros and got the same error after the restart. How can I fix this so that I can successfully run SP3? I just restored back to SP2 again. Continue reading...

I have connected my PC to my TV for streaming netflix. I have windows XP. I am connected through a VGA/audio cable. When I change the input on the TV to the proper setting I see "NO SIGNAL". Is there a setting on my PC I have to change to make this work? Continue reading...

Excel 2003, XP I can't delete or change the name of a file. I get this measage "can not delete, access is denied make sure the disk is not full or write-protected". The file also says "read-only" at the top. I have tried what the help said to do ( tools menu, protection, unprotect) but it doesn't help. The help said to chose unprotect but my only says protect). I didn't protect the files. Continue reading...

Windows XP Pro - I receive an error message when I try to access shared folders on one of my networked computers. The message says, "\\Username is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of the server to find out if you have access permission. Access is denied." All computers are using Windows XP Pro, Service Pack 3. The option to share is selected on the computer that contains the shared folders that I cannot access. I ran the Network Setup Wizard. Continue reading...

I'm using windows xp and I'm facing some issues and I wanna check my memory for issues But can't find any program which can do this for me. Is there any such program or I've to download a 3rd party software? If yes than which will be best for xp? Continue reading...

I have disabled all warning and enabled all bypass warning in trust center and tried allowing trusted location addresses still get "some files may contain viruses.everytime excel is opened. is there any way to get rid of this purposeless message Continue reading...

I heart radio was playing continuously and then about a month ago started only playing for 30 second and then stops. I have uninstalled and reinstalled several times and it does not fix the issue. I have not installed any new programs to make it change. Continue reading...

I wonder if you can help. I have a Lenovo H520 desktop with a Realtek RTL8188E Wireless LAN 802.11n PCI-E NIC wireless adapter. The H520 came with Windows 8. In January of this year I upgraded to Windows 8.1. After the upgrade the adapter could no longer find any networks. Lenovo support recommended "refreshing" the computer which reverted it back to Windows 8. This solved the connectivity issue, but consequently I had to reinstall all programs/apps I had loaded since purchase. A real pain. Since then I have not dared try to upgrade to Windows 8.1 without being certain I had a Windows 8.1-compatible driver for this adapter. Lenovo's website indicates that my …

I have a Toshiba laptop with Windows 7 installed. I purchased the partial upgrade to 8 thing, but it destroyed everything so I reinstalled the 7 and in the process lost the cd drive (won't open). This forum couldn't solve the problem, so I bought a new Lenovo laptop with 8 installed and upgraded to 8.1 when it became available. I hate it, have hated it from day 1, and can't stand it any more. The latest issue has me looking at linux. Since the Toshiba is not usable, can I use its license to downgrade the Lenovo from 8.1 to 7? (I realize I would be retiring the Toshiba) If so, how would I proceed? Continue reading...

How do you print the contacts from your contacts file? I can find no info as to how this is done. Please advice. Continue reading...

Hi, Windows is giving me a notice that I need to restart my computer to repair external hard drive errors; I have twice and notice remains; what shall I do? Nick Continue reading...

I had some errors with the last amd control center so i assumed to download a newer version , i cant find anything on amd as the amd mobility auto detect tool doesnt work for toshiba and the other amd catalyst control center are not compatible with my card.I tried toshiba middle east and uk after i entered my notebook's details and had amd display driver download link but kept interrupting ,been a week or tho trying to solve the catalyst problem....I have a toshiba satellite L855-B511. Supplier Part number :PSKFWV-00C004AR.I got it from middle east well i can find it hwen i type my serial number but stillt he download getting interrupted and my friend from france tried i…

I tried to open an administrator account but it requires a password and i don't have one and have no access to it and I own and am the only one using this computer. The publisher's certificate: is inteneded for windows hardrive verification and the verified publisher is Microsoft Windows. It is issued to Microsoft Windows and Issued by Microsoft Windows My question is, Why does Microsoft have control over my administrator account or am i just a total imbecile when i comes technology? I want control over my administrator account. Please Help Me Somebody!!! Continue reading...

starting yesterday, i have attempted to launch programs such as norton internet security, steam, and the windows control panel, but when these are clicked on, it simply says the progrom "has stopped working". this has become a big problem as this includes windows media player. after looking at numerous forums and help sites, and trying many things, i have not been able to fix the problem yet. please help. Continue reading...

Can I connect an IDE HD to a win7 pewter using an IDE to USB adapter then FDISK that hard drive through win7? Continue reading...

I just reinstalled all my devices and drivers for windows 7 about 5 or 6 days ago.The last 5 mornings, when i turn on my laptop, (windows 7), it starts 'configuring windows updates' which takes over 2 hours. Then, i get a message saying updates failed so, it reverses the updates which takes about another hour. Does anyone know what I can do about this endless problem. So...frustrated. Continue reading...

So I recently installed some new Realtek Drivers (The Latest Ones) as I have just put Win.7 on a SSD, What I find now is that my system cannot find any audio devices even when they are plugged in, and on device manager It says "Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may be corrupted or missing. (Code 39)", But when I run "install new driver" it tells me that i already have the latest version installed, what do i do? Continue reading...

I have microsoft security essentials runing do i need defender? Split from: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_vista-security/error-0x800106a-windows-defender-will-not-turn-on/fab0e017-7cf5-4a89-a529-ec16a2a13d65#LastReply Continue reading...

My machine has been resetting with a message from microsoft that it has just recovered from a major problem. this time an additional message came up Remove possible malware from your PC Your PC experienced a problem that was caused by . This product might be malware. I ran msert (with difficulty because I had to download it on another computer {kept getting interrupted} and transfer to a jump drive etc.) Msert came back with no problems found. I run Microsoft Security Essentials on my computer and quick scan daily {shows protected}. I also run malware anti-malware on a daily free trial. Both have been all clear today as well. I have RUbotted and on the …

MSE has found and quarantined a bunch of threats in files from a website that I downloaded. I would like to be able to send the list of infected files to another person via email. Can I get that list from MSE? Continue reading...