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CrossOver to support DirectX 11

Crossover Linux

No word about Windows 10’s DirectX12, however CodeWeavers, the company behind commercial Windows compatibility wrapper CrossOver, has announced that support for the current generation DirectX 11 application programming interface (API) is due in the near future. Allowing Linux users to run software, typically games, designed...

Opera Max – Data Management app for Android launched in India

Opera Max

Opera Software’s Opera Max – Data Management application is now available for Android users in India and Bangladesh. Opera Max is a data management & data saving app that saves mobile data usage by up to 50 %. Save data by compressing videos, photos, media...

Google sorry for tagging photos of black people ‘gorillas’

Black People Gorillas

Google has apologised and said it was “appalled” after its new Photos service (https:// photos.google.com) mistakenly tagged black people as gorillas. The embarrassing glitch was caused by the tagging feature in Google Photos. This uses artificial-intelligence software to automatically group types of photos, such as...

Not everybody will be able to download Windows 10 on 29 July

Windows 10 unable to download

Microsoft has admitted that not everybody will be able to download Windows 10 on 29 July, the day it’s due to be released, disappointing millions of users who were hoping to install it immediately. It had been thought that everyone who wanted to download the...

Adobe announces major Photoshop and Lightroom CC upgrade

Adobe creative cloud upgrade

Adobe’s Creative Cloud customers are now able to download the major 2015 update to the brand’s apps, including the Lightroom and Photoshop image-editing software. Once the download is complete, users can access a host of new features as well as enjoying an increase in general...

Windows 10 Sneak Peek

The wait is almost over. Windows 10, the latest version of Microsoft’s flagship operating system, will be available on July 29, 2015. On that date, all current Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users will be able to upgrade to Windows 10 for free; this grace...

What’s New in Adobe Lightroom 6 ?

Photoshop Lightroom 6

After nearly two years of waiting, Lightroom 6 has arrived! Here are our top ten new features… BETTER PERFORMANCE Much has been improved under the hood, with better performance and GPU acceleration giving the Lightroom experience a silkily responsive feel all round (as long as...

Apple Pay – Apple’s Mobile Payment Service

Apple Pay

Days of fumbling through your wallet and credit cards in the checkout line may be coming to an end. With the introduction of Apple Pay — a mobile payment service baked into iOS 8.1 on the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus Apple aims to...

Microsoft going Android

microsoft going android

Followers of smartphone news will know that there are three main companies that make operating systems for mobiles: Google, Apple and Microsoft. It has always been a three-horse race – but it could have just become a two-horse one, thanks to Microsoft’s decision to release...