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Review: Lightroom CC/Lightroom 6

Introduction and features Adobe has just announced Lightroom CC and Lightroom 6, the latest versions of its professional photo cataloguing and editing software. They’re actually the same program, but Lightroom CC is the version that’s integrated into Adobe’s subscription-based Photography Plan, part of its Creative Cloud service, while Lightroom 6 is the ‘perpetual licence’ version which you pay for and use in the old-fashioned way. The advantage of Lightroom CC

Windows 10 is going to kill off Media Center, Microsoft confirms

It’s been a long time coming, but it’s a sad moment nevertheless: a Microsoft executive has confirmed that Media Center won’t be available at all in Windows 10, finally killing off the software for good. ZDNet has the scoop from inside this week’s Build conference, but the writing was very definitely on the wall – the software suite was last given a major upgrade in 2009. A direct port was

IN DEPTH: What Windows 10's future could look like with more Android

It goes without saying that Microsoft has revolutionized It goes without saying that Microsoft has revolutionized the world of computing, even though its former business partner, Apple, is the more talked about player these days. Thanks to documentaries and movies, like Pirates of Silicon Valley, it’s common knowledge that both Bill Gates and Steve Jobs were similarly inspired by what Xerox was working on at PARC, the photocopying company’s research

Leaked specs offer a first glimpse of the next Lumia flagships

Middle-of-the-road Lumias are all well and good but we know that Microsoft is holding off on releasing its next flagship handsets until Windows 10 is out in the wild – and that could be any time from summer onwards. When the brand new OS does make it to phones, the first two cutting edge devices in line could be the ‘Cityman’ and the ‘Talkman’, according to some insider rumours reported