Category: Software

Windows 11 is available starting today. The rollout will start with a free upgrade on eligible Windows 10 PCs and new PCs pre-installed with Windows 11.

So you can’t buy Windows 11 off the shelf yet.

Synology DiskStation Manager 7 (DSM 7) was released on 29th June 2021. Right now, the upgrading process is still manual. You have to go to Synology Download Center, input your Synology NAS model, and choose your current DSM version to upgrade from.

I upgraded both my DS920+ and DS1621+, and my current DSM version for both is DSM 6.2.4. After clicking download, it will prompt you to download a .pat file. The file size is about 340MB.

I chanced upon Amazon.sg yesterday and saw that Amazon have Amazon Echo (4th Generation) and Amazon Echo Dot (4th Generation) available internationally.

These are the international version, so that they will come with the correct adapter plug. Also, note that some Alexa Skills may not be available for all countries.

Parallels Desktop 15 for Mac was launched two weeks back on 16th August 2019 in Singapore. It brings support for macOS Catalina (10.15) and provides supports DirectX 11, 10 and 9 on Apple Metal API for improved graphics.

There are four main focus areas with Parallels Desktop 15:

Parallels Desktop 14 for Mac was launched two days ago on 21st August 2018, just in time for macOS Mojave which is coming next month.

Parallels 14 is macOS Mojave ready. It supports Dark Mode and Quick Actions on Quick Look for Windows files. Support for additional Mojave features are in development and will be released alongside Mojave.

Parallels Desktop 13 for Mac was launched yesterday.

It brings support for MacBook Pro Touch Bar, macOS High Sierra, and upcoming Windows 10 features, such as the People Bar.

Parallels Desktop 12 for Mac is now available.

It supports the new Windows 10 Anniversary Update, and is ready for the upcoming macOS Sierra update.

The Acronis True Image Cloud & True Image 2016 was launched more than three months ago and last week, Acronis released a major update to them featuring these five new features.

The updates are based on input from customers who told Acronis that the two most common data protection problems that families face today are damaged or lost devices, and running out of disk space on their devices.

2 months after the release of Microsoft Office 2016 For Mac, Microsoft Office 2016 for Windows is now available for both Office 365 subscribers and one-time purchase.

Here are the prices for Office 2016, for more details, you can check out the official Buy Office page.