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Windows 7 users have come across an issue related to DirectX and Graphics Device Interface (GDI), in which black lines are displayed in the windows of some of their applications.
Microsoft confirmed the problem, and is already providing customers with a hotfix designed to resolve this particular glitch.
The softw... |
8 November 2011
06:21 GMT |
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Windows 8’s new Metro platform offers developers the possibility to build not only apps, but also new, immersive NUI (natural user interface) gaming experiences.
And Microsoft is working to make sure that devs have the necessary resources to start creating Metro games tailored to the next version of Windows. ... |
25 October 2011
07:04 GMT |
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Windows 8 will not bring to the table an evolution of the underlying graphics platform of the same magnitude as the move from DirectX 10 to DirectX 11, as in fact, the OS still features DirectX 11.
But this doesn’t mean that there aren’t improvements to speak of, because this is not the case.
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14 October 2011
20:01 GMT |
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A new report has emerged about the upcoming series of Atom CPUs from Intel, one that sheds some light on just why the recent rumors about them being delayed came to be.There have been several leaks over the past months concerning the next generation of Intel Atom chips known as Cedar Trail-M.Some of them even placed... |
20 August 2011
04:25 GMT |
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While Microsoft has been hard at work building the next major iteration of Windows, some of the resources provided for Windows 7 and earlier Windows client have been ignored. Case in point: the DirectX software development kit. The evolution of the DirectX SDK has been frozen for well over a year now. Furthermore, ... |
29 July 2011
13:01 GMT |
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Two DirectX downloads have been published by Microsoft on April 18th, 2011 to the Download Center. The software giant is now offering updated versions of DirectX End-User Runtimes and the DirectX End-User Runtime Web Installer. According to the Redmond company, the DirectX End-User Runtimes are still the June 2010 r... |
19 April 2011
12:44 GMT |
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The past year has practically been packed full of talk regarding the DirectX 11 graphics technology and what it let game developers do, but it is now said that most makers of such entertainment venues would like DirectX as a whole to go away.Even without an actual CEO, AMD has been saying a lot of things lately, som... |
21 March 2011
09:43 GMT |
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Processor and graphics card manufacturer AMD has recently stood up against Microsoft's DirectX software, saying that it is preventing PC game developers from exploiting all of a computer's resources, which is at least ten times more powerful than a PlayStation 3 or an Xbox 360 console.
In case you didn&#... |
21 March 2011
04:45 GMT |
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Firefox may be the most popular browser around, as long as we leave out Internet Explorer, which probably isn't that fair, but, for some time, it has seemed to be lagging behind Google Chrome when it comes to new features and development momentum. Maybe Chrome's break-neck release cycle makes it look like i... |
3 April 2010
10:01 GMT |
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Hardware-accelerated 3D graphics are coming to the web sooner than you might think thanks to a joint project dubbed WebGL. It was initiated by Mozilla and the Khronos Group, which oversees OpenGL, and is supported by most major web-browser manufacturers, with the expected exception of Microsoft. WebGL uses the OpenGL... |
19 March 2010
05:44 GMT |
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Microsoft has made available for download new resources associated with the underlining graphics technology in its Windows operating system, including the latest version of the operating system. Windows 7 brought to the table DirectX 11, a technology which was also backported to Windows Vista SP2 via the Platform Up... |
8 February 2010
09:02 GMT |
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Although word of DirectX 11 has been around for over a year, with Microsoft sharing actual details with developers and partners, Windows 7’s graphics technology will only from now come into play. With the latest iteration of the Windows client available for purchase for a little over a month, customers worldwi... |
27 November 2009
13:01 GMT |
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Concomitantly with the major overhaul of the portal for its developer community, Microsoft has also revamped the corner reserved for the underlining graphical technology in Windows. In this regard, the Redmond company has announced that a redesigned version of the DirectX Developer Center is now live. Hosted on the M... |
20 October 2009
04:42 GMT |
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The latest updates to DirectX resources from Microsoft have been tailored to the most recent iteration of the Windows client. In this regard, the Redmond company revealed that both DirectX End-User Runtimes (August 2009) and the DirectX End-User Runtime Web Installer come with support for Windows 7. Earlier this mont... |
18 September 2009
16:41 GMT |
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It is nothing short of ironic that game password stealing malware is being associated with an exploit designed to target a vulnerability in DirectX. But Microsoft officially confirmed that malicious code designed to harvest account credentials for online games had been detected bundled with exploits targeting the Dir... |
26 June 2009
10:43 GMT |
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Windows 7 RC, as well as its precursor, Windows Vista, and the R2 and RTM/SP1 releases of Windows Server 2008 are immune to a zero-day vulnerability affecting DirectX on older versions of Windows. The security hole makes Windows 2000 Service Pack 4, Windows XP (including SP2 and SP3), and Windows Server 2003 vulnerab... |
29 May 2009
07:19 GMT |
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The Games for Windows Branding tool is one of the evolved aspects of the DirectX software development kit launched on November 5, 2008 for a variety of Windows releases, including Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows XP Service Pack 3. The November 2008 DirectX SDK delivers the Runtime, along with the additional ... |
6 November 2008
11:57 GMT |
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New DirectX downloads are available for a range of Windows operating systems, including Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows XP Service Pack 3. The August 2008 DirectX Software Development Kit and DirectX End-User Runtime Web Installer went live on the Microsoft Download Center this past week. In addition to the ... |
11 August 2008
04:03 GMT |
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As some of you already know by now, Microsoft will introduce DirectX 11 as its next-generation graphics API. This means that the DirectX 10.1 API will probably end up as a footnote in Microsoft's history and AMD's HD 3xxx and HD 4xxx will be the only series of cards to support it.As we informed you yesterda... |
10 July 2008
09:41 GMT |
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Despite being relatively fresh on the market, Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (available since March 18) and Windows XP Service Pack 3 (dropped on May 6) have not enjoyed a smooth ride. Case in point: the June 2008 release of Microsoft Security Bulletins, containing three critical patches for vulnerabilities affecting b... |
11 June 2008
09:25 GMT |
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At the start of this week, Microsoft opened up a tad on Windows 7, without actually saying all that much. Julie Larson-Green, Corporate Vice President, Windows Experience Program Management, demonstrated the multi-touch features of the next iteration of the Windows client. Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer confir... |
29 May 2008
06:43 GMT |
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Intel's multi-core graphics chip, also known as Larrabee will be capable of running games. The chip is one of the boldest graphics projects in the world and will reportedly offer full compatibility with Microsoft's DirectX technology, as well as with the OpenGL API.As previously reported, the Larrabee graph... |
28 March 2008
11:55 GMT |
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The future of gaming goes beyond DirectX 10 and DirectX 11, or even additional examples of the implementation of Microsoft's graphics technology bundled with the Windows operating system. Still, judging strictly from the perspective of the immense community of gamers, the associated market share, and the focus o... |
29 February 2008
07:21 GMT |
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In October, Microsoft has updated its DirectX offerings for Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP. The new downloads involve both the DirectX Software Development Kit and the DirectX End-User Runtimes (November 2007). But while the DirectX End-User Runtimes are quite mundane, the same is no longer the cas... |
29 October 2007
11:28 GMT |
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Microsoft has made available fresh DirectX downloads for Windows Vista and Windows XP. The Redmond company offered since earlier this week the DirectX End-User Runtimes (August 2007) delivering the updated package of the DirectX end-user redistributable addressed at developers for direct implementation into their own... |
11 September 2007
12:38 GMT |
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In the middle of an increasing controversy related to the exclusive association of DirectX 10 and Microsoft's latest operating system, Windows Vista, along with limiting platform choices in the gaming environment, the Redmond company announced fresh new and updated downloads for its line of DirectX offerings. As... |
27 June 2007
11:41 GMT |
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Microsoft has updated its various offering associated with DirectX and made available no less than four downloads. The most relevant for Windows users is without a doubt the DirectX End-User Runtime Web Installer, designed as an update for 9.0c and all previous versions of DirectX. "Microsoft DirectX is a group of te... |
6 June 2007
07:05 GMT |
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There is one word that comes across every player's mind when it comes to games, the DirectX word. We all know about the DirectX update installations which prompt almost once with any serious game set-up. Once with the release of Microsoft Windows Vista a new DirectX release came into our world: the DirectX 10. ... |
26 April 2007
10:00 GMT |
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Refreshed DirectX End-User Runtimes have been made available for download from Microsoft as of yesterday April 3, 2007. The download is designed to deliver the DirectX 9.0c end-user redistributable to developers. Microsoft offers DirectX End-User Runtimes in order to be included in third-party products. The Redmond C... |
4 April 2007
06:17 GMT |
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