Actress and singer Laura Marano was born in 1995, when I was a senior in high school -- and AOL (and the Internet, in general) was exploding in popularity. Now Marano, who's appeared in major films "The Jacket" and "Superbad" and TV shows "Without a Trace," "Dexter," "Back to You," "Sarah Silverman Program," and "Heroes" is a senior in high school and is exploding in popularity, herself, as Ally Dawson of hit Disney series "Austin & Ally."

You Can Call Me Al(ly): "Austin & Ally"'s Laura Marano is Disney's rising star.

Download.com caught up with the teenage actress about season two's cliffhanger, taping the new season, her real-life college plans, texting in class, her difficulties with existing video apps, and why she still flips over flip phones.

I've noticed on Twitter that you just started taping season three of Disney's "Austin & Ally" show. What's it like being back on set? OMG, it's like we never left. So the first day we came back, it was like the first day of school, where we're all like, "What did you do over the hiatus?" And we got back into the groove really quickly. So it was great to be back. I missed everybody a lot.

What are some of the things that fans can look forward to this season? It's a hard question to answer, because something r... [Read more]

Buoyed by the good news of market share growth in August for Internet Explorer, Microsoft is touting major improvements in the new Internet Explorer 11 for Windows 7 Release Preview on Wednesday.

The virtual machine version of the IE 11 Release Preview will be available at modern.ie later this week.

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Adobe wants photography pros and enthusiasts to sign up for a subscription that bundles Lightroom, Photoshop, and some services for $10 a month. It's only for those who bought a license to CS3 or later, and the $10 price is a limited-time offer through the end of 2013.

Adobe Systems on Tuesday announced the availability of its $10-per-month subscription for Lightroom and Photoshop and released Lightroom 5.2, which expands and refines the software's photo-editing tools.

More details on Lightroom 5.2 are below, but here's how the new subscription works. It's called the Photoshop Photography Program, and it's available only to those who have a license to Photoshop CS3 or later. Unlike the discounted promotional price for its broader Creative Cloud subscription, which costs Creative Suite customers $30 per month for the first year and then $50 afterward, the Photoshop-Lightroom subscription price doesn't increase. But customers have to sign up by the end of 2013.

The subscription also includes membership in the the Behance sharing site, a sort of social network for creative people who want to publicize their work online, online training resources... [Read more]