Posted 06/23/08 at 07:32:04 PM by Thomas MacDonald

Have you heard the one about the 3,500 research studies that show a positive relationship between media violence and violent behavior? It’s an old cudgel often used to bludgeon the gaming industry in the debate about violent games.

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Posted 06/06/08 at 04:13:32 PM by The Maximum PC Staff

In the PDF archive of the June 2008 issue, you can find:

• Upgrading your OEM Machine
• The MaximumPC Guide to Home Automation
• The Vista Defrag Challenge
• How To: Create a Personal Internet Radio Station
• Awesome Product Reviews, including the Alienware Area-51 m15x
• Ask the Doctor
• Rig of the Month
• The Watchdog
• And a whole lot more!

Click the big giant cover image to the right to download the PDF archive today!

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Posted 06/05/08 at 06:32:29 PM by David Murphy

Fragmentation forces the drive head to jump all over the place to find the bits and pieces of files whenever you access them. Defragmentation, then, is the means by which these files are realigned into contiguous chunks. Windows Vista does this automatically, only the slow speed at which it defrags makes us wonder: Is the time spent worth the supposed performance payoff? And do third-party defragmenters, free or otherwise, do a better job? Should you spend money on third-party defrag tools? Our extensive experiments put commercial utilities (and Vista's built-in solution) to the test!

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Posted 06/03/08 at 01:59:22 PM by Will Smith

We've finished our print redesign, and we're introducing new columnists. It's a banner month!

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Posted 05/29/08 at 12:35:29 PM by Michael Brown

You've converted everything else in your life to digital, now it's time to literally bring technology home.

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Posted 05/28/08 at 06:40:09 PM by Tom Edwards

The power of Satan compels you to check out Sheldon's Rig of the Month

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Posted 05/28/08 at 01:26:15 PM by The Maximum PC Staff

This month, the Doctor tackles mysterious unrecognized devices, HDCP's colossal headaches, and trying to back up content from your DVR.

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Posted 05/27/08 at 06:03:43 PM by Will Smith

Your IT department won’t let you copy MP3s onto your work PC, and your iPod won’t hold your massive music collection, but you need to listen to tunes while you toil away at the day’s labor. What’s an audiophile to do? The answer is simple: Stream the collection you have stored on your rig at home to your PC at work.

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