Posted 11/19/2009 at 07:17:15pm
I'd say that the strict definition of a PC is still a general-purpose processing device containing upgradable subcomponents. On the other hand, an iPhone is a PC of a sort. But then so are the old, ...
Posted 10/19/2009 at 01:00:36pm
I could see paying up to $10/month IF I were a heavy user of the multiplayer facet of the service. For example, a Halo clan team member who's playing 2-3 hours per night is probably getting his/her mo ...
Posted 07/13/2009 at 02:36:00pm
This goes hand-in-hand with the related article: http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/survey_majority_businesses_wont_upgrade_windows_7_until_2011IT departments at mid-to-large sized companies need t ...
Posted 02/09/2009 at 03:03:16pm
Looks like a solid feature set and a nice update from the original. If it were $100 cheaper and displayed PDFs, I'd be sorely tempted. ...
Posted 01/30/2009 at 02:40:11am
I avoided buying a Zune for years because of the missing international font support. After using a friend's Zune with the latest firmware though, I was sold. Even more surprising was how functional t ...
Posted 01/05/2009 at 08:33:06pm
I've never bought a digital-only version of an album, but thanks to Amazon, the prices are coming down to right about where they should be ($5-10). I'll make the switch just as soon as they sell CD ...
Seeing as I've been married for over ten years... on New Survey Claims Women Prefer the Internet over Sex
Posted 12/16/2008 at 12:47:06am
A two week wait would be a vast improvement over the current frequency. =( ...
I don't know if cellular on Ominous Study: Kids Using Cell Phones Five Times More Likely to Get Cancer
Posted 09/23/2008 at 10:57:54pm
I don't know if cellular phones cause cancer, but I know that my head gets warm and begins to throb near the spot where I hold the phone if I speak on it for more than a couple minutes at a time. So.. ...
Posted 09/22/2008 at 02:02:56pm
Time to invest in lead-lined boxers... ...
Posted 09/16/2008 at 08:13:15pm
...because most of their customers haven't used all three installs within the first week of the game's release, EA feels justified in their disastrous policy? Let's wait and see what the statistics lo ...
Does MaxPC view the entire world through an FF lens? on Everything Firefox Users Need to Know About Internet Explorer 8
Posted 09/03/2008 at 02:27:39pm
It seems peculiar to me to provide an overview of a browser strictly by way of comparison with a single competing browser. Will the next version of Safari be compared to Opera? I say either create a f ...
Posted 09/01/2008 at 12:43:05am
Because I find the original Sidewinder to be quite comfortable for even extended gaming sessions. And I can't even palm a basketball. Do I sense hand envy on the editorial staff? ...
Posted 08/22/2008 at 12:30:06am
When playing Fallout 2 for the first time, I decided to kill every last person in Las Vegas. I washed away all their sins...with their own blood.Generally speaking though, I play Mr. Nice Guy Hero in ...
Posted 08/18/2008 at 03:59:40pm
I don't begrudge Toshiba a price premium for additional video processing, but why doesn't this player include DVD-A support? I'd prefer a full-featured Toshiba player over OPPO, but Toshiba doesn' ...
Yep, pretty much sucks. on US Median Broadband Speed 30 Times Slower than Japan's While Market Softens
Posted 08/15/2008 at 01:20:16am
I have the very best service I can get at my residence, which unfortunately is 1.5Mbps/down, 256Kbs/up (via Clearwire). I'd been using DSL @ half those speeds until this past June.Verizon has been pro ...
Posted 08/13/2008 at 03:33:18pm
I would have missed VIA as an alternative to NVidia back when I was building Athlon-based computers. But these days? Not so much. ...
Posted 08/07/2008 at 03:52:00pm
When has this not been the case? The remarkable thing now is that despite using the same off-the-shelf parts, Apple customers are still willing to pay the premium. Works out great for Apple. ...
Update, update, update. on Symantec: IE 6 More Susceptible to MS Access ActiveX Exploit than Other Versions
Posted 08/06/2008 at 03:42:58pm
I understand that there are probably quite a few server machines out there with IE 6.0 installed as the primary web browser, but then those machines aren't typically used for web-browsing. Everyone el ...
A little of this, a little of that... on Most Malware Served Up by Legit Websites That Have Been Compromised
Posted 08/06/2008 at 03:35:46pm
First, a confession: I haven't been able to bring myself to log in with a normal user account. Vista's UAC, while annoying, has helped in this regard.What I do to keep safe(r):Keep my firewall softwar ...
Posted 08/01/2008 at 12:23:44pm
Now that patent ideas can be borrowed, I can go ahead with marketing my 'jPhone' idea. It has a sleek, multi-touch interface that I'm sure Apple won't mind my emulating. They can spare the cash anyway ...
Posted 07/31/2008 at 04:47:09pm
I waited for as long as I could stand it, but gave up on Creative last autumn. I figured that nine months after Vista's street date was long enough to produce working drivers. I went with HT Omega's ...
Multi-threaded? Does it use the GPU? on Adobe Lightroom 2 Adds 64-Bit Support, Better Interface, and More
Posted 07/30/2008 at 04:02:45pm
It was my understanding that the next version of PhotoShop CS was going to leverage GPUs. Does Lightroom 2.0? 64-bit support is a good start. Is it also multi-threading? ...
I watch nearly zero live television on Shadows Lengthening Over Broadcast TV: Analyst (Spoiler: Piracy is to Blame)
Posted 07/08/2008 at 12:01:16pm
In an average month, I might watch 2-3 hours of live television. My daily average is 30 minutes of DVR'd content and an hour of Netflix rentals. Everything else I watch on YouTube or from our DVD col ...
Posted 01/31/2008 at 06:16:11pm
A friend's elder brother Hazardized his Charger back in 1984. Complete with 'Dixie' horn. Seeing my friend slide into the passenger's seat through the closed door's window pane was well just the coole ...
Posted 11/30/2007 at 05:53:55pm
I use the wired ergo 4000 keyboard at home, and love it. I've tried out the mouse as well, but it's no substitute for a Sidewinder. That said, two of my friends use the the ergo mice and love them, ev ...
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