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Internet Explorer is Killing Chrome in Browser Wars, But Also Losing - Huh?

Posted 05/02/2013 at 9:14am | by Paul Lilly

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Conflicting data makes it difficult to gauge the browser landscape.

Depending on which data collection service you trust the most, Microsoft's Internet Explorer is either wiping the floor with Google's Chrome browser, or getting spanked by the relative newcomer. Starting with the former, NetMarketShare has IE way out in the lead with a 55.81 percent share of the desktop browser market, virtually unchanged from last month and up a little more than a percentage point from a year ago.

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Column: Post-PC Era Won't Stifle PCs

Posted 05/01/2013 at 5:01pm | by Tom Halfhill

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"Post-PC era" objections

Supposedly, the wild popularity of smartphones, tablets, e-readers, smart TVs, and hand-held videogames has brought us the “post-PC era.” To hear some folks talk, PCs are not only in decline, but are almost as doomed as dinosaurs. For proof, they point to slipping PC sales and to troubled PC vendors like Hewlett-Packard.

Note: This column originally appeared in the February 2013 issue of the magazine.

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Windows Phone Ad Pokes Fun at Samsung and Apple Feud

Posted 04/29/2013 at 11:20am | by Paul Lilly

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Nokia's Lumia 920 is a lover, not a fighter.

It does seem at times as though Apple and Samsung almost enjoy fighting with each other, doesn't it? A new ad promoting Nokia's Lumia 920 smartphone and the Windows Phone platform it runs on comes right out and says it, and then implores viewers, "Don't fight. Switch." The 1-minute ad spot does little to promote the Lumia 920's features or Windows Phone software, but you have to hand it to Microsoft for at least trying to get into the thick of things.

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DisplayMate Shootout Compares Samsung Galaxy S4 to S III and iPhone 5

Posted 04/25/2013 at 9:46am | by Paul Lilly

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Samsung's Galaxy S4 brings a 5-inch Full HD PenTile OLED panel to a display fight.

DisplayMate Technologies president Dr. Raymond M. Soneira managed to sweet talk Samsung into giving him an early production unit of its upcoming Galaxy S4 smartphone to test and analyze for its Display Technology Shoot-Out article, the results of which are now live. In it, Dr. Soneira compares the Galaxy S4's upgraded 5-inch Full HD 1080p PenTile OLED display with that of that of its predecessor, the Galaxy S III, and Apple's iPhone 5. How did it fare?

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Survey: Teens Love iPhones, Beats by Dr. Dre Headphones

Posted 04/10/2013 at 9:30am | by Paul Lilly

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Piper Jaffray thinks it has teens figured out.

According to the results of Piper Jaffray's 25th bi-annual teen survey, Android is growing in popularity among today's teens, but the iPhone is still the most sought after smartphone. Almost half of those surveyed -- 48 percent -- already own an iPhone, up from 40 percent last fall, while nearly two-thirds -- 62 percent -- plan on purchasing an iPhone the next time they buy a handset.

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Rumor: Apple iPhone 5S to Come in Different Sizes

Posted 04/09/2013 at 11:48am | by Paul Lilly

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Different size iPhone models could attract a bigger audience.

There's no arguing that Apple's been mighty successful in telling its customers what they want. Up until the iPhone 5, that meant telling them they didn't need or want a smartphone display larger than 3.5 inches, so that's all that was offered. With the introduction of the iPhone, Apple finally conceded there's a desire for a bigger screen, and so it stretched the display to 4 inches while maintaining the same width. Now we're hearing that the next iPhone model will come in a variety of screen options.

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T-Mobile Finally Inks Deal to Sell iPhones. Launches 4G LTE Network

Posted 03/26/2013 at 12:27pm | by Paul Lilly

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Today was a big day for T-Mobile.

Never say never. Nearly six years after the original iPhone launched, T-Mobile is finally allowed to join the iOS party. Talk about showing up fashionably late, though to be fair, only AT&T was allowed to sell the iPhone up until the beginning of 2011. Since then, however, T-Mobile remained the odd man out, as Verizon Wireless and Sprint both jumped on the bandwagon long before today. Be that as it may, T-Mobile got it done, but will customers dig the unsubsidized price model?

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No BS Podcast #197: All Rants Edition

Posted 03/14/2013 at 11:52am | by The Maximum PC Staff

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All of Gordon's epic rants from 2012!

"Could ya'll possibly make an 'all rant edition' podcast this year like there have been in previous years? I liked those episodes of all the rants from the past year cut up into one." – user steven4570

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Android Tablet Shipments to Top iPad in 2013

Posted 03/12/2013 at 9:32am | by Paul Lilly

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It's only a matter of time before Android overtakes iOS in the tablet space.

The open source nature of Android is perhaps a double edged sword, depending on how you look at the situation. On one hand, fragmentation is a sometimes annoying byproduct of having so many different device makers putting their own spin on the operating system, which is why Android 2.3.x (Gingerbread) is still the most popular version of Android to date. On the other hand, it's the very reason why Android's market share is so much higher than Apple's iOS platform. The one exception is tablets, but given enough time, it's inevitable Android slates will outnumber the iPad.

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Mozilla Confirms They Won’t Develop Firefox For iOS Until Apple Allows Alternate Rendering Engines

Posted 03/10/2013 at 12:53pm | by Justin Kerr

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Mozilla is intentionally ignoring Apple’s mobile platform.

iOS users have a ton of alternate browser choices these days, but only if you don’t mind using a severely gimped and re-skinned version of Safari. Google for example has chosen to port over a version of its highly successful Chrome browser, however unlike the situation on the desktops, iOS Chrome is significantly slower than Safari. Apple currently forces competitors to make use of its much slower UIWebView rendering engine, while the built in version of Safari has access to the significantly faster Nitro engine. This policy ensures competitors are unable to match Safari in the speed department, and Mozilla claims this is the primary reason why they currently have no intention of developing for the platform.

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