Posted 09/17/08 at 01:34:16 AM by Pulkit Chandna

The incongruity between disparate media formats has denied us a truly universal media experience till now. This is simply not acceptable in this epoch of technology convergence. A consortium called the Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystems (DECE) is working on improving interoperability between different media and consumer electronic devices. The group includes HP, Intel, Microsoft, Paramount, Sony and Toshiba, besides other prominent CE heavyweights and film studios.

The group will shed more light on its plan, to have greater interoperability between devices, during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). DECE will develop an industry standard, which will allow users to enjoy digital content across various devices without having to worry about compatibility issues.

If most people find merit in the notion that digital downloads are going to replace the need for optical storage formats, they will also agree that digital content will have to offer a universal media experience like the hugely successful DVD. “We see this vision of 'buy once, play anywhere,” Mark Coblitz, senior VP of strategic planning at Comcast – a member of DECE, gave the gist of the plan.

DECE President Mitch Singer even welcomed Apple, which runs a popular digital distribution service iTunes, tied to its products, to join the consortium. Do you think that services like iTunes are doomed?

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Posted 01/11/08 at 07:41:29 PM by David Murphy

A few companies preempt CES with new storage announcements... but not Samsung or Seagate! Here's what we saw!

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Posted 01/11/08 at 07:20:12 PM by The Maximum PC Staff

CES is over, and what better way to celebrate then this, the big 50th edition of the Maximum PC Pocdast! This week, Dave, Will, Gordon, and Jeremy discuss all the awesome stuff they saw (or heard other saw) at the big trade show, Will's huge rig-building victory at CES, and what the heck happened during last week's podcast! We don't even answer any tech questions this week, it's that news-heavy of a show!

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Posted 01/11/08 at 03:05:40 PM by David Murphy

Maximum PC's fearless Editor-in-Chief crushes 29 entrants in the name of charity; bleeds all over rig.

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Posted 01/10/08 at 07:28:28 PM by David Murphy

Monitors get beautiful, monitors get see-through, and monitors get curvy at this year's CES!

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Posted 01/07/08 at 04:44:07 PM by Mark 'Marcus Soperus' Soper

Learn how to increase your Windows Mobile IQ, discover what's coming in January's Patch Tuesday, see how to crank up Windows Live Writer, and watch Bill Gates' last CES keynoter.

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Posted 01/07/08 at 03:58:32 AM by David Murphy

A big day of CES: Bill plays with a table, Alienware makes a crazy monitor, and hard drives fall into paint cans!

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Posted 01/05/08 at 02:10:09 PM by Tom Edwards

The Maximum PC editors return from a well-deserved break and brave strong winds, heavy rain, and high seas to make it to Maximum PC world headquarters to bring you the first No BS Podcast of 2008.

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