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Logitech Leans on Phone Apps to Smarten Up Latest Harmony Remotes

Posted 04/16/2013 at 1:02pm | by Paul Lilly

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The new Harmony remotes are compatible with more than 225,000 home entertainment devices.

Logitech today expanded its universal remote control lineup by introducing the Logitech Harmony Ultimate and Logitech Harmony Smart Control, both of which feature the peripheral maker's Harmony Hub, a puck shaped device that turns RF signals from the remote into IR and Bluetooth commands for your home theater devices. In doing so, users needn't worry about having a clear of line of site to their components and can even hide their AV gear behind cabinet doors.

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Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5 Beta Impressions

Posted 04/16/2013 at 12:28pm | by Gavin Farrington

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Adobe Photoshop Lr5 Beta Now Available

Today Adobe officially lifts the veil on the next version of Lightroom 5. While still very much a beta product, this is our first chance to take a peek at the new features that await.

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Samsung Galaxy S4 Now Available to Pre-Order, Will You Be Getting One?

Posted 04/16/2013 at 11:48am | by Paul Lilly

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At least two wireless carriers have begun offering the Samsung Galaxy S4 in the U.S.

Anticipation has been running high for Samsung's Galaxy S4 smartphone, the successor to the wildly popular S3 that's played an instrumental role in capturing mobile market share that might have otherwise gone to Apple. If you've been waiting for your chance to jump, today's the day you can make the leap, provided you're interested in signing up with AT&T or U.S. Cellular for wireless service.

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Asus Unveils Factory Calibrated PA249Q ProArt Monitor

Posted 04/16/2013 at 10:54am | by Paul Lilly

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There's no need to fuss with the PA249Q's calibration controls, Asus claims.

Most monitors can benefit from a burn-in period and custom calibration, some needing more than others. This is especially true if you require pinpoint color accuracy for photography chores or other professional work, so it's always nice when a company can deliver a panel that's ready to go right out of the box. Such is the claim Asus makes with its new PA249Q ProArt Series display, a professional 24-inch monitor that comes pre-calibrated from the factory "for uncompromised color precision."

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NZXT Puts Cooling and Cable Management on the "Grid"

Posted 04/16/2013 at 9:57am | by Paul Lilly

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NZXT's Grid is an affordable 10-port fan hub with a twist.

Anyone can be a master at cable management, it just takes a little patience, planning, and careful execution. That doesn't mean it's easy. Some of today's cases come with more fan mounts than you have fingers to count, and if you take advantage of all that air cooling potential, cable management can quickly get out of hand. That's where NZXT's new Grid 10-port fan hub comes into play.

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HP to Embed Leap Motion's 3D Gesture Control Into Select PCs

Posted 04/16/2013 at 9:28am | by Paul Lilly

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Let the inevitable comparisons to Minority Report begin.

How many technologies have you heard being compared to Minority Report style computing? More than you can count on one hand, most likely, and we have yet another candidate in Leap Motion with its 3D motion control technology. Hewlett-Packard (HP) will attempt to bring Leap Motion's technology to the mainstream by embedding it into select products as part of a new collaboration between these two companies.

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Windows 8 Hardware Reviews

Posted 04/15/2013 at 3:15pm | by Maximum PC Staff

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Microsoft’s re-imagined OS is only half the equation

As has been reported exhaustively by now, Windows 8 can be a very unsettling experience for longtime Windows users. It’s like going to visit your parents and finding dad decked out in drag. The person you’ve known for so long is still there, but a new, unexpected element to his persona has you flummoxed and fumbling for how to behave.

Note: This feature originally appeared in the January 2013 issue of the magazine.

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AVADirect Pimps Workstation PC with Dual Xeon E5 CPUs and 512GB RAM

Posted 04/15/2013 at 11:11am | by Paul Lilly

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The latest workstation from AVADirect is packing some serious horsepower.

AVADirect, a boutique system builder based in Ohio, sent word to us today that it's now offering a new workstation build configurable with up to two Xeon E5 eight-core processors and a whopping 512GB of RAM installed into 16 DIMM slots. At the heart of this monster system is the Asus Z9PE-D16/2L motherboard with optional SAS interfaces (using Asus PIKE RAID cards) and fan speed control.

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Nvidia's May Launch GeForce 700 Series GPUs at Computex 2013

Posted 04/15/2013 at 10:52am | by Paul Lilly

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New graphics cards from Nvidia could be set for a summer debut.

Summer is just around the corner, and with it is the Computex computer expo in Taipei, Taiwan. Are you wondering what the event will introduce to the computing world? So are we, and word on the web is that Nvidia is planning to launch its next generation desktop GeForce 700 Series graphics cards at Computex. In addition to pushing the performance envelope, the GeForce 700 Series is said to be in response to AMD's aggressive game bundles.

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Asus Starts Shipping 13.3-inch Dual-Display Taichi

Posted 04/15/2013 at 9:22am | by Paul Lilly

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The Asus Taichi 31 sports two 13.3-inch screens.

After an initial delay pushed the release of the Asus Taichi 31 Ultrabook back several months in the U.S., we were beginning to wonder if the 13.3-inch SKU would ever see the light of the day. We can all stop twiddling our thumbs as Asus said it has finally begun shipping the dual-display Ultrabook stateside. That's great news if you've been jonesing for a Windows 8 Ultrabook with two 13.3-inch panels.

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