Technology Commentary By Hobbyists For Hobbyists

Steve Ballmer is known for being a bit, how should we say it, “outspoken”, but he was forced to carefully choose his words while defending the PC at the All Things Digital Conference last week. Ballmer was responding specifically to comments made by Apple CEO Steve Jobs where he insinuated that PC’s are going to [...]

For Hardcore PC users tablet fatigue is slowly setting in. It seems like almost every week we hear another rumor or two about upcoming devices, and its only going to get worse. A recent patent application shows that Sony is the latest company preparing to pile on the bandwagon, but this time you might be [...]

With the announcement of Google TV we are sure, now more than ever that the future of media lies in on demand IP TV. With just about every tech company lining up with boxes and software trying to pipe Internet content into the living room, the future promises some pretty fierce competition.
Regardless of what you [...]

In what can only be considered a major victory for the open source gaming scene the fabled Pandora handheld is finally shipping. After almost two years of sneak peeks and disappointing setbacks the first batch of units are finally being massed produced and sent out to paying customers. The end product is the polar opposite [...]

When Intel unveiled its newest wireless HD streaming technology (WiDi) at last year’s CES we were excited by the possibilities, but were a bit unsure how committed the processor giant would ultimately be to pushing the technology forward. Almost a year later we have seen the capabilities trickle out to a handful of Core i5 [...]

When TechCrunch revealed that HP was killing its Windows 7 Slate shortly after the acquisition of Palm, many came to the logical conclusion that it probably had something to do with WebOS. Officials from HP were pretty tight lipped on the matter considering Steve Ballmer showcased the HP Slate as a poster child for Windows [...]

Microsoft TechFest is an opportunity for developers and researchers to preview some pretty oddball technology advances, but one of the more down to earth applications might just revolutionize the way international business meetings are conducted. The new “Microsoft Translating Telephone” allows users to communicate in different languages, and experience voice to text translation on the [...]

Most Maximum PC readers have a hard time using netbooks. We understand they serve a certain market, but when your used to getting more CPU cycles out of your over clock than an Atom can even produce, you tend to favor a more powerful mobile experience. If you fall into this category, you’ll be relieved [...]

Nvidia’s new Fermi architecture is hot, loud, and naturally something you would want to put on your lap right? Well the guys over at Eurocom are hoping so, and are planning on offering Nvidia’s GTX 480M on upcoming desktop replacement laptops instead of the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
So far little is known about the [...]

If you trace the roots of the Asus EeeKeyboard all the way back to CES 2009, and the convoluted trail of announcements and redesigns that followed, you probably suspected this would turn out to be little more than Vaporware. We had our doubts as well, but Asus has proved us wrong by actually launching the [...]

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