Jul
11
YouTube Adds Support for 4K Video Resolution
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By Justin Kerr
It’s been less than a year since YouTube gave the thumbs up to 1080p HD, but they seem determined to never fall behind again. On Friday at the VidCon 2010 conference the streaming video site revealed support for 4K video streams, a resolution that is more than four times the size of 1080p. [...]
May
29
Rumor: Apple Prepping a $99 Google TV Competitor
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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 [...]
May
23
Google is in the Anti-Trust Spotlight
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Google’s primary creed of “Do No Evil” may give comfort to some, but according the New York Times the US Federal Government may need a bit more convincing. “They are not just on the radar screen. They are at the center of it,” said Tim Wu, a professor at Columbia University and the author of [...]
May
16
Time Warner Cable Refuses To Release Pirate IP Address – Too Expensive
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Time Warner Cable doesn’t necessarily have the greatest reputation when it comes to looking out for its customers best interests, but luckily for those who were unfortunate enough to try and pirate Uwe Boll’s Far Cry 2 it will simply cost them too much to accommodate the lawyers. An independent DC legal outfit has requested [...]
May
16
Google Street View Cars Grabbed Payload Data Off Open Wi-Fi Networks
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Maximum PC readers don’t need to be reminded why encrypting their wireless networks is important, but a recent slip up by the Google Street View team only serves to drive home the point. In a posting released on the European Public Policy Blog Google was forced to admit that in addition to collecting SSID and [...]
Apr
11
Bing Continues To Steal Market Share
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Comscore has released its March U.S. search engine market share numbers, and the results might surprise you. While the vast majority of the Internet still turns to Google for search (65.1%), Bing has posted an aggressive share gain hitting a record 11.7%. What’s even more interesting is that it turns out most of the hit [...]
Apr
11
Google Pumps Support (and Cash) Into Open Video Codec ARM Theora
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It’s no secret that Google is a fan of open standards, and in particular, open video. The HTML5 beta currently in full swing on YouTube is evidence enough of this trend, but at least up until now, all the video being delivered has been in patent encumbered H.264. Given the commitment made to the standard, [...]
Jan
31
Maximum PC Blog Postings – January 2010
Filed Under Android, E-Books, Gadget, Hardware, Intel, Linux, Microsoft, PC Games, Technology News Roundup, The Internet, Windows 7 | Leave a Comment
Articles By: Justin Kerr
January 3rd 2010
Microsoft Research Patent Makes Air Guitar a Reality
January 3rd 2010
Quake Ported to the Palm Pre
January 3rd 2010
Core i3 Laptops Leak in Advance of CES at Surprisingly Low Prices
January 4th 2010
Blu-ray Disc Capacity Set to Jump From 25GB to 33GB Per Layer
January 9th 2010
Mad Catz Sets the Bar (and the Price) [...]
Dec
31
Maximum PC Blog Postings – December 2009
Filed Under Bit Torrent, E-Books, Gadget, Google, Hardware, Maximum PC, Microsoft, Piracy, Sony, Technology News Roundup, The Internet | Leave a Comment
Articles By: Justin Kerr
December 6th 2009
US Agency Uses Weather Balloons to Gauge the Accuracy of the Internet
December 6th 2009
Verizon won the Battle, but AT&T Still Wants to Win the War
December 6th 2009
How Google Learns to Read your Mind
December 6th 2009
30 Year Scandinavian Study Shows no Link Between Cell Phones and Brain Cancer
December 13th 2009
The Google [...]
Nov
30
Maximum PC Blog Postings – November 2009
Filed Under DRM, Gadget, Legal, Maximum PC, Microsoft, Technology News Roundup, The Internet, Windows 7, Windows Phone / Zune | Leave a Comment
Articles By: Justin Kerr
November 7th 2009
Zune HD v4.3 Firmware Update Brings Several New Improvements
November 8th 2009
Windows 7 is Selling Well, But Microsoft Could Still be in Trouble
November 8th 2009
ComScore Internet Usage Survey Shows Microsoft “On Top”
November 15th 2009
Windows 7 Activation Bypassed (Yes Again) for Keyless Activation
November 15th 2009
Windows 7 OEM EULA Excludes Home Builds not [...]