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
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, [...]
Dec
31
Maximum PC Blog Postings – December 2009
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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 [...]
Jun
30
Maximum PC Blog Postings – June 2009
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Articles By: Justin Kerr
June 6th 2009
Google Squares the Web, but Clearly, Some Results are Being Divided by Zero
June 6th 2009
Russia Launches Antitrust Probe of Microsoft
June 7th 2009
Leaked Best Buy Memo Hints at Windows 7 Upgrade Pricing
June 14th 2009
Windows 7 OEM Upgrade Program Rumored to Start on June 26th
June 14th 2009
Mozilla Releases New Version of Jetpack [...]
Apr
19
Will Search Engines Become The Next Pirate Bay?
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By Justin Kerr
The pirate bay is taking on water at a frantic pace, and while an appeal in the trial is still likely, odds are pretty good that site may soon be brought down once and for all through a court injunction. [...]
Apr
11
Google Gives Details on its Once-Secret Server Design
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By Justin Kerr
To an internet based company, server infrastructure is the secret sauce that can really help a company pull ahead of its competitors. It determines the quality of service its customers will receive, and their cost and efficiency will have a [...]