Jun
29
PhysX – Coming To A GPU Near You!
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By Justin Kerr
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Nvidia is preparing to roll out full support for hardware accelerated physics on its high end graphics cards including the 9800 & 200 series. New beta drivers which enable this functionality can now be found using the advanced driver search tool. Version [...]
Jun
28
By Justin Kerr
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Bill Veghte, Microsoft’s Senior Vice President has laid out the official roadmap going forward for the Windows Product Line. In his address to the public he makes it pretty clear that Vista isn’t going away and neither is XP. Additionally he reveals [...]
Jun
28
By Justin Kerr
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Blizzard has officially announced its long anticipated sequel in the Diablo franchise to great fanfare at the Worldwide Invitational Event in Paris. This finally puts to rest the flurry of rumors that Diablo would be the next Blizzard property to enter the [...]
Jun
22
Larrabee Won’t Launch At Siggraph
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By Justin Kerr
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Intel was quick to debunk the rumor on Friday that it would be launching its new Larrabee platform of GPU’s at Siggraph. This comes as little surprise to most of us since Intel CEO Paul Otellini announced in January of this [...]
Jun
21
By Justin Kerr
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Followers of the ongoing soap opera between Intel and Nvidia know no love has been lost between the two tech titans over the years. When AMD and ATI merged back in July of 2006 the internet was abuzz with rumors that [...]
Jun
21
By Justin Kerr
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On Thursday Asus announced its newest entry into the highly competitive and lucrative gaming PC market. The Ares CG6155 sports a uniquely armored appearance and a pretty impressive load out of high end components. While this tribute to the God of [...]
Jun
20
Tech Supersite is now working with Maximum PC Magazine, Click here for a free issue on me!
You may have noticed new posting to be somewhat sparse, this is due to a new project I have working on with www.maximumpc.com
Effective June 25th 2008 Justin Kerr will be writing for the new web page on weekends. Look [...]
Jun
5
Is Windows XP Really Worth Saving?
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By Justin Kerr
As Windows XP slowly marches towards the end of mainstream availability users around the world are signing petitions and begging Microsoft to spare the whip. But close to a year and a half after the launch of Vista, is Windows XP still worth saving?
As readers of Maximum PC we carry a heavy burden. [...]
Jun
4
Net Neutrality Comes At A Cost, Comcast Claims About $1.50 Per GB.
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By Justin Kerr
The proponents of net neutrality have argued for years that ISP’s should be forbidden from filtering Internet traffic. The result of all this chest thumping is in, bandwidth caps will slowly become the norm. This may be a natural evolution as the Internet has grown faster then expected into an indispensable resource that [...]
Jun
2
By Justin Kerr
Sins Of A Solar Empire publisher Stardock has released an article on why it doesn’t use or support DRM (Digital Rights Management) to protect it’s software.
Before you read my take on this you should read the release, it is available online here, or
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Is Copy Protection Necessary?
As a consumer of software [...]