Mar
29
Put Google Chrome’s V8 Rendering Engine to the Metal & Test the Next Generation of Web Apps
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By Justin Kerr
Javascript rendering speed has been the ammunition of choice in the browser wars, but as most users know, the vast majority of Javascript based web applications aren’t particularly taxing. With most having been designed with IE7 in mind, the vast majority [...]
Mar
28
Will Google, Facebook, and Twitter Kill The Justice System?
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By Justin Kerr
It turns out Twitter can be used for more than just reading bad haikus, it can also be used to derail 8 weeks of legal proceedings, and get a case thrown in to mistrial. Last week, a Florida juror in a [...]
Mar
28
PC Gaming Alliance Releases Optimistic State of the Industry Report
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By Justin Kerr
The PC Gaming Alliance has taken some heat over the years, both from the public, and the media as to what exactly they offer. Since their inception, PC Gaming hasn’t seen any demonstrable improvements in hardware standards, DRM, or really anything [...]
Mar
21
Laptops in the Classroom – Help or Hindrance?
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By Justin Kerr
Some students pursue a post secondary education for the love of learning, some to improve their employability, and others simply because their parents are paying the bill. This isn’t to say that only students with skin in the game take college [...]
Mar
21
iPhone / iPod Touch Version 3.0’s Features Revealed – Does This Change Anything?
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By Justin Kerr
If you’re looking to start a heated debate in the Maximum PC forums, Apple vs. PC is almost guaranteed to get people’s blood boiling. But wither you’ve built every PC you’ve ever owned, or your heart bleeds only for Steve Jobs, [...]
Mar
15
French Anti-P2P Bill will Kick Users off the Net & Could Spread to the Rest of the World
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By Justin Kerr
We have been keeping our eyes on a disturbing new trend within the movie and music industry over how to deal with online copyright disputes, and the news continues to worry privacy advocates. The idea of booting people off the internet [...]
Mar
15
Adobe Patches Zero-Day Vulnerability
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By Justin Kerr
If you haven’t done so already, make sure your Adobe reader has checked for, and downloaded the latest updates. Adobe has finally released a patch for the zero day scripting vulnerability in its PDF software. The patch for version 9 hit [...]
Mar
15
Sacked Sony France Employees Hold Boss Hostage
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By Justin Kerr
Mel Brooks may have coined the phrase “it’s good to be the king”, but that probably wasn’t what the president of Sony France was thinking when he was taken hostage by the angry employees at his soon to be closed Pontonx-sur-l’Adour [...]
Mar
7
It’s no Joke – Microsoft is in the Tee Shirt Business
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By Justin Kerr
When we first broke this story, though it came from a credible source, it was a bit hard to believe. Microsoft is in the software business, so what is all this talk about softwear? Turns out it’s all true and the [...]
Mar
7
Closing Arguments Presented in the Pirate Bay Trial
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By Justin Kerr
People around the world have been monitoring the Pirate Bay trial with an acute fascination. Bit Torrent has defiantly emerged as the dominate peer-to-peer file sharing method, and its packet based infrastructure has made it very difficult for copyright holders to [...]