Apr
30
Maximum PC Blog Postings – April 2009
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Articles By: Justin Kerr
April 5th 2009
Android Tethering App Pulled – What’s Next?
April 5th 2009
Linux to Blame – Microsoft & TomTom Settle Patent Dispute
April 11th 2009
Proposed Bill Gives Obama the Power to Shut Down the Internet
April 11th 2009
Old Fashioned Pen & Paper Gaming / Modern Day Piracy Woes
April 11th 2009
Google Gives Details on its Once-Secret Server [...]
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
19
Obama Picks the New CTO
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By Justin Kerr
We have spent a lot of time speculating about who would be the US’s first CTO. Heck, even Intel’s CTO has chimed in on the issue. But when all the smoke cleared, Obama had chosen Aneesh Chopra, currently Virginia’s secretary [...]
Apr
19
Microsoft Targets Apple, the Response? “A PC is no Bargain!”
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By Justin Kerr
We’ve all seen the laptop hunters in action over the past several weeks and though you may not have noticed it at first, these ads represent a significant shift in tactics. The new marketing campaign by Microsoft takes a much [...]
Apr
17
How-To: Boost Your Web Browsing Performance Like an IT Pro Using DNS
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By Justin Kerr
You are reading Maximum PC because you love to build, and tweak your rig. We will gladly spend hours trying to nudge a few extra clock cycles out of our CPU’s, but why do so many of us refuse to [...]
Apr
11
Microsoft Cutbacks Axes the Campus Bar
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By Justin Kerr
As if the 5,000 laid off at Microsoft weren’t enough of a warning signal that times are tough, the Redmond based software giant is also being forced to close down its on campus bar just a few days before its [...]
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 [...]
Apr
11
Proposed Bill Gives Obama the Power to Shut Down the Internet
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By Justin Kerr
New legislation proposed on April 1st will give a whole new meaning to geeks who like to joke that the President has his finger on the button. If the proposed legislation comes to pass, the president will have the ability [...]
Apr
5
Linux to Blame – Microsoft & TomTom Settle Patent Dispute
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By Justin Kerr
Last week Microsoft and TomTom finally reached a settlement in their ongoing patent dispute. As part of the deal, TomTom will pay Microsoft for patent protection that covers it’s mapping, and file management systems, which as it turns out, are [...]
Apr
5
Android Tethering App Pulled – What’s Next?
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By Justin Kerr
In a flooded smart phone market, Google’s open source approach was a refreshing change, especially given the state of martial law many iPhone user’s live under. But with the removal of the tethering application from the mobile store, many users [...]