A look at Microsoft’s revamped Settings panel At the risk of being too blunt, we’d say that Microsoft created a mess with Windows 8. The operating system, launched in October 2012, forced customers to use an entirely new UI while making the coveted desktop a secondary platform. Sure, all you had to do was click…
Company is working on a fix The last few days have been rather hectic in terms of Insider Preview releases, with those in the Windows Insider program’s so-called Fast ring getting hit by as many as three builds in a span of four days. This is probably to be expected as Microsoft races to fix…
Will be available on July 29 When Microsoft acquired Minecraft developer Mojang for $2.5 billion last year, it came as a bolt from the blue. Further, it wasn’t immediately clear what Microsoft hoped to accomplish from the deal. But the whole picture is gradually becoming clearer, and it now seems one of the key motivations…
Rocket-powered cars playing soccer? Yes please! Prepare for fast-paced competition, insane trick shots, and robust car customization. Rocket League is coming to PS4 this week, and it’s free for PS Plus members! In Rocket League, players drive onto huge arenas for a fast-paced, richly strategic game of soccer. The catch: everyone is driving a car…
Turmoil at reddit You may have noticed that some of the subreddits you frequent are inaccessible at the moment. No, the site wasn’t hacked, though it is turning on itself in protest of the firing of Victoria Taylor, a high-ranking administrator and Director of Talent who coordinated the sometimes complicated process of reddit’s Ask Me…
Turmoil at reddit You may have noticed that some of the subreddits you frequent are inaccessible at the moment. No, the site wasn’t hacked, though it is turning on itself in protest of the firing of Victoria Taylor, a high ranking administrator and Director of Talent who coordinated the sometimes complicated process of reddit’s Ask…
Pushing Silverlight over the Edge Microsoft will not support its own Silverlight web plug-in in Edge, the next generation browser that was formerly known as Project Spartan. Instead, the company is going all-in with HTML5 specifications, the company confirmed in a blog post. “Support for ActiveX has been discontinued in Microsoft Edge, and that includes…
Low noise, high performance I have to admit, even though I’m rocking a pair of very capable GeForce GTX 780 Ti graphics cards, some of the fancy GeForce GTX 980 Ti options have me thinking about upgrading. Specifically, EVGA earlier this week announced its dual-BIOS GeForce GTX 980 Ti Classified that’s built for overclocking, and…
Three builds in a week Windows Insiders who signed up to the Fast ring for Windows 10 Technical Preview builds probably thought they’d at least have time to exhale in between new releases, and for most part, that’s been true. However, after releasing two builds back-to-back earlier this week, Microsoft has now made available its…
Several months ago, Maximum PC ran a story in the January 2015 issue that was called “Maximum PC, Minimum Effort: The lazy guy’s alternative guide to being a tech guru” It was supposed to be a cheeky article about PC maintenance with the occasional satirical twist, but sadly, it didn’t work. What we ended up…