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Master PDFs with these free tools The PDF (portable document format) file format was developed back in the early 1990s by Adobe. These now-ubiquitous files are used for all types of documents, from tax forms and bank statements to newsletters and product manuals. Rather than sending paperwork via snail mail, a PDF makes it easy…
New color, more durable switches If you’re looking for a budget mouse like Asus ROG’s Sica but need something to compliment the look of your white themed PC, you’re in luck—there’s a new version of the Sica available, one with a Glacier White color finish. In addition to a new color option, Asus also upgraded…
Firing on all cylinders Life is good at Nvidia, which capped off a record year with $1.40 million in revenue for its fiscal fourth quarter ended January 31, 2016. That’s a jump of 12 percent from $1.25 billion a year earlier, and a 7 percent spike from $1.30 billion in the previous quarter. The strong…
Giving Lara Croft a Shield Lara Croft has been to many places over the years, some dark and dank, others bright but just as dangerous. Now she’s headed over to the Nvidia’s Shield platform. Square Enix announced today that it’s releasing a handful of games to Shield, starting with the Tomb Raider reboot (not to…
Game developers weigh in on VR input I recently had the chance to attend Valve’s Steam VR Developer Showcase and had a great time trying out a dozen VR demos (you can read about the games here). It was the first developer-focused event that I’ve attended that showed a wide assortment of games that used…
Top Deal: We’re less than two months into 2016 and it’s already shaping up to be an exciting year. Part of the reason is because of VR—Oculus and HTC both have VR headsets hitting the streets real soon, and you can bet others will follow suit. Can your PC handle VR? If you’re rocking an…
Two-Bay NAS Box At minimum, anyone who can’t afford to lose their files should have a Network Attached Storage (NAS) box of some sort. There’s no shortage of options out there, one of the newest being Western Digital’s My Cloud EX2 Ultra, a high-performance, two-bay NAS for the prosumer crowd. The Ultra model’s been upgraded…
Straight to multiplayer If you don’t give a rat’s behind about single player campaigns and just want to shoot your friends in a virtual environment, Activision has a proposition for you—buy just the multiplayer portion of Call of Duty: Black Ops III and you’ll pay a reduced rate. The Call of Duty: Black Ops III…
Big capacity in a little stick Toshiba’s proud as a peacock about its new SG5 series of consumer focused solid state drives. Why? The SG5 series is Toshiba’s first client SATA SSD to support a 1TB capacity in an M.2 form factor. That’s not the only capacity available—the SG5 series will also be available in…
Stuff to build stuff One of the great things about working at Maximum PC is that I’m always building things. And by things, I mean PCs. Like many people, I enjoy working with my hands and doing projects myself, as long as I have the appropriate hardware and tools at my disposal. I have a…