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Big upgrades for little PCs The tiny PC movement gains steam with each new generation of hardware, as they become more powerful and capable machines. Today’s options are already viable alternatives to bigger PCs, at least in the right setting — if your mom and pop only surf the web and fire off emails, they…
Taking back control Microsoft appears to be backtracking on its decision to force automatic updates on Windows 10 Home users. The controversial policy came to light with the release of the 10240 build of the Windows 10 Technical Preview and its accompanying EULA. In it, Microsoft made it known that automatic updates would be mandatory,…
This article was published in the June 2015 issue of Maximum PC. For more trusted reviews and feature stories,subscribe here. The Doctor answers your questions about Windows 10, building PCs, and waiting for SSDs Windows 10 32-bit? My business requires I use older software that will not run on any 64-bit OS. This program runs…
Microsoft’s Xbox app for Windows 10 If you want to be a serious player in the PC gaming arena, you need to have the funds to back the hardware requirements. Sure, you can play on outdated hardware and get 20 frames per second. Sure, you can save a few bucks and purchase discounted hardware to…
Intel is expected to unveil Skylake at next month’s Gamescom trade show Intel’s soon-to-be-unveiled Skylake microarchitecture could deliver significant performance improvements over its predecessor, particularly in the graphics department. That is if a series of purportedly leaked slides published by Fanless Tech are genuine. According to one of the slides (included above), the highest all-round…
Popular YouTuber Dave Bennett recently published instructions on how to make Half-Life run on Android Wear. While a smartwatch screen is rather small for such an epic game, the idea of getting Valve’s sacred shooter running on a wearable device just sounds really cool. “Trying to play a game on Android wear is a nightmare…
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) announced on Friday that it is currently recalling around 1.4 million U.S. vehicles that have a specific 8.4-inch touch-based radio installed. The recall is completely voluntary, however, the company insists that customers receive the software update to fix a security problem that was pointed out by a recent article written by…
Well this should be embarrassing. Typically media owners like movie studios and record labels cough up loads of IP addresses that lead to pirated versions of their content. These companies then request that the links be removed from Google’s search engine. The result is a little message at the bottom of search results stating that…
Top Deal: Few things are as therapeutic as building a new PC. Unfortunately, it can also be expensive, though it doesn’t have to be, especially if you run with an AMD foundation. To prove it, check out today’s top deal for an AMD FX-6300 Vishera for $100 with $1 shipping (normally $110 – use coupon…
Cheap thrills Don’t have $80 or more to spend on a gaming mouse? Cougar today announced a pair of budget friendly rodents, the 230M and 250M, which carry MSRPs of $20 and $30, respectively. Despite the inexpensive price points, Cougar claims these are pro level gaming mice. Both the 230M and 250M sport ambidextrous designs….