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A desk worthy of my desktop, an electric skateboard, and a 4K TV In case you didn’t know, the Maximum PC office has moved from South San Francisco to San Francisco proper (South San Francisco is actually a different city altogether, and is located, well, on the southern edge of San Francisco). While this doesn’t…
Pre-orders kick off February 1 When you think of smart glasses, Google is probably the name that first comes to mind. However, it’s not the only participant. Vuzix is also a player in the smart glasses space, and come February 1, 2016, it will begin accepting pre-orders for its next-generation M300 model. Vuzix made a…
It’s a bug squashing party AMD isn’t yet ready to roll out a brand new version of its Radeon Software Crimson Edition drivers, but in the meantime, its latest hotfix — 16.1 — addresses more than a few issues you might be experiencing. We count 30 in all, most of which are minor but still…
More high speed options Right around this time last year Toshiba was finalizing the buyout of OCZ, which had found itself in bankruptcy proceedings. Toshiba saw an opportunity to pair its NAND flash memory business with OCZ’s solid state storage operations, and because of that, OCZ continues to pump out interesting solutions. One of those…
Big price cut for a little card AMD has a post-holiday treat for small form factor builders, and it comes in the form of a price cut. It’s not an insubstantial one, either — AMD is cutting the price of its high-powered Radeon R9 Nano to $499, a savings of 23 percent off its original…
Ready, set, fight! HTC made a name for itself as a pioneer in the Android space. Tucked away in my basement, I still own an HTC Dream, otherwise known as the T-Mobile G1, and again otherwise known as the first commercially available Android handset. Unfortunately for HTC, the landscape is different now, with Samsung and…
Overkill today, laughable tomorrow? G.Skill is one of the most active participants in the DDR4 memory market. It seems that every few weeks it’s either announcing an overclocking record or, like today, a new memory kit, the latest supposedly the world’s fastest 128GB DDR4 kit around. Part of the company’s Ripjaws V series, the new…
Sound off Your brain is amazing. With two holes and some cartilage on the sides of your head, you can precisely pinpoint the position of an object in 3D space purely based on auditory cues, a process known as localization. Stop for a moment. Listen to the sounds around you. No, really. Stop. Listen. Even…
CES is becoming more of an automotive show than anything else. Every year there’s more car companies and more car demos. This year was no exception. The PC industry really needs to have its own show. Thankfully, there are still plenty of nuggets to be found and ASUS showed off some goodies this year. ROG…