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School is almost in session Back to school promotions are always a sobering reminder that summer vacations go by way too quickly. Well, at least for students (we can see some parents shaking their heads in disagreement). They’re also a good way to save some money heading into the school year, and to help students…
New look Logitech Logitech has a new logo, though the company didn’t change things up simply because it was bored. Instead, it’s supposed to represent a new direction for Logitech as it embarks on its “biggest brand transformation in its history.” Or more specifically, Logitech is looking to go from a tech company into a…
A 4K panel that’s (relatively) easy on the wallet You don’t have to spend a fortune upgrading a to a 4K Ultra HD resolution display, though you do have to decide what features are important to you. If you ultimately decide that price is the most number one factor, AOC’s new U2870VQE is an option…
Sharpened focus means thousands of job cuts Just two weeks ago, Microsoft boss Satya Nadella warned he would be making “some tough choices in areas where things are not working” when revealing the company’s new mission statement, and today he did just that. In an open email to employees, Nadella said Microsoft will eliminate 7,800…
This article was published in the June 2015 issue of Maximum PC. For more trusted reviews and feature stories, subscribe here. As the Internet of Things progresses, so must its security features Now that the Internet of Things is spawning devices that share our workplaces, homes, vehicles, clothes, and bodies, the industry is mulling over…
How Much Is “A Lot”? AMD officially launched their Radeon Fury X last week, and in a few more weeks, we should see the air-cooled version (though exact specs for the vanilla Fury are not yet clear). With our initial Fury X review, we didn’t have time to test everything as thoroughly as we’d like,…
Top Deal: It can get awfully lonely sitting in a hotel room. Things are even worse when the TV only gets a few channels and you’re stuck out in the middle of nowhere. Luckily, the high-speed Internet works, and you had the foresight to bring along a gaming laptop. You did bring one along, right?…
Skylake can’t arrive fast enough We’re all anxiously awaiting the arrival of Intel’s Skylake-S processors, which are rumored to debut on August 5, 2015, at Gamescom. In the meantime, we’re left to speculate about speeds and features, and drool over pictures of motherboards that will support the batch of CPUs from Intel. What, you’re lacking…
Dark times in Sunnyvale AMD on Monday announced that revenue for the second quarter ended June 27, 2015, is expected to drop 8 percent sequentially, compared to the company’s previous guidance of a 3 percent decline, plus or minus 3 percent. The Sunnyvale chip designer blamed its financial struggles on weaker than expected PC demand…
Only at Newegg Those of you new to the wonderful world of DIY computing missed out on an era when RAM makers were practically tripping over themselves trying to release new, high speed kits. These days memory announcements are few are far between, even with DDR4 trying to usurp DDR3, though they’re not completely absent….