A little over a week after pictures of Motorola's Xoom 2 tablet were the leaked to the Internet, the mobile device maker went and got all official by launching two refreshed Xoom slates in the U.K. and Ireland: the Motorola Xoom 2 and Xoom 2 Media Edition, both of which feature a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, Corning Gorilla Glass, a splashguard coating, and Android 3.2 (Honeycomb). The Xoom 2 is a 10.1-inch slate that's thinner, lighter, and brighter than the original. [......]
Google just announced the major refresh of Google TV. It adds a bunch of new features to the platform including Android Market and a TV & Movies[......]
One of the biggest trends in gaming over the last half-decade has been the rise of the free to play (F2P) online business model. [......]
Short Version: While the idea of a flip-out screen for self-portraits is just a tad gimmicky, the MV800 is one sweet little point-and-shoot. [......]
Remember Plextor? The name isn't thrown around as often as it once was, but Plextor's still out there, and cocky as ever. Take the new M2P Series solid state drive (SSD)[......]
Against all odds, you’ve got some extra cash on hand that you’re able to use to invest in a gadget, computer, or other snazzy new piece of hardware. Unfortunately, thanks to the unscrupulous technobabble employed by marketers, similar feature sets, and the constantly shifting topography of the technological landscape, shopping for the piece of hardware that’s best suited to your needs can be a nightmare[......]
CyberLink released YouCam 5 this week. Although it's not an application that may be on everyone's radar, the new version does have a couple of interesting new features for serious users, one of these being facial recognition technology. This will enable you to login to Windows or Facebook without the need to remember your password[......]
Mozilla has started the Firefox development merry-go-round again, updating its Beta , Aurora and Nightly 32-bit and 64-bit builds to versions 6, 7, and 8, respectively. Unlike the recent Firefox 5 release, version 6 introduces some visible new features, including a Permissions Manager for better privacy, while version 7 sees Firefox taking long overdue steps to address its memory consumption issues. Once again, the question arises: Which version should you install, and what sets each release apart? [......]
In the latest issue of Maximum PC (August 2011, or Volume 16 No. 8), we highlight GPU-Z on page 54 as one of "49 Lil' Apps" that can be downloaded for free and are less than 3MB in size[......]
The Evernote Corporation has released a major update for both Mac and Windows clients of its online note-taking tool, Evernote . [......]
D-Link is chasing after the budget router crown with the release of its Wireless N 300 Gigabit Router, model DIR-651. It's a single-band router with 4 Gigabit ports, multiple intelligent antennas, and support for intelligent Quality of Service (QoS) to separate and prioritize different typs of data streams for smoother video streaming, gaming, and VoIP calls[......]
TweetDeck , the popular cross-platform Twitter client, has been reborn for the iPhone. While it is quite common for an app to undergo makeovers and updates, TweetDeck has been completely rebuilt from the ground up. This is a serious redesign rather than a simple update, and there is a great deal to look forward to in the new app. [......]
When it comes to computing, our general philosophy at Maximum PC is that bigger is better. [......]
Are you under the impression that the modern day browser war doesn't amount to a hill of beans? Try telling that to Mozilla, who is in a dogfight with Microsoft (Internet Explorer) and Google (Chrome) for browser dominance. [......]
