Archive for September, 2008
Maximum PC — and Much of Bay Area — Goes Dark
Officials of Northern California utility Pacific Gas & Electric announced at noon today rolling blackouts for regions it serves with electrical power. First hit with an outage: the offices of Maximum PC. Our apologies if news is slow to hit the web site today.
Living in the Virtual World, and I Am a Virtual … OS
If dual booting doesn’t do it, VMWare’s sensational OS-in-a-window app, just released in a final v.2.0.3 for Windows, lets OSs cohabitate in a quick-switch configuration.
Double Trouble: Here Comes Quad Band Memory
As the first PCs using double data rate (DDR) SDRAM are hitting the mainstream, a New England company has announced the next generation: Quad Band Memory (QBM). Boston-based Kentron Technologies’ new memory technology doubles the read and write speed of DDR memory, which means a memory speed four times the front side bus speed.
Fortunate Son: Favorite FPS Goes Gold and Gets Tweaks
The newly released update to Soldier of Fortune polishes an already top-selling game. 3D Spotlight tells how to get the most from the game with a long list of tuning tips.
