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33 MA XIMUMPC JUNE 200 5 use Windows Media Connect software, which requires UPNP, simply won’t work with Windows Server 2003. ...

Viewsonic WMA100 Viewsonic’s contribution to the streaming-media scene is the WMA100. Like Buffalo’s LinkTheater, the WMA100 str ...

 MA XIMUMPC JUNE 200 5 Linksys WMCE54AG Media Center Extender Like all Media Center Extenders, Linksys’ WMCE54AG is nothing mo ...

WORKING WITH WIRELESS Wired is better, but wireless is a decent substitute in a pinch. If you absolutely must use wireless to st ...

42 MA XIMUMPC JUNE 2005 You’ve heard the hype about the chip with two brains—but does the latest craze in CPUs really offer doub ...

JUNE 2005 MA XIMUMPC 3 PU updates are usually an exercise in increments: A little extra cache here, maybe a few new instruction ...

44 MA XIMUMPC JUNE 2005 Q I’ve heard the hype about dual-core processors, but what makes them different from other gimmicks—such ...

DIVIDER: This fine line between the CPU cores is actually made of Philadelphia-brand cream cheese. OK, it’s not, but the cores c ...

46 MA XIMUMPC JUNE 2005 Q If the two cores are on the same die, can they communi- cate with each other directly? A It depends on ...

JUNE 2005 MA XIMUMPC 47 same front-side bus, and even though the cores share a common “wall,” the CPUs can communicate only thro ...

48 MA XIMUMPC JUNE 2005 pretty much SOL. Despite conflicting hearsay from motherboard makers (and from Intel itself), the final ...

Dual Processor vs. Dual Core On the surface, it might seem like dual-core processors and dual-processor systems are roughly the ...

W e tested the new dual-core Pentiums using a Pentium Extreme Edition 840 on an Intel 955X motherboard equipped with an ATI Rade ...

00 MA XIMUMPC JUNE 2005 ENCYCLOPEDIA OF Removable Media Prices, capacities, and cost per megabyte reflect those in effect at pre ...

JUNE 2005 MA XIMUMPC 00 ENCYCLOPEDIA OF Removable Media MMC USED IN: MP3 players, digital cameras, PDAs, cellphones CURRENT MAXI ...

MemoryStick Duo/ MemoryStick Pro Duo USED IN: Sony products, including cell phones and the foxy new PSP! CURRENT MAXIMUM CAPACIT ...

Firewalls and antivirus programs are just dandy for protecting your PC itself, but what about the stuff that’s on your PC? The t ...

How To 58 MA XIMUMPC JUNE 2005 STEP 1: OBTAIN PRIVATE DISK We tested several tools capable of encrypting the contents of a pocke ...

How To STEP 3: ADD A PINCH OF DATA AND A DASH OF SELF-SUFFICIENCY Regular e-mail is perfectly fi ne for casual communications, b ...

How To 60 MA XIMUMPC JUNE 2005 The first time you reboot your computer after installing PGP , the License Authorization window w ...