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- Windows 8 Dev Tablets Hit eBay; Not the Only Windows 8 Devices on Sale
- Viacom Sues Harmonix Shareholders for $131 Million
- Microsoft to Wield Absolute Control over Windows 8 Metro App Supply
- The 7-inch HP TouchPad Go Surfaces in Chinese Forum
- AT&T May Sell Off Assets to Seal T-Mobile Deal
- Think Inside the Box: The Ultimate NAS Showdown
- How RIM Could Save Itself
- Chrome Web App of the Week: pixlr-o-matic
- Gamers Solve AIDS Enzyme Puzzle that Stumped Scientists
- Telltale Games Discounts Tales of Monkey Island for Talk Like a Pirate Day
| Windows 8 Dev Tablets Hit eBay; Not the Only Windows 8 Devices on Sale Posted: 19 Sep 2011 08:14 PM PDT
At the time of writing, there are three such tablets on sale on eBay, with the highest bid being $2,700. However, the Samsung tablet is not the only Windows 8 device currently up for sale on the popular auction site. A lot of ingenious sellers are trying to use the absolutely free Windows 8 Developer Preview (available here) to draw attention to their otherwise run-of-the-mill PCs. Anyways, a quick rundown of the Samsung Windows 8 tablet's specs is in order:
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| Viacom Sues Harmonix Shareholders for $131 Million Posted: 19 Sep 2011 03:32 PM PDT
Earlier this year, Viacom sold Harmonix for a pittance when it became clear that consumers were through with the genre. Shareholders sued first alleging mismanagement, and asked for $13 million. Viacom one-upped them with new case, which is seeking to reclaim earn-out payments made during the 2006 merger. Earn-outs are a way to keep the management of an acquired company in place after the deal is done. In this case, Viacom alleges that miscalculations mean it is due a hefty refund. The shareholders obviously disagree, and plan to continue with their case. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Microsoft to Wield Absolute Control over Windows 8 Metro App Supply Posted: 19 Sep 2011 03:31 PM PDT
The company has confirmed that Metro apps will be available only through the Windows Store. "We will be the only store for distribution of Metro-style apps," Ted Dworkin, who spearheads Windows Store development team, revealed at last week's BUILD conference. Apparently, the software giant wants to wield total control over the Metro app supply for the sake of security. According to Dworkin, all apps will be vetted for viruses and malware before being sent to the Windows Store. But it's also quite obvious that the company doesn't want third-party app stores to eat into its app sales. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The 7-inch HP TouchPad Go Surfaces in Chinese Forum Posted: 19 Sep 2011 03:02 PM PDT
The 7-inch tablet clocks in at the same 1024x768 resolution as the TouchPad, and uses the same 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon APQ8060 processor. All the labels match the past FCC filings and the images seem legit as well. Interestingly, the Opal has both front and rear cameras, and possibly an NFC module. This would have been an intriguing little tablet, if HP hadn't killed the platform. While this is the only working Opal that has leaked out, we have to think there is a warehouse someplace in China with a few thousand of these sitting in crates. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AT&T May Sell Off Assets to Seal T-Mobile Deal Posted: 19 Sep 2011 02:43 PM PDT
The deal to buy T-Mobile hit a snag recently when the US Justice Department filed suit to stop it. The FCC, and several states have also called foul on the buyout, saying that it will hurt competition and negatively affect users. By selling off assets, AT&T hopes to convince regulators that that will not be the case. If AT&T cannot close the deal, they will have to pay out in the neighborhood of $6 billion to T-Mobile. AT&T's 4G LTE expansion plans would also be set back. Do you think that the deal will go through in the end? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Think Inside the Box: The Ultimate NAS Showdown Posted: 19 Sep 2011 02:12 PM PDT
The NAS box, that is. It's not particularly sexy or groundbreaking, but network-attached storage is an obvious solution for a common needThe computer industry is in a constant state of tension between local and distributed computing. On one extreme is the desktop computer with terabytes of storage, a powerful CPU and GPU, and huge tracts of RAM—but which mostly restricts users to direct local access. On the other end are smartphones, tablets, netbooks, and other thin-client devices that rely on cloud storage and constant data access to make up for their lack of oomph, but which allow users to access their data from anywhere. Both types of computing have their advantages, and both can benefit hugely from a home server or other network-attached storage (NAS) device. A modern NAS, as the hub of your home network, can offer many advantages. Its terabytes of storage can provide not only easy backup for your devices, but also a centralized and unified media library that can stream to any device in your home—and beyond. With the use of smartphone and tablet apps, a web interface, and streaming services, your NAS can be your network's brain when you're at home and your personal cloud when you're not. We're going to take a look at four of the top NAS devices currently on the market. All the products we tested support up to four SATA drives in the standard RAID levels (0/1/5/10), providing exceptional performance and reliability. These devices are geared toward small businesses and home offices, and they include features and performance that extend above and beyond what the typical home user will require. But then again, we've always felt that overkill is just another product feature. Promise SmartStor NS4700ITS LOOKS ARE ITS MOST NOTABLE ATTRIBUTE Promise Technology has been quietly making a name for itself as a major player in the storage space, producing a number of RAID and NAS solutions for all types of needs. The SmartStor NS4700 is the company's four-bay, performance-oriented NAS. The NS4700 ships without hard drives, but in our testing we used four 2TB Seagate Barracuda Green drives. Other items included in the box are an Ethernet cable, a standard computer power cord, a quick-start guide, a documentation/software CD, and screws for mounting your hard drives. The software CD includes a copy of Acronis Backup and Recovery NAS Edition, which is limited for use with Promise NAS devices. The SmartStor NS4700 sports a dual-core Atom D525 processor running at 1.8GHz and 1GB of DDR2 RAM. Five USB 2.0 ports (one on the front) allow you to add USB hard drives to easily move large amounts of data to and from the NAS or to function as a backup medium, but there is no USB 3.0 or eSATA. Dual Gigabit Ethernet ports are automatically configured for load balancing, but this can be reconfigured easily in the browser-based management console.
From a hardware standpoint, the NS4700 looks very clean. The drives are accessible from the front of the device and are housed within four horizontally oriented drive trays. The trays themselves feature a sliding lock that prevents accidental removal but not unauthorized access. The LCD panel on the front along with the associated select and enter buttons, allows for some minor configuration and information gathering. For the most part, configuring the NS4700 is done through a browser-based UI. The interface itself is clean and features an impressive dashboard, allowing you to monitor various aspects of the hardware. Actually configuring things like shares and permissions isn't as intuitive as we'd like, but that's not something you will be doing on a regular basis, either. Promise includes support for the DLNA Digital Media Server role, and the NS4700 also functions as an iTunes media server. Both protocols make your media library accessible to a wide range of client devices.  Synology DS411+IIA STRONG SOFTWARE PACKAGE MAKES UP FOR OUTDATED HOUSING Synology has been in the NAS business for a while, and it has an impressive number of products to show for it. The DS411+II uses the same housing as the company's DS409+ NAS box that we reviewed in our Holiday 2009 issue, and that's a problem. While the competitors are offering products with hot-swappable drives that are accessible from the front, the DS411+II requires you to remove thumbscrews and the cover to gain access to the drive bays. Synology supports a "RAID 5+Spare" drive configuration in the DS411+II, meaning you can have one drive configured as a spare in case of drive failure. In the box, along with the DS411+II itself, you will find the power cord and external power supply, an Ethernet cable, a DVD with software and documentation, and screws for drive installation.
The DS411+II is powered by a robust dual-core 1.8GHz Atom and 1GB of DDR2 memory, which belie the slightly outdated form factor. Sadly, the DS411+II lags in the connectivity department, offering just two USB 2.0 ports and a single gigabit Ethernet connection. A lone eSATA port is small consolation. The DS411+II supports USB hard drives, USB printers, and even USB speakers for playing music directly from the device. Though it's not exactly a work of art, chances are you'd be purchasing a NAS for the functionality it provides, not its aesthetic value. For all of the DS411+II's hardware deficiencies, Synology nailed the software side of the equation. The web-based configuration utility is innovative and fresh, using modern web technologies to allow you to view multiple configuration screens or performance dashboards simultaneously. The DS411+II even provides a wizard-based utility that assists you in configuring your router and firewall to allow access to the NAS through the web. Synology offers both DLNA and iTunes media server options and even goes a step farther by functioning as a Squeezebox Server for Logitech's Squeezebox line of media streamers.  Buffalo TeraStation Pro QuadONE OF THE BEST NAS DEVICES ON THE MARKET—ON PAPER When it comes to computer networking products, there are a few companies that always come to mind. Buffalo is one of them. Storage devices have always been a part of Buffalo's repertoire, so including the TeraStation Pro Quad in this roundup was a no-brainer. The "Quad" in the moniker refers to the four drives that come preinstalled in the NAS, with options for 1TB, 2TB, or 3TB drives at various price points. Buffalo chose a dual-core 1.6GHz Atom to run the TeraStation Pro, and 2GB of RAM provides more than enough memory for most purposes. The configuration we tested came complete with four 1TB drives. Inside the box, you'll find Ethernet and power cables, a quick-start guide, and a software and documentation CD. Buffalo also includes 10 licenses of NovaBackup Business Essentials. Buffalo chose to keep the drive trays accessible from the front of the unit, though they are enclosed behind a locking door. The door locks at the bottom, but the handle is located at the top; this causes the door to flex when you attempt to open the door without first unlocking it. An LCD panel graces the front of the TeraStation Pro and provides simple configuration and diagnostic information. The back of the device has a generous array of connectivity options: two gigabit Ethernet, two USB 2.0, and two USB 3.0 ports. The USB ports support both external drives and printers, while the Ethernet connections can be configured for load balancing or failover.
The software end of things is where Buffalo really shows its business bias. The most apparent tools in the web-based interface allow you to locate your NAS through beeps and a flashing LCD, features that are primarily suited to users with several NAS devices. Other prevalent features, such as Active Directory integration are key tools for business environments, but are of little use to home users. BitTorrent downloads are supported, as are DLNA and iTunes servers, though configuration for media-centric functionality is pretty sparse. One rather compelling feature is the WebAccess service, which allows you to create a friendly URL for accessing all of your files. Performance is the biggest cause for concern in our opinion, as our large-file copy to the NAS took a whopping 2 minutes, 4 seconds. Compare that to Synology's DS411+II coming in at 28 seconds, and you can understand our disappointment.  QNAP TS-459 Pro IIOUR FAVORITE NAS GETS BETTER, BUT REMAINS PRICEY When the previous version of a product holds a spot in our Best of the Best hardware rankings (see our review of the QNAP TS-459), it's only fair to have some high expectations, and fortunately, QNAP meets them with its TS-459 Pro II. The TS-459 Pro II ships with power and Ethernet cables and includes NetBak Replicator software to easily manage backups to the device. Some aspects of the TS-459 Pro II hardware are comparable to the competition, and in other respects, it's just head and shoulders above the rest. A 1.8GHz dual-core Atom powers the TS-459 Pro II, and 1GB of DDR3 RAM comes preinstalled, though you can upgrade to 3GB yourself. The front of the NAS features four individually lockable drive trays that are mounted vertically. The LCD provides quick access to important information and can be used to handle some minor configuration.
QNAP offers more connectivity options than most mortals will know what to do with. The dual Ethernet ports are pretty standard for these devices, but QNAP also tosses in four USB 2.0, two USB 3.0, and two eSATA ports. QNAP also gets a leg up on the competition by providing support for SATA3 drives internally, giving it lots of potential when paired with high-performance drives. In addition to all of the standard RAID levels, QNAP also supports a RAID 5+Spare configuration for folks with a phobia about data loss. On the software side of things, QNAP shows similar attentiveness. The TS-459 Pro II offers three distinct web console interfaces for administration, media playback (Multimedia Station), and file browsing. QNAP's web UI isn't as cutting-edge as what Synology offers, but that doesn't make it any less usable. From an administration perspective, all of the key features and capabilities are easily accessed. The Multimedia Station is especially handy, as the system indexes your media and gives you very usable methods of viewing your pictures or listening to your music away from home. DLNA and iTunes server support are both included with the TS-459 Pro II, though DLNA is handled with a Twonky server plugin. It might be pricey, but the TS-459 Pro II covers all bases.  Is NAS Really the Best Option?The decision about whether to go the NAS route or to purchase/build a Windows Home Server can be a tough call and is similar to the desktop/laptop decision; a big part of the choice comes down to how you plan on using the computer. Windows Home Server excels at bringing several Windows-based PCs into a single network by integrating into the client computers transparently. Synchronized user accounts, automated integration into file libraries, and automated backups are just a few of the benefits of owning a Windows Home Server. The media sharing and backup capabilities of a Home Server are in direct competition with the NAS boxes in this review, but the NAS devices can't compare to the level of integration achieved by Windows Home Server. If you're not in a Windows-centric environment, NAS devices offer more functionality for users of other operating systems, such as Linux, or mobile platforms like iOS and Android. All of the NAS appliances reviewed offer some sort of iOS application, and both QNAP and Synology also support Android devices. Time spent on proper care and feeding of a NAS can be lower than that of a full-blown Windows Home Server, making it a good option for friends and family who may be less tech-savvy. There may also be situations where you don't want all of your files and folders to be shared with family or roommates. At the end of the day, the only person who can tell you which storage option is best for your scenario is you. Settle on a price point, determine which hardware and software features you need, figure out which platforms you will use to access your files, and decide how much time you want to spend managing and maintaining the system that is supposed to be making your life easier. The Performance PictureHOW THE BENCHMARKS FIGURE IN TO THE FINAL VERDICTS In our performance testing, Synology's DS411+II consistently led the pack, though the QNAP TS-459 Pro II wasn't ever far behind. The real surprise was how terribly the Buffalo TeraStation Pro Quad performed when writing to the device, especially given its top marks for read speeds with the large-file test. All of our testing was performed with both the PC and NAS boxes connected to a Netgear GS108E eight-port gigabit switch. When all is said and done, it's hard to argue against the QNAP TS-459 Pro II, which meets or exceeds every specification and feature of the competition. Though it did fall behind Synology's DS411+II in our performance testing, the breadth of its capabilities makes up for those mostly minor performance differences. From where we sit, the biggest selling points for QNAP are the bevy of connectivity options, SATA3 support, expandable memory, and more software features than you can shake a memory stick at. The real battle in this competition is for second place. Promise and Synology both deliver quality products, with Promise winning the hardware battle and Synology the software. If forced to decide between the two, we'd have to go with Synology because its control panel and software features show so much attention to detail. Add to that the price difference between the Synology DS411+II and the Promise SmartStor NS4700, and you can see why the former is the clear winner of the pair. To be fair to Buffalo, the TeraStation Pro Quad is a solid piece of hardware, second only to the QNAP box. The biggest problem we have is the inconsistent performance, which we can only assume to be software-related. Hopefully, the kinks can be worked out with a firmware update in the near future. Benchmarks
Our test bed features a six-core AMD Phenom II running at 3.2GHz, 8GB of RAM, and a 1TB SATA2 WD Caviar Green drive. All testing was done across a Netgear GS108E gigabit switch. Testing consisted of copying a single 2.79GB file and a folder comprised of 659MB worth of files and folders to and from each NAS. Each test result is the average of three test runs. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 19 Sep 2011 12:54 PM PDT
RIM just reported earnings that were even more miserable than expected. We've already said why the company is cooked. But is there any way it can be salvaged? Well, just maybe there is. You ready, RIM? It's time we had a talk. Stop Leaning on EnterpriseYou know who made BlackBerry popular? Companies, who valued the handsets' security and their keyboards and their messaging systems in a pre- and nascent-smartphone world. Then consumers started joining in on the fun, because employees and consumers are often the same people! But consumers have abandoned ship at an alarming rate, and even companies are realizing that if they just let their employees use their own smartphones for work they'll be off the hook for massive annual hardware buys and—more crucially—dozens/hundreds/thousands of data plans. You know who else leaned on enterprise? Windows Mobile. And from that heaping trainwreck arose Windows Phone, one of the most promising developments in mobile in years. So get the consumers back, RIM. They're going to be the ones who lift you up. It's not just phones, either. The BlackBerry PlayBook wanted so desperately to be the definitive enterprise tablet, but that's kind of like being the definitive Cracker Barrel sommelier; the two just don't go together. Not right now, anyway. Either give the PlayBook some consumer chops or let it die a graceful death. Bring in New ManagementLook, all respect to Mike Lazaridis for being one of a handful of tech CEOs left with serious engineering chops. That doesn't mean he's a good CEO. And even if he and co-CEO Jim Balsillie had been doing everything right and just run up against some sheer dumb luck, there comes a time when you need a fresh set of eyes and brains on the problem. For RIM—which has been doing many things wrong!—that time was probably sometime in the middle of the BlackBerry 7 development process. If anything, a change would help morale, which was already demostrably in the gutter even before those recently announced layoffs. Android Is for QuittersBlackBerry App World is like the sad broken-down amusement park your dad takes you to because when he was a kid it was the only place that had a log flume. You got behind with devs. You got beat. Get them back. Microsoft's doing it—slowly, surely—with Windows Phone, and you can too. It's going to take money, sure, but considering how many wasted investments you've been willing to make recently you might as well splurge on something useful. You've got time before QNX makes its phone debut. Use that time to line up as many major devs as you can. Don't just make BlackBerry a QWERTY storefront for Android apps. We have that already. It's called Droid. Make Sure QNX Works RightAnd honestly, there's no need to hit the Android panic button. You still shipped 10.6 million BlackBerries last quarter (although who can say how many you sold). Your QNX-based phones aren't going to be a game-changer, but they could get you back in the game, you know? But not if you rush it, and definitely not if you push it out without BES/BIS email/calendar support. That's like releasing a Twinkie with no gooey filling. BlackBerry 7 is okay. It's fine. It's not great. We all know that. And you basically acknowledged on your earnings call today that it's a stopgap until QNX gets here. But it's a good enough stopgap that you can run with it for as long as you need to. You also just said that a year from now BlackBerry 7 would still represent the majority of your sales. Works for me! As long as QNX eventually gets a major splash. You're going to tell us more about QNX plans in October, and we can wait until then. And I'll take you at your word today that you're waiting until everything's perfect to release it. Then again, you seem to think you did that with Torch, which, nope! Quit It With That BBM Music CrapSeriously, what are you thinking? Did this cost you any money? Because you wasted all that money. Accentuate the PositiveYou know what, RIM? We like you. You're the underdog. You make some handsome hardware, the best QWERTY mobile keyboard out there. And there's no reason mobile shouldn't be a four-horse race. That benefits competition, which benefits everybody. Your phones are secure, they're reliable, they're reasonably priced. All that's great. And hey, you're still making lots of money! Sure, you're not making it as fast as you used to, but $4 billion of revenue is a lot of Curves. And there was still $329 million of net income in there which, even though it's less than half the profits of last year's analogous quarter, is still enough to fund some solid R&D. So you know what? Be RIM. Make BlackBerries. Don't make huge investments in shoddy tablets no one asked for, don't push out half-baked software no one likes, don't decide months too late to manufacture a music service no one needs. People don't go to the circus for the sideshow, they go to see the elephants. So give us some freaking elephants, already. There's hope, RIM. A tiny little sliver of hope that you can turn this thing around and be, well, let's not say the company you once were. Let's say you could turn this thing around and survive. I certainly hope you do. But it's going to take whole lot more than you've been showing us. Gizmodo is the world's most fun technology website, focused on gadgets and how they make our lives better, worse, and more absurd. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chrome Web App of the Week: pixlr-o-matic Posted: 19 Sep 2011 12:09 PM PDT
Free and easy to use, pixlr-o-matic provides PC users with much of the same functionality that's made Instagram all the rage with Apple fanboys. Users of the web app are invited to take a photo with their webcam or to upload an image for editing from their desktop. Once they've selected an image to work with, users face the daunting task of choosing which photo filter to use. Once you've created your masterpiece, you'll have be presented with the option to either upload your freshly edited image to pixlr's servers or download it to your desk top.
Oh, and should opening up Chrome to tinker with your pictures prove too much for you, the application's developers have also cooked up downloadable and Facebook-bound iterations of the app. Be sure to check back with us every Monday for another edition of Maximum PC's Chrome Web App of the Week.
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| Gamers Solve AIDS Enzyme Puzzle that Stumped Scientists Posted: 19 Sep 2011 12:03 PM PDT
Scientists have been stumped for a decade trying to solve the crystal structure of a retrovirus protein, and so the University of Washington turned to an online folding protein game called Foldit. "We challenged players of the protein folding game Foldit to produce accurate models of the protein. Remarkably, Foldit players were able to generate models of sufficient quality for successful molecular replacement and subsequent structure determination. The refined structure provides new insights for the design of antiretroviral drugs," researchers wrote in a study published in the journal Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. The players used their three-dimensional problem solving skills to create the structure, answering the question "if human intuition could succeed where automated methods had failed." According to Fox News, the researchers now hope that crowd-sourcing and online game playing could prove helpful in solving other scientific problems. Score one for gamers. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Telltale Games Discounts Tales of Monkey Island for Talk Like a Pirate Day Posted: 19 Sep 2011 10:57 AM PDT
TellTale games has appropriately discounted the full season of Tales of Monkey Island on PC and Mac. From today until September 26, you can grab all five chapters for $10, a 70 percent discount over the regular $35 selling price. If you prefer to play it on your iPad, all five appisodes have been marked down to $3 each. So what exactly is Talk Like a Pirate Day? It's a day to talk like a pirate, of course! It's also a parody holiday that dates back to 1995. It was started by John Baur and Mark Summers, who conceived the idea during a game of racquetball when one of them yelled out, "Arrr!." Baur and Summers explain that they pretty much celebrated the holiday on their own for the first seven years. Then in 2002, they fired off an email to Dave Barry, a syndicated columnist, who thought it was a great idea. He ran with the story and then all "hell broke loose." Image Credit: Telltale Games |
While you can always put Windows 8 through its paces by downloading the Developer Preview, there is nothing quite like an absolutely free Windows 8 tablet with decent innards. Microsoft gave away 5,000 such Samsung Windows 8 tablets to developers at last week's BUILD conference. A few of those developers are apparently so unimpressed that they are now desperately trying to get rid of these gratis tablets for whatever amount people are willing to pay. It turns out that people are willing to pay thousands of dollars.
Feeling a little slighted after selling off Rock Band subsidiary Harrmonix, Viacom is suing the shareholders of the former partner. The suit is 
Microsoft is unlike other pretenders to the tablet throne, all of whom are simply following Apple's lead, in that it wants Windows 8-based tablets to deliver both the versatility and power of traditional PCs and the pickup-and-play ease of media tablets. But that's where the differences end as Redmond also seems to have a fair amount of faith in the old adage "when in Rome . . ." Like Apple, the pioneer of the modern app store, MS also plans to keep 30 percent of all app sales. But that's not the only part of Apple's app distribution model to have caught Microsoft fancy.ercent of all app sales. But that's not the only part of Apple's app distribution model to have caught Microsoft's fancy.
HP was due to release a 7-inch tablet to go along with the now cancelled TouchPad. The smaller slate, codenamed Opal and later dubbed TouchPad Go, was reportedly just two weeks away from release when HP killed webOS. Well, a poster in a Chinese forum has posted images and 
Reports today are indicating that AT&T really doesn't want its acquisition of T-Mobile to fall through, and is going so far as to consider 
Since it first popped up in the iTunes App Store, Instagram has taken the smartphone photographic world by storm. Currently being rocked by more than 10 million users, the free photo editing app allows users to give their iPhone photos a warm vintage look via the use of a number of filters, making mundane image captures a little bit more extraordinary. Wait there's more! Once you've processed your photos, you can share them on a wide variety of services, such as Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr! Sounds good right? If you're an Android phone user, take heart: Instagram will be coming to your handset... eventually. Until then, we can be content to use 
Gamers routinely save the world, though the goal isn't always as ambitious. Quests can be as simple as running errands, escorting a high profile figure from point A to point B, or hunting for specific ingredients. No matter how big or little the tasks, gamers get it done, and not just in the virtual world either. To wit, it took a group of gamers a mere three weeks to solve a puzzle in AIDS research that scientists have been working on for years.
In case you partied too hard over the weekend and forgot the date, today is September 19th. So fill up your mug with grog and put on your eye-patch, lest you be labled a scallywag on Talk Like a Pirate Day! With your remaining good eye, be on the lookout for deals, like the one from Telltale games.| You are subscribed to email updates from Maximum PC - All Articles To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
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