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By Michael Santo
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
Burton Snowboards and Motorola will soon allow those on the slopes to stay connected as well as listen to their iPod. The jackets will retail for $599.95 and will hit stores in December.
We Say: Definitely cool … at least for the iPod connection … though it would be nice to [...]

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Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
The government is looking into whether or not MREs that are being illegally sold on eBay were actually ones which were given out freely after Katrina, Rita and Wilma. (Meal, Ready-to-Eat (MRE) is a self-contained meal in lightweight packaging produced by the United States of America for its soldiers in the [...]

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By Michael Santo
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
We Say: Standalone PDAs continue to drop in price … take a look at the $99 price point of Palm’s latest offering, the Z22. Color and pretty nifty styling at a nice price. Converged devices are much more expensive. But the people who really need the data, appointments [...]

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Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
If Skype co-founder Niklas Zennstrom is looking for guidance on how to spend his eBay windfall, he might want to have lunch with eBay founder and chairman Pierre Omidyar, who has a growing investment portfolio being done through Omidyar Network. His latest investment is Digg.com, which recently raised $2.8 million, according [...]

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By Michael Santo
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
Yep, it’s the Swissbit SWISSMEMORY s.beat … combining a Swiss Army knife and a USB memory key / MP3 player.
The s.beat will be available in capacities of 1, 2 and 4GB and will be able to playback MP3, WMA and OGG – I’m always glad to see the latter, since [...]

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Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
The world’s first sports car phone with alcohol Breathalyzer has gotten tremendous popularity in Korea. The cell phone by LG was a big hit from the beginning mainly because its outward appearance of a sports. Equipped with an alcohol measurement sensor, the LG-SD410, LG-KP4100, and LG-LP4100 have sold over 200,000 in [...]

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Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
Chip maker Micron released a second generation sensor chip that functions better in low light and works with NTSC and PAL cameras.
The chip can process images at up to 30 frames per second and automatically reverses video input so that displays can show what is going on behind the vehicle. [...]

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By Michael Santo
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
I’ve seen so-called battery extenders for things like iPAQs … extenders that take AA or AAA batteries and have special connectors for the SPECIFIC device. These extenders are usually pretty inexpensive, however (I found one for $10 including shipping for my SX66 on eBay).
There are also specific extenders for notebooks as [...]