ShareBy Jimmy Daniels
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
I searched the archives here just to see if anyone had mentioned this before, but couldn’t find any references to it. Google has added NASA imagery to the Google maps interface to help you check out the lunar landings. Make sure you zoom in as you can get an idea of [...]

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Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
With all the talk of the Sony Rootkit fiasco, and some other disturbing rootkit news recently, I found this post by Wayne Porter pretty funny. He has created an online painting showing what a rootkit looks like exactly. Now, he admits he’s not much of an artist, but it’s definitely worth [...]

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By Michael Santo
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
MediaMax is a different copy protection system that Sony BMG uses in addition to the “rootkit” XCP DRM that has been drawing all the media (and legal) attention. However, MediaMax doesn’t seem to understand the word “No.”
Previously, Princeton researchers revealed that the MediaMax software installed itself even if you [...]

ShareBy Michael Santo
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
The ability to hear high frequency sounds deteriorates with age, and Howard Stapleton learned this first-hand when he was 12 … when he could not stand the noise in a room where high-frequency welding equipment was being used, while his father and other adults didn’t hear anything.
He’s developed a device, the [...]

ShareBy Mark Evans
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
If you’ve seen the latest Wired magazine, it’s 296 pages with lots of advertising. It reminds me of the dot-com boom when magazines such as Wired, Business 2.0, Fast Company and the Industry Standard regularly put out heavy, back-busting issues. I don’t think the high-tech magazine industry has totally rebounded back [...]

ShareBy Michael Santo
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
Ever go on a business trip, call your kids, and wish you could hug them and tuck them in? Well, the hugging part might be possible soon as scientists in Singapore are working on a way to transmit touch over the Internet.
A wireless jacket for chickens or other pets can [...]

The Mozilla Foundation is set to release and market Firefox 1.5 more heavily than they have with prior products.

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RealTechNews
Just when we all got used to saying Tahoma (the current Windows default font) Windows Vista is shaking things up again with a seemingly unpronounceable new screen font. Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you Segoe UI. The font will default to 9 pts. in Vista and then when in Office12 moves down to [...]