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By Michael Santo
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
Thursday Intel confirmed the information in my November 19th post here at RealTechNews. They are scrapping their 37-year-old logo as part of a major rebranding effort (the new logo is pictured above). The phrase “Leap Ahead” will replace “Intel Inside”. And, as noted in the earlier article, [...]

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By Michael Santo
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
In a story reminiscent of one I posted a few days ago, where South Korea was going to start sending indictments via text messaging, following a successful trial in Staffordshire, central England, British courts are looking to text message or email people who don’t pay fines, miss court dates, or [...]

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Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
Yesterday F-Secure and Sunbelt reported a new in-the-wild exploit thattakes advantage of a vulnerability in the WMF (Windows Metafile) graphics rendering engine to automatically download and install malware. As I said, that was just yesterday, and Websense Security Systems is already tracking thousands of sites distributing the code.
Microsoft has posted [...]

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By Michael Santo
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
In what may be a sign that the furor is dying down, Sony BMG has apparently reached a settlement in the XCP copy protection class action lawsuit, according to papers filed in a New York court Wednesday.
During November a number of individuals filed cases against Sony at courts across America. These [...]

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Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
Is it time to overhaul the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office? The disputes between Research in Motion and NTP and, most recently, Google and Rates Technology Inc. demonstrate there is a serious problem in balancing the rights of patent holders and the rights of innovators. When the USPTO issues broad-based patents [...]

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Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
Another list from Wired News, which shows that technology not only makes our lives easier, it makes it easier to insert your foot into your mouth. Many of these were covered here at RealTechNews. A few of the notables:
“Most people don’t even know what a rootkit is, so why [...]

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By: Chief Gizmateer
Contributing Writer: RealTechNews

How would you like a PSP that would support not only games, pictures, music and video but also e-books and the ability to snag free emulators including MAME for most older gaming systems on the open source Linux OS? Oh yeah, all of the above for only $179?

The Gamepark GP2X [...]

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By Michael Santo
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
Toyota announced on Tuesday, December 26th, the redesigned bB, which it calls a “car-shaped music player.” The second generation model aims to keep the strengths of the original model, while aiming itself squarely at people who want to be surrounded by music while driving.
Nine speakers are optimally located [...]