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By Michael Santo
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
As we reported earlier, rumors about Dell and AMD have been running rampant lately. Forbes is reporting today that Doug Freedman with American Technology Research has stated that AMD is within weeks of getting CPUs into Dell PCs.
The analyst says Dell will first use AMD chips in its [...]

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Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
I just found this very interesting extension for Firefox (there’s an IE version too though) called SiteAdvisor.  SiteAdvisor is designed to help keep you informed about the websites that you are visiting (or may visit).  It works similarly to Google’s search engine, utilizing bots to scour the web and report back [...]

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By Michael Santo
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
First off, I want to thank Microsoft for giving us early information on this. I spoke with Gary Schare, Director of IE Product Management at Microsoft. As of right now, you can download the Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 Public Preview HERE. I installed the software, and [...]

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Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
Being a (recreational) soccer player, this news item naturally caught my eye: adidas recently announced a new concept in soccer boots, a modular boot. The new +F50 TUNIT, as the model is called, consists of 3 interchangeable components: the upper, the chassis and the studs. Of course, each [...]

ShareBy Michael Santo
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
You may recall the $100 Laptop project, hand-cranked laptops that Intel Chairman Craig Barrett has called a “gadget“. The project was founded by Nicholas Negroponte, founding chairman of MIT’s Media Laboratory.
Negroponte failed to reach agreement with Microsoft on the usage of Windows CE in the laptop, and has since decided [...]

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Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
Zone Labs announced that 180Solutions has dropped it’s lawsuit that sought to get them to change how they labeled their Zango and Search Assistant programs. No reason was released by 180, nor was this a settlement.
“From the inception of the suit, we believed it had no merit,” said John Slavitt, general [...]

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Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
Microsoft has been forced to issue new versions of it Office suites, Office 2003 and Office XP, as a result of the patent dispute it was involved in with Carlos Armando Amado, because of the way their Access database product interacts with Excel. They have begun issuing emails to corporate customers [...]

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By Michael Santo
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
Let’s say you have a state with low population density, but you still want complete coverage for the whole state. That can be an expensive proposition, and not all that cost-effective, to build up cell towers across the state. Extend America Inc., a wireless telecommunications company is looking to [...]