ShareBy Michael Santo
Executive Editor, RealTechNews
I’m starting to think I should just create a website with all my personal information on it and just show it to the world. After all, it seems like every other day there’s a new laptop lost, some website exposed, or some data hacked. In this case, hackers broke [...]
ShareBy Michael Santo
Executive Editor, RealTechNews
I’m sure you’ve wanted to do it occasionally. I sure have. You know, you get a phone call that really ticks you off, or else your cell phone does something that really infuriates you … you want to take it and throw it into the lake or something.
Finland has started a [...]
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By Yan Fortin
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
The guys at [Geeks Are Sexy] have recently pubbed a great piece on disk wiping utilities. If you need to have your files deleted permanently, a drive format won’t do the trick. You’ll need to take extra steps if you want to make sure no one sticks his nose into your [...]
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By Alice Hill
RealTechNews
You know gasoline prices are getting bad when it takes a physics lesson to make a point. So today class, we are going to learn why gasoline served “hot” ends up costing motorists as much as $155 milion a year in Arizona and almost $2.5 BILLION nationwide. First some facts:
–The state with the [...]
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By: Chief Gizmateer
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
I raised the question earlier this year as to whether or not consumers have finally got fed up with proprietary systems such as the Sony PSP (Playstation Portable) and do they want the freedom of an open-source handheld system like the GP2X? Some geek bloggers (1, 2) and forums [...]
ShareBy Jimmy Daniels
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
The world’s largest music company, Universal Music, is backing a start-up, SpiralFrog, that will allow consumers to download songs for free, relying on advertising for its revenues.
The move reflects music companies’ willingness to experiment as they try to capture some profit from the boom in digital distribution still dominated by [...]
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By Alice Hill
RealTechNews
Not long ago we reported on some bad laptop laser etching gone horribly wrong. But the trend continues. Today, we found out that the venerable (if not borderline tired) Motorola RAZR cell phone is going for the laser-etched look – sporting a steely finish and a custom dragon tattoo design. (No word yet [...]
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By Michael Santo
Executive Editor, RealTechNews
I had someone ask me if there was such a thing as privacy anymore, since so many companies and organizations seem to lose laptops, leak information on the web, etc. etc. I said … no. Seems like Microsoft is no different, as they accidentally leaked Vista prices on the [...]
