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By Michael Santo
Executive Editor, RealTechNews
Earlier I wrote about clean installs not being available any longer with Windows Vista Upgrade DVDs. There was conjecture that it might be related to Home versions, but even the mainstream press was confused. Now, it seems Paul Thurott, through some internal Microsoft documents, has discovered a workaround. [...]

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Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
Has everyone seen the Snap popup preview that is running on some of the big blogs like Techcrunch? I thought I was the only one who hated as I had never seen any posts about it, it was like they just popped it on their blog and no one cared, so [...]

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Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
With the hype for the iPods and Zunes it’s easy to forget that SanDisk is one of the major players in the personal audio field. So it’s good to know there is a decent alternative in the Sansa e200 series, SanDisk’s flagship audio line.
On DigitalReviews.net they are reviewing [...]

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Executive Editor, RealTechNews
Now I’ve seen everything (all right, I still have plenty of time left, so maybe not) . Dell has opened a Second Life store, there are car dealers in Second Life, we’ve seen Reuters open a news bureau and companies have press conferences there. Now Second Life [...]

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Contributing Writer, RealTechNews.
Dave Zatz over at Zatz Not Funny is holding a charity raffle to help out the James Kim Memorial Fund. For every $10 you send in to Dave you will receive an entry in a raffle for a TiVo Toaster.
To learn more on how to contribute, check [...]

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By Michael Santo
Executive Editor, RealTechNews
Microsoft is ending their past policy with regards to upgrade installs, starting with Windows Vista. In the past, for example, you could perform a clean install of Windows XP Professional using an upgrade CD, by doing the normal install, then popping in a Windows 98 or Windows 2000 CD [...]

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By Michael Santo
Executive Editor, RealTechNews
You might ask, what do cell phones have to do with a brawl on school grounds? Well, apparently the combatants were using cell phones to call in reinforcements, thus exacerbating the fight. And yes, although other school districts have done this in the past, it was generally because [...]

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Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
Got a catchy tune in your head, but have no idea who the artist is? Midomi.com says it can help, you can type in keywords to search for songs, or you can hum a few bars and see what comes up. They even allow users to record songs in their online [...]