ShareBy Jimmy Daniels
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
I will say this was not expected by me, but I don’t really follow the startup coverage at TechCrunch that much, I end up reading the more mainstream stuff they do, like the youtube announcement, etc. But, this does make sense as they would cover the entire lifetime of a startup, [...]
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Executive Editor, RealTechNews
Talk about embarassing … Windows Vista can be taken down by a buffer overflow caused by a malformed animated cursor, such that it enters a crash-restart-crash loop. It’s not even a new exploit, as it was first reported by eEye in January 2005. At the time it was felt the [...]
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Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
In a strange twist of fate, the anti-plagiarism service TurnItIn has been sued by four high school students for violating copyright laws. The claim stems from TurnItIn’s policy of adding the text of student papers to its database when they are checked for plagiarism. However, the students noticed that [...]
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By Alice Hill
RealTechNews
My biggest problem is remembering what charging brick goes with what device. So many are generic and if you throw a few items in a bag or drawer, it’s hard to remember what powers what. The solution for me was a simple label maker. I now write “Western Digital Hard Drive” on the [...]
ShareAlice Adds: Let’s see if our own David Johnston will kick the tires on this version.
–Download Open Office 2.2 Here
From John McCreesh
The OpenOffice.org Community announce the release of OpenOffice.org 2.2, the latest version of the leading open-source office suite. With upgrades to its word processor, spreadsheet, presentations, and database software, the free software package [...]
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By Alice Hill
RealTechNews
Office coffee mugs are a hot commodity (no pun intended.) To protect your mug from thieving pirates, here’s a somewhat clever invention: the lock-able mug. You carry around the round locking rubber plug on your keychain and the exposed hole in the side the mug renders it useless to others. Lock the plug [...]
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By Alice Hill
RealTechNews
I can admit it. When I was very little, I went out to our backyard and tried to dig to China. I was a literal child and I guess, not much has changed. Here’s a handy site that shows exactly where you would end up if you dug through the earth to the [...]
ShareBy Michael Santo
Executive Editor, RealTechNews
Already have a few downloaded songs from an album and want to complete it? Well, if you bought the songs from iTunes, Apple today announced the “Complete My Album” offer, which allows a 99 cent credit for every song you already own when you “upgrade” to the complete album.
The record [...]
