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By Michael Santo
Executive Editor, RealTechNews
Guess this South Korean who died after a 50 hour nonstop gaming session really wasn’t addicted. At least that’s what the AMA says.
Doctors backed away on Sunday from a controversial proposal to designate video game addiction as a mental disorder akin to alcoholism, saying psychiatrists should study the issue more.
Addiction [...]
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Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
Windows Live Folders, formerly referred to as Live Drive, a much better name, IMHO, has entered beta, or rather, a managed beta, whatever that means. The service is supposed to start with 500Mb of online storage on a new computing infrastructure that Microsoft has been building for Silverlight.
The beta system is [...]
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By Michael Santo
Executive Editor, RealTechNews
The next few days there are going to be so much iPhone news … I can either post them separately or in one fell swoop. Personally I am so overwhelmed … expect them in a roundup format.
a) Pricing for the iPhone voice / data plans was announced. [...]
ShareBy Martin Regtien
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
Just a couple of weeks and you’ll be able to check out the contours of the latest SanDisk Cruzer Contour for yourself. Here’s a sleek new flash drive, a bit like a switchblade: to flick out the USB connector just use your thumb to slide the top of the Cruzer Contour. [...]
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Executive Editor, RealTechNews
KPIX-TV, AKA CBS 5 in the SF Bay Area, today announced jointly with Sling Media that it is using Sling Media’s Slingbox with 3G wireless networks and video cameras to deliver live video feeds and pictures.
Currently, CBS 5 has 28 live cameras, all of which are supported by Slingbox technology. [...]
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By Michael Santo
Executive Editor, RealTechNews
This won’t be a long post, since it’s just a reminder. You may remember my earlier post about the protest over new Internet radio royalty rates. Well, it’s today.
Not everyone is participating, but if you go to Yahoo! Launchcast for example, all you get is savenetradio.org links (as [...]
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Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
Nothing flash… or is it?
Today DigitalReviews.net looked at two USB flash memory drives from PQI, the Intelligent Drive i810 and the Card Drive U510.
Even in the abundant flash memory drive market these drives offer unique form factors that provide that additional option for consumers’ tastes.
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By Michael Santo
Executive Editor, RealTechNews
Hastings, Nebraska … yep, in Yahoo!’s Be a Better Planet “Greenest City in America†challenge it’s #1. It’s also the birthplace of Kool-Aid.
As Sam Champion announced on Good Morning America this morning, Hastings is the winner of Yahoo!’s Be a Better Planet “Greenest City in America†challenge. A [...]
