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Executive Editor, RealTechNews
We already have Google Checkout and PayPay; do we really need another online payment service? Steve Case seems to think so …
The new venture is called Revolution Money and allows users to transfer money at no charge, as well offers a credit card for business that has lower fees for [...]
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Executive Editor, RealTechNews
In a repeat of their loss in a similar case to Verizon earlier this year, a federal jury has concluded that Vonage has been in violation of seven patents held by Sprint Nextel.
The financial burden of this ruling could be dramatic. Sprint Nextel was awarded $69.5 million in damages—as of today, [...]
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By Alice Hill
RealTechNews
I missed this one, but last week the updated version of the Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) went on sale in Japan and rang up 130,000 sales in one day. Not bad. The updated unit is more curvy looking and has a video-out port, but I have to say I like the original version [...]
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Executive Editor, RealTechNews
Earlier this year I wrote that Amazon.com would be launching their own DRM-free digital music store. Well, here it is. Today they announced the public beta of their store, named Amazon MP3.
Because of the DRM-free nature of the downloads, you won’t find any Sony BMG or Warner Music Group [...]
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Executive Editor, RealTechNews
Microsoft announced today, on the official Vista blog, that the Windows Vista SP1 beta has been released to a private set of beta testers. Yep, private, sorry guys (although who wants to bet how long it will be before it leaks?).
Today we release the Beta of windows Vista [...]
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Executive Editor, RealTechNews
Following up on their prior announcement that they were mulling over public sales of the XO-1, the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Foundation has announced the “Give 1, Get 1 Program.” Starting on November 12th, for a limited time, you can pay $399 to buy two XO-1 OLPC laptops — [...]
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Executive Editor, RealTechNews
Apple’s iTunes store now has games for sale that work with the newly released third-generation iPod nano (with video), iPod classic and fifth-generation iPod (with video).
Currently only Tetris, Ms. Pac-Man, and Sudoku will work with the new models.
We Say: Here’s the bad news: if you already purchased these games for your [...]
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Executive Editor, RealTechNews
It’s free download week! Following free download moves by NBC Universal and ABC, it seems Fox is following the trend — but not really. The freebies will be a set of season premieres, and will only be for the next two weeks. Sources say there are only seven shows in the [...]
