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Executive Editor, RealTechNews
Toni Sacconaghi, an analyst at Bernstein Research, has backed off his initial assertion that tons of iPhones are sitting on warehouse shelves. Rather than that, Sacconaghi estimates about 1 million iPhones have been unlocked – which is possibly worse news for Apple.
This number came about by taking Apple’s numbers, subtracting [...]

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Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
I just finished reading this article from Reuters that talked about U2’s manager taking ISP’s to task for not ending illegal music downloads and protecting the musicians, i.e., his cash cow. He goes on to say that the government helped the ISP’s create a “thieves’ charter” and [...]

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Home automation is becoming a big theme at electronics trade shows like CES. Many companies have been promising the ’smart house’ for years a house that automatically anticipates and responds to its inhabitants wants and needs. HawkingTech was showing off some preliminary tech which [...]

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Executive Editor, RealTechNews
As I indicated yesterday, I’ll believe it when it happens: free, legal, unlimited downloads from all the major labels and more. Right. So far it hasn’t worked out that way.
For one, the site keeps pushing back its launch. It was supposed to be over the weekend. [...]

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Executive Editor, RealTechNews
Despite how users drool over the iPhone’s version of Safari, mobile browsers still have a tough time rendering pages that with lots of Ajax, Flash, Java, JavaScript, QuickTime, and on and on. For one thing you don’t have a Core 2 Duo in that smartphone, now do you?
Today at Demo [...]

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Executive Editor, RealTechNews
When Amazon MP3 launched last year, you can bet it was looked upon by Apple as just another minor threat to iTunes’ dominance. But with the signing of Sony BMG, Amazon is the only retailer selling DRM-free music from all four major music labels. And now it’s a major [...]

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Executive Editor, RealTechNews
It’s no secret that a war has broken out between a group of hackers calling themselves Anonymous and the Church of Scientology. However, it appears the first innocent casualty has fallen.
The group has subjected the Scientology servers with DDos (Distributed Denial-of-Service) attacks in what’s known as Project Chanology. The [...]

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By Michael Santo
Executive Editor, RealTechNews
The News York Times, home of “All The News That’s Fit to Print,” launched “All The News That’s Fit to Text” on Friday. The new service will deliver features and columns from the NYT as well as features from The Times Magazine via text message to cell phones and mobile [...]