ShareBy Michael Santo
Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews
McAfee’s S.P.A.M. (Spammed Persistently All Month) experiment begins today. This is a global project, with 50 people, 5 from each of the 10 countries that McAfee does business in, selected from over 2,000 respondents via a Craiglist ad.
The entire month of April, participants will expose themselves to spam using a Dell [...]

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Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
In creating the original Xbox, Microsoft unwittingly helped create the single most affordable and feature packed media player of the Standard Definition age.
The free open source Xbox Media Centre (XBMC) software – when coupled with a modified Xbox – sets the standard for home theatre playback.
Is the Popcorn Hour A-100 the [...]

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Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
The need for security – often in the form of covert surveillance – is rapidly increasing in our modern world.
Our homes and businesses follow the trend set by governments and law enforcement agencies.
I was looking around for an unobtrusive recording device that would have motion activation and take reasonable good pictures [...]

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Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews
And people wonder why I have doubts about the future of the human race. An attack by hackers occurred last weekend on the user forums of the Epilepsy Foundation of America (EFA), “the national voluntary agency solely dedicated to the welfare of the more than 3 million people with epilepsy in [...]

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By Michael Santo
Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews
I’m not a fan of in-game advertising, but in-game sales might be an idea that I can “buy” into.
The in-game radio of the Grand Theft Auto series has been a feature many have lauded, but now it will also be a way to monetize gameplay. By using a new technology called [...]

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By Michael Santo
Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews
Despite the fact that it appeared Apple was pushing Safari via iTunes update, until today, it turns out you can’t install it at all, unless you wanted to violate the EULA and risk legal action (and we all know how Apple protects its interests).
As pictured above, you can see that the EULA [...]

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Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
The “multiuse” Jabra BT5020 headset and A7010 hub bundle are Bluetooth devices which can be used with multiple communication devices, allowing office professionals and “road warriors” to use a single headset with their mobile, desk phone and PC.
Thanks to Jabra, DigitalReviews got their hands on the BT5020 and A7010 bundle for [...]

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Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews
AMD made a host of announcements on Thursday, including officially launching their triple-core Phenom X3 line, which we wrote about earlier, as well as high-performance quad-core Phenom X4 CPUs and an energy-efficient quad-core CPU that uses only 65 watts.