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Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews
A mashup is “a web application that combines data from more than one source into a single integrated tool.” For example, you might combine data from one site that tells you the leg room on available flights with a travel site to determine which flights have the greatest leg room.
While this [...]

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Contributing Writer, RealTechNews

Here’s a scoop on what will be unveiled at Computex in a couple of months by GlobalTop:
the 66 channel SpeedAdvisor GPS will be able to warn you of speed cameras directly in your path.
It’s pre-loaded with the most up-to-date speed camera locations which can be updated every day.
Depending on distance to [...]

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Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews
As predicted, the 3rd service pack for Windows XP (SP3) was released to manufacturing (RTM) on Monday, April 21st. Also as predicted, Microsoft indicated it will be available for download on April 29th.
This was announced on the TechNet forum, in a post in which Chris Keroack, the service pack’s release manager said:
Today [...]

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By Michael Santo
Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews
As we continue to try to determine if Psystar is for real or not, they’ve updated their site to say that their store is up and running and orders are shipping.
It is our pleasure to inform you that our store is up and running thanks to our new high volume payment processor. [...]

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The HP Garage is recognized as the birthplace of Silicon Valley. We got the rare opportunity to get inside of the Garage (thanks to our sponsor HP) to bring you a look at an important piece of tech history. Be sure to also check out our HP Garage photo tour. We also have a bunch [...]

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In this episode of Unboxing Live, we open up the Microsoft Zune 80 and Zune 8. These are both from the Zune 2 line, which features the Zune Pad – a touch-sensitive pad that also functions as a button.

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Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews
It’s been bandied around for some time: a subscription-based version of Microsoft Office, and on Friday, Microsoft launched just such a service, code-named Albany, in private beta form. Albany includes more than just Office, however.
Albany is a bundle of Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 (which contains Excel, Word, PowerPoint and [...]

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In this episode of Unboxing Live, we open up the OLPC XO-1. If that doesn’t sound familiar, this is the infamous One Laptop Per Child computer, aimed to help children in third-world countries with learning.