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Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews
On Sunday, June 1st, the so-called “Amazon Tax” goes into effect in New York state. While formerly only retailers with brick-and-mortar stores in a state were required to collect sales tax, New York has enacted a law which forces etailers to collect tax on sales, if they have affiliates which [...]

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That’s right friends – we are a part of the 31 Days of the Dragon giveaway, and that means that you (yes, you…) have the opportunity to win an amazing HP HDX Dragon computer package worth over $5,000. To see the goods, check the video. How do you win? All you need to do is [...]

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Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews
On Friday, Amazon.com’s popular (it’s hard to say just how popular since Amazon hasn’t released specific sales info on it, but popular enough to sell out) Kindle wireless reading device received a boost in something every such media “player” needs: content.
Amazon.com and Simon & Schuster announced that the Kindle would be getting [...]

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By Michael Santo
Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews
Yesterday the Comcast site was hacked, or to be more precise, Comcast’s complete portfolio of over 200 domain names was hijacked, enabling the perpetrators to redirect visitors to Comcast.net to a site they controlled.
In an interview allegedly with the pair involved, the two admitted not just their guilt, but also the reasons [...]

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By Michael Santo
Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews
This isn’t technically a story on tech, or even on science, but how could I not write about the death of Alexander Courage, composer of the theme of the original Star Trek series (ST:TOS)? He was 88.
Courage died May 15 at the Sunrise assisted-living facility in Pacific Palisades, according to his [...]

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By Michael Santo
Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews
On Thursday VIA announced a new CPU family – the Nano family – based on the VIA Isaiah Architecture. Following closely the announcement of its reference UMPC a few days ago, VIA’s new Nano family has the Intel Atom family right in its sights. The CPUs, built on a Fujitsu [...]

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Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews
Time to start the PR engines, as Firefox 3’s release is rapidly approaching. And what better way to ensure a lot of downloads than to try to set a record. On Wednesday Mozilla announced a campaign asking users to “pledge” to download Firefox 3 on the day of its release. The [...]

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We unbox the TokyoFlash Pimpin Ain’t Easy watch in this episode. TokyoFlash watches are known for their unique methods of displaying the current time.