ShareBy Michael Santo
Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews
You’ll probably recall that earlier this year the judge in the RIAA v. Jammie Thomas declared a mistrial in the case, setting aside the original verdict. A retrial date has already been set, but the RIAA had a chance to appeal the mistrial ruling. It has lost that appeal, and [...]

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Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews
I had my doubts about Dell’s claim of carbon neutrality, when they trumpeted it in August, and it appears I was right. However, I may have been wrong when I said I felt they had made some major strides in that direction. At least, I get that feeling after reading [...]

ShareBy Jimmy Daniels
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
I consider myself a big technology fan, not only do I work in technology, I like using new technologies, whether it’s software, gadgets, or a combination, and I like talking about them, usually. My kids and I have a tablet, an UMPC running Windows XP, four laptops, four desktops, two iPods, [...]

ShareBy Michael Santo
Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews
As a new father, I have to admit, watching my wife breastfeeding our daughter brings on feelings in me, but not sexual ones, rather sweet ones, as I find the interaction between mother and daughter beautiful. Facebook, on the other hand seems to think breastfeeding is obscene, having removed many photos [...]

ShareBy Michael Santo
Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews
I’ve written before about the high cost of text messaging versus the actual bandwidth used (wireless carriers even encourage users to SMS, rather than call in the event of an emergency, because there is so little bandwidth used). The New York Times recently posted an excellent story about just how much [...]

ShareBy Michael Santo
Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews
CastleCops, the volunteer-run website and organization famous for fighting phishing, highly recommended by many, has gone offline. The site had reached its five-year anniversary in 2007.
CastleCops had made many enemies among the malware community, who used DDOS attacks on the site as well as PayPal donations from compromised accounts to ruin [...]

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Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews
According to a report in Japan’s Nikkei business daily newspaper (subscription required), the Nintendo Wii will get its own video distribution service in 2009.
Unlike the services offered on the PS3 or Xbox 360, which offer existing movies or TV programming, Nintendo is going to create original programming, cartoons and family-oriented programming, for [...]

ShareBy Michael Santo
Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews
As newspapers struggle to stay in business while revenue declines, a Pew Research Center study released on Tuesday confirms what most of us already figured: those eyeballs are now viewing the Internet, rather than newspaper print.
These findings are based on a recent installment of the Pew Research Center for the People & [...]