Share By Michael Santo
Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews
Way back in 2005, early adopters of the iPod nano came to the realization that the uncoated front surface of the device scratched too easily. Apple came to that realization as well, eventually inserting a soft fabric sleeve (pictured) into retail boxes.
A lawsuit was filed over the scratching issue, and [...]

ShareBy Martin Regtien
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews 

Let me start off by saying that if you had one of these, then the film “Jaws” probably couldn’t have been made.  It is the second generation Shark Shield extraordinaire, with a claimed shark exclusion zone of 6-8 metres diameter.
Do they work you say, well I should say YES with a [...]

ShareBy Martin Regtien
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews 
With Apple’s sales figures continuing to grow, more and more products are being marketed directly at the think different crowd. Joining the fray are Targus who have released a whole line of for Mac products.
And for the past month, the Bluetooth Laser Mouse from this collection just happens to have been [...]

ShareBy Michael Santo
Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews
Since when does Apple do anything quietly, sans publicity? OK, OK, they do. In this case enGadget noticed that Apple has silently upgraded the specs on their entry level white MacBook to be more in line with their newer unibody models.
For that same $999 you get:

2.0 GHz Core 2 Duo [...]

ShareBy Michael Santo
Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews
It looks like, as I assumed when I asked “how far up does this go?” that the gaming of end user reviews by Belkin goes pretty high up.
It was noted by a Gizmodo tipster that despite Belkin’s president Mark Reynoso’s assurance that the fake reviews first found by The Daily Background [...]

ShareBy Michael Santo
Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews
Citrix and Intel announced today a joint development agreement that will combine Intel’s vPro technology with Citrix’s virtualization technology, including the Xen hypervisor and other products such as Xen Desktop and XenApp.
vPro is a platform that makes managing and securing a laptop or desktop easier. It includes virtualization already, but the Citrix [...]

ShareBy Michael Santo
Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews
At noon EST on January 20th, change came not just to America, but to WhiteHouse.gov. Under the Constitution, President-elect Barack Obama became president at 12 noon EST, even though he had not formally been sworn in; the inaugural ceremonies were running behind schedule.
At the same time, Change.gov, the Obama transition team’s [...]

ShareBy Michael Santo
Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews
When Belkin’s president Mark Reynoso apologized profusely over the way a Belkin Business Development representative was using Amazon’s Mechanical Turk to game the review system at several sites, I asked “how high up did the scandal go?” Apparently, according to a tipster, pretty high up.
According to the tipster, an employee of [...]