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By Yan Fortin
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
What do you get when you cover an old Volvo with singing fish and lobsters and combine the whole thing with a Linux server? This is what you get:

Texan Richard Carter took a Volvo, 5 miles of wire, five 6-volt golf cart batteries, a screw drive mechanism using 12v DC reversible [...]

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Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews
On Monday, number 2 overall hard drive manufacturer Western Digital announced it had purchased SiliconSystems for $65 million in cash, thus entering the solid-state drive (SSD) market via acquisition.
Just last November, WD was still cautious on SSDs (to say the least) saying:
“Western Digital enters markets that exist, announces products when they are [...]

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Here’s the weekly summary of featured items from Gizmos For Geeks:
There’s a new feature from Google Labs that allows you to ‘unsend’ an email just after sending. Why oh why is the Sci Fi Channel renaming themselves to SyFy?
For noisy environments, you’ll be able to get a ‘throat microphone’ from Sanwa. Home improvement buffs may [...]

ShareBy Michael Santo
Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews
I guess I (and TealPoint Software) should have seen this coming. Palm has sent TealPoint a “Cease-and-Desist” warning over their TealOS app, which adds the Palm Web OS “look and feel” to Palm OS devices.
TealPoint confirmed this on their TealTalk forums:
Hi folks.
I’m sorry to say that at Palm’s request, as of [...]

ShareBy Michael Santo
Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews
Microsoft has made quite an issue of the “Apple Tax,” the premium that Apple buyers pay, and that Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer says “buys you a logo.” On Thursday, Microsoft unveiled their latest series of ads, called “Laptop Hunters,” which will follow real people as they hunt for a new laptop.
In the [...]

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Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews
A close look at the refund policies clearly written into the developer agreement that devs must sign before being able to sell applications in the App Store shows that if it wanted to, Apple could demand a developer refund the entire amount of a sale to the company, if a customer managed [...]

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Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews
Still playing catch-up with Netflix, Blockbuster announced on Wednesday it has inked a deal with TiVo to add its OnDemand service to TiVo’s DVRs. TiVo already has deals in place with Netflix and Amazon.com, and those deals will be unaffected by this new pact.
Blockbuster currently only offers its OnDemand service on [...]

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Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews
On Monday, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group (WBHEG) announced the “Warner Archive Collection“. These are movies that have never before been released on DVD, spanning more than 60 years of film. And, Warner says, they will be available in both manufacturing on demand (MOD) and digital download format.
When you order [...]