ShareBy Michael Santo
Executive Editor, RealTechNews
Transformers fans with some extra disposable income (all right, a lot of disposable income), here’s your chance to own Optimus Prime. Or at least, the unTransformed Optimus Prime in his Peterbilt form.
An eBay Canada auction is up to $55,400 U.S. at the time of this writing. The auction ends [...]
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By Alice Hill
RealTechNews
Call them Ultra Mobile PCs (UMPCs) or pocket computers – this is a category that just won’t die. Here’s why: I got the PepperPad back when it launched – a small tablet-style device you could stick on a kitchen counter and manipulate with a touch screen, stylus, thumb-wheel mouse, and an odd [...]
ShareBy Martin Regtien
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
I must confess that I didnt think we’d ever go beyond the 32 Channels that a few of the new GPS receivers like the Travel Recorder are sporting.
However: GlobalTop is about to announce their amazing 51 Channel GPS receiver.
This one is called the G66 Touch GPS and because of its extreme [...]
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By Martin Regtien
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
The People Have Spoken!
As promised, DigitalReviews.net has now published the comments from people that received the Head-Up Display from GlobalTop in their GiveAway.
It’s a bit of a mix of praise & problems and some valuable suggestions as well.
Have a look here.
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By Michael Santo
Executive Editor, RealTechNews
As I reported just yesterday, Toyota is starting road tests of it’s plug-in hybrid prototypes. What I didn’t know then, and know now, is that two UC California campuses will get to test them as well.
Toyota announced yesterday that it has developed a plug-in hybrid vehicle and become the first [...]
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By Michael Santo
Executive Editor, RealTechNews
General Motors has been touting its Chevrolet Volt, pictured above, for some time … they hope to get it on the market by 2010, despite the fact that the battery technology GM intends to use still hasn’t been developed. Meanwhile, you can buy a plug-in Prius (if you get a [...]
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By Michael Santo
Executive Editor, RealTechNews
Quite some time ago Alice wrote a piece about how hybrids didn’t save money. It was obvious that the EPA estimates were way out of line. Since then, of course, the EPA has developed a new mileage rating system. Too late for John True, though.
But after 6,000 miles of [...]
ShareBy Alice Hill
RealTechNews
Rant of the Day Dept: You know a company is in trouble when a technical breakthrough is viewed with skepticism. Call me jaded, but Sony’s recent patent of a gel, or oil, or saline-filled “Air Bag” to cushion electronics such as the hard drives in laptops and other components in cameras strikes me [...]
