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By Michael Santo
Executive Editor, RealTechNews
Too bad it’s today, January 15th. Today being the day of Steve Jobs’ keynote at Macworld, this is going to get missed by many. But not by me: Happy Seventh Birthday Wikipedia (all right, I’ll admit it: they emailed me about it).
Yep, Wikipedia was founded on January 15, 2001.
In […]

By Michael Santo
Executive Editor, RealTechNews
Amazon.com has launched a software download section in their software store. While the product selection is small - meaning, limited to TurboTax products - the fact that they built a software downloader application means that this is not the end of the story.
Install the downloader (in the sidebar on […]

By Alice Hill
RealTechNews
OK - so it isn’t, but after all the ugly iPhone imitations, this is the first concept design that actually looks appealing. We hereby take quick a break from reality to bring you the following idea. A forum member on ZuneScene named Teccom747 dreamed up this concept phone. His specs:
The Zune 3 is […]

By Michael Santo
Executive Editor, RealTechNews
On Wednesday Netflix announced something that has been anticipated since mid-2006: a set-top box to stream movies from the Internet to subscribers’ TVs.
The company wants to strike deals with electronics companies that will let it send movies straight to TV screens over the Internet. Its first partnership, announced Wednesday night, is […]

By Michael Santo
Executive Editor, RealTechNews
Australian Telecommunications Minister Stephen Conroy today announced a requirement for ISPs to provide a “clean feed” for all homes, schools and any public PCs accessible by children. This follows up on a pre-election Nov. 19th Labor Party press release which first announced a proposed Cyber-safety plan.
Telecommunications Minister Stephen Conroy says […]

By Michael Santo
Executive Editor, RealTechNews
It’s a sad day and the end of an era. Development is to cease on the Netscape browser, which at one time held the largest market share of all browsers, and was the first browser to gain mass popularity.
However, it had been evident for a while that this move was […]

By Michael Santo
Executive Editor, RealTechNews
Queen Elizabeth, who every year gives a Christmas Day message on television, is going to post the message on YouTube as well. Additionally, the Royal Channel has launched today on YouTube, the “Official Channel of the British Monarchy.”
While you might think someone of her age (at 81, she recently became […]

By Michael Santo
Executive Editor, RealTechNews
Think Secret, a popular Apple rumor site, has been shut down as part of a settlement over a lawsuit filed by Apple in 2005. The lawsuit was filed after Think Secret published details of the Mac Mini, the iPod Shuffle, and the iWork productivity suite two weeks before the products […]

By Michael Santo
Executive Editor, RealTechNews
As I indicated earlier, with the settlement between Microsoft and Eolas Technology, Microsoft is finally going to be able to remove that “Click to activate and use this control” message you see on some websites with ActiveX controls.
In fact, in early November Microsoft indicated a trial called the “Internet Explorer […]

By Michael Santo
Executive Editor, RealTechNews
In a study that produced a result that some would say “Duh!” to, China’s Internet users are much more dependent on the Web than U.S. users. However, it’s about more than just gaming.
A survey of more than 2,100 Internet users aged 16 to 25 years old in both countries […]

By Michael Santo
Executive Editor, RealTechNews
If you’ve ever used Google News, you have seen that stories are usually listed with a blurb, then alternative links to the same story are listed below the “head” story. Google is experimenting with adding comment links to that area below the “head” story as well … but only from […]

By Alice Hill
RealTechNews
January 1, 2007 marked the start of RFID-embedded US passports. You can tell you have a new one if the logo on the front is different and there is a little bulge in the back cover. Depending on where you fall on the security issue - some say broadcasting your whereabouts from […]