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Finally, WMD* at an affordable price.
Nobody remembers who started it. Perhaps that guy from HR lobbed a wadded-up piece of paper over the cube wall at you? It could have been one of those accounting dudes with the marshmallow-gun. It doesn’t matter, now. You are armed.
The USB Missile Launcher is the latest desktop […]

Maybe I should head to Chicago for a week.
According to Reuters, the Sheraton Chicago hotel’s general manager, Rick Ueno, has devised a rather unique informal program for CrackBerry addicts. Check in, hand your BlackBerry over to Ueno, and detox for the rest of your time there.
Ueno… said the program which began Wednesday grew out of […]

This sounds like the perfect invention for me! Seth Borenstein of the Associated Press (via The Washington Post) writes:

Like a good magic trick, sometimes a well-done hoax can get people thinking, “how did they do that?” Ted Bridis of the Associated Press (via The Seattle Post-Intelligencer) writes:
A startling Internet video that shows someone spraying graffiti on President Bush’s jet looked so authentic that the Air Force wasn’t immediately certain whether the plane had […]

As Christopher Walken might, say: “Wowie, zowie!” Judging by this poor consumer’s situation, either Dell’s got the world’s most stupid or most sinister sales force on Earth. John Oates of The Register writes:
You’ve heard of direct selling…
Dell’s growth figures have long been envied by others flogging boxes, but a posting on a forum reveals just […]

Lester Haines of The Register writes:
Simple question: would you allow a man who by his own admission cannot use an iPod to:

Sell you a used car?

Marry your daughter?

Run the country?

No, of course you wouldn’t. Which is why we report with an icy chill of fear in our hearts that none other that UK President Tony […]

Michael Santo of RealTechNews writes:
It might be flattering if someone starts staring at your clothes because they’re cool, but if they start staring at them because they want to figure out the next part of a game… well, I’m not so sure about that. Edoc Laundry is set to launch its line of clothing on […]

Michael Santo of RealTechNews writes:
I’m surprised I haven’t heard more about this. Apparently if you don’t have the “Users” Group on your computer, Windows Defender won’t install. And I mean “Users” in English. Since “Users” is localized for some international versions of Windows, this is causing an “Error 1609″ when installing Windows […]

Don’t do it! Don’t hack OS X to pirate it! You’re risking your karma!
At least, that’s what Apple says. Apple confirmed on Wednesday that it has embedded poetry in places in the OS that presumably would need to be accessed to hack it, which warns against piracy.
Read More about Anti-Piracy Poetry […]

[Yesterday was] Valentine’s day and most of the readers at RealTechNews are male, so for that speical someone in your life, here’s a guide written by a geek for geeks about how to listen to women. I am not sure I agree, and I don’t get why this advice is specifically for “geeks” vs. just […]

I’m not a fan of “disorders”, especially ADD (or Attention Deficit Disorder.) If working a full-time job while running a tech blog and flying all over the world keeps me from being bored, then slap an ADD sticker on my forehead and call it a day. For those wincing under the ADD label, here are […]

Michael Santo of RealTechNews writes
Think you have trouble with your taxes? Well, I’m not going to feel sorry for the richest man in the world, but apparently his tax return is so complex that it requires a special computer, and because of that, if the info gets on the wrong computer, he erroneously gets notices […]

Michael Santo of RealTechNews writes:
Please, call me Stewie. I’m pretty open about my love for Family Guy, and the baby out to take over the world gets to start his conquest with his own Internet radio show, starting later this year.
Read More about Stewie’s Talk Show Here

Tags: internet, realtechnews, michael santo, family guy, stewie […]

Today, Fortune has a piece on plans by retail giants, Costco, Target, and Wal-Mart to move to fingerprint biometric technology as a way of cutting down on fraud and to expedite check-out line time. Sounds good, but it turns out that a simple “finger” molded from Play-Doh can foil 90% of these systems. We say: […]

This one is a tad off topic, but we like to cover “shocking” Internet stories from time to time. I would file this under, Note to self: when trying to sell illegal drugs like cocaine, don’t post an ad on the Internet. Oh…and don’t include your phone number.
Read More on our Tip of the Day […]

AFDB is dedicated to spreading the word about the Aluminum* Foil Deflector Beanie and how it can help the average human. Here you will find a description of AFDBs, how to make and use them, and general information about related subjects. I hope that you find the AFDB Homepage to be an important source of […]

Michael Santo of RealTechNews writes:
Many countries are considering national ID cards, including the U.S., Australia and the U.K. Additionally, the U.K. government has been under a lot of pressure to combat online fraud after last year’s revelation that its Tax Credits website was hit to the tune of 30 million pounds of fraudulent claims. In […]

Is Google the new Microsoft? Seems so by the recent posts and hysterical paranoia, rumored Web launches and more.
And today the ultimate compliment(?) - a South Park Theme Google poster entitled “Google Bastards.”
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You have to laugh at this one. Ed Colligan, the very overly eager Palm CEO, demonstrated the new Windows-based Treo 700w with Bill Gates himself and pulled up Bill G’s contact info to prove the device was real. He made a call and Bill got an SMS message, and the crowd applauded I’m sure.
But […]

A Microsoft recruiter tried to hire Eric S. Raymond, one of the leaders in the Open Source software movement. The text of the letter to Eric and his response are here - although I think that his reply was a bit over the top and could have been politer while still being scathing and […]