Neowin News Feed for: Real

Oxford: 'Unfriend has real lex-appeal'

Fred Derf — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:03:50 +0000

Social networking is everywhere these days and that hasn't escaped the lexicographers at the Oxford University Press. They have chosen 'unfriend' as the 2009 Word of the Year. Apparently nothing earth-shattering is expected during the... Read more...

Judge rules against RealNetworks DVD duplication software

Kristan Kenney — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:37:51 +0100

According to a report from the Associated Press, a federal judge has barred RealNetworks Inc. from selling a product that would allow consumers to copy DVDs to their hard drives, pending a full trial. Walt... Read more...

Inside Bill Gates' real Facebook account

Tom Warren — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 11:44:55 +0100

Ever wondered what Bill Gates' Facebook really looks like? This week, reports have surfaced that Bill Gates stopped using Facebook because too many people wanted to add him as a friend. Gates told an audience... Read more...

'Rent, rip, return': RealNetworks' RealDVD trial continues

James Hall — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 16:47:51 +0100

The same judge who oversaw the Napster case is now overseeing the ongoing case against RealNetworks and that company's RealDVD software. As previously reported on Neowin, the software allows users to make back-ups of their... Read more...

The Real Reason Why Yahoo!'s Board Rejected Microsoft?

Hurmoth — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:49:39 +0100

The embarrassing shareholder class action lawsuit filed by the pensions funds for Detroit policemen and firemen as well as its city workers against Yahoo! spells out not just what it calls a web of cushy... Read more...

Battlefield Arsenal Costs Real Cash

toadeater — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:20:16 +0000

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When glancing through the multiplayer beta for Electronic Arts' upcoming Xbox 360 shooter Battlefield: Bad Company last night I noticed something odd in the title's "Unlocks" section: Ten of the unlockable weapons are tagged with... Read more...

RealNetworks buys Trymedia

Sagittarius — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:32:47 +0000

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RealNetworks, which develops online games for Nintendo's Wii console, has purchased game-syndication company Trymedia from Macrovision to reach more players. San Francisco-based Trymedia helps Web portals, online retailers and game developers distribute personal-computer games over... Read more...

America's Army Player Saves Real Life

EL1TE — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:55:36 +0000

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It's the stuff press releases are made of, but the story is great to boot. Paxton Galvanek never had medical training, but he'd gone through medic certification in the America's Army video game. Then one... Read more...

Apple Tablet PC is real, says Asus

mlauzon76 — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 14:46:27 +0000

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Crave hangs with people in high places -- that's how we get exclusives and free food. A few weeks ago we were having a civilised dinner with our friends at Asus and angling for cool... Read more...

Real targets casual gamers with Game Trust buy

Slimy — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 20:47:34 +0100

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RealNetworks has entered into an agreement to acquire Game Trust, a casual-gaming company based in New York, with plans to add Game Trust's community and commerce capabilities to the technology platform currently on offer to... Read more...

MRT: Apple, Microsoft, Real, Adobe do not use enough DRM

Slimy — Sat, 12 May 2007 21:48:31 +0100

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According to Media Rights Technologies (MRT), Vista, Flash, RealPlayer, and iTunes are infringing products under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and MRT has just sent cease-and-desist letters to Microsoft, Adobe, Real, and Apple. "Together these... Read more...

In answer to Google & Yahoo, MS to acquire 24/7 Real Media?

Slimy — Tue, 01 May 2007 18:17:10 +0100

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If your complaining doesn't work, try doing the same as what you were complaining about. Google buys DoubleClick, Yahoo! is already planning to buy the rest of Right Media, and it appears that Microsoft has... Read more...

Palm finally delivers real push e-mail

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 09:40:25 +0000

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After many months, even years, of promising an e-mail push technology equivalent to what the RIM Blackberry service offers, it looks like Palm has finally done it. At least it has come close, with a... Read more...

CPI suing FCC to get at Real State of Broadband Competition

Slimy — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 03:41:25 +0000

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The Center for Public Integrity (CPI) needs access to the raw data collected by the FCC in order to unearth the true statistics proving or disproving competitiveness in the US broadband market. The FCC has... Read more...

New Ghostbusters Game Real - But On Hold!

Todd Tanner — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 18:44:05 +0000

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Yesterday, various videos of what appeared to be a new Ghostbusters game showed up on Youtube. Many people figured the videos were fake and that the game was "photoshopped" from some Gears of War footage... Read more...

Cell Phones to Report Real Time Traffic Information

voidunknown — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 16:36:38 +0000

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There are two companies who say they have a system that can monitor traffic on roads and highways. They say their systems are based on tracking the signals of cellphones that are inside cars while... Read more...

Real Life Crysis Comparison Screenshots

derger — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 09:54:24 +0100

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Found here are some brand new screenshots that compare in game shots from Crysis with actual real life photos. The development team have replicated many parts of this island located in Hawaii from thousands of... Read more...

The Real Deal: Licensing Changes to Windows Vista

Slimy — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 13:41:31 +0100

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Thanks to slimy for the submitting this news story to us. Paul Thurott has published an article clarifying the rumours circulating around the Internet about the differences in the EULA of Windows Vista to Windows... Read more...

Real, SanDisk Team Up Against Apple and Microsoft

MonkeyClaw — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 16:29:18 +0100

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Just five years since Apple released iPods that integrate with iTunes, Apple foes Real Networks and SanDisk are teaming up in an attempt to emulate that iTunes/iPod ecosystem. Real and SanDisk plan to release... Read more...

ATI's R600 has 64 real pipes

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 20:14:59 +0100

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WHEN we first time heard that R600 was going to be a big chip we could figure out that ATI wanted to completely redesign the chip and fill it full of lot pipes. We previously... Read more...