Real Networks Spins Off Rhapsody (Which Leaves What, Exactly?) [Realnetworks]

For Viacom, Real Networks’ partner in the Rhapsody venture, a spinoff is a chance to get rid of a bleeding appendage. For Real, it’s like losing a failing—but vital—organ.
Ever since people stopped needing the RealPlayer plugin for anything other than streaming reports from their town′s third most popular local news station, and replaced RealPlayer with [...]

ATI Radeon HD 5570 Review and Benchmarks: Reasonable Gaming, DX11 Performance For $80? [Review]

You might not be a big graphics card PC buff, but in the under $100 sector, the new ATI Radeon HD 5570 is definitely a product to know. Tom’s Hardware shares their excellent, extremely thorough review of the product here.
In September of 2008—almost a year and a half ago—ATI surprised everyone on a budget with [...]

Google Street View Comes to the Ski Slopes [Google]

Google is really pushing to expand Street View off of the streets. First they talk about Google Store View, and now the Google Snowmobile is mapping ski trails.
The new mapped trails are all in Vancouver at Whistler, the site of the Olympic games. Since the tie-in is with next week’s games, I wouldn’t expect Google [...]

Gadget Deals of the Day [Dealzmodo]

Get your spending cap on because today’s dealz features a fantastic bargain on a 12-month subscription to Xbox Live, a nice discount on one of HP’s most portable offerings, and a free version of the new and catchy Yeasayer single.
Top Deals:
• 14″ HP dv4 Core i5 Laptop for $649.99 plus free shipping (normally $740 – [...]