Verizon Asks FCC to Help Ease Switches From Cable- March 27, 2008 Verizon Communications asked the Federal Communications Commission yesterday to take steps that would make it easier for cable subscribers to switch to Verizon's competing subscription-television service.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/technology/washtech/index_xml/~3/259219865/A... Justice Dept. Approves XM-Sirius Radio Merger- March 25, 2008 The Justice Department approved the merger of XM and Sirius yesterday, ruling that the union of the nation's two major satellite-radio services does not create an anti-competitive monopoly.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/technology/washtech/index_xml/~3/257573371/A... Region's Venture Capital Rank Slips- March 24, 2008 Regions of the West Coast and Midwest moved ahead of Washington as top destinations for venture capital in recent years, as the local venture economy grew more slowly than the national average, a Washington Post analysis shows.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/technology/washtech/index_xml/~3/257573372/A... Moving in a Wired World- March 22, 2008 If Thomas Edison wired your digs for electricity and Alexander Graham Bell installed your phones, consider upgrading to newer technologies when you move.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/technology/washtech/index_xml/~3/255714557/A... Towering Issue Laid to Rest- March 20, 2008 They may look like evergreen trees or silos, but the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors decided Tuesday that four telecommunications towers designed by an Arlington-based company to blend into rural settings do not belong in western Loudoun.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/technology/washtech/index_xml/~3/255714558/A... Man-Made Chemicals May Put Strain on Fish- March 18, 2008 The Potomac River contains an array of man-made chemicals that could play havoc with animals' hormone systems, federal scientists have found in their best glimpse yet of the river's problems with a mysterious new class of pollutant.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/technology/washtech/index_xml/~3/255714559/A... For Schools, a High-Stakes Survey on Area Children- March 13, 2008 School officials in Arlington, Fairfax and Loudoun counties are teaming up to urge all households to complete a state-required form that will help determine how much money goes to local school systems.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/technology/washtech/index_xml/~3/255714562/A... Key State Form To Determine Funds for Local School Systems- March 13, 2008 School officials in Northern Virginia are teaming up to urge all households to complete a state-required form that will help determine how much money goes to local school systems.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/technology/washtech/index_xml/~3/255714561/A... System Would Allow Use of All Cellphones- March 13, 2008 Metro is taking the first step toward building a new wireless system that would let all riders talk on their cellphones while riding the subway after years of customer complaints that only Verizon users can get reception underground.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/technology/washtech/index_xml/~3/255714560/A... Don W. Butler, 91; Engineer Was a POW in World War II- March 12, 2008 Don W. Butler, who went to Wake Island in the Pacific in 1940 to help build a military base and ended up a prisoner of war, died of complications of a subdural hematoma Feb. 20 at George Washington University Hospital. He was 91.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/technology/washtech/index_xml/~3/255714564/A... |