Take It Anywhere, Even If You Never Wanted To- April 23, 2005 At this year's Consumer Electronics Show, mobile media -- picture tiny new audio-visual jukeboxes in all shapes, sizes -- is a major theme. -Leslie Walkerhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51742-2005Jan5.html?nav=rss_washtech/techth... Venture Capital Checks In To Habbo Hotel- April 23, 2005 Yesterday I stopped by Habbo Hotel USA, where nearly 4,000 "habbos" had checked into cartoon-like rooms to partake in a virtual party. I wanted to see for myself what sorts of Internet companies are pulling in big bucks from venture capitalists these days. -Leslie Walkerhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40194-2005Jan26.html?nav=rss_washtech/techt... Meet the Pod People- April 23, 2005 Thousands of people are podcasting nationwide, meaning they post audio files online in a format allowing personal computers to zap them to portable MP3 players.-The Washington Posthttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20235-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_washtech/techth... Soon, Clean Your House Like The Jetsons- April 23, 2005 Meet the Roomba, a deceptively simple gizmo that, more than anything else at last week's gadget extravaganza in Las Vegas, grabbed my attention. -Leslie Walkerhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4321-2005Jan12.html?nav=rss_washtech/techth... Google Tests Its Limits- April 23, 2005 Bring it on, Google. Bring us more shortcuts, one-click look-ups and Googlespeak, that strange language your engineers cook up to make it easy for us to pose queries. -Leslie Walkerhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A660-2005Mar2.html?nav=rss_washtech/techthur... Best of the Year's High-Tech Superlatives- April 23, 2005 Start-ups came back in style. IPO fever gripped Silicon Valley. Blogging went mainstream. 2004 was a year of dubious distinctions along with steady innovation and successes. -Leslie Walkerhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34302-2004Dec29.html?nav=rss_washtech/techt... Web Profilers Put Contacts a Click Away- April 23, 2005 I'll never forget the chief executive I met for lunch who said that while he was waiting for me to arrive at the restaurant, he Googled me on his cell phone, discovered I had written a book and promptly looked up the reviews on Amazon.com. -Leslie Walkerhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48756-2005Feb23.html?nav=rss_washtech/techt... On Local Sites, Everyone's a Journalist- April 23, 2005 Several notable ventures have launched or raised money this year to create local news sites online in which readers contribute all or most of the news.-Leslie Walkerhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46519-2004Dec8.html?nav=rss_washtech/techth... The Unknown Hunting for Renown- April 23, 2005 Two big categories for innovation this year at the 15th annual DEMO technology conference were blogging and software-as-a-service. While hardly new ideas, both are spawning a surprising number of twists and turns. -Leslie Walkerhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31081-2005Feb16.html?nav=rss_washtech/techt... Legal Music Movement Hits Universities- April 23, 2005 Universities, caught in the crossfire between litigation-crazy record companies and music-swapping students, are seeking to appease both by rolling out a bevy of new, legal file-sharing services.-Leslie Walkerhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40242-2005Mar16.html?nav=rss_washtech/techt... |