washingtonpost.com - Leslie Walker's .com (washingtonpost.com)Washington Post columnist Leslie Walker writes about the latest trends in technology, from Web search to digital photgraphy.Innovators: A Quiz- June 29, 2006 Who is most closely associated with each innovationhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/28/AR2006062802193.html?nav=r... Recognize Me- June 29, 2006 Mention the Segway, and you're more likely to recognize the famous people who have ridden it than the man who invented it.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/28/AR2006062802209.html?nav=r... ANSWERS TO INNOVATORS QUIZ- June 29, 2006 In a sense, the questions on Page D1 are trick questions. The way technology develops makes it hard to give credit to a single person for innovations that may build on the work of many who came before. Also, techies love to fight over fine points. Following are explanations of how some of these people came to be especially associated with particular advances:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/28/AR2006062802172.html?nav=r... Online News With a New Angle- June 22, 2006 To see who will create the Internet newscast of the future, look into a mirror.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/21/AR2006062101864.html?nav=r... An Older, Wiser EBay, Growing Patiently- June 15, 2006 LAS VEGAS EBay's big buying binge was the talk of its fifth annual user convention here this week, which pulled 15,000 sellers from around the world eager to learn what the Internet auction giant plans to do next.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/14/AR2006061402364.html?nav=r... Beware the Lonely Hearts Club Scam- June 8, 2006 Ladies, beware of men buying drinks in bars -- they may be retired drug dealers trying to recruit you into their life of cybercrime, specifically identity-theft rings.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/07/AR2006060702308.html?nav=r... If This Column Were a Web Site, This Would Be Its Home Page- June 1, 2006 Design guru:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/31/AR2006053102190.html?nav=r... |