washingtonpost.com - Technology- Fast Forward: Electronics and Gadgets Advice and Reviews From The Washington Post's Rob PegoraroReviews on technology, electronics and gadgets from Rob Pegoraro at washingtonpost.comIt's Not The Money, Can You Hear Me- May 29, 2008 The wireless-phone business is one of the most competitive stretches of the telecommunications universe, but in one way that competition may be working too well.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/28/AR2008052803089.html?nav=r... In the Puzzle of Prices, What It Costs to ...- May 29, 2008 AT&TSprintT-MobileVerizon WirelessTalk for 100 minutes a month$39.99$29.99$29.99$39.99Talk for 350 minutes a month$39.99$39.99$39.99$39.99Share 700 minutes a month between two lines$69.99$69.99$59.99$69.99Send 200 text messages$5$5$4.99$10Send unlimited text messages$20$10$14.99$20 (but only 5,000 out-of-network messages included)Add "unlimited" Internet accessto a smartphone$20 or $30$30$19.99$29.99 or $40http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/28/AR2008052803175.html?nav=r... Online Accounting Tools Still Come Up Short- May 22, 2008 Few types of desktop software should be readier for replacement by the Web than personal finance.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/21/AR2008052102672.html?nav=r... Yahoo Mail Goes Ad-Free- May 20, 2008 At the end of last week, Yahoo quietly took a step to improve the experience of untold millions of e-mail users: It stopped sticking one-line advertisements at the end of messages sent from its free Yahoo Mail Web e-mail service.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/19/AR2008051902657.html?nav=r... Shortsighted Nostalgia for XP- May 15, 2008 By the strictest definition, Windows XP has been dead since Jan. 30, 2007 -- the day its replacement, Windows Vista, arrived in stores and XP promptly vanished from most new computers.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/14/AR2008051403552.html?nav=r... Google Still Unchallenged- May 8, 2008 The Microsoft-Yahoo soap opera seems to have reached its last episode: After months of squabbling and snippiness, last weekend Microsoft yanked back its purchase offer, ending its bid to buy Yahoo.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/07/AR2008050703740.html?nav=r... To Wit: Twittering- May 1, 2008 Politicians can have their message of the day, but on the Web, anybody can have their message of the hour -- or the minute.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/30/AR2008043003358.html?nav=r... |