washingtonpost.com - Personal Technology Reviews, News and AdviceThis is your source for news on personal technology. Find info and reviews on the newest technology that affects your life. Read our latest features on new tech gadgets.Help File- July 13, 2008 Q We bought an iPod nano and discovered it needs Mac OS X 10.4.8, and we only have 10.3.9. Now we're looking at upgrading OS X ($129), which itself will require more memory -- so this $149 iPod will cost $200 more.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/technology/personaltech/index_xml/~3/3337633... FCC Chairman Seeks to End Comcast's Delay of File Sharing- July 12, 2008 Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin J. Martin said yesterday he would seek to stop Comcast from its practice of slowing Internet access of users sharing large files, but he won't levy a fine against the cable service provider.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/technology/personaltech/index_xml/~3/3337633... Casual Friday: The Guitar Hero Rock Band- July 11, 2008 For PC World' s latest celebration of slack, we're taking another rocking look at an ever-increasing trend in the video-game scene: music-based games. Guitar Hero kicked it off here in the states a few years back (evolving more with every update); meanwhile, Electronic Arts and MTV blaze ahead with...http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/technology/personaltech/index_xml/~3/3324944... HP TouchSmart IQ506 Desktop PC- July 11, 2008 The Hewlett-Packard TouchSmart IQ506 may be worthy of the Jetsons' household. This all-in-one desktop PC is all screen--22 inches of 1650-by-1080-resolution display, with a laptop's guts hiding inside. Though the TouchSmart ($1500 as of 62508) isn't a powerhouse desktop machine meant to run...http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/technology/personaltech/index_xml/~3/3324944... Long Lines and High Hopes Mark New iPhone's Debut- July 11, 2008 Here it is, again. Apple's new iPhone, along with a new online store selling software applications for the device, meets the public today. And chances are good that the next-generation gadget, which comes with a faster Web connection than its predecessor, is already sold out.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/technology/personaltech/index_xml/~3/3324944... Address Book Programs Need to Network to Get Ahead- July 10, 2008 A lot of Internet users now find they have two kinds of address books: Ones they've known for years, and ones that are up to date.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/technology/personaltech/index_xml/~3/3324944... The FCC's Compromiser in Chief- July 10, 2008 George W. Bush is smiling upon Kevin J. Martin. So are George H.W., Jeb and Barbara, with big toothy grins in a blown-up picture hanging behind his desk at the Federal Communications Commission.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/technology/personaltech/index_xml/~3/3324944... World First: iPhone 3G Goes on Sale in New Zealand- July 9, 2008 For the past few weeks, PC World New Zealand has spent some serious quality time with the new iPhone 3G. Does it warrant the midnight queues at Apple stores around the globehttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/technology/personaltech/index_xml/~3/3310086... Casual Friday: The Guitar Hero Rock Band- July 9, 2008 For PC World' s latest celebration of slack, we're taking another rocking look at an ever-increasing trend in the video-game scene: music-based games. Guitar Hero kicked it off here in the states a few years back (evolving more with every update); meanwhile, Electronic Arts and MTV blaze ahead with...http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/technology/personaltech/index_xml/~3/3310086... HP TouchSmart IQ506 Desktop PC- July 9, 2008 The Hewlett-Packard TouchSmart IQ506 may be worthy of the Jetsons' household. This all-in-one desktop PC is all screen--22 inches of 1650-by-1080-resolution display, with a laptop's guts hiding inside. Though the TouchSmart ($1500 as of 62508) isn't a powerhouse desktop machine meant to run...http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/technology/personaltech/index_xml/~3/3310086... |