http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/ A Technology Blog From The Washington Post - (washingtonpost.com) en Copyright 2008 Fri, 09 May 2008 16:34:53 -0400 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.36 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Next time you flip open your laptop as you wait for a flight or work at a coffee shop, beware, says the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The person next to you may be stealing your personal bank account information, address book and other files from your computer. The agency warned... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/05/wifi_warning_that_person_next.html?nav=rss_blog http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/05/wifi_warning_that_person_next.html Cecilia Kang Fri, 09 May 2008 16:34:53 -0400 Do you have a MySpace profile? If you do, your personal information on MySpace could soon be made available to a number of other Web sites. The largest social network in the U.S. said today that it is making its members' data available to third-party sites. The first partnering sites... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/05/your_profileon_and_off_myspace.html?nav=rss_blog http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/05/your_profileon_and_off_myspace.html Kim Hart Thu, 08 May 2008 18:25:02 -0400 The promise of mobile marketing has been talked about for several years now, yet we still haven't seen the flurry of cellphone ads that have long been predicted--let alone the sophisticated ads consumers see in other countries. This week, the Federal Trade Commission held a "town hall" meeting to discuss... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/05/mobile_ads_useful_or_annoying.html?nav=rss_blog http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/05/mobile_ads_useful_or_annoying.html Kim Hart Thu, 08 May 2008 14:16:32 -0400 Some folks from Nintendo's public relations team are in town today showing off the company's new "Mario Kart" racing game for the Wii at Union Station. The video game company is the middle of a 12-city tour to drum up some buzz for its latest title, and is, at the... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/05/nintendos_mario_kart_wii_at_un.html?nav=rss_blog http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/05/nintendos_mario_kart_wii_at_un.html Mike Musgrove Thu, 08 May 2008 11:46:37 -0400 Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two Interactive Software announced today that the latest version of the popular and controversial game has sold 6 million units globally in its first week on the market. Put it another way, that's $500 million in sales. The company says it sold 3.6 million copies of... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/05/gta_iv_6_million_sold.html?nav=rss_blog http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/05/gta_iv_6_million_sold.html Mike Musgrove Wed, 07 May 2008 15:40:01 -0400 British comedian Eddie Izzard isn't famous for his consumer tech humor, as far as I know, but he worked many observations and riffs about technology into his act last night at DAR Constitution Hall. Izzard, known by some for his role on the TV program The Riches, and to others... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/05/eddie_izzards_iphone.html?nav=rss_blog http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/05/eddie_izzards_iphone.html Mike Musgrove Fri, 02 May 2008 11:23:34 -0400 Today, several sports leagues, including the NFL, NASCAR, and NBA, formally challenged the "white spaces" proposal put forth by tech companies including Microsoft and Google. In a filing, the leagues asked Federal Communications Commission require the technology companies that want to sell wireless white space devices to prove that their... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/05/another_jab_toward_white_space.html?nav=rss_blog http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/05/another_jab_toward_white_space.html Kim Hart Thu, 01 May 2008 15:34:36 -0400 One of the main challenges for online advertisers is figuring out which Web sites are worth their advertising dollars. How do they know where their competitors are advertising? How do they figure out whether a banner ad would be more effective than a keyword search ad? A new search engine... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/04/see_whos_advertising_where.html?nav=rss_blog http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/04/see_whos_advertising_where.html Kim Hart Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:10:28 -0400 Predictably enough, the new Grand Theft Auto game is selling briskly. One local DC game store tells me they've already sold 200 or so copies of the title, which was released yesterday. They have a few left, but those are all reserved copies for customers who already put a few... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/04/gta_hits_the_shelves.html?nav=rss_blog http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/04/gta_hits_the_shelves.html Mike Musgrove Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:40:13 -0400 Yelp, the site that lets people review restaurants, bars, hair salons, doctors and pretty much any other business, is now letting those businesses take part in the conversation. San Francisco-based Yelp is today introducing a suite of features that allows business owners to create an account for their establishment. They... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/04/yelp_opens_up_to_business_owne.html?nav=rss_blog http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/04/yelp_opens_up_to_business_owne.html Kim Hart Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:47:25 -0400 The Rockville-based ZeniMax Media Inc., parent company of game developer Bethesda Softworks, announced today that it is opening a publishing subsidiary based in Tokyo. Bethesda Softworks is a household name among gamers because of its bestselling and critically acclaimed title Oblivion, which was an epic sword-and-sorcery sorta thing. This fall,... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/04/bethesda_softworks_parent_goes.html?nav=rss_blog http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/04/bethesda_softworks_parent_goes.html Mike Musgrove Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:56:32 -0400 Has Grand Theft Auto IV already been leaked to the Web? Looks like some Xbox 360 owners are already playing the thing -- thanks to the software tools that Microsoft put into its Xbox Live service, it's easy enough to check online and see that at least a few people... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/04/gta_iv_leaked.html?nav=rss_blog http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/04/gta_iv_leaked.html Mike Musgrove Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:50:30 -0400 Do u has the skillz? The humor Web site "I Can Has Cheezburger?" is now seeking applications for somebody to help sort through the 7,000 submissions it gets every day. The site is famous for posting users' pictures of cats snapped in cute or awkward poses. Each shot is accompanied... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/04/lolcats_now_hiring.html?nav=rss_blog http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/04/lolcats_now_hiring.html Mike Musgrove Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:22:17 -0400 Well, it might have only been a matter of time before something like this happened, thanks to the soaring popularity of those handy GPS devices. A charter-bus drive in Washington state ran into a pedestrian bridge last week. Seems that the driver was paying attention to his GPS device --... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/04/bus_accident_blamed_on_drivers.html?nav=rss_blog http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/04/bus_accident_blamed_on_drivers.html Mike Musgrove Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:45:16 -0400 In case you need yet another place to catch up on the campaign trail, MySpace is teaming up with NBC News and msnbc.com to create Decision '08, an online hub for everything election-related. MySpace members can check out recent news, watch videos and contribute to discussions. Members can also contribute... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/04/myspace_launches_election_hub.html?nav=rss_blog http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/04/myspace_launches_election_hub.html Kim Hart Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:24:34 -0400