http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/ A Technology Blog From The Washington Post - (washingtonpost.com) en Copyright 2008 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 10:03:00 -0400 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.36 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss A few months back, I wrote a story about storage limits on free Web mail. The story focused around Google's Gmail, which offered an "Archive, Don't Delete" message when it launched service with a whopping 1-gigabyte capacity back in 2004. Today, Google offers 2.8 gigabytes of storage but some power... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/08/more_space_for_gmail.html http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/08/more_space_for_gmail.html Sam Diaz Fri, 10 Aug 2007 10:03:00 -0400 Anyone who's ever recorded a sporting event on a DVR knows that the four or five hours of a game can eat up quite a bit of hard drive space. Record that game in high-definition and you'll quickly realize how valuable the space on that internal hard drive can be.... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/08/making_room_for_hd_recordings.html http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/08/making_room_for_hd_recordings.html Sam Diaz Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:21:11 -0400 Being a blogger in this digital age of citizen journalism and social networking, I've become thick-skinned about criticism some of you post. Anyway, I like that many of you challenge what I have to say. Google has taken it a step further yesterday by introducing a feature that allows comments... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/08/google_gives_voice_to_the_quot.html http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/08/google_gives_voice_to_the_quot.html Sam Diaz Thu, 09 Aug 2007 06:01:04 -0400 The dog days of summer have arrived - people are on vacation, the heat index is on the rise, Congress has gone on summer recess and generally, all seems to be quiet. Sure, there's news - but nothing that's really rising to the level of debates over wireless spectrum auctions,... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/08/summer_news_diversions.html http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/08/summer_news_diversions.html Sam Diaz Wed, 08 Aug 2007 13:59:46 -0400 Earlier this year, a blogger from Boston mixed some science with some math and came up with a theory that a black background on the main Google search engine page could save 3,000 megawatt-hours every year, assuming Google gets 200 million queries a day and its page is displayed for... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/08/when_is_black_green.html http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/08/when_is_black_green.html Sam Diaz Fri, 03 Aug 2007 09:25:51 -0400 Internet startups are back in the spotlight - and as proof, I point no further than reality television. The up-and-coming MOJO Network - which is available on a number of cable TV systems - today announced plans for a new high-definition show called "Startup Junkies." Scheduled to premiere in January,... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/08/a_startup_hits_reality_tv.html http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/08/a_startup_hits_reality_tv.html Sam Diaz Wed, 01 Aug 2007 15:55:19 -0400 Last month, I wrote about Twitter, a Web start-up company that allows users to post an answer to the question "What Are You Doing" across the Internet in 140 characters or less. It was a tough story to write because it's still somewhat unclear what the exact business model is... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/07/investing_in_twitters_future.html http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/07/investing_in_twitters_future.html Sam Diaz Tue, 31 Jul 2007 07:25:00 -0400 The makers of peer-to-peer file sharing software such as Limewire are no strangers to controversy. Hollywood has been battling file-sharing over the Internet for years as a way to curb music and video piracy. But now, Congress is back in the debate, alleging that P2P software can pose a "national... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/07/filesharing_a_national_securit_1.html http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/07/filesharing_a_national_securit_1.html Sam Diaz Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:35:04 -0400 It's the one thing that Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin has been sweet on: a la carte pricing to give the consumers ultimate control over what they pay for. The cable companies have resisted - but Sirius chief executive Mel Karmazin has announced intentions to offer a la carte... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/07/xmsirius_announce_a_la_carte_p.html http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/07/xmsirius_announce_a_la_carte_p.html Sam Diaz Mon, 23 Jul 2007 10:52:52 -0400 Can the power of online social networking save a magazine from the history books? The fast growing membership of a Facebook group called "I read Business 2.0 - and I want to keep reading" is trying to send a message to parent company Time Inc., which is considering halting publication... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/07/facebook_to_the_rescue.html http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/07/facebook_to_the_rescue.html Sam Diaz Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:35:27 -0400 As a tech geek, I love killing time in electronics stores or even just the electronics department at a Target or Wal-Mart. Knowing this, my wife offered to duck into the Sony Style store at Tysons Corner Center over the weekend, as we killed time waiting for a movie. Imagine... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/07/has_anyone_heard_from_sony_lat.html http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/07/has_anyone_heard_from_sony_lat.html Sam Diaz Wed, 18 Jul 2007 18:47:49 -0400 I love stumbling upon new features on the Web, especially when they're enhancements to online services I already use regularly - like online maps. I had been mapping out a route for my wife to from our home in Montgomery County to downtown Washington. But all of the routes were... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/07/avoiding_the_beltway_on_online.html http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/07/avoiding_the_beltway_on_online.html Sam Diaz Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:53:24 -0400 The Washington Post today launched Loudounextra.com. My colleague Frank Ahrens wrote about it, quoting washingtonpost.com publisher Caroline Little, who called it part of the Post's online hyperlocal journalism. The site will be a combination of traditional and new-age news reporting, including blogging, video storytelling and extensive databases on community institutions... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/07/newspapering_in_the_21st_centu.html http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/07/newspapering_in_the_21st_centu.html Sam Diaz Mon, 16 Jul 2007 11:38:26 -0400 I must admit that I'm kind of anxious to know what's going to happen to my favorite Internet radio streams on Sunday. Yesterday, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals refused to halt an increase in royalty and broadcasting fees that are scheduled to take effect on Sunday. The buzz among... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/07/web_radio_48_hours_to_black_su.html http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/07/web_radio_48_hours_to_black_su.html Sam Diaz Fri, 13 Jul 2007 13:32:20 -0400 I stumbled upon the headline, "iPhone a True Threat to Windows Mobile" on the blogosphere the other day and couldn't help but chuckle a bit. How can the iPhone be a threat when millions of us can't even use it because we're not AT&T Wireless customers? Personally, I'm not in... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/07/is_the_iphone_really_a_threat.html http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/07/is_the_iphone_really_a_threat.html Sam Diaz Thu, 12 Jul 2007 17:00:25 -0400