http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/ A Technology Blog From The Washington Post - (washingtonpost.com) en Copyright 2008 Fri, 16 Mar 2007 06:41:36 -0400 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.36 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Change is afoot with the technology team. At the beginning of the year I took over as technology editor, a job that leaves me with no time to blog anymore. So I'm officially leaving Post I.T. Not that you'll miss me: We're adding a new voice in the form of... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/03/changing_cast_at_post_it.html http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/03/changing_cast_at_post_it.html Yuki Noguchi Fri, 16 Mar 2007 06:41:36 -0400 Washington Post Radio talks to me and the Consumer Electronics Association's Jason Oxman about the experience of the Consumer Electronics Show. It's a lot of work to navigate the show - but if you love gadgets and electronics, this type of work is the most fun. Click here to listen... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/01/another_segment_from_wtwp.html http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/01/another_segment_from_wtwp.html Yuki Noguchi Thu, 11 Jan 2007 15:34:47 -0400 LAS VEGAS - Those of you who have followed this blog for the week may have noticed that there really weren't many images the first day or so. There's a reason for that - and a few people to thank for making sure that my digital photos were transmitted from... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/01/putting_tech_to_the_test.html http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/01/putting_tech_to_the_test.html Yuki Noguchi Wed, 10 Jan 2007 16:00:52 -0400 LAS VEGAS - Amid all the hot tech booths, one of the most popular turns out to be non-tech. FunFriends.com, which has retail deals with Verizon Wireless and Claire's accessory stores, makes stuffed-animal cell phone covers that work on just about any flip phone. Pink monkeys, cute cats, bovines... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/01/furry_friends_for_phones.html http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/01/furry_friends_for_phones.html Yuki Noguchi Wed, 10 Jan 2007 11:30:11 -0400 LAS VEGAS - Broadclip is a company that claims to be to audio what Tivo was for television. It allows users to scan Internet-based music sources and record them onto your iPod or another digital media player, which the company's vice president of business development Joe Monastiero says does not... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/01/the_tivo_of_music.html http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/01/the_tivo_of_music.html Yuki Noguchi Wed, 10 Jan 2007 10:00:49 -0400 LAS VEGAS - Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez joined me for an audio blog today. Some criticize the US for falling behind on broadband deployment. In response, Gutierrez said, the number of high speed Internet users in the country is high and growing. "we are moving fast so we can... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/01/audio_blog_us_secretary_of_com.html http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/01/audio_blog_us_secretary_of_com.html Yuki Noguchi Wed, 10 Jan 2007 06:00:37 -0400 LAS VEGAS - Check out my Washington Post Radio spot by clicking here. Join me again Wednesday morning at 11:50 a.m. (that's 8:50 a.m. for those of us in Las Vegas) on WTWP - 1500 AM, 107.7 FM or streaming live on www.washingtonpostradio.com.... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/01/more_from_ces_on_wtwp.html http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/01/more_from_ces_on_wtwp.html Yuki Noguchi Tue, 09 Jan 2007 19:00:11 -0400 love the Toyota Prius, but it doesn't really get me. It comes with voice-recognition navigation that thinks I'm looking for a post office or a bank when I tell it to "go home." Not so with the new Microsoft Sync systems in the Lincoln Navigator I tested. The software... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/01/cars_that_get_you_1.html http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/01/cars_that_get_you_1.html Yuki Noguchi Tue, 09 Jan 2007 13:30:00 -0400 LAS VEGAS - The modern joystick apparently has gotten so good that there are international flight-simulation competitions won by people who can't fly an actual plane. "I'm a pilot and this is realistic," said Rob Gebauer, national sales manager for Saitek Industries, a company that makes an increasing amount of... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/01/flying_without_a_plane.html http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/01/flying_without_a_plane.html Yuki Noguchi Tue, 09 Jan 2007 11:00:57 -0400 LAS VEGAS - The tents outside the convention halls, where companies like Microsoft and Yahoo have set up shop have gotten more elaborate over the years. This year, in an attempt to draw in people to their tent to check out its new mobile service, Yahoo offered free custom-made ice... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/01/come_on_in.html http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/01/come_on_in.html Yuki Noguchi Tue, 09 Jan 2007 08:30:22 -0400 LAS VEGAS - At 26, Zaw Thet looks more like a tanned California surfer than the 26-year-old CEO of 4Info.net, a two and a half year old mobile search company. 4Info, based out of Palo Alto, Calif., so far has only focused mostly on text search --- a service also... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/01/mobile_seach_nongoogle_style.html http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/01/mobile_seach_nongoogle_style.html Yuki Noguchi Mon, 08 Jan 2007 16:00:33 -0400 Does your iPod say "girl power"? Or perhaps it's more "Skullz"? Or maybe it has more of the "Urban2" vibe? One company, iFrogz, launched in March of last year selling rubber outfits for iPods with these sorts of names. The product is a silicone skins in 38 colors, accompanied by... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/01/tadpole_for_the_ipod.html http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/01/tadpole_for_the_ipod.html Yuki Noguchi Mon, 08 Jan 2007 15:30:04 -0400 LAS VEGAS - The line between what passes for a toy and what is strictly speaking electronic gadgetry is clearly blurring. Thus, those in the toy industry now talk about their own category -- youth electronics -- which is the fastest growing sector among toys, according to Reyne Rice, a... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/01/tech_toys_for_the_tots.html http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/01/tech_toys_for_the_tots.html Yuki Noguchi Mon, 08 Jan 2007 12:00:22 -0400 LAS VEGAS - There are 65 million Americans who neither have nor want a computer, Mike Migliore, director of software engineering for a private California company tells me. Therein lies an ironic, yet intersting niche for a company here at a huge show featuring all manner of high tech geekery:... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/01/one_for_the_luddites.html http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/01/one_for_the_luddites.html Yuki Noguchi Mon, 08 Jan 2007 08:58:26 -0400 LAS VEGAS -- Microsoft's big push for consumers this year is the "connected experience" and the company sent its chairman and Chief Software Architect, Bill Gates, to Las Vegas to highlight it at the 40th International Consumer Electronics Show. Gates took to the stage at the Venetian Hotel and Casino... http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/01/bill_gates_delivers_11th_ces_k.html http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/01/bill_gates_delivers_11th_ces_k.html Rob Pegoraro Mon, 08 Jan 2007 02:39:27 -0400