http://www.post-gazette.com/ Technology articles and blog entries from TechMan en-us Copyright 2009, post-gazette.com. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:30:16 -0500 15 http://www.post-gazette.com/includes/2007design/images/150x30pg_now_logo.gif http://www.post-gazette.com/ 144 39 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011506-96.stm?cmpid=tech.xml In an interesting article in last Sunday's Post-Gazette, Harrisburg Bureau Chief Tom Barnes wrote that, based on a trial in Philadelphia, red-light cameras soon could come to the city of Pittsburgh. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09312/1011507-96.stm?cmpid=tech.xml SAN FRANCISCO -- Most people know eBay Inc. for its online marketplace, where deals abound on everything from gadgets to antique furniture. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011330-96.stm?cmpid=tech.xml BERLIN -- European lawmakers on Thursday agreed on new protections for Internet users, striking a compromise between national governments seeking to impose tough anti-piracy laws and consumer organizations that wanted to enshrine Internet access as an unassailable right. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1011071-96.stm?cmpid=tech.xml Last week, I reviewed not one, but three new phones. You'd think that would be enough for a while, but fall is peak season for new mobile devices, and another major release -- Motorola's Droid -- is upon us this week. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1011072-96.stm?cmpid=tech.xml By now we can probably all agree that the iPhone is the Model T, the Sputnik, the Lawrence Taylor of the mobile technology realm. We are still waiting for the offenses to adapt, the competition to catch up. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1011073-96.stm?cmpid=tech.xml For more than a decade, tech and media companies have wrestled with how to deliver digitized movies directly over the Internet to consumers: how do you get the copy-protected files from the computer to the big screen in the living room? Thu, 5 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1011074-96.stm?cmpid=tech.xml In 2005, Michael S. Dell's namesake company was getting pounded. His competitors were selling personal computers and servers built on cheap, popular and powerful chips from Advanced Micro Devices, while Mr. Dell had stuck loyally with slower chips from Intel. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1011075-96.stm?cmpid=tech.xml BERLIN -- Three rivals of Microsoft are seeking last-minute changes to its proposed settlement with European regulators that would give buyers of computers loaded with Windows the ability to choose a default browser other than the company's Internet Explorer. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010958-96.stm?cmpid=tech.xml Even as cutting costs become a top priority nationwide, businesses continue to incur the expense of free Wi-Fi. While a place like Eyetique does have a "tech-savvy" clientele (these are some dangerously hip frames), the expanding use of smart phones and laptops means even more consumers expect a business -- any business, really -- to double as a hotspot. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500