Post I.T. - Mike Musgrove - washingtonpost.comA Technology Blog From The Washington Post - (washingtonpost.com)Guitar Hero Battle at Hard Rock Cafe- July 28, 2008 Local Guitar Hero fans showed up at the Hard Rock Cafe downtown Sunday night to battle for a chance to win a trip to Boston and a motorcycle designed by Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler. The contest, sponsored by Spin magazine and Hard Rock Cafe, was thrown to promote a new...http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/07/guitar_hero_battle_at_hard_roc.html New iPhone: Pretty Much Sold Out Everywhere- July 21, 2008 Don't count on getting your hands on the new iPhone 3G today. News service Bloomberg is reporting that only three of 188 Apple Stores -- in California, New York and New Hampshire -- have phones available to sell today. One analyst has predicted that the shortage will last well into...http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/07/new_iphone_pretty_much_sold_ou.html Guitar Hero Gets Jimi Hendrix- July 18, 2008 The Guitar Hero videogame franchise has landed another real-world guitar hero's music for inclusion in the next version of the bestselling game: Two Jimi Hendrix songs will be in this fall's "Guitar Hero World Tour." The upcoming title will let players fake-rock their hearts out to "Purple Haze" and "The...http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/07/the_guitar_hero_videogame_fran.html TiVo Gets YouTube- July 16, 2008 TiVo has announced that users will soon be able to view YouTube content on their devices as a free new service. "We're continuing to bridge the gap between TV and the Web and YouTube is certainly a critical part of that plan," said Tara Maitra, vice president and general manager...http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/07/embargoed_till_thursday_tivo_h.html E3: Nintendo and Sony Show What's Next- July 15, 2008 Many videogame fans are pining to be in LA this week, as the industry's major annual trade show, E3, kicks off at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The show, once known for huge crowds and loud parties, reinvented itself as a small, business-focused event last year, but one tradition remains...http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/07/the_videogame_industrys_major.html Want an iPhone Get in Line.- July 11, 2008 Anybody else having problems with their iPhones today IPhone owner John Carnett, who I quoted in a story for today's paper, said that trying to update to the iPhone's new 2.0 firmware has left his iPhone useless and stuck in "emergency" mode. I'm stuck without a cell phone today after...http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/07/want_an_iphone_get_in_line.html |