Post I.T. - blog.washingtonpost.com/posttechA Technology Blog From The Washington Post - (washingtonpost.com)It's Showtime in Wilmington- September 8, 2008 Wilmington, N.C.-- At high noon today, this town will be the first in the country to permanently switch off decades-old analog TV signals in favor of digital programming. Wilmington is a guinea pig, making the transition to digital TV nearly five months ahead of schedule so the Federal Communications Commission...http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/09/its_showtime_in_wilmington.html?nav=rss_... Can't Live Without Your DVR- September 8, 2008 You're apparently not alone. More than 70 percent of digital video recorder (DVR) owners say they cannot live without the devices, according to a survey of 1,000 DVR owners conducted by NDS, a subsidiary of News Corp. The survey found that over 60 percent of DVR owners with a partner...http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/09/cant_live_without_your_dvr.html?nav=rss_... Advertisers Not Backing GoogleYahoo Deal- September 8, 2008 Now we know that advertisers, and lots of them, don't like the idea of Google gaining more control over search advertising. Today the Association of National Advertisers, which represents 400 companies and whose board counts executives from some of the biggest, announced that it has written to the Justice Department...http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/09/advertisers_not_backing_google.html?nav=... Eyes on Sirius XM's Karmazin Speech Tuesday- September 5, 2008 After Sirius and XM Radio's hard and long-fought regulatory victory for merger, a whole new fight is underway to follow through on all those promises to Wall Street and Washington policymakers: to find those "synergies" that will help the newly formed company better complete with an onslaught of new technologies....http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/09/eyes_on_sirius_xms_karmazin_sp.html?nav=... Spore: Carnivore Seeks Company- September 5, 2008 Anybody looking for a gray or green flesh-eating flying bipod to fill out their universe I've been playing an advance copy of Spore this past week; it's the latest game from the creator of The Sims and hits retail shelves this Sunday. Where The Sims let people control a pretty...http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2008/09/spore_carnivore_seeks_company.html?nav=r... |