http://www.post-gazette.com/ Technology articles and blog entries from TechMan en-us Copyright 2009, post-gazette.com. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 16:28:39 -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/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 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09308/1010681-96.stm?cmpid=tech.xml SAN FRANCISCO -- The bitter battle over the future of the Internet calling service Skype appears to be nearing an end. Wed, 4 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09308/1010682-96.stm?cmpid=tech.xml Cisco Systems took another step to expand its computer hardware businesses on Tuesday by forming a broad partnership with EMC, a maker of storage equipment and software. Wed, 4 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09308/1010683-96.stm?cmpid=tech.xml BERLIN -- Nokia Siemens Networks, the No. 2 maker of wireless network equipment, said Tuesday that it planned to cut 9 percent of its work force as it attempted to weather a double-digit sales decline and stiffer competition from Chinese manufacturers. Wed, 4 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09308/1010559-96.stm?cmpid=tech.xml There were two rules for the teams in the Building Virtual Worlds class: no shooting games and no pornography. Wed, 4 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500