Faster Forward: April 12, 2009 - April 18, 2009
TomTom Links GPS To Web Traffic Data
Do you think about traffic? I do. I am blessed with a car-free commute to work, but I am not quite as blessed to have friends and family members separated from me by such pleasant byways as Interstate 95, the New Jersey Turnpike and the Garden State Parkway. I've seen...
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April 17, 2009; 9:15 AM ET |
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Time Warner Cable Shelves Broadband Metering Idea
Earlier this afternoon, Time Warner Cable set aside a controversial plan to charge its users extra -- in some cases, a lot extra -- for using more data. A press release, not yet posted on its own site, said the New York-based company "would alter plans to test Consumption Based...
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Rob Pegoraro
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April 16, 2009; 6:00 PM ET |
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Another Year's Tax-Prep Torture Nears An End
Be honest: How many of you are a little bleary-eyed this morning because you stayed up late to finish doing your taxes? Yeah, me too. Even though I already did my taxes not just once but twice, as part of last month's review of tax-prep software from H&R Block and...
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Rob Pegoraro
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April 15, 2009; 12:14 PM ET |
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Who Are You Calling a Software Pirate?
I, too, was happy to see that the good guys won in Sunday's conflict in the Indian Ocean. That's not my opinion as a technology journalist, but as an American. But since then, one aspect of this story has intrigued the tech-journalist part of me: When we have such a...
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Rob Pegoraro
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April 14, 2009; 2:08 PM ET |
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The business we have chosen
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Who's Behind That Web Site? Ask Whois
Some of you noticed that I made an unusual appearance in Sunday's Post -- our story on the First Family's new dog included a one-line credit at the end that noted "Staff writers Howard Kurtz and Rob Pegoraro contributed to this report." I have yet to demonstrate any expertise in...
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April 13, 2009; 11:45 AM ET |
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