Faster Forward - Technology News, Observations and Occasional Rants by The Washington Post's Rob Pegoraro - September 13, 2009

iPod Nano Adds FM, Video; Zune Tunes Into HD Radio

Thanks to Apple's new iPod nano, I know that walking from my porch steps to the top of the escalator at my Metro stop involves 949 steps and burns 41 calories. And thanks to Microsoft's new Zune HD, I've listened to some old '80s alt-rock songs that I never thought...

Ten Years Of Tech Columns

Ten years ago today, I started writing a consumer-tech column for The Post's Business section. And here I am, still doing the same thing (along with a Q&A column, a blog, and Web chats, and Twitter... but that's not important right now). I'd say I've been stuck in a rut,...

Intuit to Buy Mint, Collecting a Competitor

Two of the bigger competitors in the growing category of Web-based personal-finance software will become properties of the same company: Intuit announced yesterday that it planned to buy Mint.com, perhaps the best-known provider of these services -- and my own favorite among them. Intuit's press release outlined the basic terms...

What I Uploaded for My Summer Vacation

Summer isn't over yet, but the summer-vacation season is. I know this because I'm no longer getting updates about your travels when I log into Facebook and Twitter. This isn't the first year that I've been able to follow friends' vacations online; tech-enthusiast types have been uploading pictures and composing...

Faster Forward: September 13, 2009 - September 19, 2009

iPod Nano Adds FM, Video; Zune Tunes Into HD Radio

Ten Years Of Tech Columns

Intuit to Buy Mint, Collecting a Competitor

What I Uploaded for My Summer Vacation