Faster Forward: November 15, 2009 - November 21, 2009
Augmenting my 'augmented reality' review (updated)
If you've been wondering why some people have started walked around while holding a smartphone a foot in front of their face, today's column may explain the phenomenon. My story covers something called "augmented reality." That might sound like something you experience after knocking back a few beers, but in...
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November 20, 2009; 12:10 PM ET |
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Google previews Chrome OS
Earlier today, Google gave a detailed presentation about Chrome OS, the open-source, Web-centric operating system -- built around its Chrome browser -- that it announced in July to general excitement among tech types. During an event at their Mountain View, Calif., campus, Google developers and executives outlined the basic structure...
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Rob Pegoraro
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November 19, 2009; 2:51 PM ET |
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Help File help: Syncing an Android phone with iTunes
All of my recent reviews of phones running Google's Android software have had to include one yes-but line, words to the effect of: Yes, this is a smart little device, but you can't sync it to an iTunes music library. That's as much Apple's fault as it is Google's or...
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November 19, 2009; 11:46 AM ET |
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Hughes tries to relaunch satellite Internet's image
Satellite-based Internet access suffers from a reputation as the broadband of last resort: It should work anywhere with a clear view of the southern sky, but it's expensive, it's slow, it limits your use, it can suffer the same "rain fade" as satellite TV, and the 44,472-mile round trip data...
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Rob Pegoraro
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November 18, 2009; 1:02 PM ET |
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'Unfriend' goes into the books
Yesterday, the Oxford University Press announced its 2009 Word of the Year: "unfriend." For the dwindling minority of Internet users who haven't at least looked at a social-networking site like Facebook, the verb refers to the act of removing somebody from your "friends list" -- the contingent of people whose...
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Rob Pegoraro
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November 17, 2009; 10:32 AM ET |
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PostPoints tip: It's OK to hoard some USB cables
My desks at home and work are overrun by surplus cables from old gadgets--but thanks to recent moves by manufacturers to standardize on connections, that's not necessarily a bad thing. You can benefit from this trend too: If a device of yours breaks or is lost, you may still be...
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Rob Pegoraro
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November 17, 2009; 8:55 AM ET |
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Palm cuts prices with Pixi smartphone, may not clarify its prospects
Yesterday, Palm shipped the second device to run the webOS operating system it debuted this summer. Its new Pixi smartphone offers many of the same features as its Pre at a lower cost -- but in the six months since that gadget shipped, Palm's competitive position has eroded. Like the...
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Rob Pegoraro
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November 16, 2009; 2:30 PM ET |
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