http://www.coxwashington.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/plugged/?cxntfid=blogs_plugged_in Stay plugged in to technology news. Cox staffers across the country and around the globe bring you breaking tech news and other high-tech tidbits and explain what it all means to you and your community -- 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Only with "Plugged In." en-us spounds@pbpost.com 2008-05-15T17:07:07-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Stay plugged in to technology news. Cox staffers across the country and around the globe bring you breaking tech news and other high-tech tidbits and explain what it all means to you and your community -- 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Only with "Plugged In." Nearly three in 10 households in the U.S. have only a cellphone or they don’t bother taking calls on their landline phone because it’s probably a telephone solicitation or their landline is hooked up exclusively to a computer. I cut... http://www.coxwashington.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/plugged/entries/2008/05/15/americans_are_ditching_their_l.html?cxntfid=blogs_plugged_in Nearly three in 10 households in the U.S. have only a cellphone or they don’t bother taking calls on their landline phone because it’s probably a telephone solicitation or their landline is hooked up exclusively to a computer. I cut... 3900403@http://www.coxwashington.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/plugged/ 2008-05-15T17:07:07-05:00 http://www.coxwashington.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/plugged/entries/2008/05/13/send_your_socialnetwork_profil.html?cxntfid=blogs_plugged_in Google announced this week that it’s going to allow users to transport their personal profile information and favorite applications to other sites. It’s called Friend Connect and is similar to announcements made earlier by Facebook and MySpace. Google says it... 3834703@http://www.coxwashington.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/plugged/ 2008-05-13T14:40:55-05:00 http://www.coxwashington.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/plugged/entries/2008/05/13/hpeds_a_done_deal_so_whats_nex.html?cxntfid=blogs_plugged_in Hewlett-Packard Co. announced in the wee hours of this morning that it’s official — it is buying Plano, Texas-based Electronic Data Systems Corp. for $13.25 billion. The deal, one of the tech biz’s biggest in recent years, will solidify HP’s... 3833403@http://www.coxwashington.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/plugged/ 2008-05-13T13:37:32-05:00 http://www.coxwashington.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/plugged/entries/2008/05/12/hp_bidding_for_eds.html?cxntfid=blogs_plugged_in Hewlett-Packard Co. just confirmed it is talks to buy Dallas-based Electronic Data Systems Corp. - a potential mega-deal in the high-tech industry that would push HP further into the services and consulting business and make it an even more formidable... 3809403@http://www.coxwashington.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/plugged/ 2008-05-12T16:35:15-05:00 http://www.coxwashington.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/plugged/entries/2008/05/09/data_from_shuttle_columbia_har.html?cxntfid=blogs_plugged_in Five years after the shuttle Columbia crashed on re-entry into the earth’s atmosphere, data recovery experts at Kroll Ontrack Inc. managed to recover data from a 400-megabyte Seagate hard drive that was on board. The cracked component was discovered six... 3757703@http://www.coxwashington.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/plugged/ 2008-05-09T17:43:12-05:00 http://www.coxwashington.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/plugged/entries/2008/05/08/web_site_helps_women_get_breas.html?cxntfid=blogs_plugged_in Only on the Internet. There’s a web site at www.myfreeimplants.com that links women who want breast augmentation and guys who want to pay for it. The women are allowed to post racy photos of themselves and the site gives updates... 3729703@http://www.coxwashington.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/plugged/ 2008-05-08T17:08:21-05:00 http://www.coxwashington.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/plugged/entries/2008/05/08/online_content_straight_from_t.html?cxntfid=blogs_plugged_in For one city in Britain, superfast Internet service is going to stink. H2O Networks, baed in Wales, will deliver fast Internet connections to Bournemouth via the sewer system. More than 88,000 homes and businesses will benefit from Internet speeds... 3720603@http://www.coxwashington.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/plugged/ 2008-05-08T12:33:21-05:00 http://www.coxwashington.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/plugged/entries/2008/05/07/manny_moe_jack_and_now_michael.html?cxntfid=blogs_plugged_in It looks like Michael Dell is getting into the car business. MSD Capital, the private investment firm for Dell Inc. founder Michael Dell and his family, said Wednesday it has teamed up with the former CEO of the Pep Boys... 3702603@http://www.coxwashington.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/plugged/ 2008-05-07T17:56:24-05:00 http://www.coxwashington.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/plugged/entries/2008/05/06/webgrrls_comes_to_boca_raton.html?cxntfid=blogs_plugged_in The women’s Internet organization, Webgrrls International, is launching a new chapter in the Boca Raton/Fort Lauderdale area. Webgrrls International is a global group for women which offers online and offline resources, offering a forum for women to network and to... 3665903@http://www.coxwashington.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/plugged/ 2008-05-06T17:14:20-05:00 http://www.coxwashington.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/plugged/entries/2008/05/06/dell_brings_a_bit_of_the_beach.html?cxntfid=blogs_plugged_in Dell has teamed up with Brooklyn artist Mike Ming to give one of its notebooks a surfer’s edge. The special edition Inspiron 1525 will feature two of Ming’s designs: “Bunch O Surfers” (black-and-white) and “Sea Sky” (color). The laptops are... 3660103@http://www.coxwashington.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/plugged/ 2008-05-06T13:19:10-05:00 http://www.coxwashington.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/plugged/entries/2008/05/02/compusa_can_you_build_your_own.html?cxntfid=blogs_plugged_in This has got to be a geeks’ fantasy come true. On Saturday, at its new Palm Beach Gardens store at 3942 Northlake Blvd., CompUSA challenges all comers in Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast to put together a computer... 3570903@http://www.coxwashington.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/plugged/ 2008-05-02T11:57:41-05:00 http://www.coxwashington.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/plugged/entries/2008/05/01/att_rolls_out_its_mobile_tv_in.html?cxntfid=blogs_plugged_in 3546803@http://www.coxwashington.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/plugged/ 2008-05-01T15:42:49-05:00 http://www.coxwashington.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/plugged/entries/2008/05/01/dell_releases_its_latest_topen.html?cxntfid=blogs_plugged_in Dell’s latest desktop wasn’t inspired by its environmental group. It didn’t come from the folks peddling those pretty pink laptops. The new XPS 730 comes from that caffeine-amped, Crysis-addicted crew hanging out on the fringes of Dell’s leading edge, and... 3534703@http://www.coxwashington.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/plugged/ Texas 2008-05-01T10:32:23-05:00 http://www.coxwashington.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/plugged/entries/2008/04/30/shortage_predicted_for_intel_c.html?cxntfid=blogs_plugged_in Early demand looks strong for Intel Corp.’s Austin-designed low-power processor, code-named “Silverthorne.” Pictured right are three leaders of the Silverthorne design team. Intel has branded the new chip “Atom,” and plenty of electronics companies are making plans to use... 3521503@http://www.coxwashington.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/plugged/ Texas 2008-04-30T18:02:19-05:00 http://www.coxwashington.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/plugged/entries/2008/04/30/balmer_the_new_poster_boy_for.html?cxntfid=blogs_plugged_in I don’t know. Is this really worth the attention of the Blogosphere? You bet it is. This photo of a Steve Balmer graphic presentation using a MacBook is better propaganda than just about anything. It’s posted on Flickr.com, and the... 3513503@http://www.coxwashington.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/plugged/ 2008-04-30T13:03:41-05:00