Communications

: "Vista That Works"; By Erica Naone
Thursday, January 15, 2009; Although hardly revolutionary, Microsoft's next OS repairs some of Vista's flaws.

: Sign-Language Translator; By Jennifer Chu
Monday, January 12, 2009; The first sign-language dictionary that's searchable by gesture.

: Broadband on Rails; By Rachel Kremen
Tuesday, December 30, 2008; A compact lens could make high-speed Internet access commonplace on trains.

: The Year in Web Politics; By David Talbot
Tuesday, December 30, 2008; Obama has transformed the use of the Internet in political campaigns--and he might do the same in governing.

Yahoo Uses Twitter To Filter The News: By Kate Greene | 01/16/2009
Web-Browsing Apps on the iPhone: By TR Staff | 01/14/2009
Ford's New Car Parks Itself: By Brittany Sauser | 01/06/2009 | 5 Comments
Macworld Rumor Roundup: By Kate Greene | 12/31/2008
Google Makes Texting Simple: By Erica Naone | 12/12/2008 | 1 Comment
NASA Tests the Interplanetary Internet: By Brittany Sauser | 11/26/2008
Astronauts Lose $100,000 Tool Kit: By Brittany Sauser | 11/21/2008 | 2 Comments
Test-Driving Google Voice Search: By Erica Naone | 11/18/2008
Repairing Hubble: By Brittany Sauser | 11/06/2008 | 1 Comment
New Slices of Spectrum: By Kate Greene | 11/05/2008 | 2 Comments

4G war, conflicts of interest loom behind possible DTV delay: 01/14/2009 | via arstechnica.com; Barack Obama's call to delay the DTV transition would affect not only millions of analog TV viewers, but also powerful companies with a vested interest ...

Cell Phone Pixel Progress Hints At Imaging App Boom: 01/13/2009 | via informationweek.com; The enhanced photo-sharing services businesses will expand to personalized content management and social networking apps, prompting user buy-in, one analyst firm predicts.

Obama's FCC chairman pick hailed by reform groups: 01/13/2009 | via arstechnica.com; The media reform groups are joyous over the reported pick of Julius Genachowski as Chair of the FCC. But not a lot of noise yet ...

FCC: We're taking "white spaces" work global, baby!: 01/12/2009 | via arstechnica.com; The FCC has announced a bold plan to take its "white spaces" expertise global. A new website, a new conference, and face time with FCC ...

The High Security Risk Attached to Obama's Belt: 01/11/2009 | via nytimes.com; It looks like the president-elect's security team will have the last word on his BlackBerry, and he will have to do without it.