Rob Pegoraro

Articles by Rob Pegoraro

Help File: Garmin and MSN Direct; Blu-ray movies on computer monitors (November 22, 2009)

Fast Forward: 'Augmented reality' fuses your world and the Web (November 22, 2009)

Copyright overreach goes on world tour (November 15, 2009)

Fast Forward: Verizon's Droid takes on Apple's iPhone (November 8, 2009)

Help File: Moving iTunes music to a new computer; AVG's free upgrade (November 8, 2009)

Fast Forward (November 1, 2009)

Help File: Bungled bundled software on a Dell; yet another phishing fraud (November 1, 2009)

Help File: Moving mail from Windows XP or Vista to Windows 7; Windows Vista's afterlife (October 25, 2009)

Microsoft's new anti-virus program offers unassuming alternative (October 25, 2009)

Fast Forward: Recession not making a dent in Apple's pricey product line (October 21, 2009)

Windows 7 Could Wash Away Vista Aftertaste -- or Most of It (October 18, 2009)

Help File: A New Verizon E-Mail Policy; An Old Wireless Router (October 18, 2009)

Fast Forward: Sidekick Users See Their Data Vanish Into a Cloud (October 13, 2009)

Help File: Ways To Send Photos From A Phone To A Computer (October 11, 2009)

Fast Forward: Yea for Android, Nay for Windows Mobile (October 11, 2009)

Digital Cable TV, Still Stuck Inside the Box (October 4, 2009)

Help File: Deciphering sprtcmd.exe; AM Radio on MP3 Players (October 4, 2009)

Help File: Adobe Flash and 64-Bit Internet Explorer; Safe Java Updates (September 27, 2009)

Some Airlines Soar on Twitter; Others Remain Grounded (September 27, 2009)

Fast Forward: FCC Takes Sides in Net-Neutrality Debate (September 27, 2009)

Help File: Dealing With 'Scareware' Alerts on the Web (September 20, 2009)

Fast Forward: New MP3 Players May Overstep Bounds (September 20, 2009)

Help File: A Fix For Unsupported Scanners; iLife '08 in Snow Leopard (September 13, 2009)

Fast Forward: Prepaid Wireless-Data Plans Now Have More to Offer (September 13, 2009)

Help File: Fios in D.C. and Alexandria; A Firefox Tabbed-Browsing Tip (September 6, 2009)

Fast Forward: With Snow Leopard, Apple Changes Few of Its Spots (September 6, 2009)

Fast Forward: Praise for Microsoft Live Movie Maker (August 30, 2009)

Help File: Opting Out Of Phone-Book Delivery (August 30, 2009)

Projecting Our Hopes and Dreams Onto Apple (August 26, 2009)

Help File: Windows 7's 32- And 64-Bit Editions; Portscan Alerts On A Mac (August 23, 2009)

Fast Forward: TomTom and Navigon Get Lost on the iPhone (August 23, 2009)

Help File: Using MobileMe Mail With Your Own Domain Name; A Missing Verizon DVR Feature (August 16, 2009)

Under All the Right Conditions, Latest Windows Upgrade Could Be a Breeze (August 16, 2009)

The Smartphone Industry Has Some Clunkers of Its Own (August 9, 2009)

Help File: Debugging a ZoneAlarm Browser Issue; Search Engine Tips (August 9, 2009)

The Smartphone Industry Has Some Clunkers of Its Own (August 7, 2009)

Fast Forward: The Lowdown on Lightweight Laptops (August 2, 2009)

Help File: Registry Cleaners and Special Characters (August 2, 2009)

Fast Forward: Yahoo to the Recycle Bin (July 30, 2009)

Fast Forward: Barnes & Noble Repeats Amazon.com's Errors on E-Books (July 26, 2009)

Book Reviews: 'Free' by Chris Anderson; 'Cheap' by Ellen Ruppel Shell (July 26, 2009)

Help File: IE 6 Is Still Dead; Recordable DVD Formats (July 26, 2009)

Fast Forward: Personal-Finance Tools Take to the Web (July 19, 2009)

For the Best in Personal-Finance Software, Look to the Web (July 19, 2009)

Help File: DSL Without A Phone Line; Locked Music Purchases (July 19, 2009)

FAST FORWARD Rob Pegoraro -- Social Networks May Provide A Chattering Class For Viruses (July 12, 2009)

Help File: Playing DVDs From Abroad; Strange Downloads in Safari 4 (July 12, 2009)

Fast Forward: Social Networks Can Be Breeding Ground for Viruses (July 12, 2009)

Fast Forward: Google's 'Chrome OS': The Web Is the Computer (July 9, 2009)

Help File: Recycling Old Electronics (July 5, 2009)

Fast Forward: Browser Users Can Celebrate an Independent's Day (July 5, 2009)

Help File: Archiving Old Home Movies To DVD, Vista Memory Dumps Defined (June 28, 2009)

Apple's New iPhone Has Learned New Tricks, but So Have Competitors (June 28, 2009)

Help File: After the DTV Switch, Some Tinkering Still Required (June 21, 2009)

With Kindle DX, Amazon Writes New E-Book Chapter (June 21, 2009)

Fast Forward: The Palm Pre -- a New Hope for Smartphones (June 14, 2009)

Help File: Freeing Up Disk Space After a Vista Update, A Bogus Spam Defense (June 14, 2009)

Rob Pegoraro's Fast Forward: After Bouts of Static, Digital TV Takes Over (June 13, 2009)

Help File: Last-Minute Digital-TV Tuning Tips (June 7, 2009)

With Bing, Microsoft Finds Some Good Web Search Ideas (June 7, 2009)

Help File: A Surprise Anti-Virus Upgrade (May 31, 2009)

Fast Forward: Web Radio Hits the Road (May 31, 2009)

Help File: Spam With Return Address; Windows Disk Formats (May 24, 2009)

Rob Pegoraro's Fast Forward: Online Outages, Outrage and Ordeals (May 24, 2009)

Help File: Changing an E-Mail Program, Then Backing Up Its Files (May 17, 2009)

Do-It-Yourself HD Video (May 17, 2009)

Help File: Security On Public WiFi Networks, Video Cables Defined (May 10, 2009)

BlackBerry Users Find A New World (May 10, 2009)

Fast Forward: Broadband Caps Can Cost You (May 3, 2009)

Help File: PDF Output in Windows, Installing Internet Explorer 8 (May 3, 2009)

Help File: iPhone Speaker Interference; Not-Really-Missing Photo Files (April 26, 2009)

A Strangely Lonely DVR -- Free of Subscriptions (April 26, 2009)

Help File: Using Routers (April 19, 2009)

GPS Units Plug Into the Web, but We're Not There Yet (April 19, 2009)

Help File: Prospects for a New iPhone; Downloading Adobe Reader (April 12, 2009)

E-Mail Software Needs a Rewrite (April 12, 2009)

Cable's Absurd Insistence on Bulk (April 5, 2009)

Help File: Managing E-Mail From Multiple Locations; Cleaning Plasma TVs (April 5, 2009)

Help File: Combating Conficker; Relighting a Dim Laptop Screen (March 29, 2009)

Making Money Online (March 26, 2009)

Help File: Using Hotmail With Regular Mail Programs (March 22, 2009)

Microsoft's New Browser Is Better, but Still Not Best (March 19, 2009)

Help File: Deciphering License Agreements (March 15, 2009)

Tax-Prep Software Doesn't Add Up (March 12, 2009)

Help File: iTunes Lockups; Wireless Router Maintenance (March 8, 2009)

The Digital Transition, TV's Long-Running Horror Show (March 5, 2009)

Connecting a Computer To an HDTV; Replacement System-Recovery Discs (March 1, 2009)

The Kindle's Reader-Friendly Sequel (February 26, 2009)

FAST FORWARD'S HELP FILE Rob Pegoraro (February 22, 2009)

Facebook Backs Into a 'Bill of Rights' (February 19, 2009)

Fast Forward Help File (February 15, 2009)

A Little Economic Stimulus: Free Antivirus (February 12, 2009)

Amazon's Sequel to a Best-Selling Thriller (February 10, 2009)

FAST FORWARD'S HELP FILE Rob Pegoraro (February 8, 2009)

For Popular Mac Bundles, Update Not an Upgrade (February 5, 2009)

FAST FORWARD'S HELP FILE Rob Pegoraro (February 1, 2009)

Microsoft Quickly Looking Past Vista (January 29, 2009)

Rob Pegoraro: Fast Forward's Help File (January 25, 2009)

Digital Transition (January 22, 2009)

FAST FORWARD'S HELP FILE Rob Pegoraro (January 18, 2009)

TV Over the Web: Still a Fuzzy Picture (January 15, 2009)

Fast Forward's Help File (January 11, 2009)

The Star of the Show Bids Farewell to Macworld (January 8, 2009)

Rob Pegoraro's Fast Forward's Help File (January 4, 2009)

In 2008, More Computers Leapt From Desktops to Pockets (January 1, 2009)

Fast Forward's Help File (December 28, 2008)

Improving Your New Computer (December 25, 2008)

New Cellphone Apps Help You Find Your Way Around Town (December 21, 2008)

Rob Pegoraro's Help File (December 21, 2008)

BlackBerrys Again Get Sleeker but Can't Challenge iPhone (December 18, 2008)

Fast Forward's Help File by Rob Pegoraro (December 14, 2008)

Mac Opens the Door to Windows (December 11, 2008)

Fast Forward's Help File (December 7, 2008)

Tiny PCs, Full-Size Problems (December 4, 2008)

Fast Forward's Help File (November 30, 2008)

Rob Pegoraro Gives Gadget Guidance for 2008 (November 30, 2008)

Tech Shopping? Look Past the Numbers. (November 27, 2008)

FAST FORWARD'S HELP FILE (November 23, 2008)

More Gamble Than Gift: This Holiday Season's High-Tech Duds (November 20, 2008)

Photo Programs Add Tools but Still Need Sharpening (November 13, 2008)

Fast Forward's Help File (November 9, 2008)

Typing Without Touch (November 6, 2008)

Fast Forward's Help File (November 2, 2008)

A Call for Backup (October 30, 2008)

Fast Forward's Help File (October 26, 2008)

From Apple, a Luxury Laptop in Lean Times (October 23, 2008)

Fast Forward's Help File (October 19, 2008)

Google's Phone Operator (October 16, 2008)

Fast Forward's Help File (October 12, 2008)

Cameras Get Cheaper, but at a Price (October 9, 2008)

Help File (October 5, 2008)

Tech Tactics for Hard Times (October 2, 2008)

Help File (September 28, 2008)

A Lot for Sports Fans to Like, but the New Slingbox Still Isn't a Slam Dunk (September 25, 2008)

Help File (September 21, 2008)

How Apple Hits Replay Again (September 18, 2008)

Fast Forward's Help File (September 14, 2008)

Microsoft and Google Give The Browser a Rewrite (September 11, 2008)

Help File (September 7, 2008)

Dell Finally Thinks Small and Chic (September 4, 2008)

Help File (August 31, 2008)

Microsoft Animates the Scrapbook (August 28, 2008)

Help File (August 24, 2008)

Internet Providers' New Tool Raises Deep Privacy Concerns (August 21, 2008)

Help File (August 17, 2008)

Balanced Diets for Lighter Laptops (August 14, 2008)

Help File (August 10, 2008)

The Opaque Side of Apple (August 7, 2008)

Fast Forward's Help File (August 3, 2008)

They Know Where You Are (July 31, 2008)

Help File (July 27, 2008)

Meant to Sync, MobileMe Is Scattershot at the Start (July 24, 2008)

Help File (July 20, 2008)

The iPhone, Rehashed (July 17, 2008)

Help File (July 13, 2008)

Address Book Programs Need to Network to Get Ahead (July 10, 2008)

Help File (July 6, 2008)

It Only Looks Like an iPhone (July 3, 2008)

Help File (June 29, 2008)

Incredibles, Inc. (June 29, 2008)

As Gates Steps Away, Let Us Ponder His Legacy (June 28, 2008)

Do One Thing, and Do It Okay (June 26, 2008)

Help File (June 22, 2008)

Building a Better Browser: Firefox Keeps Innovating (June 19, 2008)

Help File (June 15, 2008)

Little PC Gets the Big Stuff Wrong (June 12, 2008)

Help File (June 8, 2008)

A Tired Old Script: Web Movie Innovation Thwarted by Studios (June 5, 2008)

Fast Forward's Help File (June 1, 2008)

It's Not The Money, Can You Hear Me? (May 29, 2008)

Help File (May 25, 2008)

Online Accounting Tools Still Come Up Short (May 22, 2008)

Shortsighted Nostalgia for XP (May 15, 2008)

Google Still Unchallenged (May 8, 2008)

Fast Forward's Help File (May 4, 2008)

To Wit: Twittering (May 1, 2008)

Help File (April 27, 2008)

HD Cameras Still Don't Click (April 24, 2008)

Help File (April 20, 2008)

Anti-Virus Programs Aren't One-Stop Stoppers (April 17, 2008)

On eBay, A Little Less Conversation (April 10, 2008)

Fast Forward's Help File (April 6, 2008)

Free Photoshop Express Is a Mixed Picture (April 3, 2008)

Fast Forward's Help File (March 30, 2008)

Picture Imperfect (March 27, 2008)

Fast Forward's Help File (March 23, 2008)

That Green Again (March 20, 2008)

They're Not Phones. They're Not Laptops. They're Probably Not Necessary. (March 13, 2008)

Do-It-Yourself Help for Filing (March 9, 2008)

Fast Forward's Help File (March 9, 2008)

The News Is There, but You Might Have to Search for It (March 6, 2008)

Fast Forward's Help File (March 2, 2008)

The Frustration of Format Wars (February 28, 2008)

Fast Forward's Help File (February 24, 2008)

Waiting for a Blockbuster (February 21, 2008)

Fast Forward's Help File (February 17, 2008)

Preparing for the Beginning of the End of Analog TV (February 14, 2008)

Fast Forward's Help File (February 10, 2008)

Upside Elusive in a Microsoft-Yahoo Deal (February 7, 2008)

Fast Forward's Help File (February 3, 2008)

The Race for the Ultra-Lightest (January 31, 2008)

Fast Forward's Help File (January 27, 2008)

A Clearer View of Vista (January 24, 2008)

Visions of a Disc-less World (January 17, 2008)

Looking for the Next Big Picture (January 10, 2008)

Two Pounds of Efficiency (January 3, 2008)

Technology Consumers Got More Choice in '07 (December 27, 2007)

Steps to Get Your New Computer Running Right (December 20, 2007)

FAST FORWARD'S HELP FILE Rob Pegoraro (December 16, 2007)

Picture Imperfect (December 13, 2007)

Fast Forward's Help File (December 9, 2007)

Kindled, but Not Enlightened (December 6, 2007)

Fast Forward's Help File (December 2, 2007)

Online Merchants' Middlemen (November 29, 2007)

Fast Forward's Help File (November 25, 2007)

Numbers Don't Lie, but They Mislead (November 22, 2007)

Fast Forward's Help File (November 18, 2007)

Zippity Zune? Nah. (November 15, 2007)

Fast Forward's Help File (November 11, 2007)

Google and Cellphones: Let Freedom Ring (November 8, 2007)

Fast Forward's Help File (November 4, 2007)

On Apple's Leopard, New Tricks and Some Treats (November 1, 2007)

Fast Forward's Help File (October 28, 2007)

Self-Appointed Traffic Cop (October 25, 2007)

Fast Forward's Help File (October 21, 2007)

Palm, RIM Struggle for Smartphone Formula (October 18, 2007)

FAST FORWARD'S HELP FILE (October 14, 2007)

New Cameras Blur Reality (October 11, 2007)

Fast Forward's Help File (October 7, 2007)

Networks Are Streaming Into Prime Time Online (October 4, 2007)

Fast Forward's Help File (September 30, 2007)

Fios in Your Neighborhood? Don't Ask Verizon (September 27, 2007)

Fast Forward's Help File (September 23, 2007)

Apple's Two New Bites (September 20, 2007)

Fast Forward's Help File (September 16, 2007)

At Home, Cheaper Alternatives to Office (September 13, 2007)

Fast Forward's Help File (September 9, 2007)

Universal Chargers Remain a Dream (September 6, 2007)

In a Land of Alike Laptops, Weight and Battery Life Are Key (August 30, 2007)

The New iLife Lives Large on the Web (August 23, 2007)

Fast Forward's Help File (August 19, 2007)

Jukebox With Hit Potential (August 16, 2007)

Fast Forward's Help File (August 12, 2007)

Google Isn't Always The Best Search Choice (August 9, 2007)

Fast Forward's Help File (August 5, 2007)

GPS Units Weighed Down by Buggy Features (August 2, 2007)

Fast Forward's Help File (July 29, 2007)

Frill-Free Gadgets (July 26, 2007)

Fast Forward's Help File (July 22, 2007)

Friend? Not? It's One or the Other (July 19, 2007)

Fast Forward's Help File (July 15, 2007)

For the World's Poor Children, This Computes (July 12, 2007)

Fast Forward's Help File (July 8, 2007)

Apple's iPhone Is Sleek, Smart and Simple (July 5, 2007)

Fast Forward's Help File (July 1, 2007)

Power Naps for Energy Efficiency (June 28, 2007)

Fast Forward's Help File (June 24, 2007)

Wireless Choice Is Far From Clear (June 21, 2007)

Fast Forward's Help File (June 17, 2007)

A Big Plus From Apple (June 14, 2007)

Fast Forward's Help File (June 10, 2007)

Not Much New in New Windows for Handhelds (June 7, 2007)

Fast Forward's Help File (June 3, 2007)

Mapping That Puts You There (May 31, 2007)

Fast Forward's Help File (May 27, 2007)

Palm's Dumber Smart Phone (May 24, 2007)

Fast Forward's Help File (May 20, 2007)

The Sound of Copy Restrictions Crashing (May 17, 2007)

Fast Forward's Help File (May 13, 2007)

Movie Keystroke Cops (May 10, 2007)

Fast Forward's Help File (May 6, 2007)

Buying Into Patent Lawsuits (May 3, 2007)

Fast Forward's Help File (April 29, 2007)

Crop, Sort and Share (April 26, 2007)

Fast Forward's Help File (April 22, 2007)

Going to Town With WiFi (April 19, 2007)

Fast Forward's Help File (April 15, 2007)

'Delete' Doesn't Mean 'Disappear' (April 14, 2007)

The DVD Player, Fully Mature (April 12, 2007)

Fast Forward's Help File (April 8, 2007)

Draconian Windows Watchers (April 5, 2007)

Fast Forward's Help File (April 1, 2007)

Apple Tries to Bridge Computer Desk, Living Room (March 29, 2007)

Fast Forward's Help File (March 25, 2007)

Photo Flat (March 22, 2007)

Fast Forward's Help File (March 18, 2007)

Bedeviling Prep Programs And the Tax Code From Hell (March 15, 2007)

Fast Forward's Help File (March 11, 2007)

Playing on Both Sides (March 8, 2007)

Fast Forward's Help File (March 4, 2007)

Aiming for Innovation, HP Fails for Usual Reasons (March 1, 2007)

Fast Forward's Help File (February 25, 2007)

They Fuse, You Lose (February 22, 2007)

Time to Face the Music on File Sharing (February 15, 2007)

FAST FORWARD'S HELP FILE Rob Pegoraro (February 11, 2007)

Missing the Little Picture (February 8, 2007)

Beware the Unencrypted Inbox (February 4, 2007)

Microsoft's Office Remodeling (February 1, 2007)

Vista, for Better and Worse (January 28, 2007)

Counting Down To the Digital Deadline (January 21, 2007)

Improving Instead of Inventing (January 14, 2007)

Triumph and Turmoil In High Definition (January 12, 2007)

The Tech World's Week of Buzz (January 8, 2007)

Web-Mail Tests Without End (January 7, 2007)

Innovators Were the Big Winners in 2006 (December 31, 2006)

Your Shiny New Toy Needs Attention (December 24, 2006)

Hookups That Let You Violate Service Terms Anywhere (December 17, 2006)

Waiting for the Winner of a High-Definition High Noon (December 10, 2006)

They're All Smart Phones, but With Different Types of Intelligence (December 3, 2006)

Missing the Big Picture (November 28, 2006)

Mac vs. PC: How to Decide (November 26, 2006)

LCD or Plasma? Consider Size, Weight, Glare (November 26, 2006)

For Cameras, Zoom In on Your Resolution Needs (November 26, 2006)

Microsoft's Zune Only Looks Simple (November 19, 2006)

Videophoning From an Unexpected Source (November 12, 2006)

The Best Security May Still Be Free (November 5, 2006)

Get It? (November 2, 2006)

Must-Have Browser Upgrades (October 29, 2006)

Digital, Our Song for the Ages (October 22, 2006)

Something Old, Something New, Some Things Missing in AOL's OpenRide (October 15, 2006)

Stop-Action That Saves the Picture (October 8, 2006)

New Competitors Can't Measure Up to iPod Standards (October 1, 2006)

And He Woz: Inventing the Apple (September 27, 2006)

To Buy or Not to Buy HP? A Question of Ethics (September 27, 2006)

If Only We Knew Then What We Know Now About Windows XP (September 24, 2006)

Movie Downloads Remain a Production Worth Skipping (September 17, 2006)

A 'Mistake' Hollywood Had Better Start Making (September 13, 2006)

Speak and Spell, Slowly Growing Up (September 10, 2006)

After Launch, These Products Evolved (September 3, 2006)

It Lets Runners Keep the Beat and Track the Feet (August 27, 2006)

PCs' Mid-Market Blues (August 24, 2006)

Mere Users Could Leap Into Tinkerers' World (August 20, 2006)

The Laptop-Buying Learning Curve (August 13, 2006)

6 Ways to Go (August 13, 2006)

Devices That Bridge a Music Gap (August 6, 2006)

In a Broadband World, AOL Forced to Open the Gates (August 4, 2006)

Finally, a Peek Over the Barriers Between IM Networks (July 30, 2006)

Helio's Strengths Can Be Summed Up in Its Billing (July 23, 2006)

A Work List for Windows Vista (July 16, 2006)

Can't Blame Microsoft for Pulling the Plug (July 11, 2006)

Microsoft Still Finding Its Way With Updated Internet Explorer (July 9, 2006)

New Cellphones From BlackBerry, T-Mobile Play Against Type (July 2, 2006)

Thieves' Indifference May Mean VA Laptop's Data Is Secure (July 1, 2006)