Extra Bits
The Internet is good
Rob met his wife through e-mail.
Not so academic
Rob doesn't have a degree in journalism or computer science. Will international relations do?
Pego... ruh... huh?
You pretty much say the name like it's spelled. It's not that hard, at least compared to "Svrluga."
About Rob Pegoraro
Rob Pegoraro writes the Fast Forward column, a weekly look at computers, the Internet and consumer electronics, and the Help File Q&A feature. Online, he writes the Faster Forward blog, records a weekly podcast and hosts Web chats.Pegoraro has been with the Post since 1993, in which time he has sorted mail and answered phones, written for many other sections (so far, his byline has shown up in National, Metro, Style, Sports, Health, Food, Home, Weekend, Real Estate, Sunday Arts, Sunday Source, Travel, Book World and the Magazine), and made it on the front page exactly once.
Fast Forward columns
- Apple iPad's rejection of Adobe Flash could signal the player's death knell
- Replacing your TV antenna with an Internet connection by using Boxee or Hulu
- Apple iPad
- Apple reveals the iPad tablet after months of hype. Is it worth the wait?
- In China, Google flexes some foreign policy muscle
Help File questions answered
- Help File: Yahoo, Gmail, Hotmail and other permanent e-mail address options
- Copying songs from an iPod to a Mac or PC
- Help File: Stronger digital-TV signals, texting donations from prepaid phones
- Help File: Tweaking an old router to extend a wireless network
- Help File: Erasing a cellphone; defining a Microsoft update
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