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<channel><title><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com - Leslie Walker's .com (washingtonpost.com)]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032402836.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><description><![CDATA[Washington Post columnist Leslie Walker writes about the latest trends in technology, from Web search to digital photgraphy.]]></description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com?nav=rss</link><url>http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif </url></image>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Searching for Order in the Blogosphere ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/26/AR2006072601928.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/26/AR2006072601928.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 27 Jul 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ I was all ears when a man named Tony Conrad sat down next to me at a recent dinner party and introduced himself as the founder of a new blog search engine called Sphere. ]]></description><author>Leslie Walker</author></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Salary, Benefits and the View Out the Office Window ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/19/AR2006071901870.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/19/AR2006071901870.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jul 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ There's something about Jobster that intrigues Internet investors. ]]></description><author>Leslie Walker</author></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ A Clearer Picture of You ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/05/AR2006070501719.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/05/AR2006070501719.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Jul 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Digital photos have been frozen in a picture-book metaphor on the Web for so long that it's refreshing to see a new crop of sites developing the picture further. ]]></description><author>Leslie Walker</author></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Innovators: A Quiz ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/28/AR2006062802193.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/28/AR2006062802193.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Who is most closely associated with each innovation?<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3026111953696" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3026111953696" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><author>Post</author></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Recognize Me? ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/28/AR2006062802209.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/28/AR2006062802209.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Mention the Segway, and you're more likely to recognize the famous people who have ridden it than the man who invented it. ]]></description><author>Leslie Walker</author></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ ANSWERS TO INNOVATORS QUIZ ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/28/AR2006062802172.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/28/AR2006062802172.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ In a sense, the questions on Page D1 are trick questions. The way technology develops makes it hard to give credit to a single person for innovations that may build on the work of many who came before. Also, techies love to fight over fine points. Following are explanations of how some of these people came to be especially associated with particular advances: ]]></description><author>Post</author></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Online News With a New Angle ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/21/AR2006062101864.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/21/AR2006062101864.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ To see who will create the Internet newscast of the future, look into a mirror. ]]></description><author>Leslie Walker</author></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ An Older, Wiser EBay, Growing Patiently ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/14/AR2006061402364.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/14/AR2006061402364.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ LAS VEGAS EBay's big buying binge was the talk of its fifth annual user convention here this week, which pulled 15,000 sellers from around the world eager to learn what the Internet auction giant plans to do next.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3026111954031" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3026111954031" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><author>Leslie Walker</author></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Beware the Lonely Hearts Club Scam ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/07/AR2006060702308.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/07/AR2006060702308.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Ladies, beware of men buying drinks in bars -- they may be retired drug dealers trying to recruit you into their life of cybercrime, specifically identity-theft rings. ]]></description><author>Leslie Walker</author></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ If This Column Were a Web Site, This Would Be Its Home Page ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/31/AR2006053102190.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/31/AR2006053102190.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Design guru: ]]></description><author>Leslie Walker</author></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Computers' Mistakeover ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/24/AR2006052402647.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/24/AR2006052402647.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 May 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Just as technology amplifies our human strengths, it can also showcase our weaknesses. ]]></description><author>Leslie Walker</author></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Google's Goal: A Worldwide Web of Books ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/17/AR2006051702016.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/17/AR2006051702016.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 May 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ It's odd to hear Vinton Cerf, regarded as one of the founding fathers of the Internet, to gush over ink-on-paper books.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3026111955113" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3026111955113" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><author>Leslie Walker</author></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ How to Juice Up a Site's Rank ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/26/AR2006042602441.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/26/AR2006042602441.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ If your Web site isn't getting the attention it deserves on the Internet, it may be running low on Google juice. ]]></description><author>Leslie Walker</author></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Online Hubs For Buying and Selling ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/19/AR2006041902613.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/19/AR2006041902613.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Unique visitors, March ]]></description><author>Post</author></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ ISO Best-Selling Model for Web Classifieds ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/19/AR2006041902627.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/19/AR2006041902627.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Craigslist, the Web bulletin board where millions of people buy and sell stuff, is facing a fresh burst of competition for classified ad listings. ]]></description><author>Leslie Walker</author></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Web Words Of the Day ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/12/AR2006041201852.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/12/AR2006041201852.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Apr 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Quick, name this era -- the one the Internet is in right now.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3026111955744" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3026111955744" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><author>Leslie Walker</author></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Roaming Virtual World Is a Real Trip ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/29/AR2006032902292.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/29/AR2006032902292.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Mar 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ I wanted to get up at 5 a.m. yesterday and watch the solar eclipse with my new friend Tony, but I was too tired from a night of robotic line dancing in my high-heeled sandals and low-rider jeans. ]]></description><author>Leslie Walker</author></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Still Seeking a Site to Call Home ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/22/AR2006032202419.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/22/AR2006032202419.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Mar 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ I'm an Internet bag lady, with no place online to call home. ]]></description><author>Leslie Walker</author></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ In Game of Click and Mouse, Advertisers Come Up Empty ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/15/AR2006031502339.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/15/AR2006031502339.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Radiator.com got a jolt this month from the firm it hired to audit the nearly $40,000 worth of sponsored links it buys every month from Google and Yahoo. ]]></description><author>Leslie Walker</author></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Web Tools Employ The Human Factor ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/08/AR2006030802341.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/08/AR2006030802341.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Mar 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ SAN DIEGO There's a push throughout techland these days to start humanizing computers and let people crawl inside to take control. To which I say, "Show me a comfy crawlspace, and I'm there!"<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3026111956471" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3026111956471" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><author>Leslie Walker</author></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Many Ways to Pay -- or to Leave ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/01/AR2006030102349.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/01/AR2006030102349.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Mar 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ With apologies to Paul Simon, I have a few thoughts after reading the gazillion e-mails America Online subscribers sent me last week about moving from dial-up to broadband: ]]></description><author>Leslie Walker</author></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Jeeves, You're Fired ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/27/AR2006022701221.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/27/AR2006022701221.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK ]]></description><author>Leslie Walker</author></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ AOL Hopes to Ring Up Upgrades ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/22/AR2006022202267.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/22/AR2006022202267.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Since broadband Internet prices have been dropping for more than a year, I was shocked to get an e-mail from America Online last week announcing that it was hiking my fee for dial-up service. ]]></description><author>Leslie Walker</author></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Site's Alluring Facade Is Built on Shaky Foundation ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/15/AR2006021502494.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/15/AR2006021502494.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ When I saw a demo of the Zillow.com real estate service last month, it struck me as so obvious I wondered why no one had done it before.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3026111957045" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3026111957045" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><author>Leslie Walker</author></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Overwhelmed With Gadgets? Here's a Dinosaur. ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/08/AR2006020802239.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/08/AR2006020802239.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ PHOENIX You know something's happening when the robots go retro. ]]></description><author>Leslie Walker</author></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Evolving in the Virtual World ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/03/AR2006020302755.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/03/AR2006020302755.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ LOS ANGELES -- The future of entertainment rests with a hot new star: you, the former audience. ]]></description><author>Leslie Walker</author></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Web's Big 3 Jockey for First ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/01/AR2006020102272.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/01/AR2006020102272.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ If the business race for Internet supremacy were a horse race, here's how I'd handicap it today: ]]></description><author>Leslie Walker</author></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ A Policy of Neutrality, for Now, In the Music Gadget Wars ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/25/AR2006012502020.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/25/AR2006012502020.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ I have a bad case of mobile-media paralysis.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3026111957575" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3026111957575" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><author>Leslie Walker</author></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Forgot What You Searched For? Google Didn't ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/20/AR2006012001799.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/20/AR2006012001799.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Justice Department may have done us all a big favor by issuing subpoenas to Internet search engines to find out what people are researching online. ]]></description><author>Leslie Walker</author></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ A Universe of Good Intentions, A World of Practical Hurdles ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/18/AR2006011802251.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/18/AR2006011802251.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ One great thing about the Internet is how anyone can try to make it better. ]]></description><author>Leslie Walker</author></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Future of Internet TV Is Coming Into View ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/11/AR2006011102134.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/11/AR2006011102134.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ I was trying to sleep on a flight home from Las Vegas Sunday when the craving hit: I want my Internet TV. ]]></description><author>Leslie Walker</author></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Marketing Mayhem at the Consumer Electronics Show ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/04/AR2006010401969.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/04/AR2006010401969.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ LAS VEGAS, Jan. 4 The Big Pitch assaults me here like some rock opera: See me, feel me, touch me .<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3026111958521" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3026111958521" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><author>Leslie Walker</author></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ .com ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/28/AR2005092802431.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/28/AR2005092802431.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Leslie Walker is on leave, and her column will resume when she returns. In the interim, we will publish one technology column each Thursday, rotating among three themes: tech policy, video gaming and the local tech scene. ]]></description><author>.com</author></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ A Step Back From the Web ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/14/AR2005091402553.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/14/AR2005091402553.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Back in 1997, when I was working at the newspaper's Web site, a colleague returned from vacation and I asked him how it went. ]]></description><author>Leslie Walker</author></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ It's a Web Buying Spree for Big Media ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/07/AR2005090702178.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/07/AR2005090702178.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Sharon Keating, a lawyer in New Orleans, grabbed her laptop as she fled Hurricane Katrina with her family in a three-car caravan. For the past 11 days, Keating has been blogging about her evacuation on the home page of About.com, a Web site owned by the New York Times Co. ]]></description><author>Leslie Walker</author></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Theft You Don't Even See ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/31/AR2005083102486.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/31/AR2005083102486.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ How's this for a one-two punch -- software that secretly alters your Google search results, then tries to drop nasty programs on your computer by luring you to a bogus eBay link?<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3026112000135" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3026112000135" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><author>Leslie Walker</author></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Little Assurance From ID-Theft Insurance ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/24/AR2005082402239.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/24/AR2005082402239.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Identity thieves are the serial kidnappers of white-collar crime, and I'm convinced they will commit many more electronic snatchings before anyone figures out how to thwart them. ]]></description><author>Leslie Walker</author></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ New Job-Hunting Sites Might Be Monster Killers ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/17/AR2005081702021.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/17/AR2005081702021.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Monster.com may grow up to be a dinosaur. That was my first thought upon seeing a new breed of online job sites shaking up the recruitment industry. ]]></description><author>Leslie Walker</author></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Web Increasingly Cluttered By Sites Full of Paid Links ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/10/AR2005081001985.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/10/AR2005081001985.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Search-related advertising is fueling a new wave of Web sites that seem to have as much appeal as a cheesy Hollywood set. That's because many are created to look good to search engines, much as fake scenery fools TV cameras. ]]></description><author>Leslie Walker</author></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Under Siege in Dulles By New-Generation Hackers ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/04/AR2005080400429.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/04/AR2005080400429.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Sometime last year, the cat and mouse switched places on the Internet.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3026112003440" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3026112003440" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><author>Leslie Walker</author></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Online Shopping for Grocery Sales Can't Tell You How Much You Save ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/27/AR2005072702567.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/27/AR2005072702567.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Internet should have weaned me off Sunday newspaper circulars by now, but I still find their Web counterparts to be pale imitations of the print ads I pore over obsessively each week. ]]></description><author>Leslie Walker</author></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Yahoo Adds Content Aimed At 'Social Media Environment' ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/20/AR2005072002501.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/20/AR2005072002501.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Ho-hum earnings for the second quarter prompted Wall Street to whack 11.5 percent off Yahoo's stock price yesterday. But the question investors should be asking is when and how much the payoff will be for all the new stuff in Yahoo's pipeline. ]]></description><author>Leslie Walker</author></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ AOL Hopes for Great Mileage Out of Its Souped-Up Web Site ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/13/AR2005071302399.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/13/AR2005071302399.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ America Online has been called the Internet on training wheels. ]]></description><author>Leslie Walker</author></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ EBay Sellers Fell Into Careers That Fill Their Lives ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/29/AR2005062902935.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/29/AR2005062902935.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Brenda Lorisch is considering buying a new home and keeping her old one to store the mountain of designer clothes she sells on eBay.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3026112006446" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3026112006446" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><author>Leslie Walker</author></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ 'Click to Call' Technology Puts Customers on Lines ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/22/AR2005062202077.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/22/AR2005062202077.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Web sites that once pinched service pennies by hiding their phone numbers on hard-to-find Web pages are increasingly doing the opposite -- flashing prominent "click to call" buttons on their Web sites, inviting shoppers to pick up the phone and call them. ]]></description><author>Leslie Walker</author></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Comics Looking to Spread A Little Laughter on the Web ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/15/AR2005061502251.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/15/AR2005061502251.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Like everything else online, the funnies want to be free. ]]></description><author>Leslie Walker</author></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Shopping That Really Sells ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/08/AR2005060802359.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/08/AR2005060802359.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Bye-bye, Shopping.com. So long, LowerMyBills.com. Hasta la vista, Shopzilla.com. ]]></description><author>Leslie Walker</author></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Digital-Photo Printing Is a Developing Industry ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/01/AR2005060102026.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/01/AR2005060102026.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ One of the Internet's livelier battles this year is over your digital photos.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3026112007312" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3026112007312" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><author>Leslie Walker</author></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ News Groups Wrestle With Online Fees ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/25/AR2005052501758.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/25/AR2005052501758.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ CARLSBAD, Calif. ]]></description><author>Leslie Walker</author></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ PayPal Looks To Evolve Beyond Its Auction Roots ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/18/AR2005051802187.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/18/AR2005051802187.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Digital money pioneer PayPal is on the prowl. ]]></description><author>Leslie Walker</author></item>
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