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‘Mommy, I’m Losing You. Pick Me Up at Brownies’

Walt wonders whether 8-year-olds really need their own cellphones, but says Firefly’s kid-friendly model is a good choice for parents who want their children to join the mobile mob.

Published on March 23, 2005 in The Mossberg Solution

Smartphones’ Memory Problem — and Fix

This week Walt Mossberg answers questions about browsers’ antivirus capabilities, smartphone memory, Wi-Fi router speeds and the limits of burning songs from iTunes.

Published on March 24, 2005 in Mossberg's Mailbox

Two Ultralight Laptops Offer Lots of Features, Improved Portability

Walt puts two new full-featured ultralight laptops to the test and finds they both pass the in-flight exam.

Published on March 24, 2005 in Personal Technology

The Best Photo Organizers

Software that comes with digital cameras typically isn’t very good, but there are some good photo-organizing programs on the market, which cost little or are even free. Walt tests two of the best — Picasa and iPhoto — on his collection of more than 10,000 digital photos.

Published on March 30, 2005 in The Mossberg Solution

Two New Vertical Sites Tailor Web Searches, But Still Have Kinks

Vertical search sites like Ziggs and Indeed.com provide interesting, focused information and show real promise — if they can get the kinks out, Walt writes.

Published on March 31, 2005 in Personal Technology

Genealogy Software for the Mac

This week Walt Mossberg answers questions about family-history programs for Apple, protecting all the computers on a Wi-Fi network and transferring iTunes libraries between computers.

Published on March 31, 2005 in Mossberg's Mailbox

Test Driving a Home Defibrillator

Walt tests the HeartStart Home Defibrillator from Philips and says its cost pales next to the value of the lives it might save.

Published on April 6, 2005 in The Mossberg Solution

Spring Buyer’s Guide: PC Prices Get Cheaper, But Complexity Grows

If you’re in the market for a desktop PC, there’s good news and bad news. You can buy a lot of computer for a surprisingly small sum, but you’ll have to take more factors into account than ever, writes Walt Mossberg.

Published on April 7, 2005 in Personal Technology

Audio Input Jacks for MP3 Players in Autos

This week Walt Mossberg answers questions about direct audio input jacks for portable MP3 players in autos, Internet browser compatibility with Windows, and editing a computer’s Registry.

Published on April 7, 2005 in Mossberg's Mailbox

A Digital Crime Wave

The Windows computing platform is in a genuine crisis. Windows computers are being attacked, every day, by an international army of digital criminals who seek to spy on users, turn their own computers against them and deface, corrupt or destroy their data.
There have long been computer viruses, but until the past couple of years, they [...]

Published on April 12, 2005 in The Mossberg Report

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