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MacBook Laptop Lacks A Few Features But Has Lots to Like, Low Price

There’s a lot to like about Apple’s new MacBook, especially the price. Like other Intel-based Macs, it can run Windows alongside the Mac operating system. But it’s missing features that are standard on Windows-based laptops.

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Using Cellphones as Modems

This week Walt Mossberg answers questions about using cellphones as modems for laptops, storing personal files from office computers and buying an ultralight laptop.

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Smartphones Get Smarter

In a test of two new smartphones, Motorola’s Q wins points for its low price tag and striking design. But Palm’s improved Treo, with greater speed and other enhancements, is still the best bet for serious users of mobile email, Web and Microsoft’s Office.

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Prepaid Online Plans Offering Global Calls Suffer From Glitches

nternational calling has been an expensive and cumbersome process over the years, with consumers always hunting for new ways to find inexpensive, user-friendly plans. Today, consumers have more low-cost choices.
In addition to prepaid calling cards, options range from free Internet calling via computers, inexpensive Internet calling via services such as Vonage and heavily discounted wireless [...]

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Three Phone Makers Point to Advances In Camera Cellphones

Cameras were introduced on cellphones in 2000, but for years the photo quality was so poor, the devices were little more than toys.
That’s changing as handset manufacturers add cameras that take pictures equal in quality to those taken by average digital cameras. In the U.S., some camera phones are built with two-megapixel image sensors, similar [...]

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H-P and Lenovo Offer New Wave of Laptops: Small and Affordable

New diminutive, portable PCs, from H-P and Lenovo, should help lighten the briefcases of road warriors without lightening their wallets too much.

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Recovering Deleted Desktop Icons

Walt Mossberg answers questions about recovering deleted icons, clearing search histories and the difference between laptop processors.

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A Portable Player For Both Satellite Radio, MP3s

For people who just like music, the Inno’s radio and recording features don’t seem like reason enough to buy it over an iPod.

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In Our Post-PC Era, Apple’s Device Model Beats the PC Way

In early battles for dominance of the PC market, Microsoft’s component-based platform crushed Apple’s end-to-end model. But in today’s post-PC era, where the focus is on music players, game consoles and cellphones, the end-to-end model is the early winner.

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Is There a Virus Threat for Macs?

This week Walt Mossberg answers a question about viruses and security software for Macs.

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