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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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Published on May 25, 2006 in Personal Technology
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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Published on May 18, 2006 in Personal Technology
Walt Mossberg answers questions about recovering deleted icons, clearing search histories and the difference between laptop processors.
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Published on May 18, 2006 in Mossberg's Mailbox
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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Published on May 17, 2006 in The Mossberg Solution
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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Published on May 11, 2006 in Personal Technology
This week Walt Mossberg answers a question about viruses and security software for Macs.
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Published on May 11, 2006 in Mossberg's Mailbox
Apple Computer is gradually replacing its entire Macintosh lineup. The cutting-edge company, which turned 30 in April, already makes the best-designed hardware, the best operating system and the most-secure machines in the consumer-PC market. Now it’s performing a brain transplant on the Mac.
Starting in January, six months earlier than promised, Apple began switching the Mac [...]
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Published on May 10, 2006 in The Mossberg Report
The advent of the video-capable iPod has spawned connectors that allow iPods to play video through a TV. Despite a few bugs, two new products make this link possible — though one is easier and more satisfying to use.
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Published on May 10, 2006 in The Mossberg Solution
Samsung’s Q1, an Ultra Mobile PC that’s smaller than the smallest mainstream laptop, goes on sale next week, but the machine is so deeply flawed in key respects that it amounts to little more than a toy for techies.
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Published on May 4, 2006 in Personal Technology
There’s no other major item most of us own that is as confusing, unpredictable and unreliable as our personal computers. Everybody has questions about them, and we aim to help.
Here are a few questions I’ve received recently from people like you, and my answers. I have edited and restated the questions a bit, for readability.
If [...]
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Published on May 4, 2006 in Mossberg's Mailbox
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