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Garmin’s Nüvi 350 GPS receiver is being recast as a “personal travel assistant” to shed its geeky roots. The device has a music player, photo viewer and more, but its core function, GPS navigation, is still too crude for its $900 price tag, writes Walt Mossberg.
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Published on December 22, 2005 in Personal Technology
Walt Mossberg answers readers’ questions about finding low-cost DSL service, choosing video-editing software and transferring files from a Windows PC to a Mac.
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Published on December 22, 2005 in Mossberg's Mailbox
The perennial dilemma when buying gifts for a child is whether to get something fun or something educational. The FLY Pentop Computer from LeapFrog may simultaneously enlighten and entertain most young users — if you can afford it.
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Published on December 21, 2005 in The Mossberg Solution
Walt Mossberg takes an early look at three programs that are part of Windows Live, a major Microsoft initiative to produce applications that are run over the Web rather than a hard disk.
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Published on December 15, 2005 in Personal Technology
Walt Mossberg answers questions about moving to DSL from dial-up, browser hijacking and waiting for Windows Vista.
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Published on December 15, 2005 in Mossberg's Mailbox
Consumer Reports’s new cellphone application, ShopSmart, allows you to carry the magazine’s product ratings while shopping, right on your mobile phone. Overall, the service is impressive, but there are a couple of downsides.
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Published on December 14, 2005 in The Mossberg Solution
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 about computers I’ve received recently from people like you, and my answers. I have edited and restated the questions a bit, [...]
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Published on December 8, 2005 in Mossberg's Mailbox
Kodak’s free EasyShare software is a very nice photo-organizing program that works on both Windows and Mac and is closely integrated with one of the best online photo sites, Walt writes.
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Published on December 8, 2005 in Personal Technology
Here’s a basic guide to understanding different types of televisions and their technology — including the differences and advantages to plasma, LCD and microdisplay sets.
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Published on December 7, 2005 in The Mossberg Solution
Internet phone network Skype is set to release a major software update and is introducing a new breed of compatible telephone handsets. This combination of hardware and software could propel the service into the mainstream.
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Published on December 1, 2005 in Personal Technology
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