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Nüvi GPS Receiver Is Too Rough a Guide For the High Price Tag

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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How to Find Low-Cost DSL Service

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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A Ballpoint With a ‘Brain’

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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Microsoft Offers Range Of Programs That Run Off Web, Not Hard Disk

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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Switching From Dial-Up to DSL

Walt Mossberg answers questions about moving to DSL from dial-up, browser hijacking and waiting for Windows Vista.

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Getting Sales Advice From Your Cellphone

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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Alternatives to Instant Messaging

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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Free Kodak Software Helps Find, Organize, Fix and Share Photos

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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Finding the Right Big-Screen Television Set

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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With Its New Version, Skype Phone Service May Enter Mainstream

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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Here is a statement of my ethics and coverage policies. It is more than most of you want to know, but, in the age of suspicion of the media, I am laying it all out.

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