ITunes’s Usage Limits
This week Walt Mossberg answers questions about iTunes’s usage limits, the screen zooming feature on Microsoft’s Wireless Optical Mouse 5000 and backing up your hard disk.
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Personal Computers Break Another Price Barrier
You can buy a lot of personal computer, with few, if any, compromises for just $600 today. This week Walt and his assistant tested two desktop PCs that are loaded with goodies.
Apple’s New Mouse Is Not as Mighty As Rival’s Magnifier
Apple finally released an optional, add-on mouse that allows right-clicking and scrolling. But Apple designed the Mighty Mouse so it looks like, and can work like, a one-button mouse, making it harder to use than competing mice.
Remembering Your Password
This week Walt Mossberg answers questions about keeping track of passwords, browser hijackers and spam that harvests your address book.
A Digital-Music System For Computer-Phobes
This week Walt and his assistant tested RCA’s Rip & Go Digital Music Studio, which attempts to introduce these low-tech consumers to digital music — without ever involving a computer.
New Microsoft Program Offers Homework Tools But It’s Clumsy to Use
Microsoft Student is designed to help middle-school and high-school students to attack their homework efficiently. Walt says it can provide some aid, but is confusing and clumsy to use, and disappointing in some respects.
Antispyware for Macs; Blog Search Engines
This week Walt Mossberg answers questions about antispyware programs for Apples, blog search engines and the definition of “HD-ready.”
Comparison Shopping
Walt tests two Web sites that enable consumers to search for items that are on sale in physical stores and he says Cairo.com is the clear winner.
Info Appliance Offers Nice Touches, but It’s Costly, Has Limitations
Walt says the Pepper Pad, a new info appliance, mostly did what was promised, but it isn’t quite as easy and intuitive to use as its makers claim. And, at $799, it costs more than some laptops.
Searching Your Hard Disk
This week Walt Mossberg answers questions about searching your hard disk, copying your Outlook Express address book and using the cookie-management features of a Web browser.
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