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Doing a search in Google or Yahoo seems as easy as falling off a log, but too often the search results aren’t exactly what you’d like. Walt Mossberg and Katie Boehret offer simple tips and tricks for getting more out of a Web search.
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.
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.
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.
The new, improved, and yet cheaper, version of Apple’s iMac G5 is the best consumer desktop you can buy this holiday season, period. From setup to performing the most intense tasks, it’s a pleasure to use.
The Xbox 360 features fluid, movielike graphics that make it an outstanding game machine. It also performed like a champ as a multimedia hub, but a whopping $400 price tag may keep casual gamers away.
Walt tries out iFill, a new software product that allows you to fill your iPod with songs recorded from Internet radio stations.
Walt pits old reliable MapQuest against Google Local and an enhanced version of Yahoo Maps. Though the newer online mapping services have some fancy features, MapQuest still does the best job.
Walt finds that Apple’s new iPod is an excellent music player and a surprisingly decent video player. In essence, he writes, this iPod’s video capability is kind of a business or social experiment.
Walt tests a new, modestly priced, supposedly simple, iPod auto accessory that aims to ease the distraction problem for those who try to navigate their iPod library while navigating the roads.
Walt tests a new service that attempts to be like a digital version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire’s phone-a-friend, answering all sorts of questions via cellphone or email in just a few minutes.
The cellphone industry generates more and more obscure jargon that makes it harder to decide what to buy. Walt delivers a basic glossary of wireless jargon, for mere mortals who speak only English.
Regardless of how “wireless” communications technology has become, your gadgets only work if the batteries can be recharged. With that in mind, Walt test devices that are specifically designed to work in emergency situations.
After testing three music-playing cellphones, including the new iTunes-friendly ROKR, Walt isn’t ready to give up his iPod. None lives up to the full potential of what a combined phone and music player could be, he writes.
Walt tries out the Rosetta Stone language program, which aims to make learning easier and more effective by scrapping dense explanations in favor of a visual teaching style featuring pictures, audio and text.
Click below to browse or search past editions of Walt and Katie's columns.
Walt's main column, written since 1991, in which he reviews hardware, software and web sites, and comments on technology issues.
Walt's weekly column in which he answers readers' questions.
Edited by Walt and written by Katie Boehret, this is a guide to gadgets, web services and other consumer technologies.
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