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Only One Beyoncé: Services Pick Up After Your Music

by Geoffrey Fowler

TuneUp Media and MusicBrainz Picard aim to clean up and properly label personal digital-music collections.

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New Mac Laptops Use Batteries Sealed for Power

More electronic products are being designed with their rechargeable batteries sealed inside. Walt Mossberg tests two new Apple laptops with higher-capacity, sealed-in batteries.

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New iPhone Is Better Model–Or Just Get OS 3.0

Apple’s new iPhone 3G S and OS 3.0 offer plenty of new features. But the software may be enough of a boost to keep many users from buying the new model, Walt Mossberg writes.

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The Latest Kindle: Bigger, Not Better, Than Its Sibling

While the larger Kindle DX performs its promised tasks adequately, its size and weight make it awkward and tiring to hold for long periods of reading.

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Palm’s New Pre Takes On iPhone

Palm’s Pre is smart, sophisticated and will appeal to those who want a keyboard. It could give the iPhone and Blackberry strong competition — if it fixes its app store and can attract third-party developers.

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Little Laptops With Linux Have Compatibility Issues

The companies behind Linux netbooks have made great strides in improving user interfaces, but until they can achieve similar breakthroughs in how the machines work with other devices, Windows netbooks are still a better deal.

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Sharing Where You Are When You Care to Share

By Nick Wingfield

Cellphone location-sharing service Glympse is simple, useful and a non-creepy way to share your whereabouts when you want someone to know.

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Verizon Now Sells Subsidized Netbook With Cell Service

Verizon’s H-P Mini netbook is an adequate light-duty computer for a low price, but the charge for Internet service is high if used as a main online connection.

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Quickoffice Brings Editing to iPhones, But Put It on Hold

The iPhone Quickoffice app allows users to create and edit Word and Excel documents, but getting files into the app is a pain.

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Dell Aims for Style With New Laptop and Family Model

Dell’s new Adamo laptop and Studio One 19 desktop are attractive and functional, but neither is ground-breaking, says Walt Mossberg.

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Computer Buyers Have to Consider System Upgrades

This year, with Microsoft and Apple set to upgrade operating systems, Walt Mossberg’s spring computer buyer’s guide focuses on buying a machine for the new OS you may soon want.

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Latest MobileMe Takes Out Glitches and Eases Syncing

Apple’s latest version of MobileMe, a service that synchronizes email, contacts and calendars among Mac and Windows computers, is faster and more reliable.

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True/Slant Tests Another Model Of Web Journalism

True/Slant takes a novel approach to Web journalism with new forms of advertising and an effort to blend journalism and social networking.

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Network Hard Disk by Western Digital Offers Easy Backup

Western Digital’s My Book World Edition is a new networkable hard disk that is simple and effective for anyone with a modern operating system.

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Some Favorite Apps That Make iPhone Worth the Price

Walt presents minireviews of iPhone apps, or small software programs that connect to the Internet, that make the gadget worth the price.

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Walt Mossberg is the author and creator of the weekly Personal Technology column in The Wall Street Journal, which has appeared every Thursday since 1991.

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  • The Smartphone Wars

    Walt weighs in on the smartphone wars. Who will dominate this new handheld platform, and who will attract the most users and third-party apps?
    April 10 at 11:04 AM

  • First Impressions of the New BlackBerry App Store

    Walt gives his first impressions of the new BlackBerry App World. The store has hundreds of apps available at launch, and RIM says it expects around a thousand to be available in its first week. Like Apple's store, RIM's offers both free and paid apps that download directly to your device.
    April 01 at 11:04 AM

  • First Impressions of Kindle on iPhone

    Walt gives his first impressions of the free Kindle e-book reader application for the iPhone.
    March 03 at 11:03 PM

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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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