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Years in the Making, Powerful Yahoo Mail Is Worth the Wait

Yahoo Mail has emerged from testing as a polished, fairly powerful online email program. It beats Google’s Gmail both in terms of features and its ability to act like a computer program instead of a Web page, writes Walt Mossberg.

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Desktop Modules Help To Personalize Data, Cut Through Clutter

A free Web site called Netvibes is poised to give My Yahoo a run for its money, writes Walt Mossberg. It allows users to create personalized pages with modules that gather headlines, email, weather and other data from all over the Web.

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Google’s New Service Offers Web Calendar That’s Quick and Easy

Though it’s still in its beta phase, Google Calendar stands out among other Web-based scheduling programs because it’s a snap to use.

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Yahoo Email Delivers That Desktop Feel Most Users Expect

Walt referees the battle for Web-mail supremacy between Yahoo Mail and Google’s Gmail. His verdict: Yahoo more closely matches the desktop experience most serious email users have come to expect.

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Google Wants to Be Your Best Friend On Your Computer

Google’s two newest releases, Google Desktop and Google Talk, are bold, major steps for the company — and useful programs that have great potential, Walt writes.

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