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Mozilla Firefox 3.0 Is the Best Browser for Web — For Now

Mozilla Firefox 3.0 is the best Web browser out there right now, and it tops the current versions of both IE and Safari in features, speed and security, writes Walt Mossberg. It is easy to install and easy to use, even for a mainstream, non-technical user.

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Consider Your Needs, Then Use This Guide to Buying a Laptop

With laptops outselling desktop PCs, Walt Mossberg offers a quick guide to the key factors you should consider when buying notebook computers.

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Apple’s Time Capsule Gives You Easy Way to Back Up Wirelessly

Apple’s new Time Capsule packs both a giant hard disk and a speedy Wi-Fi wireless router into one slender case, allowing computers to easily back up their hard drives wirelessly.

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New Office for Macs Speeds Up Programs, Integrates Formats

The new Microsoft Office for the Mac isn’t revolutionary, but it’s a solid program that does its job faster than old versions, Walt says.

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Dell’s All-in-One PC Has the Guts, Design to Compete With iMac

Dell’s new all-in-one PC, the XPS One, is a stylish Windows Vista machine that runs well and won’t cost a fortune. If it didn’t have the Dell logo on it, the XPS One might be mistaken for a product of the PC industry’s design leaders, Apple or Sony.

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Here’s a Mac FAQ if You’re Looking to Buy a Computer

Every average consumer using a computer should at least look at the Mac, suggests Walt Mossberg. Here’s a quick guide — a sort of Mac FAQ — to shopping for a Macintosh.

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New Gateway Desktop Takes on Look of iMac, but Can’t Match It

Gateway One is striking like the iMac but offers smaller screens and lower resolution — huge factors in an all-in-one machine — for prices that can exceed the iMac’s, says Walt Mossberg. Video

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Leopard: Faster, Easier Than Vista

Apple’s new version of OS X, called Leopard, builds on Apple’s quality advantage over Windows, says Walt Mossberg. Leopard is better and faster than Vista, with a set of new features that make Macs even easier to use.

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Some Basic Features You Should Demand When Buying a PC

It’s time for Walt’s annual fall PC buyer’s guide and, surprisingly, 10 months after Microsoft’s Vista operating system emerged, Vista is still the biggest puzzle in consumers’ computer-buying decisions.

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Don’t Tell Your Boss, But There Is a Way to IM Despite Blocks

Internet-based instant-messaging services Meebo and KoolIM circumvent barriers to downloadable software and are far less vulnerable to viruses.

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New Dell Vostro Line Misses Mark in Aim For Tiny Businesses

The new line of Dell computers aimed at small businesses without IT departments are mostly a marketing ploy at the moment. Video

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Fusion Is Latest Way For Macs to Operate Windows, PC Software

Walt Mossberg tests Fusion, another option for running Windows, and Windows programs, on a Mac. The program let him switch between each operating system rapidly and smoothly without slowing down his computer.

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These Two Laptops Are Small and Sleek, But Come With Flaws

New laptops from Toshiba and Dell tackle the design challenge of being both small and powerful. Both machines are stylish and worked fine in the tests, but Walt finds flaws that might give a buyer pause.

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Buying a Laptop Means More Attention to Special Features

Walt provides some tips for making laptop purchases. First, you may want to wait to get that new laptop until later this year or early in 2008. There are a number of interesting new hardware features coming.(Video)

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What PC to Buy If You Are Planning On a Vista Upgrade

In Walt’s annual fall buyer’s guide to desktop computers, he focuses on what kind of PC Windows buyers should be considering if they want to run Microsoft’s next version of Windows, called Vista.

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