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Slacker Digital Player Handles the Drudgery for Busy Music Fans

A new digital music player called the Slacker plays music that is absolutely free, contained in preprogrammed Internet radio stations instead of individually selected songs and albums. But the device has some glitches.

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Dash’s Car Navigator Gives Smart Directions, if Others Participate

The Dash in-car navigator harnesses its user network to give smart directions and traffic information. If it becomes popular, it could be a big deal.

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Shortcovers, Iceberg Put Latest e-Books On Your Cellphone

Amazon’s Kindle e-book reader has been a solid success. The device can access a catalog of over 200,000 digital books, including most current best sellers, according to Amazon. Its sharp screen, built-in downloading and long battery life have overcome a relatively high price and some poor hardware-design features.

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Even in Test Form, Windows 7 Leaves Vista in the Dust

Walt previews the public beta of Windows 7 and finds that even in beta form, it’s better than Vista.

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Amazon’s Kindle 2 Improves the Good, Leaves Out the Bad

Walt finds that Amazon.com has fixed the worst design flaws in the Kindle, its popular electronic-book reader, while maintaining the excellent book-buying experience that made the first model tolerable despite those problems.

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The Littlest iPod Packs In Songs and Finds Its Voice

Walt reviews the first talking music player in the impossibly small iPod Shuffle. Push a button and it will tell you, in a computerized voice, the title and artist of whatever song you’re hearing. Keep holding that button and it will recite a roll call of all your playlists, allowing you to select among them. In Walt’s tests, this worked as advertised.

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Microsoft Ups Ante With New Browser

Internet Explorer 8 is more stable than its predecessor and packed with valuable new features, but it still can’t match its browser rivals in speed and performance.

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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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Apple’s iTunes 9 Makes it Easier to Share, Organize

Walt Mossberg reviews Apple’s free iTunes 9 update, which has two outstanding features: Home Sharing and an easier way to organize your library.

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HTC’s Hero May Be Your Scene

Walt Mossberg reviews the new Android-model phone, recommended for Sprint customers and others looking for something powerful and different.

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Motorola’s Droid Is Smart Success for Verizon Users

The new Motorola Droid phone is best super-smart phone Verizon offers, writes Walt Mossberg.

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