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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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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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Apple Daydreaming: Report Predicts Move Toward Home Devices

Forrester Research imagines the Apple products of 2013 in a new report. Their conclusion: While much of Apple’s great successes have been mobile products, the company will seek to colonize rooms throughout the home.

Guest columnist Nick Wingfield is filling in this week for Walt Mossberg, who returns June 5.

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You’re Using iTunes, But Are You Missing Some of the Fun?

Walt talks about a lesser-known feature of iTunes that allows users to share their music, even with a PC. (Video)

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Congress Must Make Clear Copyright Laws To Protect Consumers

The fight between YouTube and Viacom isn’t primarily about consumers and their rights, and its outcome won’t necessarily make things better for Internet users, Walt Mossberg says.

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IPod’s Latest Siblings

Walt Mossberg says Apple’s tiny new iPod nano exceeds the company’s claims about storage space and battery life, and is beautiful to boot.

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What the Apple Plan To Switch to Intel Chips Means for Consumers

Apple’s adoption of Intel processors for its future Macs is big news in the computer world. But what does it mean for the average consumer, who just wants the best computer for the job?

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