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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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Operating Systems Offer New Choices in PC Shopping

Walt Mossberg gives tips on purchasing laptops with the latest pre-installed operating systems in his annual fall computer-buying guide.

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The CLIQ, Storm2 Join Long Parade of iPhone Threats

Motorola’s CLIQ and RIM’s Storm2 are among the many interesting challengers to the iPhone.

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A Service to Make 401(k) Tweaking a Piece of Cake

Cake Premium may be a helpful tool in confusing times. But its limitations make it an incomplete solution that’s no threat to a really good, honest investment adviser, writes Walt Mossberg.

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New Netbook Offers Long Battery Life and Room to Type

Walter S. Mossberg reviews Toshiba’s new netbook, which aims to solve some common netbook issues.

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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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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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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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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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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 Safari Browser Succeeds at Speed, Flops on Features

Walt reviews the latest version of Apple’s Safari browser, which hopes to overtake rival browsers Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Microsoft’s Internet Explorer.

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Unigo.com Gives Everyone a Say About College Picks

Walt takes a close look at a a new, free Web guide to colleges–and mostly likes what he sees. The information isn’t just words and numbers, but includes lots of photos, videos and student input for most schools.

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Sony’s Vaio P Has Sportscar Looks Without the Power

Walt gives high marks to the new Sony Vaio P for its stylish looks, but finds it to be underpowered and frustrating to use.

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Synchronizing Your Bookmarks on All Your PCs

Walt reviews Foxmarks, a tool for synchronizing your bookmarks automatically among all your computers, Windows or Mac, and across all the main brands of Web browsers.

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