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Microsoft Live Labs Creates Web ‘Synth’ For 3-D Photo Tour

Microsoft Live Labs’ Photosynth turns multiple photos of a site into a 3-D scene you can virtually “walk” through on the Web. The service is a dramatic new way to use your photos and to share them with others, writes Walter S. Mossberg.

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First Test of Google’s New Browser

Google’s new Chrome Web browser will make using the Internet faster and less frustrating, but this first version is rough around the edges and lacks some features, says Walt Mossberg in the first hands-on review.

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New Amazon Service Streams TV Shows And Films to PCs

Amazon Video on Demand is a good service for people who prefer paying for ad-free TV shows and films.

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Netbooks Come Into Their Own

Walt reviews the latest entrants in the “netbook” category–devices that are between a laptop and a smart phone in size and versatility–and finds some compelling choices.

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BlackBerry’s Storm Presses Into the Touch-Phone Fray

Walt reviews the hotly anticipated BlackBerry Storm, the first BlackBerry model without a physical keyboard. Typing and navigation require tapping on glass, just as users do on the iPhone. Verizon will be selling the Storm for $250 with a two-year contract, though a $50 mail-in rebate can bring the price down close to the $199 that Apple charges for the base model of the iPhone.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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