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Using Laptops in Direct Sunlight

in Mossberg’s Mailbox on April 14, 2010 at 2:22 pm PT

Walt answers readers’ questions on laptops under the sun, the iPad vs. the Kindle and using iTunes as a data backup.

Sharing E-Books and a Clean Sweep

in Mossberg’s Mailbox on March 17, 2010 at 12:54 pm PT

Walt answers readers’ questions on e-readers that share books and restoring a computer to its original “virgin” status.

Keeping Files In Sync

in Mossberg’s Mailbox on September 9, 2009 at 3:02 pm PT

Keeping files in sync for two laptops, using Quicken on a Mac, transfering files to a new PC with Windows 7.

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Consumers Want to Rip, Burn DVDs

in News on April 17, 2009 at 8:22 am PT

Apple’s iTunes makes saving music from CDs onto one’s personal computer a simple process, but doing the same with a DVD is much more complicated endeavor. Most DVDs are encoded with digital rights management technology to prevent copying.