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Larger Mac Font

in Mossberg’s Mailbox on September 28, 2011 at 6:01 pm PT

Walt answers a reader’s question on boosting the font size in a MacBook Pro.

Is Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 the Bing of Smartphones?

in News on October 12, 2010 at 9:00 am PT

When Microsoft introduced its refurbished search service called Bing two years ago–at the seventh D: All Things Digital conference, in fact–there were a lot of raised eyebrows about whether it could make any headway into a market in which it was a mere pip-squeak. And, while it has been a costly effort, few can dispute the fact that the innovative, interesting and cleverly marketed Bing is a perceptual and perhaps even actual hit for the software giant. Now, can Microsoft do the same with Windows Phone 7, which was launched yesterday?

Microsoft of Arabia? If Windows Phone 7 Is as Freaky as This Ad, BoomTown Will Take One Now!

in News on September 7, 2010 at 5:15 am PT

Cue the desert music, mix in some swirling dust and a mirage, use a Middle Eastern font and a mysterioso tagline of “The Revolution Is Coming,” and show it at a movie screening of “Lawrence of Arabia.” At least Microsoft will not be spending its badillions of advertising dollars on the launch of its Windows Phone 7–playing catch-up in the smartphone race–without some style.

Irex’s E-Reader Poses No Threat to the Kindle

in Personal Technology on March 10, 2010 at 6:03 pm PT

Irex’s DR800SG has a large, sharp screen for comfortable reading, but overall the device is clumsier to use than Amazon’s Kindle.
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The Entire BoomTown Video of the Mossberg-Jobs Chit-Chat at Apple iPad Launch!

in News on January 29, 2010 at 9:03 pm PT

A video BoomTown posted earlier this week–following around my All Things Digital partner, Walt Mossberg, at the launch of the Apple iPad–has gotten an awful lot of attention, due to a little over two minutes of him kibitzing about the device with CEO Steve Jobs. Since that section of my longer video was in the middle, I decided to put all the Jobs clips I had together, all done in my usual shaky spycam style.

How to Tweak Outlook Email To Work for You

in The Mossberg Solution on September 15, 2009 at 8:26 am PT

Despite the popularity of Microsoft Outlook, many users aren’t familiar with a number of its coolest functions. Here’s a guide to some of the email service’s lesser-known talents.
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Yahoo Homepages Over the Last 15 Years: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Really Ugly)

in News on July 20, 2009 at 5:59 pm PT

Tomorrow, Yahoo will officially unveil the latest redesign of its homepage, an almost complete rejiggering of the look and feel of one of the most trafficked sites on the Internet. The latest launch comes after about a half-dozen redesigns of the homepage since Yahoo was founded, the last one in 2006. BoomTown thought it might be instructive to take a look at what has come before it, seeing how the Yahoo front page has evolved since 1994.
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