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Running an iPad App on Windows

Walt Mossberg in Walt Mossberg on August 17, 2011 at 6:01 pm PT

Walt answers a reader’s question on whether it’s possible to run an iPad app on a Windows computer.

Google Turns Word Comments, A Necessary Office Evil, Into Discussions

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on March 16, 2011 at 7:00 am PT

Google Docs tries to wrangle one of the great annoyances of office life — collaborating on documents — into a Twitter-like discussion.

Google's Cloud Connect Beta Is Over. Now Where's Office365?

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on February 24, 2011 at 5:37 am PT

Google has taken its Cloud Connect cloud add-on for Microsoft Office out of Beta, giving Office users on Windows the freedom to collaborate via Google Apps. Meanwhile, Microsoft’s own Office365 is still in a limited beta test period.

Atrix 4G: Faux Laptop With a Phone For Brains

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on February 16, 2011 at 2:37 pm PT

Walt reviews the Motorola Atrix 4G Android smart phone, which acts as the brains of a small laptop device.

The iPad Now Can Take Command of Computers

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on January 19, 2011 at 6:03 pm PT

Walt looks at two apps that let the iPad take control of a PC or Mac remotely.

For the iPad, Apps With Their Own Wow Factor

Katherine Boehret in The Mossberg Solution on April 6, 2010 at 4:01 pm PT

The iPad is spawning a new type of tablet-specific app designed to make the most of the large touch screen.

Get Your Storage Out of the Cloud

Katherine Boehret in The Mossberg Solution on February 23, 2010 at 2:35 pm PT

The cloud is a hip way of describing Web-accessible storage, and whether people know it or not, they’re using this more each day.

Parallels Zips Past Fusion in Running Windows on Macs

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on February 10, 2010 at 6:04 pm PT

Walt reviews the latest software for running Windows on a Mac without rebooting.

Plastic Logic (Finally) Shows Off The Que, Its (Very Expensive) Kindle Competitor

Peter Kafka in Media on January 7, 2010 at 8:27 am PT

After promising to deliver its take on Amazon’s Kindle for a couple of years, Plastic Logic is finally delivering: Here comes the Que, which the company promises is “more than an eReader.” It had better be: The first two versions of the gadget will cost $649 and $799.

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Court Affirms Injunction Against Microsoft

Brent Kendall and Don Clark, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on December 22, 2009 at 4:49 pm PT

A federal appeals court on Tuesday affirmed a $290 million patent-infringement judgment that will bar Microsoft Corp. from selling current versions of its flagship Word software. Microsoft said it has been preparing modified versions of the affected programs that should be ready when the injunction goes into effect on Jan. 11, allowing sales to continue without interruption