17 posts and columns on monitor

Atrix 4G: Faux Laptop With a Phone For Brains

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.
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Microsoft's Browser Boss Dean Hachamovitch Touts Privacy Features at D@CES

in Media on January 7, 2011 at 3:28 pm PT

Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser is still the world’s most popular, but its dominance is being steadily eroded by competition from Mozilla, Google and Apple. Can a new, aggressive approach to privacy change that?
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No One Is Happy With the FCC Chairman's Speech, Except Broadband Investors

in Enterprise on December 1, 2010 at 12:52 pm PT

Everyone has something to say about today’s speech by FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski on the subject of net neutrality. Having been blocked in the courts from imposing sanctions on Comcast for throttling users of BitTorrent, the commission has been spinning its wheels trying to find a way to nudge the broadband industry in a direction toward treating all Internet content fairly.

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Web-Based Amateur Private Eyes Enhancing Store Security

in News on November 15, 2010 at 11:50 am PT

A new business attempting to help small retailers minimize shoplifting by harnessing the power of the Internet with existing security camera technology is showing some initial results as it works to improve stability and reliability. Internet Eyes is meant to help small stores that have CCTV installed but that lack the manpower to monitor the video feeds constantly.

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BlackBerry Gradually Getting More Spy-Friendly in India

in News on October 1, 2010 at 11:03 am PT

Indian officials are reporting a bit of progress today toward their requirement that Research in Motion and the nation’s telecoms make BlackBerry communications accessible to security agencies. Home Minister G.K. Pillai told Reuters that authorities can now get printouts of BlackBerry Messenger conversations within four or five hours of making the request to RIM. They are hoping to have real-time access by the end of the year, he said. The means to monitor BlackBerry’s encrypted corporate email system remains elusive, however.

World Without Wires: Wi-Fi Alliance Endorses WiGig

in News on May 10, 2010 at 8:29 am PT

The Wi-Fi Alliance, the organization that certifies the wireless industry standard, said this morning that it is allying with Wireless Gigabit Alliance to promote WiGig, a new short-range wireless specification capable of delivering data speeds of up to seven gigabits per second in the 60 GHz band.

Two Laptops Take Images to Another Dimension

in The Mossberg Solution on March 2, 2010 at 2:37 pm PT

Katie looks at two laptops that use 3D technology to make photos, movies and games pop.
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Cablevision Promises to Introduce Your PC to Your TV

in Media on February 23, 2010 at 9:01 pm PT

An ugly name–“PC to TV Media Relay”–for a simple idea: Moving the contents of your laptop to your plasma. You can already do this on your own, but Cablevision promises to make it even easier. (Shh! Don’t tell Hulu!)

Apple’s New iMac, MacBook Grow Better, Brighter

in Personal Technology on October 21, 2009 at 6:02 pm PT

Apple is rolling out new versions of its iMac and MacBook this week. Though both new Macs sport important improvements, they are evolutionary, not revolutionary, writes Walt Mossberg.
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Apple, RIM: No Netbooks

in News on May 19, 2009 at 4:30 am PT

Apple and Research in Motion may disagree on many things, but they’re of the same mind when it comes to the the netbook phenomenon: It will be short-lived. Asked about Apple’s interest in the category during a late-April earnings call, COO Tim Cook said the company has none. Turns out, Research in Motion co-CEO Jim Balsillie feels pretty much the same way.
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Improving PC Performance

in Mossberg’s Mailbox, April 29, 2009 at 5:28 pm PT

Reading Periodicals on Kindle 2

in Mossberg’s Mailbox, March 4, 2009 at 4:58 pm PT

Shopping for Basics and Saving Money on Your Next PC

in Personal Technology, October 29, 2008 at 6:06 pm PT

Turning Off Your Desktop PC

in Mossberg’s Mailbox, October 22, 2008 at 5:50 pm PT

Corning: Q3 Glass Shipments Short of Expectations

in News, October 7, 2008 at 12:39 pm PT

Removing Songs from an iPhone

in Mossberg’s Mailbox, August 30, 2007 at 12:01 am PT

Running Windows Vista on a Mac

in Mossberg’s Mailbox, August 23, 2007 at 12:01 am PT