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A Scanner for All Seasons

Lauren Goode in Product Reviews on May 7 at 6:00 am PT

For serious scanning needs, Xerox’s Mobile Scanner beats a smartphone app or pocket-sized scanner.

Tablets Quickly Becoming the Portable PC of Choice

John Paczkowski in News on May 4 at 4:01 am PT

By 2017 NPD expects tablet shipments to hit 424.9 million units, exceeding notebook PC shipments — for the second year in a row.

Are Macs More Secure?

Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on May 1 at 9:25 pm PT

Walt answers a reader’s question on whether Macs are as vulnerable to viruses as PCs.

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Despite Crackdowns, Sina Still Winning the Weibo Game

Loretta Chao and Josh Chin, Staff Writers, The Wall Street Journal in Social on April 28 at 10:23 am PT

Chinese microblogging site Sina Weibo may be in the midst of its most aggressive crackdown yet following an explosion of political rumors among users, but it is still beating Tencent in the microblogging race in China, according to a McKinsey & Co. report released this week.

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Musings on Malware (Comic)

Nitrozac and Snaggy in Voices on April 26 at 4:28 pm PT

Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site.

CrowdStar No Longer Developing Social Games for Facebook

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on April 25 at 10:00 am PT

Crowdstar’s CEO Peter Relan said in an interview that the longtime social games maker is no longer developing for Facebook.

Sound Kick: Solid Sound, but a Shaky Speaker

Lauren Goode in Reviews on April 16 at 6:00 am PT

How does a $99 Bluetooth speaker stack up next to the popular Jambox?

Did PC Sales Just Bounce Off the Bottom? Not Quite.

Arik Hesseldahl in News on April 11 at 3:37 pm PT

After the second-worst year in the history of the PC industry, PC shipments grew slightly worldwide, but that growth depended on where you looked.

News Byte

I’ll Take “PC Disruptors” for $500, Alex. (What Is “a Tablet”?)

Lauren Goode in Mobile on April 11 at 8:37 am PT

More evidence pointing toward tablets disrupting the PC industry: According to a new Forrester Research survey of more than 5,000 U.S. adults, 35 percent of tablet owners say they use their laptops less frequently since getting a tablet, while 45 percent have no plans to buy an e-reader now that they own a tablet. The television set is faring better, however, with just 12 percent of those surveyed saying they use their TV less frequently since getting a tablet; likely because 85 percent of tablet owners cop to using their tablets while watching TV.