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Online Shopping on the Side

in Personal Technology on September 7, 2011 at 6:05 pm PT

Walt reviews Digital Folio, free software that lets you gather online shopping products to compare retailer prices.
Digital Folio for Online Price Comparisons

Topsy Hands Out Real-Time Search Widgets

in Social on January 13, 2011 at 8:00 am PT

Real-time search engine Topsy today is launching customizable widgets for publishers to display topical tweets.

How Can I Get New Gadgets for Vista Sidebar?

in Mossberg’s Mailbox on June 7, 2007 at 12:01 am PT

Walt Mossberg answers questions about getting new Gadgets for Vista Sidebar, the type of keyboard on the BlackBerry Curve, and whether the iPhone will allow third-party programs to be installed.

Desktop Modules Help To Personalize Data, Cut Through Clutter

in Personal Technology on February 1, 2007 at 11:59 pm PT

A free Web site called Netvibes is poised to give My Yahoo a run for its money, writes Walt Mossberg. It allows users to create personalized pages with modules that gather headlines, email, weather and other data from all over the Web.

Vista: Worthy, Largely Unexciting

in Personal Technology on January 18, 2007 at 11:59 pm PT

Vista is the best version of Windows that Microsoft has produced, Walt Mossberg says. But while navigation has been improved, the successor to XP isn’t a breakthrough in ease of use.