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Software Update Gives Jambox a Whole New Dimension of Sound

Ina Fried in Mobile on August 23, 2011 at 9:00 pm PT

In a free software update, the portable Jambox speaker gains LiveAudio capability, which makes sound appear to come from various places around the listener.

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.

Free Gmail Calling Is the New Landline

Liz Gannes in Social on December 20, 2010 at 1:21 pm PT

Because of free Gmail voice calling, I don’t need a landline to back up my crappy AT&T cell service. And Google announced today that free Gmail calls from the U.S. to anywhere in the States and Canada would be extended through all of 2011.

MacBook Air Rises to Top of Consumer Reports Ratings

John Paczkowski in News on November 10, 2010 at 9:48 am PT

More good press for the MacBook Air. Consumer Reports updated its computer ratings earlier this week to include the machine, and while it had some criticisms, it ranked the 11-inch Air and its 13-inch sibling at the top of their respective categories and gave both machines a “recommended” rating.

Welcome Back, Steve: Apple CEO Jobs to Appear Onstage at D8

Kara Swisher in D8 on April 27, 2010 at 5:01 pm PT

Apple CEO and Co-founder Steve Jobs will appear at the eighth D: All Things Digital, in an interview on the opening night, kicking off our tech and media conference that will also include famed Hollywood director James Cameron, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, among others. Jobs has been interviewed onstage many times at D, including in a famous joint session with Microsoft Co-founder Bill Gates in 2007. There is much to talk to Jobs about in 2010, obviously, including the new iPad, its tense relationship with Google and the next innovations from the computer giant.

Sonos All-In-One Music System: There's an App for That

John Paczkowski in News on October 13, 2009 at 3:00 am PT

Well, this is a first. Sonos, the company responsible for the wireless multiroom audio system of the same name, is today debuting a new piece of hardware designed for an iPhone app, rather than the other way around.

Sonos All-In-One Music System: There’s an App for That

John Paczkowski in News on October 13, 2009 at 3:00 am PT

Well, this is a first. Sonos, the company responsible for the wireless multiroom audio system of the same name, is today debuting a new piece of hardware designed for an iPhone app, rather than the other way around.

$11,115 Toshiba TV Can Time-Shift Owners into Bankruptcy

John Paczkowski in News on October 5, 2009 at 2:19 pm PT

Toshiba has seen the future of television: A 55-inch, liquid-crystal display jacked into a three-terabyte set-top box capable of displaying eight high-definition broadcasts at once. What is this TV among TVs, this holy grail of couch potatoans called? The Cell Regza 55X1. And it costs $11,115.

Backing Up, Lossless Audio and Genealogy Programs

Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on September 16, 2009 at 2:28 pm PT

Walt answers reader questions regarding computer backup, importing CDs into iTunes, and viewing genealogy records on the Mac.