5 posts and columns on surf

Surf’s Up? News Corp. Mulling Sale of “Action Sports” Channel Fuel TV.

in Media on October 29, 2009 at 11:52 am PT

News Corp. is reportedly interested in purchasing the Travel Channel from Cox for something like $800 million. Here’s one way to help pay for a small piece of that deal: Sell off Fuel TV, its modest surf, skate and snowboard-themed cable channel.
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Rumored Apple Netbook Actually an E-Book?

in News on March 11, 2009 at 9:15 am PT

Reports that Apple is developing a new touchscreen device are picking up traction and credibility. In the past few days, claims made in a Chinese-language financial newspaper have been reinforced first by Dow Jones and The Wall Street Journal and now by Reuters as well. Consensus seems to be that Apple has ordered 10-inch touchscreens from Wintek and that those screens are destined for an entirely new device. Netbook is the word most often bandied about for it. But might it be an e-book reader?
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Web Searches That Really Bear Fruit

in The Mossberg Solution on January 13, 2009 at 4:18 pm PT

There’s nothing more frustrating than a fruitless Web search — or one that returns results that distract you from your original goal. This week I tested two free tools that attempt to make your Web searches more relevant by learning from users’ reactions to search results.
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How Does ChaCha Make Money?

in Mossberg’s Mailbox on May 1, 2008 at 12:01 am PT

Walt Mossberg answers questions about the ChaCha cellphone search service, sharing bandwidth and the Dell XPS One all-in-one desktop.

Surfing the Web on a Television Set

in Mossberg’s Mailbox on August 16, 2007 at 12:01 am PT

Walt answers questions about surfing the Internet on a television set, the security of Apple’s Safari Web browser for Windows computers, and the cost of AT&T’s wireless service for laptops.