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Samsung Shows Off 7.7-Inch LTE Tablet and More of That “Phablet”

in News on January 9 at 4:50 pm PT

At Samsung’s CES press event, the electronics giant again showed off its “phablet” device, plus a 7.7-inch Galaxy tablet that will run on Verizon’s LTE 4G wireless network.
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Tablets Flying Fast and Furious at CES

in Mobile on January 5, 2011 at 5:00 pm PT

This year’s Consumer Electronics Show figured to be the year of the tablet, and so far it hasn’t disappointed. Motorola, Samsung and LG all announced new slates on Thursday, adding to a growing list of aspiring iPad rivals.

Trying Out a Revamped Myspace

in The Mossberg Solution on December 21, 2010 at 3:02 pm PT

Katie reviews the revamped Myspace, with its focus on topics in popular culture, including television, music, movies, celebrities and comedy.
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Google Goes To the Cloud For New Idea In PC System

in Personal Technology on December 15, 2010 at 6:03 pm PT

Walt tests an early-stage version of Google’s Chrome OS for computers–an attempt to challenge the Microsoft-Apple duopoly. One drawback of the new operating system, due next summer, is having to give up familiar local programs and dwell in the cloud.
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Using Phones Globally

in Mossberg’s Mailbox on November 17, 2010 at 2:40 pm PT

Walt answers readers’ questions on global phones, the Verizon iPhone, Samsung Tab and the iPad.

Yahoo Upgrades Search Experience With "Accordion"–As It Ports Over Tech to Microsoft

in News on October 6, 2010 at 9:00 pm PT

Tonight, Yahoo is introducing a new set of search upgrades, moving to focus on boosting its experience for consumers as it ports responsibility for underlying search technology to Microsoft under its new partnership. Among the new enhancements: A vertical “accordion” paradigm with shortcuts on search results that allow for new kinds of information presentation; “quick apps,” beginning with one for Netflix that lets its members add movies to their queue directly from the search results page; slideshows within search from the “Trending Now” lists on Yahoo; more immersive and theater-style photo and video search; and a new mobile search experience that uses HTML5 technology.

WSJ's D8 Special Tab: Jobs, Zuckerberg, Ballmer, Cameron and More in Their Own Words!

in News on June 7, 2010 at 12:15 am PT

Today, The Wall Street Journal published its special tab, both online and offline, featuring edited transcripts of some of the interviews Walt Mossberg and I did at the eighth D: All Things Digital conference last week. The excerpts come from interviews we did with Apple CEO Steve Jobs, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, Hollywood megadirector James Cameron, Federal Communications Chairman Julius Genachowski, NPR CEO Vivian Schiller and Ford CEO Alan Mulally.

Special D6 Tab in The Wall Street Journal

in News on June 9, 2008 at 6:00 am PT

The Wall Street Journal published a special tab about our sixth D: All Things Digital conference that took place live two weeks ago. The Journal editors selected about half of the interviews done there by Walt Mossberg and me, either separately or together, and edited the longer transcripts down to the parts they thought readers would like best.
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Asus Offers Travelers Small, Mobile Eee PC, but It’s Too Cramped

in Personal Technology on January 17, 2008 at 11:59 pm PT

A tiny new computer called the Eee PC is better than competing products in certain respects, such as text entry and price. But it still has too many compromises to pry most travelers away from their larger laptops.
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Inside Google’s Cellphone Operating System

in Mossberg’s Mailbox on January 17, 2008 at 12:01 am PT

Walt Mossberg answers questions about Google’s upcoming cellphone operating system, Microsoft Office for the Mac and methods for backing up Outlook Express emails.