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Courage for Lion Users

Katherine Boehret in The Digital Solution on July 26, 2011 at 3:58 pm PT

Katie offers some tips and shortcuts to making the most of Apple’s new operating system.

Working With AirPrint

Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on January 26, 2011 at 3:11 pm PT

Walt answers readers’ questions on Apple’s AirPrint and a computer backup.

Liveblogging the Facebook Mobile Event: Single Sign-On for Social

Kara Swisher in News on November 3, 2010 at 10:55 am PT

BoomTown arrived late to the Facebook mobile event for the press due to traffic related to the parade for the San Francisco Giants’ World Series victory–and where I would much rather be right now. Go Giants! In any case, I am here in the cafeteria of Facebook again, where the company continues its attempts to take over the known digital universe before Google does. The latest parry: Single sign-on!

Mac Users Are Getting New Outlook From Rival

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on October 13, 2010 at 6:03 pm PT

Microsoft significantly improved each of the key components for its new Macintosh version of Office coming out Oct. 26, which finally includes a robust Mac version of Outlook, writes Walt.

Apple Stacks Sandbags Against Cover Flow Damages

John Paczkowski in News on October 4, 2010 at 9:45 am PT

Cover Flow, the animated GUI Apple uses to display content in iTunes and Time Machine, is causing the company some legal and financial woes. Last week a U.S. District Court in East Texas ordered Apple to pay as much as $625.5 million in damages to Mirror Worlds, which sued it alleging Cover Flow violated a series of patents.

Weekend Update 11.21.09–The House of Cards Edition

Drake Martinet in News on November 21, 2009 at 12:30 pm PT

In tough economic times like these, even the biggest businesses get the urge to restructure, reorg and reshuffle. Kara reported on several big breakups (of the tech variety), including the separation of AOL from Time Warner. Even ICQ got into the mix.

Time Capsule Alternatives, Windows 7 and Using Droid in Europe

Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on November 18, 2009 at 2:38 pm PT

Questions about iMacs and the Apple Time Capsule, Windows 7.

Apple Changes Leopard’s Spots

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on August 26, 2009 at 6:01 pm PT

Apple’s Snow Leopard operating system improves upon its predecessor, writes Walt Mossberg. But it isn’t a big breakthrough for average users, and it isn’t a typical Apple lust-provoking product.

Running the Treo’s OS on the Pre

Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on June 10, 2009 at 4:14 pm PT

Walt answers readers’ questions on the Palm Pre operating system, whether the Pre can be used as a modem, and more.

Downloading Video Files

Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on April 8, 2009 at 6:32 pm PT

Here are a few questions I’ve received recently from people like you, and my answers. I have edited and restated the questions a bit, for readability. Is it possible to download a YouTube or similar file to my computer? Yes. One program that does this is TubeSock. It works on Mac and Windows, and creates [...]