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iPad Apps Now Live on iTunes

John Paczkowski in News on April 1, 2010 at 12:32 pm PT

Looks like Apple is lighting up the iPad App Store in advance of the device’s official launch. iTunes is now showing a number of iPad-specific applications, all of them evidently available for purchase now.

Two Little Laptops With a Lot to Offer Their Core Users

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on February 3, 2010 at 6:04 pm PT

Walt Mossberg reviews Dell’s M11x and Sony’s Vaio X, two diminutive laptops aimed at radically different customers.

Google’s Checkbook Opens Up Again, This Time for Collaboration Start-Up AppJet

Peter Kafka in Media on December 4, 2009 at 1:37 pm PT

Google, which has bought five companies in five months, just made it an even half-dozen: The company has snapped up AppJet, an online collaboration start-up run by veterans of the search giant. That’s CEO Aaron Iba on the right, in a photo presumably taken after the deal closed.

Operating Systems Offer New Choices in PC Shopping

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on October 28, 2009 at 6:02 pm PT

Walt Mossberg gives tips on purchasing laptops with the latest pre-installed operating systems in his annual fall computer-buying guide.

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IBM Markets Wares to Africa

William Bulkeley, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on September 23, 2009 at 9:53 am PT

International Business Machines Corp. will try to sell a new package of low-priced computer desktop applications to companies and governments in Africa, challenging Microsoft Corp. and other rivals in the region.

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.

New Chinese Version of Google SafeSearch Eliminates Google Entirely

John Paczkowski in News on June 25, 2009 at 5:30 am PT

Google’s mission, to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible, has once again run afoul of the Chinese government, which has a similar goal, but would much prefer that certain information stay inaccessible. And so, on Wednesday evening, Chinese citizens found themselves once again unable to use Google, Gmail, and YouTube as their government condemned Google as a purveyor of porn.

Little Laptops With Linux Have Compatibility Issues

Nick Wingfield in Personal Technology on May 27, 2009 at 6:06 pm PT

The companies behind Linux netbooks have made great strides in improving user interfaces, but until they can achieve similar breakthroughs in how the machines work with other devices, Windows netbooks are still a better deal.

Macworld ’09: iWork ’09, iWork.com

John Paczkowski in News on January 6, 2009 at 9:54 am PT

Number two on Phil Schiller’s list of three announcements: iWork ’09. The next iteration of Keynote, Apple’s presentation application, offers some new object transition features: object zoom, a swing transition (Schiller demos it with a Bush-to-Obama slide that gets a laugh from the audience). There are also some new text transitions and chart animations. Finally, Apple’s offering a Keynote Remote application. It’s an iPhone app, of course.

Installing Microsoft’s ‘SP3′ Upgrade to Windows XP

Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on November 5, 2008 at 5:26 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. Should I install Microsoft’s “SP3″ upgrade to Windows XP? I hear opinions on both sides. In general, I recommend this upgrade, officially called Service Pack 3, because it beefs [...]