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Look Who’s Taking Dell’s Spot on the S&P 500

Arik Hesseldahl in News on October 22, 2013 at 12:11 pm PT

Ending a 17-year run.

Bras in a Box and Netflix-Like Clothing Swaps? New Services Look to Disrupt Online Shopping.

Lauren Goode in Product Reviews on September 2, 2013 at 6:00 am PT

Can a computer choose all your clothes for you?

What’s the Best Laptop for a College-Bound Student?

Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on July 30, 2013 at 6:09 pm PT

Is there a laptop with solid performance that will last all four years? Walt answers readers’ questions.

Voices

Antiques for Geeks: Christie’s Auctions Vintage Apple Computers

Michael Hsu, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on July 6, 2013 at 5:39 pm PT

As legend has it, the first Apple AAPL computers were made in 1976 in the garage belonging to Steve Jobs’s parents. Of that run of roughly 200 Apple 1s, only a few working models remain. One is currently up for auction at Christie’s.

Shut Down or Sleep?

Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on July 2, 2013 at 6:06 pm PT

Which is better: Shutting down a computer or putting it in sleep mode? Walt answers a reader’s question.

Can These iPad Apps Teach Your Kid to Code?

Lauren Goode in Product Reviews on May 6, 2013 at 6:00 am PT

Hopscotch and Kodable aim to teach kids the programming basics.

Dell Laptop Does Flips to Try to Be a Thick Tablet

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on April 2, 2013 at 6:03 pm PT

The latest attempt at a convertible laptop comes from Dell and is especially creative, and even kind of cool, says Walt.

A PC and Tablet “Brick” for the Price of One

Katherine Boehret in The Digital Solution on March 19, 2013 at 3:13 pm PT

The Asus Transformer AiO offers dual software and hardware systems, but they don’t offset a weighty downside.

Weighing In on Wi-Fi Scales

Lauren Goode in Product Reviews on December 31, 2012 at 6:00 am PT

Can these high-tech scales help you keep those New Year’s resolutions?

News Byte

Computing Pioneer Ada Lovelace Gets Deserved Google Doodle

Kara Swisher in News on December 10, 2012 at 1:14 am PT

Google does commemorative logos — called Google Doodles — pretty regularly now. But today, it’s a much-deserved tip-of-the-pen to celebrate the 197th birthday of Ada Lovelace, a woman who is one of computing’s earliest pioneers. She was a collaborator of Charles Babbage, designer of the ground-breaking mechanical computers — which he never actually built — the Difference Engine and the Analytical Engine. Lovelace’s notes on the Analytical Engine are considered to be among the first algorithms created; she also theorized about the larger potential of computers beyond mathematics, including to make music. All that with just a quill and some paper.