Apple’s Boot Camp program for running Windows on a Mac is a beta. Any idea when a final version will be out? And will Boot Camp allow Macs to run the new Vista version of Windows?
Boot Camp may never be final, because Apple plans to roll its functionality into the forthcoming new version of its [...]
Walt Mossberg answers questions about “file wiper” programs that permanently erase a hard drive, staying safe at public wireless hot spots and sorting USB cables.
There’s no other major item most of us own that is as confusing, unpredictable and unreliable as our personal computers. Everybody has questions about them, and we aim to help.
Here are a few questions about computers I’ve received recently from people like you, and my answers. I have edited and restated the questions a bit, [...]
Walt answers questions on speech-recognition software for Macs, whether Windows Media Player will play video files from iTunes, and if Vista is worth the wait.
This week Walt Mossberg answers questions about converting financial records from a PC to a Mac, scheduling anti-spyware scans and burning home videos in VCD format.
This week Walt Mossberg answers questions about converting videos to play on a video iPod, opening multiple Web sites with a single click and power adaptors for using a laptop overseas.
This week Walt Mossberg answers questions about mixing Macs and Windows computers on the same wireless network, setting up video-conferencing and switching email addresses.
This week Walt Mossberg answers questions about transferring “Favorites” from your laptop to your desktop and converting copy-protected WMA files to play on an iPod.
This week Walt Mossberg answers questions about performing iPod tasks without extra software, viruses and spyware for Macs with Intel processors and using multiple firewalls.
Walt Mossberg answers readers’ questions about searching for people or companies mentioned in blogs, disabling the Caps Lock key and playing Windows Media Video files from the Web on a Mac.
Walt Mossberg answers readers’ questions about finding low-cost DSL service, choosing video-editing software and transferring files from a Windows PC to a Mac.
There’s no other major item most of us own that is as confusing, unpredictable and unreliable as our personal computers. Everybody has questions about them, and we aim to help.
Here are a few questions about computers I’ve received recently from people like you, and my answers. I have edited and restated the questions a bit, [...]
Edited by Walt and written by Katie Boehret, this is a guide to gadgets, web services and other consumer technologies.
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