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Walt Mossberg answers readers’ questions about the differences between TVs rated at “720p” and “1080p,” good powerline adapters, and solutions to blocked outgoing email servers when using Wi-Fi.
Walt Mossberg answers questions about the “n” version of Wi-Fi, using the iPhone with a new Wi-Fi service on airplanes, and exporting Firefox 3.0 Bookmarks.
Walt Mossberg answers questions about downloading pictures from a digital camera wirelessly, dealing with corrupted files when using automatic backups and connecting your computers to a home-theater system.
Walt Mossberg answers questions about a computer that is slow to boot up, software that allows users to run Windows on a Mac and the risk of using WiFi for sensitive communications.
Walt answers questions about iTunes copy-protection rules and iPods, making a printer available to multiple computers wirelessly, and surfing the Web from a car.
Walt answers questions about using an iPhone overseas for data purposes, running Microsoft Office 2000 on Vista and using broadband-provider email in two locations.
Walt Mossberg answers questions about whether to buy a smart phone now or wait for the iPhone, boosting the range of a wireless connection, and removing junk programs that come with a new computer.
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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Here is a statement of my ethics and coverage policies. It is more than most of you want to know, but, in the age of suspicion of the media, I am laying it all out.
