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Using Gmail Without an Invitation

This week Walt Mossberg answers questions about signing up for Gmail, iPod-to-computer transfers and switching your computer’s power options.

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What Can That New iPod Do?

This week Walt answers questions about the iPod nano’s new software features, Windows XP Professional, and ways to stop spam.

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Scratches Mar New iPod’s Beauty

Walt answers questions about badly scratched-up iPod nanos, using Slingbox to beam a cable signal, and video chat on Windows.

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Converting Your Clips for iPod Video

Answers to questions about converting video clips for use with the new iPod, the different DVD formats and finding the FolderShare program for a Mac.

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How to Find Low-Cost DSL Service

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.

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IPod Workarounds

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.

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Transferring Your Web ‘Favorites’

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.

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Converting Videos To Play on an iPod

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.

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Video Players Compatible With iTunes

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.

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Recording Add-Ons for Newer iPods

This week Walt Mossberg answers questions about finding recording accessories for newer iPods, saving files to “write protected” floppy disks and choosing the right cellphone service for your business.

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Watching Webcasts on 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, [...]

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Waiting for OS X Leopard

Walt answers questions about waiting for the new Mac OS, using an iPod with an old version of Windows and getting broadband in rural areas.

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Cingular’s New Data Network

Walt Mossberg answers questions about Cingular data networks, the quality of Compaq laptops and options for connecting an iPod to home speakers.

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Will Vista Be Ready for Prime Time?

Walt Mossberg answers questions about Microsoft Vista, family-tree Web sites and utilities that allow the use of Mac iPods on PCs.

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Running Vista on a Mac

Walt Mossberg answers questions about running Windows Vista on a Mac, finding an alternative to Quicken and choosing an iPod to use when exercising.

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