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When to Stay With Windows

Walt Mossberg answers questions about staying with Windows, free AOL email and transferring music in iTunes to a new computer.

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Deciding Which Media Applications to Keep

Walt Mossberg answers questions about preinstalled media players, backing up a hard disk running on Parallels and more.

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Uninstalling Leopard on a Mac

Walt Mossberg answers questions about downgrading from Leopard to Tiger on a Mac, finding “easy listening” music on iTunes and why new slim laptops don’t have FireWire ports.

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Exporting Information From AOL

Walt Mossberg answers questions about exporting favorites and other information from an AOL account, uninstalling “craplets” from PCs, and more.

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Choosing Sides in the DVD War

Walt Mossberg answers questions about Blu-Ray versus HD DVD formats, Internet access on the MacBook Air, and the Tablet PC version of Windows.

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Inside Google’s Cellphone Operating System

Walt Mossberg answers questions about Google’s upcoming cellphone operating system, Microsoft Office for the Mac and methods for backing up Outlook Express emails.

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Cellphone Data Cards and the iPod Touch

Walt answers questions about cellphone data cards, cellphone service that works in Europe and tutorials on switching to Macs.

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Putting a Computer in Hibernation

Walt answers questions about standby mode, the MacBook Pro’s WiFi detection and laptops with LED displays solid state drives.

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Moving Music to a BlackBerry

Walt answers questions about transferring music to a BlackBerry Pearl, using an external hard drive with Leopard’s Boot Camp and removing unwanted software.

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Picking a Laptop With Vista Business

Walt answers questions about choosing between Windows Vista Business and Home Premium for a laptop.

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Determining When to Buy a New PC

Walt answers questions about security software for Windows, determining when to purchase a new PC, and more.

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Making iTunes Music Purchases Available to Multiple Computers

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.

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Surfing the Web on a Television Set

Walt answers questions about surfing the Internet on a television set, the security of Apple’s Safari Web browser for Windows computers, and the cost of AT&T’s wireless service for laptops.

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Comparing the Treo and BlackBerry

Walt answers questions about PDAs, Microsoft Office 2003’s compatibility with Vista and memory upgrades for a MacBook Pro.

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Printing Wirelessly from a Digital Camera

Walt answers questions about printing wirelessly from a digital camera, Intel processors and playing iTunes songs on a Treo.

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