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Thursday, January 8, 2009

Walt Previews Gadgets at CES

On Fox Business News today, Walt previews some of the latest gadgets at CES, including 3-D glasses, secure hard drives, and Netbooks.

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Friday, November 21, 2008

Walt Discusses the BlackBerry Storm on Fox Business

On Fox Business News today, Walt discusses how the new BlackBerry Storm phone measures up to the Apple iPhone and the Google G1.

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Sunday, October 26, 2008

MacBook Pro Tradeoffs

Walt takes a brief look at the newly revised Apple MacBook Pro, the more powerful sibling to the new MacBook he recently reviewed. While it shares some of the makeover given to its little brother, the MacBook Pro has a number of tradeoffs that should give existing MBP owners pause for updating.

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Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Google’s G1: First Impressions

Google’s (GOOG) new G1 phone announced today is the first real competitor to the iPhone. Like Apple’s (AAPL) product, it’s a serious handheld computer with a powerful new operating system (called Android) and a clever touch-based user interface.

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Saturday, September 13, 2008

Follow the Election Anywhere

Now there’s a cool new way to follow the 2008 presidential election anywhere you go. Today I discovered a rich, data-packed app for the iPhone and iPod Touch that displays updated polling data, both nationally and state-by-state, for the presidential campaign. It’s called Election ’08.

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Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Why the iPhone Matters

In July, Walt spoke at the Aspen Ideas Festival about the rise of the iPhone and similar devices and what it means for the future of the PC. Two videos of Walt’s presentation are provided, one showing the complete session and the other a shorter version on YouTube.

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Sunday, July 13, 2008

Ten iPhone Programs to Check Out

I’ve spent part of the weekend downloading and trying out dozens of the more than 500 new third-party iPhone applications that launched with the debut of Apple’s “App store.”

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Friday, July 11, 2008

The iPhone 3G and Its Competition

Below is the third and final clip from Walt’s appearance on Yahoo’s Tech Ticker with Aaron Task. In it, they discuss today’s launch of the iPhone 3G, and what it means for its competition. Watch parts one and two of the segment from earlier posts, and read Walt’s review of the device here.

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    Over the past two weeks, I've explained some of the challenges and limitations that will be involved in upgrading an existing Windows XP or Windows Vista PC to the forthcoming Windows 7 operating system, due out October 22. Several readers asked me to publish a chart showing which current versions of Windows could be easily upgraded to which planned versions of Windows 7, and which couldn't.
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Ethics Statement

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.

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