Faster Forward: November 25, 2007 - December 1, 2007
A Poor Outlook For Outlook Alternatives
A friend of mine -- who has had almost as much bad luck with computers as Gene Weingarten -- recently e-mailed to ask about cryptic error messages that had begun to pop up in his copy of Microsoft Outlook 2002. On further examination, he traced the problem to the fact...
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Rob Pegoraro
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November 30, 2007; 2:30 PM ET |
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Windows
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Dealing For Dollars
I like making money with minimal effort, so the concept of a company paying me to shop has a certain charm. In today's column, I discuss the incentives being thrown around--rebates, discounts, free shipping--by three online payment services that are trying to raise their profile this holiday season. I've followed...
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Rob Pegoraro
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November 29, 2007; 9:09 AM ET |
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The business we have chosen
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Verizon Wireless To Open Itself Up
Is this the Verizon Wireless we know: The control-freak carrier that habitually makes phone manufacturers disable features before it will sell their products? Yesterday morning, the Basking Ridge, N.J., firm announced that it would let customers use a far wider variety of phones -- and any software that they want...
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Rob Pegoraro
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November 28, 2007; 11:10 AM ET |
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Just-For-Today Deals
Today is "Cyber Monday," when Americans allegedly flock to online stores--presumably using their employers' computers and network connections--to get their holiday shopping in gear. I have to write "allegedly" because the numbers we reported last year didn't back up that description. And it's hard to take anything too seriously with...
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Rob Pegoraro
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November 26, 2007; 3:08 PM ET |
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Tips
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Did Technology Speed Your Thanksgiving Trek?
Several months ago, I tried out three Global Positioning System receivers that incorporated real-time traffic data. I was less than impressed with their performance and concluded that other forms of technology worked better: You might still want other sources -- the radio, highway message signs, a passenger with a smartphone...
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Rob Pegoraro
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November 26, 2007; 9:59 AM ET |
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Gadgets
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