Faster Forward: August 23, 2009 - August 29, 2009
Microsoft's Windows Live Movie Maker: For Once, a Decent Sequel
Today's column says some nice things about Microsoft's new Windows Live Movie Maker, a successor to the company's once-unimpressive video-editing software. It's easy enough to get started in; it provides a good toolkit to organize and dress up photo slideshows and home movies; and most important of all, it offers...
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Rob Pegoraro
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August 28, 2009; 12:01 PM ET |
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Google Shows Street-Level Traffic On Some City Maps
Yesterday, Google added the latest in a long list of new features to its online mapping service: street-level traffic data in major cities. On both its full-size site and its mobile-phone applications, you're no longer limited to seeing that, say, the Dulles Toll Road is running slow between Spring Hill...
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Rob Pegoraro
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August 26, 2009; 11:38 AM ET |
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Tablet Tidbits
What to do when no one manufacturer seems capable of building the gadget of your dreams? Why not engage in a little wish fulfillment about the most secretive company in all of the tech business? For several weeks now, people have been speculating, and in some cases obsessing, about the...
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Rob Pegoraro
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August 25, 2009; 1:36 PM ET |
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PostPoints tip: Your TV--yes, your TV--may need a software update
The idea of updating the software in a television may sound like a bad joke, but it's a not-necessarily-unpleasant reality of today's increasingly computerized home electronics. Manufacturers sometimes ship free updates that fix problems discovered in the field or improve performance--something not possible with a simpler generation of gadgets. But...
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Rob Pegoraro
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August 25, 2009; 9:36 AM ET |
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Apple's Snow Leopard Ships Aug. 28
Mac early adopters can set a date: Apple announced this morning that it will ship its next version of Mac OS X, Snow Leopard, this Friday, Aug. 28 -- earlier than it had predicted in June -- and it's already taking pre-orders for it on its Web site. Snow Leopard...
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Rob Pegoraro
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August 24, 2009; 10:30 AM ET |
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