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Gadget Guidance Today, Not Just Thursday
My column this Thursday will summarize my thoughts on how to shop for a few categories of tech gadgets, but you don't have to wait until then to get my advice. I'll be on WAMU's Kojo Nnamdi show from noon to 1 today, talking about holiday tech shopping with WAMU...
By Rob Pegoraro | November 20, 2007; 08:36 AM ET | Comments (4)
Does This Download Help or Hurt?
Last Sunday's Help File column, in which I recommended a Windows utility called ZSoft Uninstaller, did not get quite the response I'd hoped for. One of the first reader e-mails was this, from a Windows XP user who wrote in to say that she tried using this program to evict...
By Rob Pegoraro | October 26, 2007; 09:23 AM ET | Comments (23)
One Story, Two Readers, Two Opinions
Was I cruel to Microsoft in my recent review of Windows Vista, or was I far too kind? Let's ask the readers. Yesterday, Reader A wrote: I feel that your evaluation of Microsoft Vista's software was sugar coated. Exactly three and a half hours later, Reader B wrote: Thanks for...
By Rob Pegoraro | April 3, 2007; 11:35 AM ET | Comments (10)
Comments On Comments
A couple of days ago, this blog crossed the thousand-comment line--not bad for a couple of months. Thanks, everybody! Along the way, I've learned a great deal about a variety of topics: for instance, the history of AM radio, the inner workings of the patent office, software development for Palm...
By Rob Pegoraro | March 30, 2007; 03:40 PM ET | Comments (3)
Best Reader Comments: Tax-Prep Travails
Nobody likes paying taxes, but people dislike paying money to figure out how much tax they owe even more. I've gotten a lot of great e-mail in response to last Thursday's column (in addition to the comments you all have left here). This was one of my favorites: "I can...
By Rob Pegoraro | March 19, 2007; 10:22 AM ET | Comments (4)
Readers Continue the DRM Debate
I've received some interesting comments in response to my column Thursday about the role of "digital rights management" software, which I'd like to share. One reader wrote that the column glossed over one of the basic assumptions of the pro-DRM argument: That file-sharing translates into lost sales. As this reader...
By Rob Pegoraro | February 16, 2007; 11:39 AM ET | Comments (18)
Monday Morning Mailbag
Yesterday's Help File -- in which I outlined how to get your songs from your iPod to your computer and explained how to turn off pop-up previews of Web links offered by some pages--provoked an unusual reaction: none. No e-mails, no phone calls. Three possible explanations come to mind: 1)...
By Rob Pegoraro | February 11, 2007; 11:36 PM ET | Comments (12)
E-mail security
There's a saying around Capitol Hill: Behind every letter that shows up in a senator or representative's office, you'll find a lot more people who think the same way but didn't get around to committing pen to paper. On the theory that reader e-mail works in the same way, I...
By Rob Pegoraro | February 5, 2007; 08:33 AM ET | Comments (15)
