Sunday, May 27, 2012
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 WEB SERVICES REVIEWS
Automobile

HP's Dandy DreamScreen

The DreamScreen is at the forefront of a new breed of multipurpose digital photo frames that can connect to the Internet for music, social media, and more

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Web Services

Symantec's Novel Approach to Online Safety

OnlineFamily.Norton goes beyond helping parents spy on kids' Web habits. It fosters dialogue about who's visiting what sites and why

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Web Services

Pixily Moves Your Paper Documents Online

For a fee, the Web-based service Pixily does a good job of turning paper clutter into searchable online documents

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Tech Product

Apple's Clever iTunes 8

The new version of Apple's venerated desktop jukebox adds the useful Genius, plus new ways to handle movies and TV

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Web Services

Apple's App Store Is a Winner

With a host of third-party applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch, the company has unshackled the high-end mobile device

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Handhelds

Peek-ing at Your E-Mail

A new gadget called Peek offers mobile access to Web e-mail, and if the bugs are worked out, it could find a market

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Tech Product

Nokia Leaps into Mobile Web with Sports Tracker

The Nokia N82 handset with Sports Tracker GPS software gives superior directions on the road, but loses something amid tall buildings. Athletes may love it

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Tech Product

Reading the Kindle with Your Morning Coffee

Print devotees will likely find Amazon's newfangled e-reader an imperfect substitute for the old-fashioned newspaper—even if it saves trees

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Tech Product

Kodak: Halt at the Border

Kodak's digital picture frame with a touch border still has lots of wrinkles that need to be worked out

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Tech Product

Chumby: A Cute but Challenged Device

Developed with input from Apple alumni, and relying on the world of widgets, Chumby—part toy, clock radio, and Web appliance—is altogether annoying

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Tech Product

A $99, No-Frills Player from Netflix

Seeing is believing with the video-rental company's foray into hardware, in partnership with set-top box maker Roku

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Tech Product

Panning the PanTouch Photo Frame

Pandigital's frame is a hassle to use, from its need for a separate Wi-Fi adapter to its poorly designed software, which requires too much user input

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Book

How Virtual Teams Can Succeed

With telecommuting more common, a new book explores ways to help corporate teams overcome the psychological hurdles of remote electronic communications

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Digital Cameras

Kodak's Easy-to-Use EasyShare Frame

This Wi-Fi-enabled digital photo frame is a snap to operate. But it's incompatible with photo-sharing sites besides Kodak Gallery

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Web Services

In Browsers, Flock May Lead the Flock

The new service still has hurdles to overcome, but after two weeks this reviewer is already a convert

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Web Services

Google Helps You Navigate via Cell Phone

For now, the mobile-phone version of Google Maps is fine if you're on foot, but not if you're behind the wheel

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Web Services

Trend Micro Zaps the Bugs

Trend Micro's antivirus software helped me exorcise the ghosts in my machine and allowed to me to keep working while it performed its magic

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Web Services

GrandCentral: Where Six Become One

This nifty online service allows consumers to manage up to six phone numbers easily—for free. All this and cool features, too?

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Web Services

VaporStream Erases Your E-Mail Past

A new product from Void Communications lets your e-mails stay anonymous, but discretion may still be the better path

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Web Services

Does the New Yahoo Mail Deliver?

The revamp comes with abundant bells and whistles. But be warned: This is a product where beta truly means beta

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Automobile

TheMoneyBlogs: Lacking the Goods

A new finance blog-aggregator lets you pick from many postings, but its search quirks and indirect links make original blogs more attractive

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Web Services

Soapbox Works Up a Lather

Microsoft's answer to YouTube and Guba holds its own in the online video-sharing derby with some nifty features

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Web Services

Can Microsoft Out-Google Google?

It aims to grab more of the search market with a new slew of search services that copy, and try to build on, Google's approach

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Web Services

Movielink's Limited Engagement

This Web video site has lots of movies to rent or buy, but they might not be the ones you want to watch. Still, it beats driving

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Web Services

Guba: The Good Stuff's Not Free

The movie rentals make this online video site stand out from its rivals, but don't cancel your NetFlix membership just yet

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Web Services

Blinkx.tv: Quality Content, Unique Search

This Web video site, with 64 channels of free on-demand audio and video, is news-heavy but doesn't stint on entertainment

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Web Services

Google Video: No Tube of Plenty

The search giant's video service is easy to use, but skimpy when it comes to programs you actually want to watch

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Web Services

Revver: A Video-Sharing Site On Pause

In spite of its attractive revenue-sharing incentives, there's not enough traffic, or quality, to make this upstart Web site worth watching

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Web Services

AOL Video: Close But No TiVo

The Time Warner unit's new video site gets high marks for content, but tests the patience with compulsory commercial viewing

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Web Services

YouTube: Entertainment for Everyone

Whether you want to share videos with others or are simply looking for laughs, this site is a great resource

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Web Services

Still a Fan of Yahoo! Finance

The portal's upgrades make it a must-read for investors and business news hounds. But message board changes leave users wanting more

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Web Services

InstantBull.com: Speed Demon

The new site aggregates message boards and "best of the Web" financial data faster than a speeding bullet

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Web Services

Beautiful Game, Blemished Site

As an online community for soccer fans, the Nike and Google co-creation, Joga.com, mostly attracts kids, potentially getting dyed-in-the-wool fans offside

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Web Services

Hotwire's Mystery Bargains

Expedia's partner has some great deals for last-minute and flexible travelers. But it won't show the name of your airline or hotel until after you buy

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Automobile

Kayak: A Step Behind SideStep

This online dynamo scans hundreds of travel sites for the best deals. Yes, it's good, but it can't match its closest competitor

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Web Services

Don't SideStep This Site

Easy to use and offering a wide range of listings, travel site SideStep meta-searches its way into the hearts of those looking for flight or hotel deals

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Web Services

MyShape Needs to Shape Up

The site could be an online personal shopper for those who hate to shop, but it's going to have to learn how to pay attention

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Web Services

Orbitz: Cheap in More Ways Than One

The site offers some of the lowest fares available, but don't expect too many of the extra features and customer care you get elsewhere

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Web Services

Just the Ticket? Not Quite

CheapTickets delivers most of the time. But it doesn't pull far ahead of the pack, nor is it the cheapest

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Web Services

Travelocity's Helpful Human Touch

The site's tools, including obliging customer-service reps, make planning a trip easy. What it lacks is a lowest-price guarantees

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Web Services

Expedia's Helpful Lift

The travel booking site offers a cornucopia of information and convenient features to make a trip easier to put together. But it has some limits

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Web Services

Google Finance, with Kinks

The search giant's beta site offers a slate of simple features—too simple, in some cases, and not sharp enough in others

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Web Services

Froogle: Shopping Made Complex

It's not hard to see why the test version of Google's shopping service has yet to gain widespread acceptance -- but it does show promise

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Web Services

Google Tops the Charts

A recent addition to its online services, Google Maps has vaulted to the front of the pack with cool offerings such as satellite imagery

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Automobile

Google's Glitchy Picasa

The net giant's photo software is seductively easy for basic editing and organizing. But beyond that, it has way too many flaws

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Tech Product

Hitting Snags with Vonage

The VoIP service offers user-friendly features and decent customer service, but it has more than its share of glitches

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Web Services

Flickr: No Flash in the Pan

Now that users can order prints online, one of the most innovative photo sites on the Web just got even better

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Web Services

Wal-Mart's Ho-Hum Photo Site

If you want cheap prints in a hurry, zoom in on the retailer's online Photo Center. For other features, focus elsewhere

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Web Services

Gmail: A Bit Too Quirky

Google's e-mail offers plenty of storage and swift, sure searches. But some of its eccentricities are just plain annoying

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Tech Product

Kodak's EasyShare: Not So Easy

The photo site formerly known as Ofoto handles basic tasks well. If you want more than that, do your clicking elsewhere

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Web Services

DotPhoto's Fuzzy Focus

The print quality is decent, but for a site that lets users customize slide shows, the tools on offer could be a whole lot sharper. And that music? Can it, please

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Web Services

Google's Still Got It

Still has the most comprehensive and highest-quality Web search tools

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Web Services

Shutterfly: A Snap to Use

"Good for sharing, advanced features offer fun ways to get creative"

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Web Services

Snapfish: Photo Sharing Made Simple

Buffs need not apply. Users happy with the basics will find Snapfish is a snap

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Web Services

Google's Lackluster Blog Search

"The search giant fails to deliver a KO. For now, it's just another blog search engine"

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Web Services

TiVoToGo

Long download times make it more hassle than pleasure

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