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| Bing Goes Sleek and More Social Wed, 16 May 2012 14:50:05 EDT Microsoft's revamped Bing search engine's prospects are promising—if users are happy getting the results of their searches in a somewhat different way |
| Microsoft Gives Windows a Clean Sweep Wed, 16 May 2012 14:48:38 EDT In a program unknown to most computer users, Microsoft is selling customized versions of popular PC models that have been streamlined for a cleaner look and better performance, writes Walt Mossberg. |
| Browsing for Homes via App Wed, 09 May 2012 12:18:53 EDT A new, free app called HomeSnap lets you take a picture of a home and in less than a minute, you'll have an estimate of its price, plus details on its square footage, number of rooms, similar homes for sale and other facts. |
| When the Time Is Up for Your Old Gadgets Wed, 09 May 2012 07:00:06 EDT Companies offer a myriad of ways consumers can recycle their old electronics. The Digital Solution column deciphers the complexities. |
| Samsung's New Media Player Wed, 02 May 2012 11:09:38 EDT Samsung's Galaxy Player 3.6, is a connected media player that can make voice and video calls, and send text messages with Wi-Fi. |
| Are Macs More Secure? Wed, 02 May 2012 00:20:42 EDT Walt Mossberg answers a reader's question on whether Macs are as vulnerable to viruses as PCs. |
| A Wedding App That Gives the Guests a Part Tue, 01 May 2012 21:07:15 EDT Before the wedding, the couple-to-be can create an app to keep their guests informed and involved. |
| One Thin Android Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:19:06 EDT T-Mobile's HTC One S is an elegant, fully loaded phone with well-designed features. If you don't mind the network's slower speeds, it's a great find. |
| Google Stores, Edits in the Cloud Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:03:41 EDT Google is jumping into cloud-based file storage and syncing with its new service called Google Drive. Walt Mossberg reviews. |
| Taking Dictation Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:08:38 EDT Walter S. Mossberg answers readers' questions on smartphones' dictation apps. |
| Your Next Laptop Is Worth Waiting For Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:46:46 EDT The best advice for buying a laptop is to wait until summer or fall, as there are changes ahead in Mac and PC laptops. |
| Keeping Track of Chats, Word for Word Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:15:01 EDT People store their emails and photos online to keep them from being lost. But what about phone conversations and text messages? We test new services that record, store and transcribe these, as well. |
| Using Your Phone to Turn Voice Into Text Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:31:34 EDT Apple's iPhone 4S and Google's Android phones let you use a microphone icon on your virtual keyboard to dictate surprisingly accurate texts, Tweets, emails and other content. |
| Xbox Grows Beyond Videogames Wed, 11 Apr 2012 11:13:14 EDT Apps for the Microsoft System aim to keep up with gamers' hunger for other forms of entertainment. |
| Mossberg's Mailbox Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:00:37 EDT Walt Mossberg answers a reader's question on an alternative to the iPhone. |
| Decorating Ideas in the Houzz Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:23:24 EDT The service brings consumers and interior designers together through sample rooms and social networking. |
| It's Big, It's Blue, It's Windows Wed, 04 Apr 2012 16:17:55 EDT Nokia's Lumia 900 is an improved version of a Windows phone, but it has some flaws. |
| Is the iPhone 4S Really 4G? Tue, 03 Apr 2012 20:32:56 EDT Walt Mossberg answers a reader's question on why the iPhone 4S sometimes indicates it's on 4G. |
| Catalog Browsing More Fun on Tablet? Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:23:23 EDT Testing three free catalog-aggregating apps to see how well they replaced paper. |
| 4G or Not 4G Wed, 28 Mar 2012 12:53:51 EDT Tech columnist Walt Mossberg cuts through all the confusion about 4G data networks. |
| Mossberg's Mailbox Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:09:04 EDT Technology columnist Walter S. Mossberg answers readers' questions. |
| Readers on the New iPad Wed, 21 Mar 2012 10:30:14 EDT Walter S. Mossberg answers readers' questions on the new iPad. |
| Two Screens Aren't Better Than One Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:14:53 EDT Sony's new Tablet P folds in half, making for an awkward twin-screen display, writes Walt Mossberg. |
| NetZero's Mobile Hot Spot Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:03:30 EDT NetZero, known for offering free dial-up access in exchange for watching ads, is back and is applying its budget-conscious approach to mobile broadband. |
| The New iPad Review Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:12:43 EDT The new iPad offers fast speed and one of the most spectacular displays ever seen in a mobile device, Walt Mossberg says. |
| Replacing the Ribbon Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:22:51 EDT Walt Mossberg answers a reader's question on how to revert to the old menu format for Microsoft Office. |
| Letting Fingers Do the Photo Editing Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:56:50 EDT Katherine Boehret reviews Apple's iPhoto for the iPad and iPhone. |
| Sketching Out a Future for the Stylus Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:04:51 EST The stylus is making a comeback as people shift more toward using the iPad and other tablets as productivity devices. |
| The 20-Hour Phone Call Wed, 07 Mar 2012 14:23:12 EST Walt Mossberg reviews Motorola's Droid Razr Maxx and finds a phone call on it could last 20 hours before the battery died. |
| Backup for Years Tue, 06 Mar 2012 20:18:34 EST Walter Mossberg answers a reader's question on the best way to make digital files safe for many years. |
| The Writing on the Tablet Wed, 29 Feb 2012 20:26:24 EST Walt Mossberg answers a reader's question on taking notes on tablets. |
| Radical Camera With New Focus Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:00:05 EST Lytro's revolutionary new camera reinvents the point-and-shoot, allowing you to focus or refocus your photographs after you take them. |
| Photo App Makes 'Awesome' a Verb Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:26:15 EST Katherine Boehret reviews an app that gives smartphone camera photos a major boost with powerful in-app editing: Camera Awesome |
| Dell's Slim, Speedy Ultrabook Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:14:57 EST Dell's new ultrabook is compact, well-built and speedy, sporting a good backlit keyboard and a bright screen. But it has subpar battery life. |
| Mossberg's Mailbox: Stashing Movies Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:04:39 EST Walter S. Mossberg answers a reader's question on whether you can download movies to the AirStash storage device. |
| More Videogame Controls Mon, 27 Feb 2012 11:59:02 EST Sony's PS Vita tries to offer almost everything, but game-focused features are still what PlayStation does best. |
| A Tablet for the Jotter Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:41:59 EST Walt Mossberg tests the Samsung Galaxy Note, a phone-tablet hybrid with a large screen that uses a stylus as well as your fingers. |
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 17, 2012 is:
maffick • \MAF-ik\ • verb
: to celebrate with boisterous rejoicing and hilarious behavior
Examples:
Fans mafficked for hours outside the stadium, celebrating the team's dramatic victory in the division championship.
"In half an hour, after the mildest of mafficking, the last visitors of the exhibition's last day had gone out of the gates and the staff began their final acts of closing up shop." — From an article in The Guardian (London), October 1, 2011
Did you know?
"Maffick" is an alteration of Mafeking Night, the British celebration of the lifting of the siege of a British military outpost during the South African War at the town of Mafikeng (also spelled Mafeking) on May 17, 1900. The South African War was fought between the British and the Afrikaners, who were Dutch and Huguenot settlers originally called Boers, over the right to govern frontier territories. Though the war did not end until 1902, the lifting of the siege of Mafikeng was a significant victory for the British because they held out against a larger Afrikaner force for 217 days until reinforcements could arrive. The rejoicing in British cities on news of the rescue produced "maffick," a word that was popular for a while, especially in journalistic writing, but is now relatively uncommon.