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An iPhoto Slide Show on CD

Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on February 8 at 6:01 pm PT

Walt answers a reader’s question on how to burn an iPhoto slide show onto a CD.

Real Bonding With Family Around the TV Via Skype

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on January 25 at 6:03 pm PT

Tely Labs’ telyHD turns Skype video chats into room-size experiences, involving whole families or groups of friends on each end—seeing each other, chatting and sharing photos in high definition using TVs instead of computers.

Track Changes on an iPad

Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on January 25 at 6:02 pm PT

Walt answers a reader’s question on whether a new Microsoft Office app for the iPad tracks changes.

App Makes Readers’ Thoughts an Open Book

Katherine Boehret in The Digital Solution on January 24 at 3:26 pm PT

Katie looks at Subtext, a free iPad app designed to enable and encourage conversations among readers within digital books themselves.

Talk Is Cheap and Reliable on Nokia’s $50 Phone

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on January 18 at 6:03 pm PT

Walt reviews Nokia’s Lumia 710, the $50 device that gets the most common smartphone tasks done for a bargain price.

Picking the Brightest, Most Efficient Bulb

Katherine Boehret in The Digital Solution on January 17 at 3:41 pm PT

Katie offers a brief guide to the latest energy-efficient light bulbs.

Working in Word, Excel, PowerPoint on an iPad

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on January 11 at 6:04 pm PT

Walt reviews an app that brings the full, genuine Windows versions of the key Office productivity apps — Word, Excel and PowerPoint — to the iPad.

Going Back to Internet Explorer

Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on January 11 at 3:59 pm PT

Walt answers a reader’s question about security holes in Web browsers.

Digging Deeper Into Roots With Spruced-Up Ancestry.com

Katherine Boehret in The Digital Solution on January 10 at 3:59 pm PT

Katie takes a fresh look at her family tree using a revamped Ancestry.com.

Waiting for Windows 8

Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on January 4 at 6:24 pm PT

Walt answers a reader’s question on whether to wait for Windows 8 before buying a new computer.