A Tablet With a Keyboard

Walt answers a reader’s question on the Asus Transformer, which has a keyboard add-on.

iLife Gets Better; Just Don’t Ask It to Find a Face

Walt reviews the new features of iPhoto, GarageBand and iMovie in Apple’s iLife ’09.
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Mac Faithful to Get an iLife

iLife ’09–the latest iteration of Apple’s multimedia application suite (iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand, iWeb, iDVD)–arrives at market tomorrow with a groaning board of new features, among them facial-recognition in iPhoto, video stabilization in iMovie and a Learn to Play function and artist lessons in GarageBand.

Flip Camcorder Goes High-Def

Katie reviews the Pure Digital Technologies Flip MinoHD, a handheld camcorder that is capable of capturing high-definition footage in 1280×720 pixel resolution, or 720p. (The regular Mino records at 640×480 pixels.)
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The New iLife: We Test Upgrade of Apple Suite

Apple’s new iMac includes a radical-looking keyboard, but the bigger change is the major update to its iLife software suite. Katherine Boehret tests the new programs with a particularly close look at iPhoto and iMovie.
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