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.

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.)

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.