iPhoto ’09: What you need to know

Faces and Places features highlight the additions to the latest version of iPhoto. But they’re not the only changes you’ll find in iPhoto ’09. Jackie Dove previews the soon-to-be-released version of Apple’s photo editor and organizer.

GarageBand ’09: What you need to knowPhil Schiller focused on the music instruction features that highlight GarageBand ’09 during his Macworld Expo keynote Tuesday. But there’s more to these lessons—and to the new version of GarageBand as a whole—than what he demonstrated. Christopher Breen goes over what’s different in GarageBand ’09.
iMovie ’09: What you need to knowiMovie ’09 won’t be available until the end of January. But we’ve spent some time with the updated video-editing application on the show floor of Macworld Expo, and we’ve gotten more details about its features and capabilities. Join Dan Frakes for a tour of the latest version of iMovie.

Review: Avid Media Composer 3.0 Avid Media Composer 3.0.5 is a must-have if you or anyone in your facility work with the emerging HD formats popularized by card-based camera systems.
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Review: Dropship for iPhone This retro-style space shooter requires you to navigate through increasingly intricate levels to retrieve cargo. Ngmoco’s game offers a surprising amount of fun.
Review: Byline for iPhone Subway commuters and frequent flyers will rejoice at Byline’s convenience in the absence of connectivity, as the newsreader app syncs with Google’s RSS reader and lets you read your favorite feeds offline.
Review: South Park: Imaginationland for iPhone This game, based on the Emmy-winning episode of the long-running TV series, is enjoyable fun, but there’s a hit or miss factor. South Park fans may love the game while others will probably look elsewhere for their fill of fun.

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Opinion: The $169 Mac Box Set and Apple's motives Perhaps lost among all the discussions about iLife ’09, iWork ’09, and the 17-inch MacBook Pro, the Mac Box Set may well be one of the best things to come out of the Macworld ’09 keynote.
Expo: DRM-free announcement is music to consumers' ears While Mac fans may be agog over new version of iPhoto and iMovie, Dan Moren thinks the biggest news of Phil Schiller's keynotes was about the iTunes Store.
The history of the Mac, told by those who were there Rob Griffiths takes a look at Welcome to Macintosh, a feature-length film that examines the history of the Apple and the Mac by talking to those who were there.
The amazing vanishing Mac desktop machine Rob Griffiths laments the lack of any cool new hardware revelations in the Macworld Expo 2009 keynote.
Upgrading to iTunes Plus: Why the hassle? Excited about Tuesday’s news that all the tracks in the iTunes Store will soon be DRM-free? It would be more exciting if upgrading your existing library to DRM-free tracks wasn’t such a hassle, Kirk McElhearn contends.