Logic slays The Killers - more details
Interviewing guitarist Dave Keuning prior to the release of The Killers’ new album, Ben Rogerson (musicradar.com) learned that “ the band’s hotly-anticipated third album Day & Age was demoed in Apple’s Logic.” In fact, each member of the ...

Get organized for the holidays - more details
By downloading the Bento 2 Holiday Pack. In addition to a free, 30-day trial of Bento 2, the Holiday Pack comes with pre-designed templates you can use to organize contacts and keep track of the cards you send and the gifts and donations you make.

Appiphilia casts light on iPhone apps - more details
“Because iPhone apps seem to multiply with every click,” Michelle Maltais (latimes.com) offers a new weekly series for those with “an irresistible urge to download iPhone applications.” Called appiphilia, the new LA Times column “highlights a...

MacBook Pro “the best notebook you can buy” - more details
Awarding it an “Excellent” rating of 9.1 (out of 10), Tom Yager asserts that “on the criteria that matter most to me — durability, longevity, flexibility, power efficiency, and ecological impact — I’ve yet to come across a mainstream notebo...

Ballast: DIY Distribution - more details
“In the end, I’m really pleased that I cut this film myself, because that’s where it took form,” explains Lance Hammer, who used Final Cut Studio and a MacBook Pro to create and distribute his award winning film, Ballast. “The fact that I cou...

Games a runaway hit on iPhone and iPod touch - more details
“Within days of buying his iPhone, John Furrier discovered that his 13-year-old son, Alec, was sneaking off with the device and downloading games.” Alec’s not the only one. “Games,” reports Alex Pham (latimes.com), ”have become the fastest-...

Coming Attractions: Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa - more details
They’re back. Alex the Lion (Ben Stiller), Marty the Zebra (Chris Rock), Melman the Giraffe (David Schwimmer), Gloria the Hippo (Jada Pinkett Smith), King Julien (Sacha Baron Cohen), and the rest of the shipwrecked Central Park crew reprise their rol...

Lighten that lead foot with a green app - more details
As Joe Hutsko (greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com) reports, a new application on the App Store — greenMeter — can help you lower your “car‘s impact on the environment” by tapping “into the iPhone’s built-in accelerometer to gauge the car’s rate...

App Store Pick of the Week: iDialUDrive - more details
Wouldn’t it be great, if during your long commute to or from the office, you could have iPhone automatically dial a list of numbers—hands free—while you concentrate on driving? That’s the premise of iDialUDrive. Using the low-cost ($0.99) appli...

Mac OS X Pro Tip: Find files faster with keywords - more details
When you add photos to your iPhoto or Aperture libraries, you probably take a few minutes to assign keywords that will help you find those images faster the next time you need them. Did you know that you can also assign keywords to your presentations, ...