Ever since the Mac had a CD tray, it could burn CDs all by itself and didn't require anything else to do that. Around the same time, Toast was there to help you do it better. Now, years later, nothing has really changed: your Mac can still burn CDs and DVDs, and Toast 11 can burn either of them (as well as Blu-ray disks) and do a lot more, and it still does a better job of the basic function: burning disks. It's pretty straightforward, but if you want subtleties, that's harder to do, and that's where Toast can help. And, if you want to enhance your video's sound, Toast now provides an amazing range of options. I have to add that while there are a number of significant improvements, I also find that at least one change provided a bit of a step backwards in user assistance.

It was only back in November when I first wrote about FileMaker Go for iPad and iPhone. Now, less than a half-year later, we have a big new release, free for current owners of FM Go. Funny thing about apps is that just a minor update in numbers—1.1 to 1.2—and it's a whole new ball game. Some of the limitations about FM Go came from limitations in the iOS; specifically, printing. But now that iOS allows you to print to wireless printers, FM Go can as well. FM Go now supports sliding fields andcharts, and now one can capture signatures in the database. But there's more...

When the iFixIt team heard the news that the new iMacs were out, they knew what they had to do: start sharpening their suction cups! The suction cup gamble paid off, but what lay inside?

Pairing the range of features and capabilities of any application down to a core feature set is a challenge. To make that application easier to use is a separate challenge in itself. Adobe does a great job in shrinking one of these two applications down to size so that the hobbyist can take advantage of what the parent applications have to offer. This release of Elements 9 brings two new applications to the Mac market: Premier (the video application) and Organizer (the content explorer application). Both of these two are not new and are both well seasoned applications. What's new is that they are now available for the Mac. I find Photoshop Elements both powerful and easy to use, Premier Elements is very powerful and a great step up from iMovie, but with a very steep learning curve. If you are used to using Bridge, Organizer is a bit frustrating, but it has a lot of to offer, just in different ways.

The word for the day is "ribbons." Moving from the floating Formatting Palette, Microsoft has now joined the Mac version of Office to the PC version, and we have ribbons! Also part of this transition is bringing the email client Outlook to the Mac and eliminating Entourage. Sometimes ribbons work and sometimes they do not; it depends on the application and how they are implemented. They are not the best thing in software applications and are certainly not the worst. Meanwhile I'm finding Outlook to be a major step backwards. Like any big release, there are some excellent new features and some improvements on older features. Similarly, there are some new features that one has to be wondering what they thought they were doing. Nonetheless, the new Office for Mac 2011 has been released and it's time to explore what we have.

On Monday afternoon, Apple released the Mac OS X v10.6.7 Update, largely a bugfix along with the usual slate of security patches and a few feature enhancements. The Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Snow Leopard

The iPad 2 received a 4 out of 10 repairability score, mainly for the extreme difficulty of accessing anything inside. But if you do manage to get in, you'll find that all screws are of the Phillips variety, and the LCD can be easily taken out once you separate it from the front panel glass (but separating it from the glass is difficult, of course) — it's nearly impossible to open the iPad 2 without shattering the glass

Revised Design is Thinner, Lighter & Faster with A5 CPU, Plus FaceTime, Smart Covers & 10 Hour Battery

Apple today updated its MacBook Pro family with next generation dual-core and quad-core Intel Core "i" "Sandy Bridge" processors and HD integrated graphics, high-speed Thunderbolt I/O technology (aka "Light Peak") and a new FaceTime HD camera

These two DVDs, available from Photoshop Café, both have great, insightful information for the beginner or advanced photographer. Both videos (by Tim Cooper) are presented with bullets, text and many sample images. Tim is excellent in that he talks to you as a friend, explaining the nuances of photography. His voice is direct and calm, and it sounds like he wants to help you become a better photographer, not show off what he knows. All in all, these are informative and a pleasure to work with.

On Wednesday Rupert Murdoch, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of News Corporation, unveiled The Daily - the industry s first national daily news publication created from the ground up for iPad

Logitech's Wireless Solar Keyboard K750 is powered by light - indoors or out; has great looks, nice action, no Bluetooth pairing tedium, and is thinner than Apple's wireless keyboard