The Movies

Mars...needs...women!  Wannabe movie moguls who idolize Carl Laemmle or Harvey Weinstein can carry out their Hollywood dreams in The Movies, which casts you as a studio executive, building a production house from silent-era beginnings to modern, big-budget times. While the game often lampoons the industry, The Movies follows a fairly linear simulation script where players churn out productions to succeed. But detailed movie-creation tools for user-generated videos twists the game more than an M. Night Shyamalan ending.

The Great Communicator, Pt. 2

Our look at VoIP continues with reviews of hardware designed for regular VoIP users.

The Great Communicator, Pt. 1

Making a call using a phone? That's so over. Here’s how to use your Mac to keep in touch by voice and other means more affordably - and more instantaneously - than ever before.

Memeo LifeAgent

Take the pain out of the annoying but necessary need to backup your computer.

NewsGator NetNewsWire 3.0

All the news fit to feed - and then some.

MindJet MindManager 7

Escape the linear nature of note taking by creating mind maps and ask yourself, "Is this your brain on Mac?"

Circus Ponies Notebook 2.1

Organize your thoughts - digitally.

Adobe Soundbooth CS3

It whimpers where it should roar.

Ovolab Phlink

Thanks for calling my Mac, dude.

Adobe Premiere Pro CS3

It's been a long time since the Mac has seen Premiere - how does it look now that it's all grown up?