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The Movies

Posted 09/24/2007 at 12:24pm | by Zack Stern

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.

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The Great Communicator, Pt. 2

Posted 08/31/2007 at 2:29pm | by khansen

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

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The Great Communicator, Pt. 1

Posted 08/30/2007 at 2:09pm | by khansen

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.

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Memeo LifeAgent

Posted 08/30/2007 at 12:32pm | by khansen

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

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NewsGator NetNewsWire 3.0

Posted 08/29/2007 at 10:44am | by khansen

All the news fit to feed - and then some.

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MindJet MindManager 7

Posted 08/29/2007 at 10:22am | by khansen

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

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Circus Ponies Notebook 2.1

Posted 08/28/2007 at 11:26am | by Cathy Lu

Organize your thoughts - digitally.

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Adobe Soundbooth CS3

Posted 08/27/2007 at 11:10am | by khansen

It whimpers where it should roar.

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Ovolab Phlink

Posted 08/24/2007 at 12:33pm | by khansen

Thanks for calling my Mac, dude.

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Adobe Premiere Pro CS3

Posted 08/24/2007 at 10:37am | by khansen

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

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