Photoshop CS5

Not many programs make it to 20 years of age—Photoshop is one of the few. The feature list of such a mature program (version 12) has to either get shorter but more extraordinary or branch into new areas—and Photoshop keeps doing both. There are a number of new features in this version making it worthwhile: Edge Detection, Content-Aware Fill, Puppet Warp, 64-bit for Macintosh, enhanced 3D features (Extended only), painting and brush enhancements, enhanced HDR, auto Lens Correction, Mini Bridge, and numerous other small enhancements. Everyone is going to have a different opinion as to which features are the most important. My list isn’t necessarily in any particular order, but here it is…. More

The iPad is the newest device in Apple’s family of touch-based computers. Positioned between a traditional laptop computer and pocket computers like the iPod Touch, nobody seems quite sure how to categorize the iPad. Is it a competitor for low-cost “netbooks?” A big iPod? A new platform? What role, exactly, will it play in our digital lives?  MORE….