AirShare, Stanza elevate iPhone
Andy Ihnatko: In the last few months the iPhone App Store has been in business and it has been possible to install all kinds of apps that Apple never considered or doesn't care about, I've discovered two that are total game-changers: AirShare and Stanza. And when I tell you that each one of these has transformed and elevated my iPhone experience, I'm squeezing my eyes shut and preparing for the onslaught of sarcastic (but entirely correct) comments to follow.

AirShare, Stanza elevate iPhone

In the last few months the iPhone App Store has been in business and it has been possible to install all kinds of apps that Apple never considered or doesn't care about, I've discovered two that are total game-changers: AirShare and Stanza. And when I tell you that each one of these has transformed and elevated my iPhone experience, I'm squeezing my eyes shut and preparing for the onslaught of sarcastic (but entirely correct) comments to follow.

New MacBook line is limited in number, but not coolness
Andy Ihnatko: So many new notebooks are released every year with such subtle variations from one make to the other that it's hard to devote a whole column to each new iteration. Apple's notebooks are exceptions. Every time they retool their MacBook and MacBook Pro, it's like a new concept car being unveiled at the auto show.

Microsoft sells itself short in ads
Andy Ihnatko: I've been looking at Microsoft's commercials for the past few months and I wonder if the company isn't going through some sort of personal crisis. Does Microsoft have a clergyperson or close friend they could sort of talk things out with? First, Microsoft did those commercials with Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld.

Making the most of your images

Most camera and camcorder owners aren't hoping to design the poster and cut the movie trailer for the next Pixar release. Consumer goals run more along the lines of "Wouldn't this beach photo of my girlfriend be so much better if it were a little less bright, and the sky were bluer . . . and if that dude walking through the background hadn't decided to moon the camera?"