Mac Edition Radio has returned safely from 2012 International Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas and begun to take a measure of this year's massive show. More stories and product reviews will follow, but here are ten quick hits from this year's CES.

John Mulhern III, posted 1/19/2012

Twelve South's founder Andrew Green has a simple goal for his young company: make twelve new products a year, and do it with style. And, to quote their website, Twelve South is not just Mac Friendly, it is Mac only! Two of their very useful items are reviewed here: the updated BassJump 2 Portable Subwoofer, and PlugBug, which adds a USB charging port to your Apple laptop charger. The PlugBug and BassJump 2 are Mac Edition Radio Holiday Picks!

Nancy Burlan and Harris Fogel, posted 12/29/2011

The word "Photoshop" has become synonymous with almost any kind of digital image manipulation, and is now a staple of the English language as not just a noun, but a verb, too! Although there have been a few pretenders to the image manipulation throne, none have been able to make a dent in Adobe's solid lock on the kingdom. The recent release of the cross-platform Creative Suite 5.5 for the power and professional user, and Photoshop and Premiere Elements 10 for the consumer, has kept that momentum moving forward. In this review we examine whether or not these new versions or upgrades are right for you. Adobe Creative Suite 5.5, Photoshop and Premiere Elements 10 are Mac Edition Radio Holiday Picks.

Harris Fogel, posted 12/28/2011

Our day-to-day use of personal GPS units is one of the more astonishing technological fruits of the space race, and has now become commonplace in our everyday lives. Who could have imagined that a small handheld device would be able to communicate with satellites orbiting the earth and triangulate a user's position to an accuracy of a few meters, making it seem as easy as getting the time from your watch. Even early science fiction couldn't predict them; instead we saw flying cars, personal rockets, ray guns, and aliens. Who needs those fantastical gadgets anyway, when what really matters is that we are still stuck in traffic, disoriented on a mountain, trying to find that perfect fishing spot, or find that food cache. Magellan's eXplorist series promises to meet any of our location needs, and more. We tested their flagship eXplorist 710 model to see how it delivered on those promises. Hint: the Magellan's eXplorist 710 is a Mac Edition Radio Holiday Pick!

Harris Fogel, Posted 12/24/2011