In the past three years since a small company from Portland, Oregon introduced a small lens on a bendable mount, scores of photographers have found photographic inspiration in their Lensbaby line of lenses. Their first child was the Original Lensbaby, then came the Lensbaby 2.0, and fresh from the delivery room is the Lensbaby 3G which allows you to lock in the precise settings that your lens is adjusted to. Learn all about the new baby in this interview with Craig Strong of Lensbabies. Recorded at the PhotoPlus Expo Conference in New York City, in November 2006 by Harris Fogel. Posted 12/25/2006 (9:56)

Every day, new software is introduced for the Mac and here are only a few of our must have recommendations. We review new releases, including FileMaker Pro 8.5, Flip4Mac, Roxio Toast 7.1.2 Titanium, FeltTip Software's Sound Studio 3, and Alsoft's DiskWarrior 4. Part of the Mac Edition Radio Holiday Buying Guide 2006. 

Harris Fogel, Posted 12/10/2006

There are many wonderful games and family friendly software titles for the Mac, and here are a few of our recommendations. In the old days before big pipes bandwidth, every software title required a box, but now you can download some of the best titles, so as soon as that new Mac is unwrapped after the holidays, you can add some great titles without a trip to the store! We review new releases from Software MacKiev, including Worldbook 2007, The Printshop for Mac 2, 3D Weather Globe and Atlas, and their Dr. Seuss releases, with ABC's, Green Eggs and Ham, and The Cat in the Hat. We look at Pangea Arcade, Freeverse Software's Best of Original Mac Games Volume 1, and Wingnuts 2, Ambrosia's Sketch Alpha Fighter 2000, Shoecake Games' Boxikon, GameHouse.com's Scrabble, and iPlay Music's excellent guitar lessons on disc. Part of the Mac Edition Radio Holiday Buying Guide 2006. 

Harris Fogel, Nancy Burlan, & Thomas Fogel contributed to this article. Posted 12/26/2006

We love our MacBooks, MacBook Pros, and PowerBooks, and while there are a lot of sleeves, cases, and accessories for them, here are our recommendations for gifts this holiday season for the laptop lover in your life. We review the handle-it, glove-ez, and Signature sleeve, from casemate, the Speck See-Thru, the Delkin Compact Flash Express Card, Griffin Technology's Express Card 34 Card Reader, Timbuk's Outtawhack, Single Speed Canvas Courier, Pro Series Backpack, and Brenthaven's Edge II sleeve for the MacBook line. Part of the Mac Edition Radio Holiday Buying Guide 2006.

Harris Fogel, Posted 12/9/2006