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Transcription tool makes moving your spoken word to the printed page a snap.

Portfolio Server 9.5 offers new features for previewing and selecting graphics and enhanced file format support.

Apple's fourth-generation iPod shuffle revives the best design the model ever had, with on-device buttons that the now-disgraced third-generation model lacked.

The latest iteration of the the iPod touch comes closer to feature parity with the iPhone than ever before. For many people, this makes for a compelling iPod. It does for us as well.

With the sixth edition of the iPod nano, Apple has given the nano line its biggest makeover yet, including shrinking the player down and adding a Multi-Touch display. While some of these changes offer big improvements over the traditional Click Wheel interface, the new nano also loses some features and just might be a bit too small.

On Tuesday Apple issued minor updates to its Safari Web browser: Safari 5.0.2 for Leopard and Snow Leopard (OS X 10.5.8 or later) or Windows (XP, Vista, and 7) and Safari 4.1.2 for Tiger (OS X 10.4.11).

Justin Bieber may be capable of single-handedly bringing down Twitter, but Mark Hurd only wishes he had that problem. Meanwhile, Eminem’s downloading money by the fistful and Google’s getting ready to switch on its TV service.

LG on Tuesday announced new smartphones with dual-core processors.

FileMaker has announced the availability of Bento 3 Project Manager, a new set of templates that aim to make it easy for Mac users to track their personal projects and manage their time within the Bento database application.

Apple on Tuesday released iWeb 3.0.2, available for download via Apple's Website or Software Update.

Poet's Pad, by Dante Varnado Moore, is an iPad app designed to let poets write, arrange, and store all of their creative writings and poetry concepts, while offering a few tools to help provide inspiration.

Sanho's new HyperDrive is a portable hard drive and card reader that connects directly to your iPad, giving you up to 750GB of extra storage for your media.

For the third year in a row, Apple has released a major version upgrade to iTunes, the center of its entertainment and mobile app universe. This time around, however, the new version of iTunes is predominantly a foundational update—less about new features and buttons, and more about laying the groundwork for important new avenues for the iTunes Store.

The World Wide Web Consortium is investigating integrating speech capabilities into the Web standard.

This app, which uses the gyroscope in the iPhone 4 to help create a panoramic-style view, has a few shortcomings. But it's a fun app to use and a great way to show off to friends.

Macworld's new premium online product, Macworld Insider, has arrived! Get full-text RSS feeds, a back-issue PDF archive, ad-free layouts on our Website, and more.

A new app, MarkdownMail, lets you send HTML-formatted e-mail from your iOS device, via the Markdown formatting language.

Nike has one-upped its own app built into iOS by releasing Nike+ GPS, a new App Store app designed for runners. The decision to release a separate app is a little confusing, but it offers a couple unique features such as GPS tracking and Challenge Me.

Apple's new iTunes-based social network, Ping, registered more than one million members within 48 hours of its launch.

You can't go wrong with FontXChange 2.5. Its support for .dfont, Multiple Master, OpenType, Mac and Windows PostScript and TrueType, and the new Web Open Font Format is a huge help for Web and print designers and publishers.