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Some 27-inch iMacs have been arriving at consumers’ homes with cracked screens. And Macworld Lab has some first-hand experience with the issue.

In an in-depth review of Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server, Ryan Faas (computerworld.com) cites “performance gains, improvements to several collaboration tools introduced in Leopard Server, enhanced simple administration for non-technical users and new features designed for mobile access and for supporting the iPhone.” Adds Fass: “Snow Leopard Server is a tremendous value.”

Ci Design’s iStoragePro Pocket is one of the fastest portable hard drives we’ve ever looked at.

World Adventures Nelly Furtado video. Send your Sims to Al Simhara, Egypt, Shang Simla, China, and Champ Les Sims, France in the latest Sims 3 expansion pack. They’ll explore musty tombs and find ancient treasures, learn how to make sweet nectar, hone the mental discipline needed for martial arts, and snap photos of all the fun they have along the way. They’ll also learn new skills, acquire new traits, and discover new lifetime wishes and rewards. Just watch out for mummies’ curses.

When Quinn’s new travel business hits a snag, she needs Flo’s patented elbow grease to help renovate and run hotels all over DinerTown! As Flo, you will deliver guest’s luggage, drop off room service and provide extra towels, blankets and anything else they may need to stay happy and leave big tips!

The DeckRAID DR4 has a solid premise: offer a flat, stylish, easy-to-use RAID 5 solution for Mac users, particularly the oft-forgotten iMac and Mac Mini crowd.

The epic conclusion of the award-winning Avernum series. Travel into the strange subterranean land of Avernum, full of dungeons, labyrinths, and constant warfare. A final set of disasters threatens to destroy your homeland in a spasm of famine and warfare. Only you can help your people to get to safety before everything falls apart.

Reviewer James Galbraith (macworld.com) gives the new quad-core 27-inch iMac computers with Intel Core i5 and Core i7 “Nehalem” processors 4.5/5 mice, calling them “worth the wait.” In performance tests, writes Galbraith, the 2.55GHz Core i5 iMac was “the fastest standard configuration Mac we’ve ever tested” and the Core i7 “showed even greater performance prowess.”

A custom coffee table book by co-author and publisher Rick Smolan takes you back to — and into — the story of Obama’s rise to the presidency. Says co-author and publisher Rick Smolan: “Every component of this project, from photo editing to design to video, was created entirely on a Mac.”

Using a Mac Pro as the keystone of his rural radiology practice in Bemidji, Minnesota, Dr. Hilton Bakker is able not only to reduce the costs of his own practice but those of the hospitals who use his services. Says Bakker: “If hospitals can use Mac technology to do radiology cheaper, that’s my goal. Health care costs too much. If I can do my little bit to make it cheaper, that’s cool.”

LaCie’s Starck Mobile Hard Drive is a stylish USB drive that features a sturdy aluminum exterior and a wealth of enticing features that should excite hardware enthusiasts.

This reasonably priced LCD makes up for its no-frills feature set with solid image quality.

This printer is cute and stylish, but it wastes ink and has an awkward paper-handling setup

“We sell you a universe. Do with it what you like,” remarks Bernd Lehahn, managing director at developer Egosoft. X3: Terran Conflict takes that concept further than previous games in the series, giving you more storylines to explore, new characters whose eyes give you fresh perspectives on the X Universe, and the long-awaited reconnection with the Sol System, where a mythical planet called Earth waits. Unfortunately, the deadly mechanized Xenon have found Earth too, and the fate of the Terran race rests on defeating them.

Send your Sims to Al Simhara, Egypt, Shang Simla, China, and Champ Les Sims, France in the latest Sims 3 expansion pack. They’ll explore musty tombs and find ancient treasures, learn how to make sweet nectar, hone the mental discipline needed for martial arts, and snap photos of all the fun they have along the way. They’ll also learn new skills, acquire new traits, and discover new lifetime wishes and rewards. Just watch out for mummies’ curses.