Reviewer Jonathan Rougeot (computershopper.com) rates the new 27-inch iMac 8.7/10 and makes it an Editors’ Choice, noting that “no one’s yet been able to match both the style and performance of Apple’s flagship desktop line.” Calling out the “stylish” new Multi-Touch Magic Mouse, “slim, wireless keyboard,” and “jaw-dropping” edgeless LED-backlit display, Rougeot concludes: “Apple has cemented the iMac’s reputation as the all-in-one to beat.”

Comparing the new Logic Express to other digital audio workstation apps, reviewer Christopher Breen (macworld.com) writes: “There just isn’t a better DAW deal than Logic Express 9.” Citing its inclusion of “marquee features” like Flex Time editing, Amp Designer, Pedalboard, and Varispeed from Logic Studio, Breen suggests that “once GarageBand users discover some of these features they’ll wonder how they made music without them.”

If space is the final frontier, then the universe depicted in the massively multi-player online role-playing game Vendetta Online is the Wild West set among the stars. Choose to join the warmongering Serco, defensive-but-peaceful Itani or neutral Union of Independent Territories as you create your character and set out for the stars, taking on missions that range from hauling cargo to attacking enemy factions. Play as a merchant, become a pirate or take on one of a variety of other roles as you ply the galactic spaceways, working to improve your skills and your ship.