Thin is in. According to the manufacturer, the cable itself is all of 2mm thick which is even thinner than the iPhone/iPad sync cable.

My first reaction: slick! The photos really pop on the iPad's bright screen. I also immediately found myself right at home with the navigation, which, like most iPad apps, is brilliantly intuitive.

If you think an ad-hominem hurts in 140-characters, wait until you see the extended Lord of the Rings edition.

Lion is not going to change the world. It's very much, to my eyes at least, an incremental upgrade. For $29.99, however, it's an easy recommendation. The new features add even more elegance to an already finely honed OS.

Content is organized by episode. Of course, I skipped directly to "4" (Call me a slow learner, I still can't get used to calling Star Wars "episode 4" or "A New Hope" ... come on now!) . There I was able to watch a neat little video about the landspeeder and learn about the choices Lucas made to ensure the actors were still prominent while driving it.

It's hard to imagine that this is the same company that almost died a few decades ago.

At first blush, it looks a bit like a black and white version of Google Sky Map. Using your finger you can scroll across a collection of stars, nebula and otherworldly objects. Is this an alternative universe, or the inside of Björk's brain?

With MySpace reportedly honing its position as the de-facto social network for entertainment and music, and now Google+ apparently appealing to the tech-set, the future of social networks could very well be all about small neighborhoods.

You've just read about a massive earthquake killing 2,000 people in country XYZ. Don't fret! You've just gone gold and here's a nice little colorful icon to reward your interest in human tragedy.

American Idiot by Green Day -- a brilliant modern day rock opera -- sounded magnificent. After listening to the album so many times using in-ear headphones, and also with my trusty Sony MDR-V6 phones, I was surprised at how much more nuance I could pick up in the mix.