Review: 5 Outstanding iPad Apps: Early Edition

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The Apple iPad has been out for barely more than a week and already we have seen a number of compelling iPad apps that really define its functionality. The iPad has been heralded as a media consumption device and for the most part that is true.

We wanted to explore how it might be more of a content creation device and possibly a substitute for a notebook computer. Since we re using a US iPad in Canada, we were dismayed to find out that we had limited access to the iPad App Store and were unable to buy the iWorks suite of apps (Pages, Numbers and Keynote).

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Review: Forza Motorsport 3 for Xbox 360

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Forza Motorsport 3: The quintessential racing simulator

There's enough depth, variation and substance in Forza Motorsport 3 to keep every gearhead, tuner, painter, speed demon and online race nut busy and happy for a long, long while.

Packed with so much content that it's a two-disc affair, Forza Motorsport 3 (FM3) squeezes 10 times the polygons that the previous version offered. This means more itty-bitty shapes making up the shape of a car to go from car-shaped representation to photo realistic replica. The attention to detail and texture is evident everywhere, even as the game zooms along at 60 frames per second. When watching playback videos of races, you'll easily confuse them for race footage on your favorite sports channel.

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