Fresh slice of iLife

Apple's iLife suite of "digital lifestyle" programs is a tremendous-value package which comes free with every new Mac but is also annually updated with new features - for a fee, of course.

The dilemma for users is whether the extra bells and whistles is worth the €80. Trouble is, if you already own iLife 05, the 06 version may not be sufficiently improved to justify the outlay. Read the review in today's paper.

In games, Star Wars: Empire At War (PC) offers a real-time strategy take on the SW universe - a slightly simplified RTS it may be but there's no denying the appeal of its sweeping style. Day of Defeat: Source (PC) revisits the timeless WWII multiplayer shooter that spawned from the original Half-Life but applies the stunning HL2 engine and a pile of gameless improvements.

ATV Offroad Fury 3 (PS2) does the motocross-on-quadbikes thing (again) and, though only moderately different from v2, retains its wacky sense of fun. Super Monkey Ball: Touch and Roll (DS) is, paradoxically, brutally unsuited to the touch-screen control but with the D-pad makes for a familiar blast of SMB action.