Graphic designers and illustrators will find in Flash CS4 Professional the environment and interface they have longed for-one that provides access to complex animation generation without recourse to defining keyframes and writing ActionScript.

Radically redesigned; intuitive object-based model and interface; animation enhancements; integration with other CS4 apps strengthened with XFL file format; ships with Adobe Media Encoder; enhanced support for non-Flash video formats; features the new Bon...

Output depends on presence of the Flash Player; Illustrator to Flash workflow stunted by limited support for Illustrator effects.

The new Flash identity is immediately apparent in its new default layout. The stage—Flash's design surface—has been moved from the bottom to the top of the window, with the formerly dominant Timeline now dispatched to the bottom of the screen. The change

The portable version of Bose's iconic iPod speaker system improves on the original but sports an even-higher price tag.

Several improvements over original SoundDock; solid sound quality; replaceable, rechargeable battery; good battery performance.

Expensive; more transportable than portable; lacking many features found in competing systems; doesn't include iPod dock adapters.

The Portable also includes touch-sensitive Volume Up and Volume Down buttons, located on the right-hand side of the system. Separating these buttons from the dock cradle, where they were located on the original SoundDock, is useful thanks to another new f...