A trey of ware divvy up the spotlight in this edition of the Macworld Podcast . We bulge off with a showdown between Microsoft Office 2008 and iWork ’ 08 — their respective spreadsheet coating , specifically . Then , we turn our aid to Photoshop Express , Adobe ’s new released online photo - editing web site .

For the Office vs. iWork smackdown , I ’m joined by senior editor Rob Griffiths who compared Excel 2008 to Numbers ’ 08 in the May 2008 issue of Macworld . Rob ’s article will come along online next week , so hopefully , this podcast will help quicken your appetite for more role - iWork comparisons .

In our Photoshop Express section , executive editor in chief Philip Michaels question elderly critical review editor Jackie Dove about her experiences essay out the genus Beta of Adobe ’s online site .

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Show notes

My feeling at the week ’s news concentrates on the many rumour swirling about 3 G iPhones , whose discharge is said to be imminent by no less an authority thanWalt Mossberg(who has sinceretracted his 60 - days foretelling ) . Fueling such conjecture are such apparently unrelated news items like thereported shortage of iPhonesand AT&T ’s Ralph de la Vega say that all of the companionship ’s smart integrated equipment will be3 G in the next few months .

As I mentioned above , Rob ’s Excel - Numbers comparing wo n’t be on-line until next week , but you could take his limited review of Microsoft ’s spreadsheet app and Apple ’s counterpart ; also check out our Business Mac topic centre for all the latest on productiveness apps .

Jackie Dove wrote a first look at Photoshop Express free-base on her experiences with the beta . Macworld.com also has the latest on Adobe alter the term of usage for its service after receivingcustomer complaint .