Apple revises photo, office software

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - Apple unveiled revisions to its iLife and
iWork software packages Tuesday at the Macworld 2009 show for developers in San
Francisco.
Senior Vice President Phil Schiller, delivering the keynote in place of
CEO Steve Jobs, was expected to disclose other product revisions during his
presentation.

Among the iLife changes Schiller unveiled were:

– a revision of the iPhoto program that allows the user to sort pictures using
face recognition.

– the addition of mapping software to iPhoto to organize pictures by where
they were taken.

– the creation of a lesson component for the GarageBand music editing
software, with lessons available from such artists as Sting, Norah Jones and
Sarah McLachlan;

– and the addition of new editing tools in the iMovie component that includes
new effects and themes.

The iLife revisions will be available with new Macs, with upgrades to
existing Macs available for $79.

For iWork, Apple's answer to the Office business software by Microsoft
Corp., revisions unveiled by Schiller included a new transition feature for the
Keynote presentation program, the ability to transfer presentations to an
iPhone or iPod Touch, and the ability to allow use of the Pages word processing
software on a full-screen basis.

The revisions were overshadowed by the chatter about Jobs, who did not
attend the presentation. On Monday, he revealed that he is being treated for a
hormone disorder that is causing him to lose weight.

Jobs said he will continue to serve as CEO while undergoing treatment.

Shares of Apple were up $2.07 to $96.65 in Tuesday trading, with 86 cents
of the gain coming after the start of Schiller's presentation.