Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction [Paperback]

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Product Description

For more than a decade, Steve McConnell, one of the premier authors and voices in the software community, has helped change the way developers write code--and produce better software. Now his classic book, CODE COMPLETE, has been fully updated and revised with best practices in the art and science of constructing software. Whether you're a new developer seeking a sound introduction to the practice of software development or a veteran exploring strategic new approaches to problem solving, you'll find a wealth of practical suggestions and methods for strengthening your skills. Topics include design, applying good techniques to construction, eliminating errors, planning, managing construction activities, and relating personal character to superior software. This new edition features fully updated information on programming techniques, including the emergence of Web-style programming, and integrated coverage of object-oriented design. You'll also find new code examples--both good and bad--in C++, Microsoft(r) Visual Basic(r), C#, and Java, though the focus is squarely on techniques and practices.

About the Author

Steve McConnell is Chief Software Engineer at Construx Software where he oversees Construx's software engineering practices. Steve is the lead for the Construction Knowledge Area of the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge (SWEBOK) project. Steve has worked on software projects at Microsoft, Boeing, and other Seattle-area companies. Steve is the author of Rapid Development (1996), Software Project Survival Guide (1998), and Professional Software Development (2004). His books have twice won Software Development magazine's Jolt Excellence award for outstanding software development book of the year. In 1998, readers of Software Development magazine named Steve one of the three most influential people in the software industry along with Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds. Steve was also the lead developer of SPC Estimate Professional, winner of a Software Development Productivity award. Steve has worked in the desktop software industry since 1984 and has expertise in rapid development methodologies, project estimation, software construction practices, performance tuning, system integration, and third-party contract management.

Microsoft Office 2010 Home & Student (Disc Version)

Windows Vista / XP / 7
List Price: $149.99
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Product Features

  • Rich and powerful new ways to deliver your work on your computer, Windows Mobile-based smart phone or a web browser
  • Easy-to-use Tools, customizable templates, color schemes, and photo-editing capabilities
  • Work with people from different places at the same time with the new co-authoring experience
  • More ways to access your files from almost anywhere, Office 2010 puts you in control of getting things done according to your schedule
  • Simplifies your tasks and creates amazing results

Product Description

With Microsoft Office Home and Student 2010, you and your kids can create great schoolwork and home projects from multi-page bibliographies to multimedia presentations. Capture ideas and set them apart with video-editing features and dynamic text effects. Then easily collaborate with classmates without being face-to-face thanks to new Web Apps tools. The results go well beyond expectations with a little inspiration, a lot of creativity and Office Home and Student 2010.

Traditional Disc Version

This version of Microsoft Office Home and Student 2010 includes the software on disc, with a product key. It is licensed for installation on three PCs in the same household. For customers buying a PC who need Office for their new PC only, and don't need to upgrade other home PCs, a Product Key Card provides another way to purchase Office with a PC.

Capture Ideas and Set Them Apart

Enjoy Flexibility
Now you can easily post your Office documents online and access, share and edit them with Office Web Apps. It's an ideal way to extend your Office 2010 experience to the Web.
Work Together
Brainstorm ideas, share notes and work on documents with others simultaneously thanks to the new co-authoring tool in Word, PowerPoint and OneNote.
Find It on New Backstage View
Replaces the traditional File menu to give you one go-to spot to conveniently save, open and print documents. Customize the tab commands to fit your individual needs so you can navigate tasks effortlessly.
Programs You Rely On
Microsoft Office 2010 is an industry standard offering our latest, innovative tools to make your documents richer and more informative.

Included Programs

Enjoy the same great features you know and love with Office and get some new ones when you upgrade to Office 2010.

Word 2010
School fundraisers and neighborhood events come together efficiently when you use Word 2010. Create documents using new photo-editing features, lively text effects, then easily share them online and invite others to collaborate. Get more new features with Word 2010:
  • Add impact to your document with new picture-editing tools.
  • Better illustrate your ideas with diagrams by turning bullet-point lists into compelling SmartArt graphics.
  • Apply new formatting effects to your text such as shadow, bevel, glow and reflection.
  • Capture and insert screenshots directly into your document.
  • Communicate with ease in many languages with improved translation tools.

Excel 2010
Saving for retirement, changing homes, cutting expenses--all are important financial decisions. Excel® 2010 offers useful direction with simple templates to help you build budgets and track expenses so you can focus on financial goals. Get more new tools with Excel 2010:
  • Highlight data trends by creating data charts in a single cell with new Sparklines.
  • Find the right data quickly with new filter enhancement in PivotTable views.
  • Analyze data quickly. Highlight specific data with new and improved Conditional Formatting options.
  • Display data in a dynamic and interactive way with PivotChart views.
  • Spend less time sifting through data--use the new search filter to narrow down pertinent data to display.

PowerPoint 2010
Pressed for time on a major assignment? Get ideas down fast with ready-made templates, new photo- and video-editing features and eye-catching transitions all with Microsoft PowerPoint 2010. Get more new features including:
  • Embed and edit video files directly in your presentation.
  • Set videos to fade in and out and apply a variety of video styles and formats.
  • Broadcast your presentation online with new Broadcast Slide Show.
  • Captivate your audience with new transitions and improved animations.
  • Use slide sections to navigate, organize and print your presentation.

OneNote 2010
Gather a wealth of information and resources all in one spot with OneNote 2010. Post, share and edit notes for group projects online so everyone can work at the same time with real-time updates. Get more new features with OneNote 2010:
  • Use quick filing to organize notebooks, ideal when you're working on multiple projects.
  • Apply styles and formatting to selected text to another paragraph with the new Format Painter.
  • See results as you type with improved Search functionality and view a prioritized list of Search results.
  • Easily organize and jump between your notebooks with the improved notebook Navigation Bar.
  • Take notes while working in Word, PowerPoint or in Internet Explorer and automatically link them.
Looking to stay connected?
Step up to Microsoft Office Home and Business 2010 and you'll get another helpful program--Outlook 2010. Now you can access projects, people and plans wherever your work takes you. Use efficient new email, calendar and social networking tools to manage your world from your PC, mobile phone or online.

Product Description

Microsoft Office 2010 gives you powerful new tools to express your ideas, solve problems, and connect with people.

Microsoft Office 2010 Home & Student (Disc Version)

Windows Vista / XP / 7
List Price: $149.99
Price:
This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. Details

Product Features

  • Rich and powerful new ways to deliver your work on your computer, Windows Mobile-based smart phone or a web browser
  • Easy-to-use Tools, customizable templates, color schemes, and photo-editing capabilities
  • Work with people from different places at the same time with the new co-authoring experience
  • More ways to access your files from almost anywhere, Office 2010 puts you in control of getting things done according to your schedule
  • Simplifies your tasks and creates amazing results

Product Description

With Microsoft Office Home and Student 2010, you and your kids can create great schoolwork and home projects from multi-page bibliographies to multimedia presentations. Capture ideas and set them apart with video-editing features and dynamic text effects. Then easily collaborate with classmates without being face-to-face thanks to new Web Apps tools. The results go well beyond expectations with a little inspiration, a lot of creativity and Office Home and Student 2010.

Traditional Disc Version

This version of Microsoft Office Home and Student 2010 includes the software on disc, with a product key. It is licensed for installation on three PCs in the same household. For customers buying a PC who need Office for their new PC only, and don't need to upgrade other home PCs, a Product Key Card provides another way to purchase Office with a PC.

Capture Ideas and Set Them Apart

Enjoy Flexibility
Now you can easily post your Office documents online and access, share and edit them with Office Web Apps. It's an ideal way to extend your Office 2010 experience to the Web.
Work Together
Brainstorm ideas, share notes and work on documents with others simultaneously thanks to the new co-authoring tool in Word, PowerPoint and OneNote.
Find It on New Backstage View
Replaces the traditional File menu to give you one go-to spot to conveniently save, open and print documents. Customize the tab commands to fit your individual needs so you can navigate tasks effortlessly.
Programs You Rely On
Microsoft Office 2010 is an industry standard offering our latest, innovative tools to make your documents richer and more informative.

Included Programs

Enjoy the same great features you know and love with Office and get some new ones when you upgrade to Office 2010.
Word 2010
School fundraisers and neighborhood events come together efficiently when you use Word 2010. Create documents using new photo-editing features, lively text effects, then easily share them online and invite others to collaborate. Get more new features with Word 2010:
  • Add impact to your document with new picture-editing tools.
  • Better illustrate your ideas with diagrams by turning bullet-point lists into compelling SmartArt graphics.
  • Apply new formatting effects to your text such as shadow, bevel, glow and reflection.
  • Capture and insert screenshots directly into your document.
  • Communicate with ease in many languages with improved translation tools.
Excel 2010
Saving for retirement, changing homes, cutting expenses--all are important financial decisions. Excel® 2010 offers useful direction with simple templates to help you build budgets and track expenses so you can focus on financial goals. Get more new tools with Excel 2010:
  • Highlight data trends by creating data charts in a single cell with new Sparklines.
  • Find the right data quickly with new filter enhancement in PivotTable views.
  • Analyze data quickly. Highlight specific data with new and improved Conditional Formatting options.
  • Display data in a dynamic and interactive way with PivotChart views.
  • Spend less time sifting through data--use the new search filter to narrow down pertinent data to display.
PowerPoint 2010
Pressed for time on a major assignment? Get ideas down fast with ready-made templates, new photo- and video-editing features and eye-catching transitions all with Microsoft PowerPoint 2010. Get more new features including:
  • Embed and edit video files directly in your presentation.
  • Set videos to fade in and out and apply a variety of video styles and formats.
  • Broadcast your presentation online with new Broadcast Slide Show.
  • Captivate your audience with new transitions and improved animations.
  • Use slide sections to navigate, organize and print your presentation.
OneNote 2010
Gather a wealth of information and resources all in one spot with OneNote 2010. Post, share and edit notes for group projects online so everyone can work at the same time with real-time updates. Get more new features with OneNote 2010:
  • Use quick filing to organize notebooks, ideal when you're working on multiple projects.
  • Apply styles and formatting to selected text to another paragraph with the new Format Painter.
  • See results as you type with improved Search functionality and view a prioritized list of Search results.
  • Easily organize and jump between your notebooks with the improved notebook Navigation Bar.
  • Take notes while working in Word, PowerPoint or in Internet Explorer and automatically link them.
Looking to stay connected?
Step up to Microsoft Office Home and Business 2010 and you'll get another helpful program--Outlook 2010. Now you can access projects, people and plans wherever your work takes you. Use efficient new email, calendar and social networking tools to manage your world from your PC, mobile phone or online.

Product Description

Microsoft Office 2010 gives you powerful new tools to express your ideas, solve problems, and connect with people.

How to Cheat in Maya 2010: Tools and Techniques for the Maya Animator (Kindle Edition)

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Product Description

A Focal Press Kindle book. Please note that the Kindle edition does not come with a DVD at this time.

About the Author

By Eric Luhta, Eric is a professional animator whose recent credits include "Bioshock 2", "Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs", "Horton Hears A Who!", and numerous television commercials. Eric's animated short film "Prospective Student" was featured in the 2008 Siggraph Computer Animation Festival, one of the highest honors for an independent film. Eric has extensive experience with Autodesk's Maya, including teaching it, as an instructor for the Maya Training Program at AnimationMentor.com. He currently lives in Los Angeles, CA with his wife and 3 computers.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

SWiSH Max3: Flash Creation Software

Platform:   Windows Vista
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Product Features

  • NEW! Drawing Tools - Shape Operations, Knife Tool, Component Tool
  • NEW! Improved Motion Path - Editable Bezier Curves, Convert a Shape to Path.
  • NEW! Project templates - Instant Results Using the Wizard Panel
  • Import Images, Graphics, Sound and Video from all popular formats. Export Presentations to Flash, Video, EXE, GIF Animation or Image Sequence
  • Operating System: Windows 2000, XP, VISTA, 7 (Not Mac compatible)

Product Description

SWiSH Max3 is the latest generation of the famous and award-winning SWiSH software line of easy-to-use Flash editors. It has everything you need to create stunning, fully interactive Flash animations. Whether you are creating Flash effects from scratch, or editing existing SWiSH Flash files (such as .SWI files included with some PowerPlugs: Web Templates), use SWiSH Max3 to swiftly and easily generate stylish Flash effects. SWiSH Max3 includes intuitive scripting, new drawing and editing tools, improved motion path, project templates as well as hundreds of built-in effects that can be applied to text, images, graphics, and sounds. You can also author and distribute your own effects! Import / Export tools allow versatility in the use and output of SWiSH Max3 files. SWiSH Max3 has a simple yet powerful menu interface that includes useful tools such as the ability to add effects to multiple objects at once, a timeline editor and page tabs that help you manage dynamic content, easy to use input forms, a Javascript-like scripting language and advanced compression features that help you keep your SWiSH (.SWF) files small. Plus, it even allows you to create and distribute your own custom Flash effects! *CrystalGraphics is pleased to announce that it is only USA distributor of SWiSH Max3 and the only company in the world offering the product on CD-ROM, for your convenience and security.

MassUpdater 1.5 Web Builder and Content Management System: Easy Website Creation


Platform:   Windows
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1 new from $279.95

Product Features

  • Super easy website creation and maintenance; no tech skills necessary; new image layering technology for sophisticated, smart web design made simple
  • Powerful software; control over the hottest site features including youtube embeds, easy Flash content embeds, easy META tag management for improved Search Engine Optimization, search and mouseover effects; Unlimited Page Creation and Saved Drafts let you to comfortably expand your site as far as you like; Own your own content, choose your own web host; works with any of the best website hosts
  • Easy design tutorials make site creation a snap (search for us on YouTube!); Natural Interface makes website changes a no stress experience; no web development software is as easy to learn as MassUpdater
  • Add any widget: Constant Contact, DimDim Webinars, Google Maps, Amazon, Facebook, Flickr Slideshows, Twitter and more; Embed Javascripts: head, inside body tag or between body tags - without editing your html
  • WEB HOST REQUIREMENTS: Designed for use on Linux hosting with Apache Server API. Minimum 1 MySQL database; FTP access, Php 5, Mysql 5; PERSONAL COMPUTER REQUIREMENTS: PC, Windows XP+, IE 5+

Product Description

Finally: a simpler way for people to create and maintain websites. THE MASSUPDATER DIFFERENCE
The average web development software is unnecessarily difficult to take the time to learn. In fact, small business owners often end up hiring web developers to maintain their sites after purchasing other brands of web development software, because the site owner never does have the time to figure things out. While there are books on how to learn the average web development software, and Web Developers charge inflated monthly bills to update sites on other types of CMS, buying MassUpdater means never having to pay for maintenance again.
SIMPLE & EASY TO USE
We created our software as an answer for website owners who don't want to have to learn anything. It's unique in that it targets the end user, not a tech used to CMS software. We're very proud to say that most customers are able to sit down and use their software immediately, without checking instructions, without contacting customer service. It is the simplest CMS on the market.
POWERFUL, FEATURE PACKED SOFTWARE
While most CMS creators try to simplify by taking out features, we heap them in. Embedding YouTube vids via the average cms software is a pain for people not trained in any form of HTML or web scripting. In MassUpdater, you can embed YouTube vids in any size. You can also embed Flash Content, photogalleries, MouseOver effects, swap photos, save drafts and add unlimited pages, all from the same, simple, graphically pleasing interface screen. MassUpdater even has its own Mouse-Over galleries created by the end user for easy repeat use.
A MORE USER FRIENDLY APPROACH
Instead of coming out with endless, never-updated instruction manuals, we shoot video tutorials with light-hearted simplicity to make learning how to build an entire site in MassUpdater, or create a restaurant menu, or embed Flash animation, instant and easy. 





Manga Studio Debut 4 (Win/Mac)

Windows Vista / XP, Mac OS X Intel, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
List Price: $49.99
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Product Features

  • Manga Studio Debut 4 is an all-in-one solution for stunning, ready-to-publish manga and comics
  • Sketch original art with a mouse or tablet, scan in existing art, or import artwork or graphics to get started
  • Invigorate your artwork using color, express motion using speed lines, apply dimension with screen tones and add dialog through built-in word balloons
  • Export professional quality manga from Manga Studio Debut 4 to various Mac and Windows file formats such as JPG, BMP, PSD, TGA, PNG, TIFF and PICT
  • Dynamic help offers instant access to information about tool palettes and menu options--getting started has never been easier

Product Description

Manga Studio Debut 4.0 is your all-in-one solution for stunning, ready-to-publish manga and comics. Invigorate your artwork using color, express motion using speed lines, apply dimension with screen tones and add dialog through built-in word balloons. Manga Studio helps you create professional manga and comics from start to finish!
Fun, easy to use interface. Click to enlarge.
The Beginner's Assistant groups together commonly used tool palettes. Click to enlarge.
Draw using a suite of familiar tools including pencils, pens, brushes and selection tools. Click to enlarge.
Choose from thousands of screen tones to add dimension and character to your art. Click to enlarge.
Invigorate your artwork using color. Click to enlarge.
Customize your projects with a large collection of special effects and features. Click to enlarge.
Complete artistic control
Sketch original art with a mouse or tablet, scan in existing art, or import artwork or graphics to get started. It's easy with Manga Studio Debut!
Design with attention to detail
Choose from over 2,300 professional-grade screen tones to add dimension, depth and character to your art.
Invigorate your drawings
Easily color and fill your manga or comic using the integrated color set, advanced shading tools, and pattern brushes.
Bring your Characters to Life
Pre-designed word balloons allow you to quickly add dialog to your creations.
Apply special effects
Add focus and speed line effects in seconds to express moods or motion.
Publish your work
Output professional quality manga for print or web in various file formats. Manga Studio Debut exports JPG, BMP, PSD, TGA*, PNG*, TIFF* and PICT* files.
*Mac-only publishing format.
Get fast results
Perform complicated tasks with a single mouse click. Double your productivity by reusing design elements in a flash!

New and Updated Features

Manga Studio Debut 4.0 provides a fun, straightforward way for you to start creating your own comics today. New--Beginner's Assistant and dynamic help
With Manga Studio's built-in Beginner's Assistant interface, commonly used tool palettes are grouped together. Dynamic help offers instant access to information about tool palettes and menu options. Getting started has never been easier.
New--Color Palette
Color your artwork using the integrated color set. Choose from preset colors or create your own and add custom effects to your artwork.
New--Built-in Word balloons
Add word balloons with ease by dragging and dropping any of almost one hundred preset editable word balloons. Freely adjust the font, size, style and spacing of the text and add a curved or straight tail.
New--Advanced Text Input
Manga Studio Debut now allows you to enter text directly on your page using a standard text tool. You can also quickly add special characters and with support for many characters such as Katakana and Hiragana, Manga Studio Debut is better than ever!
Updated--More Screen Tones and Patterns
Choose from over 2,300 screen tones, a variety of special effects and comprehensive pen and brush tools, including over 80 customizable pattern brushes. Create and customize virtually unlimited combinations of patterns to create unique effects.
Updated--Additional preset page templates
Choose from over 160 built-in page templates for your page or story, or add your own customized pages and save them as templates.
Note: Register your product within 30 days of purchase and receive the Manga Studio Debut Content pack valued at $19.99 for free. This package includes over 100 background templates and over 100 Power templates. Information regarding registration and how to redeem your content pack are included with your purchase.

ArtRage Deluxe 2.5

Platform:    Windows Vista / XP, Mac OS X
List Price: $49.99
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Product Features

  • All the artists' tools you need to draw and paint on your computer
  • Paint with oil brushes, palette knives, airbrushes, paint rollers or paint tubes; Draw with pencils, erasers, chalk, felt pens or crayons
  • Import and export PSD files with layers and blend modes; crop, scale, move and resize any layer
  • Tracing paper function gets you drawing immediately with reference images
  • Supports multi-monitor systems and tablets

Product Description

All the tools and instruction you need to draw and paint on your computer.
Get started quickly with an easy-to-use, intuitive interface. Click to enlarge.
Realistic Natural Media Painting Tools
Recreate your favorite Photos or Images. Click to enlarge.
Choose from built-in stencils and rulers or create your own. Click to enlarge.
Adjust canvas grain, color and metallic options. Click to enlarge.
ArtRage Deluxe 2.5 includes tutorials and videos to learn from. Click to enlarge.
Easy-to-Use Painting Tools
ArtRage Deluxe gives you realistic art tools in a simple and stylish environment. Have a photo or picture you want to use as reference? Simply load it into ArtRage Deluxe and use the tracing paper function to get started immediately.
  • Paint with oil brushes, palette knives, airbrushes, paint rollers or paint tubes
  • Draw with pencils, erasers, chalk, felt pens or crayons
  • Create special effects with metallics and glitter
  • Use the color sampler to customize your palette
  • Use included images or load your own photos for tracing and reference
  • Convert photos to paint on a layer and create your own custom oil paintings
  • Import and export PSD files with layers and blend modes
  • Choose from built in stencils or create your own
  • Expand your artistic skills with instructional videos and tutorials
  • Move, scale, and rotate the canvas to any angle
  • Change your canvas grain, colors and metallic effects
  • ArtRage uses your tablet's pressure and tilt support
Each tool is designed to work like its real world counterpart. Thick paint smears and blends, pencils and chalks smudge, and markers work just like they do in the real world. Many of the tools can be adjusted to give different effects.
Recreate your favorite photos or images
ArtRage makes it easy to recreate photos or other images using its paint tools. ArtRage projects the Tracing Image onto your canvas so that you can use it as a guide while you sketch and paint. Pick colors from the tracing image, zoom in and out and trace your image as loosely or tightly as you see fit. Convert your tracing image to paint and create your own custom photo oil painting. If you just want a reference while painting, you can pin an image to your canvas and scale, rotate and position it as desired.
Precise Shapes and Lines
Stencils and rulers let you make precise shapes and lines while still painting freehand. Put down as many stencils as you like, then paint over them and create unique, precise shapes. Place rulers and create straight lines or smooth curves. Add paint to a layer and quickly convert it to your own custom stencil.
Metallics
The Metallic Paint option gives you spreadable, blendable gold and silver oil paints, sparkling glitter, silver leaf sprays and more. Any tool can be switched to Metallic mode for a wide range of incredible effects. Metallic paint still smears, smudges and blends with the regular paint.

Monday, July 12, 2010

Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007

List Price: $149.95
Price: $120.16 & this item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. Details
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Product Features

  • Essential software suite for home computer users makes it a pleasure to complete schoolwork and other tasks
  • Includes 2007 versions of Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and OneNote
  • Intuitive user interface that exposes commonly used commands; updated graphics and formatting galleries help you to easily produce high-quality documents
  • Work with confidence and security thanks to the improved automatic Document Recovery tool and the Document Inspector tool, which removes personally identifiable information from your document
  • Enhanced Help system includes online tutorials with step-by-step instructions; includes OneNote, a digital notebook that helps you gather, organize, and search many types of information in one place

Product Description

Please note that even though it is not noted on the box, Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 is compatible with Windows 7

Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 is the essential software suite for home computer users and includes 2007 versions of Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and OneNote. This system enables you to quickly and easily create great-looking documents, spreadsheets, and presentations, and organize your notes and information in one place, making it easier and more enjoyable for you to get things done.


The new streamlined workspace and easy-to-browse tabs make program features easier to find and use. View larger.


Insert graphics and charts such as these into your documents to make them more appealing. View larger.


Use the new diagram and improved charting tools to create rich and stunning visuals and charts. View larger.


Quick and easy-to-use table styles help your tables look great and consistent across Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, and PowerPoint presentations. View larger.


The Document Inspector helps find and remove potentially sensitive "hidden" information from your documents, presentations, and spreadsheets. View larger.


Office OneNote 2007 enables you to gather, organize, and search almost any type of information. The powerful search tool is shown here, with results highlighted in yellow. View larger.
This updated version features a new streamlined user interface that exposes commonly used commands, enhanced graphics, and formatting capabilities that let you create high-quality documents, plus a powerful note and information organization tool, and more reliability and security with the document inspector tool and improved automatic document recovery. With these enhancements, Home and Student 2007 makes it a pleasure to complete schoolwork and other tasks at home. Which edition of Office is right for you? View a comparison of Microsoft Office 2007 editions.
Create High-Quality Documents
Home and Student 2007 gives you access to updated graphics, formatting galleries, and an intuitive user interface that exposes commonly used commands. These features enable you to easily produce high-quality documents that will make you proud. Improved picture, charting, and graphics tools help you produce better-looking documents, spreadsheets, and presentations more quickly, while a large library of standard charts, quick formatting tools, and SmartArt diagrams make it easy to include rich and stunning visuals and charts. The results-oriented user interface makes it easier for you to find and use product features so you can enhance your documents according to your specifications. More stable bullets and numbers, SmartArt diagrams, and graphics and charting galleries provide you with a wealth of other formatting choices. Meanwhile, document themes help ensure a consistent appearance among the documents you create in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, to make working across the programs you use most more convenient. PowerPoint also features context-sensitive tabs and easy-to-use galleries that make it simple for you to include tables and other graphics in your documents.
Enhanced Reliability and Security Features
With an improved automatic Document Recovery tool and the new Document Inspector tool for removing personally identifiable information from your documents, Home and Student 2007 helps you work with more confidence and security. Thanks to these two features, you'll never have to worry about losing documents after a system failure or exposing your personal identification information or unwanted comments to others before sharing your documents.



Formatting galleries make it easier to find and apply formatting changes. View larger.
User-Friendly Operation
Packed with innovative features and improvements, Home and Student 2007 has a streamlined interface and an enhanced Help system, including online tutorials with step-by-step instructions, so you can quickly learn the product and find the answers to your questions. In addition, command tabs on the results-oriented Ribbon reveal commonly used commands that previously appeared only in lengthy drop-down menus. The Help system also offers a smooth transition between the Help menu in the Microsoft Office system and Help on the Internet (when connected). Larger, more informative ScreenTips provide help concerning commands, and the command tabs themselves are context-sensitive, changing automatically depending upon the task that you are trying to complete, so you won't waste time figuring out the appropriate command. When you need more guidance, online tutorials provide step-by-step instructions for common tasks. Organize Notes and Information
Home and Student 2007 includes OneNote, a digital notebook that helps you gather, organize, and search many types of information in one place. This means you can consolidate typed text, images, audio and video recordings, digital handwritten notes, Web clippings, and more on the same page. OneNote also provides flexible note-taking tools to help you organize information the way you want. Categorize important projects or information in a way that makes sense to you, using an easy-to-use layout of notebooks, sections, and pages. Type or organize content anywhere on the page and track important items with customizable note tags. To help keep you on track, the powerful Instant Search feature helps you to find information you are looking for quickly. With it you can even search handwritten notes, the text in images and scanned documents, and spoken words in audio recordings.
Preview Changes and Spot Trends
Home and Student 2007 saves you time by making it easier to format your Office documents with Live Preview. This tool lets you quickly preview proposed changes to your document while you're working on it without having to repeatedly search through layers of menus. Taking a look at your proposed formatting before committing to it lets you experiment without risk and can help minimize future edits. Excel features highly visual conditional formatting with new data bars, more colorful gradients, and icons that you can use to format data based on specific rules, so you can more easily identify key data trends, which can help you study and prepare written papers or reports.
Create and Save Custom Slide Layouts
PowerPoint lets you create presentations with ease using prebuilt and user-defined custom slide layouts. With the custom layout feature you can quickly create the precise layout you envision without being bound by one of the prepackaged, standard layouts. You can then save your custom layout for use in future presentations.
Broader Distribution of Your Documents
Home and Student 2007's features aren't limited to the work you do at home; they extend to broader distribution of your documents and presentations. New support for Portable Document Format (PDF) and XML Paper Specification (XPS) file formats helps ensure increased distribution and sharing of your documents with users on any platform. This is particularly ideal for either sharing documents with friends and families, or for presenting information and assignments in a computer-integrated class.

Fallout 3: Game of The Year Edition

List Price: $49.99
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Product Features

Platform: PC
  • Take in the sights and sounds of the vast Capital Wasteland! See the great monuments of the United States lying in post-apocalyptic ruin!
  • Vault-Tec engineers bring you the latest in human ability simulation - the SPECIAL Character System! Utilizing new breakthroughs in points-based ability representation, SPECIAL affords unlimited customization of your character.
  • The wizards at Vault-Tec have done it again! No longer constrained to just one view, experience the world from 1st or 3rd person perspective.
  • Feeling like a dastardly villain today, or a Good Samaritan? Pick a side or walk the line, as every situation can be dealt with in many different ways.
  • Rain death and destruction in an all-new cinematic presentation featuring gory dismemberments and spectacular explosions.

Product Description

Vault-Tec engineers have worked around the clock on an interactive reproduction of Wasteland life for you to enjoy from the comfort of your own vault. Included is an expansive world, unique combat, shockingly realistic visuals, tons of player choice, and an incredible cast of dynamic characters. Every minute is a fight for survival against the terrors of the outside world – radiation, Super Mutants, and hostile mutated creatures. From Vault-Tec, America’s First Choice in Post Nuclear Simulation.

101 Tips & Tricks for Sony Movie Studio

Price: $39.00 & this item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. Details

Product Description

Unlock the secrets of Sony Vegas Movie Studio, and learn how to quickly create those 'Wow!' effects that amaze your viewers and keep your clients coming back for more!
This DVD includes more than 101 all new video tutorials showing you how to quickly create amazing effects, solve common problems, and get the most out Sony Movie Studio.

You'll discover how to quickly create like Picture-in-Picture videos, Split-Screen interviews, flying video windows, professional titles and intro graphics, basic and advanced chromakey tricks, cloning actors, and much more!
Includes more than 3 hours of short, to-the-point video tutorials by Bill Myers as he shows you the easy way to accomplish amazing video and audio effects.

And don't confuse these with the videos on YouTube, as these are all new video tutorials from Bill Myers, not to be found on YouTube or any other web site.
If you want to quickly get up to speed with Sony Movie Studio, and learn tricks from a Movie Studio expert, this is for you.
Note that this disk includes high resolution computer screen movies, far superior than you'd get on a normal DVD. For that reason, this disc can be viewed on any computer DVD drive, but not on DVD drives attached to TV sets.
Now, back to the DVD contents . . .

101 Tips, Tricks & Techniques Using Sony Vegas Movie Studio shows you how to:
  • Create Picture in Picture Effects in 30 seconds or less
  • Create Split-Screen interview videos with two people on screen
  • Use Chromakey effect even without blue or green background
  • Convert 4:3 width video to wide screen
  • Freeze frame any part of a video
  • Convert videos to cartoons
  • Blur out Faces on Video
  • Spotlight a face within a video
  • Clone actors within your videos
  • Add product 'boxshot' animated drop-downs
  • Animate titles and text
  • Add Light Ray effect to titles
  • Create TV commercial titles and graphics
  • Create 4 way Picture in Picture (Hollywood Squares)
  • Find and use Audio Effects
  • Solve common Movie Studio Problems
  • Render HQ and HD video for YouTube
  • Convert Standard Definition to widescreen video for YouTube
  • And much much more . . . more than 101 video tutorials in all!
You'll learn secrets that can save you hours of editing time, and change boring video into commercial and YouTube successes!
Highly recommended! On DVD-ROM (plays in computers, not TVs).
Note:
This DVD is a data DVD that will play in any computer DVD drive and will produce very high resolution video. This DVD will NOT play in DVD players attached to TV sets.

Anime Studio Debut 7


Windows Vista / 7 / XP, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

List Price: $49.99
Price: $47.90 & this item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. Details

Product Features

  • Anime Studio Debut 7 offers complete animation for digital artists--perfect for first-time animators, hobbyists, and digital enthusiasts
  • Create your own art using intuitive vector-based draw, paint, and fill tools; or easily import artwork from popular graphics programs and use pre-built content to get started fast
  • Point-and-click to attach bones to your characters for easy manipulation and reduce production time over traditional frame-by-frame animation
  • Record your own sound clips inside Anime Studio with integrated Audio Recording and make your characters talk with built-in Lip Syncing
  • Export to the most popular web and video formats, or upload and share on YouTube or Facebook directly from within Anime Studio

Product Description

The fun, quick, and affordable way to create animations, Anime Studio is the ideal solution for first-time animators, hobbyists, and digital artists. The new Beginner's Mode helps you start animating immediately.

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Anime Studio Debut 6


List Price: $49.99
Price: $45.24

Product Features

  • Anime Studio Debut 6 offers complete animation for digital artists--perfect for first time animators, hobbyists and digital enthusiasts
  • Create your own art using intuitive vector-based draw, paint and fill tools; or easily import artwork from popular graphics programs and use pre-built content to get started fast
  • Point-and-click to attach bones to your characters for easy manipulation and reduce production time over traditional frame-by-frame animation
  • Inverse Kinematics moves your character naturally between keyframes for smooth animations
  • Export your creations to the most popular web and video formats supported by FaceBook and MySpace, or upload your animation directly to YouTube from within Anime Studio

Product Description

Complete Animation for Digital Artists: The fun, quick and affordable way to create animations, Anime Studio is the ideal solution for first time animators, hobbyists and digital enthusiasts. Create and Import Content: Create your own art using intuitive vector-based draw, paint and fill tools. Easily import artwork from popular graphics programs and use pre-built content to get started fast! Bone Rigging Saves Time: Point-and-click to attach bones to your characters for easy manipulation and reduce production time over traditional frame-by-frame animation. Advanced Timeline Control: Inverse Kinematics moves your character naturally between keyframes for smooth animations. Add sound, special effects, and preview in real time with multiple layers to edit your animation. Share Everywhere: Export your creations to the most popular web and video formats supported by FaceBook and MySpace, or upload your animation directly to YouTube from within Anime Studio.

 

 

 








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WinCleaner One-Click (Up to 3 Users)



List Price: $29.99
Price: $28.68 & this item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. Details
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Product Features

  • Keep Your PC working faster, smoother and trouble free
  • Registry Cleaner safely cleans, repairs and optimizes the Windows Registry
  • Accelerate System Startup times
  • Recover valuable hard drive space
  • Protect your privacy when visiting Web pages

Product Description

End PC slowdown with just one click. Browse faster, start smoother, improve your privacy and free up disk space... by taking out your digital garbage. Clear away the clutter and get more from your PC. Your computer is more than just a tool--it's a part of your life.
Your computer holds a lot of your life. Your music, your photos, your business records and your various social networks. That's why you can't trust just any PC maintenance product on the Internet. After nearly a decade of research and millions of PCs cleaned, WinCleaner is the most trusted name in PC maintenance software. WinCleaner OneClick will help keep your PC working optimally so you can experience that "as good as new" feeling every time you use your PC.
Keep Your PC working faster, smoother and trouble free.
Protect your privacy and improve overall PC performance.
Optimize your Windows registry.
Your PC needs to be cleaned. WinCleaner does it for you in just One-Click.
It happens every time you visit a Web page. Your computer picks up an image here, a cookie there. In no time at all you've got thousands of files cluttering your hard drive, making your PC sluggish and slow to perform. More importantly, this clutter threatens your privacy by leaving a record of the websites you've visited. It's a big risk to take when WinCleaner OneClick can put your mind at ease with just a simple click!
Did you know that as you use your computer, the heart of Windows--the Registry--gets cluttered and interferes with your PC's performance? WinCleaner OneClick's market leading Registry Cleaner safely cleans, repairs and optimizes the Windows Registry to remove errors and improve your PC's performace so you can get back to doing what matters to you most! All of this--automatically--with the click of a button.




WinCleaner OneClick digs out and deletes all of those unwanted, unseen records.
Here are the benefits of a WinCleaner tuned PC:
  • Restored Power and Stability
  • Accelerated System Startup times
  • Valuable hard drive space is recovered
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  • Improved overall PC performance

Final Fantasy XIV



 

Product Features

Platform: PC | Edition: Collector
  • Collector's Edition Content includes the following
  • Early Access code! (8 days prior to standard edition)
  • FFXIV Game Disc, Behind the scenes DVD, Buddy Pass Insert
  • "Right of Passage" voucher, In Game Item, Branded Security Token, and Travel Journal
  • Delivered by mail-Personalized and numbered "Right of passage" document

Product Description

Take up arms with adventurers from around the globe and embark on an epic journey within the unforgettable realm of Eorzea - the stage for a revolutionary new MMORPG designed to fit the lifestyles of players everywhere, from casual users to the most hardcore games.


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