Friday, November 13, 2009

iWork '09


Your instant design studio.
Even before you start writing, your document looks great. With over 180 Apple-designed templates, a professionally polished resume, brochure, school report, or invitation is waiting for you to make it your own. Use the Template Chooser to find the one you like. Add your own words inside the text placeholders. Use the Media Browser to drop photos from your iPhoto library directly into graphics placeholders. And there you have it: a beautifully designed, professional-quality document made in minutes.

Tables and charts make data instantly more compelling. You can copy and paste charts from Numbers into your document. The data is linked, so when you change the data in your spreadsheet, you can update your chart in Pages with just a click.

Keynote
It presents beautifully.
Even if you�ve never used Keynote before, you�ll find creating a presentation surprisingly simple. It all starts with an enhanced Theme Chooser that lets you preview an impressive collection of 44 Apple-designed themes. Drag across a theme to skim through its slide designs. Once you�ve chosen the perfect canvas for your presentation, simply substitute placeholder text and graphics with your own words and images. Thanks to the Slide Navigator, the progress of your presentation and its organization are always in view.

Easy-to-use tools let you add elements such as tables, charts, media, and shapes to your slides. Add a table with a click. Just as easily add a 3D chart that you can animate. With the Media Browser, you can drag and drop photos from your iPhoto or Aperture libraries, movies from your Movies folder, and music from your iTunes library.

Numbers
Numbers, uncrunched.
Plan a wedding. Save for retirement. Track your workouts. Keep a baby journal. Spreadsheets can help you organize and plan, and great-looking, Apple-designed templates will help you get started. With the Template Chooser, you can preview over 30 templates to use for home, work, and school. Tables are already made. Formulas have been figured out. Fonts are in place. They're all ready to go. Just find something you like and make it your own.

In Numbers �09, spreadsheets are built on a flexible, free-form canvas. So you can move tables, charts, graphics, and text anywhere you want on the page. As tables resize, objects automatically adjust to fit around them. Create as many tables as you want. Change fonts, sizes, colors, styles, and borders. With graphics tools, alignment guides, and rulers, spreadsheet-making becomes a surprisingly creative endeavor. And suddenly, spreadsheets make more sense.

The Media Browser adds some excitement to your spreadsheet. With a click, you can access your photos from iPhoto, your movies, and your video. The Sheet Navigator lists every table, chart, and sheet in your spreadsheet so you can quickly jump to any part of your project and make changes.
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Thursday, November 12, 2009

Fallout 3: Game of The Year Edition





Vault 101 -- Jewel of the Wastes. For 200 years,
Vault 101 has faithfully served the surviving residents of
Washington DC and its environs, now known as the
Capital Wasteland. Though the global atomic war of 2077
left the US all but destroyed, the residents of Vault 101
enjoy a life free from the constant stress of the outside world.
Giant Insects, Raiders, Slavers, and yes, even Super Mutants
are all no match for superior Vault-Tec engineering. Yet one
fateful morning, you awake to find that your father has defied the
Overseer and left the comfort and security afforded by Vault 101
for reasons unknown. Leaving the only home you've ever known,
you emerge from the Vault into the harsh Wasteland sun to search
for your father, and the truth.

Minimum Requirements


Windows XP/Vista
2.4 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor
1GB System RAM (XP)/ 2GB System RAM (Vista)
Direct X 9.0c Video card with 256MB RAM (NVIDIA 6800 or better/ATI X850 or better)

Recommended Requirements

Windows Vista SP1 or Windows 7
Intel Core 2 Duo processor
2 GB RAM
512MB RAM (NVIDIA 8800 series, ATI 3800 series)
DirectX 9 compatible
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Quicken Willmaker Plus 2009




America's No. 1 estate planning software helps you create a will, living trust,
living will -- and much more!

Help protect your family and your assets, and save on legal fees!

Quicken WillMaker Plus 2009 provides the legal forms you need.

So comprehensive, the software assembles your forms from among 40,000

document possibilities -- but so easy to use, you'll have them finished in minutes.

Simply launch Quicken WillMaker Plus to create your own:
Will
Living Trusts, including an AB Trust
Health Care Directive:
Living Will
Health Care Power of Attorney
Financial Powers of Attorney
Final arrangements document
Important documents for executors
The software also provides forms you can use every day, such as authorizations and agreements,
promissory notes, and child and elder care forms.

For each document, Quicken WillMaker Plus takes you through a step-by-step interview.
Your documents will automatically reflect the laws of your state.
If you have any questions, simply check out the comprehensive onscreen legal manual.
Expert tech support is also available.

Need to know more? Here are in-depth details about what you can do with Quicken WillMaker Plus:
Your Will
Provide for family, friends and charities.
Name a personal guardian to care for young children.
Specify the executor (or "personal representative") of your estate.
Select a trusted person to manage property left to young people.
Revise and update your will whenever you like.

Your Living Trust
Make a basic trust, whether you're married or single.
If married, you can create a AB trust (or bypass trust) and spare your heirs from

potentially heavy estate taxes.

Create subtrusts for minor children and young adults.
Name custodians for property left to children. Change or revoke your trust at any time.


Your Health Care Directive lets people who care for you make important decisions

about your life and health when you can't.

Create a:Health Care Power of Attorney

Permit a loved one to make important medical decisions for you if you are unable to do so yourself.

Living Will
Specify whether you want your life prolonged through artificial means.
Appoint someone to make sure your wishes are carried out.
Your Financial Power of Attorney

Name someone to make your financial decisions, in case you are medically incapacitated.
Don't worry, you can grant as much authority as you wish.

Your Final Arrangements
Plan a funeral or other ceremony. Clarify whether you want a cremation or burial.
Select someone to oversee your final arrangements -- and more!

Documents for Your Executor
Make sure your executor ("personal representative" in some states) has all the forms
and instructions he or she needs to do the job:
Checklists, letters, notices, claim forms -- and more.

Personal Finance Documents
Over a dozen forms that let you handle financial situations you might
face on any given day, such as lending or borrowing money to friends or family,
creating bills of sale, ending a credit card account -- and more!

Home & Family Documents
Whether you need to authorize someone to travel with your child to another country,
want to lend your car to a friend,
or create an agreement with a trusted person to take care of your elderly parent,
Quicken WillMaker Plus can handle all these family situations -- and many more! Learn More Quicken WillMaker Plus 2009

QuickBooks Pro 2010



OVERVIEW:
Business Accounting Tools That Help You Know Exactly - Yes, Exactly - Where Your Business Stands.

Now more than ever, each & every pound counts. That's why QuickBooks Pro makes it simple to organise all your business accounts in one place. So you can easily track money going in & out of your business.

* Manage VAT easily, and keep accurate tax records
* Instantly create and track invoices, estimates & payments due
* Keep all your customer, vendor & employee information at your fingertips

Money Comes In. Money Goes Out.
You Easily Track It All.

How? By organising your business accounts in QuickBooks. Breathe easier knowing where your business stands at any time, thanks to 100+ customisable financial report templates and a nearly fool-proof Audit Trail.

Create invoices, sales receipts & credit notes. Better track & manage stock - so you always know what's in, what's low and what's on order. Create POs. Customise your Chart of Accounts. Better manage VAT. Accurately manage accounts payable & receivable. ...And that's just the scratching the surface of what you can do with QuickBooks. Learn More QuickBooks Pro 2010

Spore (Games)


The next evolution in gaming is upon us. From the mind of Will Wright, the
creator of The Sims, comes SPORE, an epic journey that takes you from the
origin and evolution of life through the development of civilisation and
technology and eventually all the way into the deepest reaches of outer
space
Begin your odyssey at the dawn of life as a simple microbe just trying to
survive, then use the fun, intuitive Editors to evolve the creature from
its microscopic origins into an intelligent, tool-using race. Guide your
species as it builds (and the player designs) villages, buildings, cities,
and vehicles. Along the way to becoming a global civilisation you can
choose whether to hunt or forage, attack or trade, be nice or play rough

All the action takes place in a huge, lush world populated with creatures
evolved by other players and shared over SPORE's central servers. When it's
ready, your one-time pond scum launches into space in its UFO on a grand
voyage of discovery, planet forming, or destruct-ion As you explore and
play in this limitless universe of unique worlds, your personal Sporepedia
tracks all the creatures you've met and places you've visited. Learn More Spore

Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007



Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 is the essential software suite for home computer users that 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 latest version features the Microsoft Office Fluent user interface that exposes commonly used commands, enhanced graphics, and formatting capabilities that enable you to 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, Office Home and Student 2007 makes it easier and more enjoyable for you to get tasks done at home. Learn More Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007

PHP and MySQL Web Development 4th Edition


PHP and MySQL are popular open-source technologies that are ideal for quickly developing database-driven Web applications. PHP is a powerful scripting language designed to enable developers to create highly featured Web applications quickly, and MySQL is a fast, reliable database that integrates well with PHP and is suited for dynamic Internet-based applications.
PHP and MySQL Web Development shows how to use these tools together to produce effective, interactive Web applications. It clearly describes the basics of the PHP language, explains how to set up and work with a MySQL database, and then shows how to use PHP to interact with the database and the server.
This practical, hands-on book includes numerous examples that demonstrate common tasks such as authenticating users, constructing a shopping cart, generating PDF documents and images dynamically, sending and managing email, facilitating user discussions, connecting to Web services using XML, and developing Web 2.0 applications with Ajax-based interactivity.
The fourth edition of PHP and MySQL Web Development has been thoroughly updated, revised, and expanded to cover developments in PHP 5 through version 5.3, such as namespaces and closures, as well as features introduced in MySQL 5.1. Learn More PHP and MySQL Web Development (4th Edition)

MCITP Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-441): Sql 2005


Announcing an all-new Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP) Training Kit designed to help maximize your performance on Exam 70-443, an exam for the new MCITP: Database Administrator certification. This kit packs the tools and features exam candidates want most—including in-depth, self-paced training based on final exam content; rigorous, objective-by-objective review; exam tips from expert, exam-certified authors; and a robust testing suite. It also provides real-world scenarios, case study examples, and troubleshooting labs for skills and expertise that you can apply to the job.

Focusing on SQL Server 2005, this official study guide covers topics such as designing a database server infrastructure, designing security for a database server solution, designing a physical database, designing a database solution for high availability, specifying data recovery technologies based on business requirements, and designing a strategy for data archiving.

Ace your exam preparation and ramp up quickly on SQL Server 2005 database administration by working at your own pace through the lessons, hands-on exercises, and practice tests. The CD features 425 practice questions and a flexible test engine with pre-assessment and post-assessment capabilities. Choose timed or untimed testing mode, generate random tests, or focus on discrete objectives or chapters, and get detailed explanations for right and wrong answers—including pointers back to the book for further study. You also get a 180-day evaluation version of SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition and a 15 percent exam discount voucher—making this kit an exceptional value and a great career investment. Learn More
MCITP Self-Paced Training Kit (Exams 70-431, 70-443, 70-444): Microsoft® SQL Server 2005 Database Administrator Core Requirements (Pro Certification)

Learning SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services


A step-by-step guide to getting the most of Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services 2008

* Everything you need to create and deliver data-rich reports with SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services as quickly as possible
* Packed with hands-on-examples to learn and improve your skills
* Connect and report from databases, spreadsheets, XML Data, and more
* No experience of SQL Server Reporting Services required

In Detail

Learning SQL



Updated for the latest database management systems -- including MySQL 6.0, Oracle 11g, and Microsoft's SQL Server 2008 -- this introductory guide will get you up and running with SQL quickly. Whether you need to write database applications, perform administrative tasks, or generate reports, Learning SQL, Second Edition, will help you easily master all the SQL fundamentals.

Each chapter presents a self-contained lesson on a key SQL concept or technique, with numerous illustrations and annotated examples. Exercises at the end of each chapter let you practice the skills you learn. With this book, you will:
Move quickly through SQL basics and learn several advanced features
Use SQL data statements to generate, manipulate, and retrieve data
Create database objects, such as tables, indexes, and constraints, using SQL schema statements
Learn how data sets interact with queries, and understand the importance of subqueries
Convert and manipulate data with SQL's built-in functions, and use conditional logic in data statements
Knowledge of SQL is a must for interacting with data. With Learning SQL, you'll quickly learn how to put the power and flexibility of this language to work.
Learning SQL

Star Wars Unleashed



This entry in the Star Wars saga casts players as Darth Vader's "Secret Apprentice", unveiling new revelations about the Star Wars galaxy. The expansive story, created under direction from George Lucas, is set during the largely unexplored era between Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. In it, players will assist the iconic villain in his quest to rid the universe of Jedi - and face decisions that could change the course of their destiny. As its name implies, The Force Unleashed completely re-imagines the scope and scale of the Force by taking full advantage of newly developed technologies only possible on next-gen consoles that will be seen and experienced for the first time anywhere in videogaming.

This Ultimate Sith Edition combines the original Star Wars The Force Unleashed videogame with three new levels set in iconic Star Wars locales and a host of new costumes and character models. This special edition of the game will show players the deepest, darkest side of the Force in a story that puts them on a collision course with Luke Skywalker himself. Learn More Star Wars The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition