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PowerCinema 6

Cyberlink USABart Koslow6/19/2009ApplicationCyberlink PowerCinema 6 is a multimedia program to play, record, and classify Photos, Movies, Videos, Music and TV programs. www.cyberlink.com

SearchMyDiscs 4.0

10 Strike SoftwareBart Koslow6/16/2009Digital MediaSearchMyDisks is a database program primarily meant to catalog your CDs and DVDs. It will also catalog photos, multimedia files and folders like music and videos, text, games, and all other types of files and folders including program files.www.10-strike.com

PowerDVD 9 Ultra

CyberLink USABart Koslow6/11/2009Digital MediaPowerDVD will playback in HD mode your DVDs, CDs and media files of all formats (including Blueray) from any source. That is just the beginning. This program has more bells and whistles than you could possibly master in a month of Sundays. www.cyberlink.com

Acronis True Image Home 2009

AcronisStuart Dreifus4/8/2009BackupAcronis True Image Home 2009 is an all in one drive image and file backup and restore program for XP and Vista computers.www.acronis.com

Omnipage 16 Professional

Nuance CommunicationsEli Spater3/13/2009ApplicationOmniPage Professional 16 is a fast and precise way to convert paper and PDF files into files you can edit or archive in your various PC applications. OmniPage Professional 16 provides the speed, quality and features required to access and store information in all your documents. www.nuance.com

PaperPort 11 Professional

Nuance CommunicationsBart Koslow3/12/2009Digital MediaScansoft PaperPort 11 Professional (PPP) by Nuance is a comprehensive paper and digital media program that will acquire, organize, convert and share your documents electronically. www.nuance.com

Silver Efex Pro

Nkk SoftwareDarrel Priebe3/9/2009Digital PhotoSilver Efex Pro by Nik Software is an Adobe Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, or Apple Aperture plug-in which allows you to convert your color images to Black and White (B&W) quickly and easily, while giving you a large variety of options to create a unique look for your picture. www.niksoftware.com

Quicken Premiere 2009

IntuitDan Reed3/5/2009FinancialQuicken Premier 2009 is the most recent version of Intuit’s program to keep track of a person’s financial well- being. www.intuit.com

Novastor Backup 10 Business Essentials

Novastor CorporationBart Koslow1/30/2009BackupNovastor Backup (Nova) is a comprehensive backup program that will perform image backups, continuous in the background backups, and programmed file and folder copy and backups as desired. www.novastor.com

Lucis Pro 6

Image Content Technology LLC Darrel Priebe1/19/2009Digital Photo Lucis Pro 6 - A high-end Photoshop plug-in that enhances images with unique super-sharp details and/or painterly artistic effects. Most useful to commercial photographers and advanced amateurs who value a unique and creative look to their images.www.lucispro.com

Nero 9 Suite

Nero Inc.Judy Forman1/13/2009Digital MediaOne of the giants in the world of rip and burn, Nero is considered by many to be the industry standard. www.nero.com

Backup Now 5 Advanced

NewTech Information SystemsBart Koslow1/8/2009BackupBackup Now 5 (BUN) is a comprehensive backup program that enables you to perform three types of backups: image backups, continuous data backup, and file based backup.www.ntius.com

Power Desk 7 Professional

Avanquest Publishing USA Inc.Bart Koslow12/21/2008UtilityPower Desk is a greatly enhanced Windows Explorer type program that manages files, digital photos, MP3 music files, and images. It can copy, move, label, convert, zip, color code, search, view, encrypt and prioritize files, and much more.www.avanquest.com

Creator 2009

Sonic Solutions - RoxioMarika Panczel12/9/2008Digital MediaRoxio Creator 2009 is a suite of applications providing the tools for capturing, editing, burning, and archiving digital images, videos and music, and creating personalized audio recordings and slideshows to share digital images and professional looking movies from video clips.www.roxio.com

System Suite 9 Professional

Avanquest Publishing USA, Inc.Bart Koslow12/1/2008UtilitySystem Suite is a complete set of utilities to protect and maintain your computerwww.avanquestusa.com

Spyware Doctor 6 with Anti-Virus

PC ToolsBart Koslow10/17/2008UtilitySpyware Doctor is an intuitive, easy to use program that will protect your computer against many threats. Spyware Doctor 6 with Anti-Virus now includes BehaviorGuard which is an augmented version of the free PC Tools ThreatFire.www.pctools.com

Norton 360 V2

SymantecPeter Lazarov10/13/2008UtilitySymantec's NORTON 360™ Version 2.0provides protection for almost everything. Running in the background, it stops viruses, spyware and other online threats. It also protects you from identity theft and phishing scams by verifying trusted Web sites and blocking fake ones.www.symantec.com

Mask Pro 4.1

onOne SoftwarePet Padilla10/1/2008Digital PhotoMask Pro 4.1 is a plugin for Adobe Photoshop CS 2, CS 3 or Adobe Elements 4 or later. It gives you the ability to take out the unwanted parts (masking) of your photograph that could make your photo a winner.www.onOnesoftware.com

Driver Genius Pro 8

Avanquest Publishing USA, Inc.Barton Koslow9/1/2008UtilityDriver Genius by Avanquest will help you keep your software and hardware drivers up-to-date and working properly. It uses a database of 30,000 official drivers to compare with those on your computer.www.avanquestusa.com

Eye Candy 5: Impact

Alien Skin SoftwareDarrel Priebe8/1/2008Digital PhotoEye Candy 5: Impact is a set of 10 plug-in filters from Alienskin for Adobe Photoshop and Photoshop Elements that create special effects like chrome, bevels, glass buttons, perspective shadows, and more.www.alienskin.com

System Mechanic 8

iolo TechnologiesBart Koslow8/1/2008UtilitySystem Mechanic (SM) is a comprehensive computer utility that repairs problems, speeds up your PC, cleans up unneeded programs and files, provides complete security with an anti-virus program, a firewall, spyware detection and removal, and much more.www.iolo.com

PhotoTools 1.0 Professional Edition

onOne SoftwareDarrel Priebe6/1/2008Digital PhotoIf you want a super fast and easy-to-use photo enhancement plug-in program for Photoshop, that will give your pictures greater snap and dazzle and save you time to boot, you can’t do better than PhotoTools by onOne Software. www.onOnesoftware.com

Paint Shop Pro Photo X2

CorelKathren Masten4/1/2008Digital PhotoCorel Paint ShopPro Photo X2 is a complex photo editing program designed to allow a user to make simple corrections or perform total manipulation of images.www.corel.com

Vivenza

Nik SoftwareDarrel Priebe4/1/2008Digital PhotoViveza is a powerful, easy-to-use tool for Photoshop or Photoshop Elements, which gives the photographer precise control of the color and light in a photographic image without the necessity of creating selections or layer masks.www.niksoftware.com

Color Efex 3.0 Pro

Nik SoftwareDarrel Priebe3/1/2008Digital PhotoThis program really rocks! With 52 filters and, according to Nik, over 250 effects found in Color Efex Pro 3.0 Complete, you can perform high quality retouching , color correction, and endless creative enhancements to your photographs. CEP is an easy, fun, creative and powerful set of filter effects for Photoshop and Photoshop Elements that will take your images and digital darkroom work to a new level of excellence.www.niksoftware.com
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