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Everything you always wanted to know about Left 4 Dead but where afraid to ask.

andrew — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 03:26:23 +0000

I thought I new everything about the game, but why should I try to compete with this compendium of knowledge, here is everything you need to know.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left_4_Dead

Where do you find the lowest prices for Apple MAC ilife09 ? eBay might be your best bet.

andrew — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 02:38:03 +0000

Where can you find the best prices for Apple’s ilife 09 for the MAC ?

I have searched around and although Amazon has some very good prices, I have found eBay to have the best deals as of late.

I created a custom search that pulls from an eBay data feed to help you narrow your search to the best prices quicker.

Here you go

Link to custom Mac ilife price search

Cheers

Call of duty world at war the game highly addictive to say the least

andrew — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:20:56 +0000

The new Call of Duty is great. It has the same engine used in Call of Duty 4, which is a very smart move by their part. Call of Duty 4 was such an amazing hit. I would say the best game of all year. It made me put Halo 3 aside and forget completely about it. Now, the new Call of Duty is about the World War 2. To be honest, a war that has been covered in a lot of video game titles. But the story line is very intense, which made me keep playing the campaign through the end. I cant forget, the zombie mode that is unlocked when you beat the game. It is lots of fun!! You grab some friends over xbox live and you can go very far.

The online playing is where its at. It has the same concept as COD4, which lets you unlock weapons and perks with the experience points you get. There are a few new perks and the weapons are all old school. The gameplay online is very fast paced, but this time around i felt that a lot of weapons did not have enough recoil and that makes it very easy for people to kill you. The crouch system takes too long to respond. In COD4 if you think fast, you can crouch and cover from enemies in no time. I also noticed that at least 2 maps still have glitches. Players get under the map there is no way to kill them. That can be very frustating when you are leading and boom, somebody from under the map gets you. Besides those few annoyances the online multiplayer has countless hours of fun. I love how you can see the lobby leaderboard and compare your stats against other players besides your friends. I can play this game over and over, and never get tired of it.

Carlos

You can search on the best price here, I built this search link into my script on this blog

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Does dragon naturally speaking software really work ?

andrew — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:23:51 +0000

I have been thinking about buying one of the dragon naturally speaking software versions, obviously you would think that it makes sense to get the latest version, well, sometimes that is not the case, as the previous release may sometimes work better, I did a few searches and I am still trying to settle on which version to try, here is some my research.

First Nuance’s site, after all they did create the software:

Dragon Naturally Speaking Preferred speech recognition software lets you work faster and more efficiently. Read More

Interesting view on the software and mixed comments:

I was the lucky winner of TheBlogJoint’s competition, that was held just a few weeks ago. I thought it would Read More

Seems they have a Medial transcription version of the software, seems pricey,
could this put medial transcriptionists out of business?

Software consultants bringing you Dragon Naturally Speaking by ScanSoft, Medical Transcription and Voice Recognition software Read More

I am open to any comments from users of the software, tips, tricks, etc…

My random sampling of the news on Oct 13th 2008

andrew — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:52:13 +0000

Monday, October 13, 2008 The Princeton University professor and New York Times columnist is the best-known American economist to win the prize in decades. The Nobel committee commended Krugman’s work on global trade, beginning with a 10-page paper in 1979 that knit together two fields of study Read More

Much attention has been focused on ugly comments aimed at Barack Obama from some people attending rallies for John McCain and Sarah Palin. But consider these incidents that have received little or no media attention. At least four demonstrators at a Sarah Palin rally in Philadelphia Saturday wore t Read More

At approximately 2:30 a.m. this past Sunday morning, the Mitchell County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to 4595 Windfall Ave., south of the town of McIntire in reference a complaint of a combine that had driven through several yards, striking numerous vehicles and a garage. The combine drove away Read More

CRANDON, Wis. - The lone survivor and parents of four young people killed in a shooting rampage by an off-duty deputy have filed a multimillion dollar civil lawsuit accusing top law enforcement leaders of negligence. The lawsuit filed in Forest County Circuit Court claims authorities knew Deputy Read More

NEW YORK — Wall Street stormed back from last week’s devastating losses today, sending the Dow Jones industrials soaring a nearly inconceivable 936 points after major governments’ plans to support the global banking system reassured distraught investors. All the major indexes rose more than 11 Read More

Korg’s updated multi-effects processor

andrew — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:50:12 +0000

Dug this news up on Korg tonight, interesting.

Korg Announces Updates for the Pandora PX5D Personal Multi-Effects Processor and USB Recording Interface
Korg announces updates to its Pandora PX5D personal multi-effect processor and USB recording interface for guitar and bass, further expanding the unit’s capabilities. These updates are available as a free download from the Korg website (www.korg.com).

Video Software News and Reviews - Avid Express Pro Shortcuts

andrew — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 10:42:43 +0000

Researching Avid Express Pro video editing and authoring software… just a few shortcuts to save you some time.

Avid, Final Cut Pro, and Streaming Training Courses Final Cut Pro, Motion, DVD Studio Pro and Avid training resources Read More

Avid Technology, Inc. has announced Avid Xpress Pro with Avid Mojo. This is a powerful combination of new nonlinear editing software and portable Avid Digital Nonlinear Accelerator Read More

Avid Xpress Pro, Avid Xpress, Avid Xpress Editing System, HDV Editing , HDV Editing System ATI Radeon HD3870 512MB DDR4 PCI-Express Video Card Read More

Avid Xpress Pro. Real-world, real-time HD, SD, DV and film editing for Mac and PC systems Read More

Avid Xpress Pro 5.8 System Requirements. Will Avid Xpress Pro 5.8 work on my machine? NVIDIA QuadroFX 3500 PCI Express ; NVIDIA QuadroFX 3450 PCI Express ; NVIDIA QuadroFX 3400 Read More

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Check out our knowledgebase as well on this subject

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Music Notation Editing Software News - Finale PrintMusic and Dolet Finale Plug-in

andrew — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:59:07 +0000

Doing some reading tonight on Finale PrintMusic and a plug-in for Finale called Dolet.

These upgrades and additions only prove to keep MakeMusic on top of the music notation software sector.

Finale PrintMusic 2009 Released - PC World
MakeMusic on Tuesday released Finale PrintMusic 2009 , an application that allows you to print publisher-quality sheet music. Among the changes with the 2009 release is a streamlined workflow.

Dolet for Finale 4.5 - ZDNet Australia
Dolet for Finale is a plug-in for Finale 2000 to 2009 that reads and writes MusicXML 2.0, 1.1, and 1.0 files. Together with our Dolet for Sibelius plug-in, it can read music created from the Sibelius notation program much more accurately than with

MakeMusic Releases PrintMusic 2009 - MSN MoneyCentral
MakeMusic, Inc. MMUS announced today the release of Finale PrintMusic ® 2009. This latest upgrade to MakeMusic ’ s best-selling music notation software offers an improved, easy-to-use interface and many new features including: Streamlined Workflow

Once you have done your homework, try finding the best price from our ebay data feed, and that uses our special search algorithm.

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SYMANTEC NORTON ANTIVIRUS 2008 - Take free downloads with a grain of salt

andrew — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 03:24:20 +0000

Dugg up these links tonight, one word of caution, take the words, “free download”, with a grain of salt, do your homework, check the forums, research the features, and then find the best price.

I put together a knowledgebase that includes most all categories of pc software.

It pulls in answers from yahoo, and videos from youtube, it seems to be performing quite well.

P.S. has a nice search feature as well in the top right corner.

Check it out here

http://softwarepack.biz/knowledgebase/

These are some of the sites I pulled in tonight related to Symatec’s Norton for your research and reading pleasure.

Symantec Norton Confidential 2007 - 10514879
Safeguard your personal information from online identity theft. Norton Confidential protects you when you re most vulnerable: at a Web site while banking or shopping online, and

Symantec Norton 360 Software Suite - Total Protection + MORE! ~ The
Symantec has announced that its Norton 360 protection suite is ready to go after an extensive beta program. The new security suite promises total protection form viruses, hackers

Symantec - Norton 360 - Norton Community
I have norton 360. Is there a way to only Scan one file, or folder? I have a folder that I download some stuff to, And I would like to only scan that folder for any Virus.

Symantec Norton Ghost v10 Order Online
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Norton AntiVirus free download. Symantec’s Norton AntiVirus™ 2004
Norton AntiVirus free download. Symantec’s Norton AntiVirus™ 2004 is the world’s most trusted antivirus solution† —now with expanded detection of both known and emerging

Symantec Norton Utilities Software Information | Business.com
Offers Symantec Norton Utilities software for system maintenance and protection.

Virus Definitions & Security Updates - Symantec Corp.
Virus Definitions & Security Updates Multiple Daily Updates Learn More Symantec Endpoint Protection 11 Norton AntiVirus 2008 and newer

Antivirus & Security News and Reviews Today - Free AVG Internet Security Download

andrew — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:44:39 +0000

Ok so this is my first post here, and I just wanted to voice an explanation of why I pulled this blog together in the first place.

I wanted post my own personal reviews, and pull in the best of what I find on the net.

Many of the reviews I find out there are completely biased, and some shoot straight.

The ultimate goal here is to allow readers to do their research and make the most sensible buying decisions.

I include feeds from eBay on the right sidebar of my blog, and use a special search algorithm to pull in the best prices from the site, so before you make you’re final buying decision on any Antivirus & Security software check out the prices for yourself.

http://www.softwarepack.biz/auctions/Software/Antivirus-and-Security

Here are some of the excerpts from my web research on AVG.

Free AVG Internet Security Download
Free AVG Internet Security Download,AVG Internet Security 8.0.81 Build 1271 is Comprehensive protection for Windows against all online threats.avg update

AVG Internet Security Version 7.5.446 Review
AVG Internet Security Version 7.5.446 Review Cyber Top Cops Newsflash SHPAMEE Project Updated Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:38:29 GMT

AVG 8.0 Anti-Virus and Internet Security - AVG Security Product
All of the AVG security products for home and business. Local telephone support, plus 24/7 e-mail support and high-speed automatic updates.

AVG Internet Security SBS Edition
AVG Anti-Virus Software South Africa AVG Internet Security SBS Edition Anti-Virus, Anti-Spyware, Anti-Rootkit, Webshield & LinkScanner, Anti-Spam, Firewall.

AVG Internet Security 8.0, - CBS News
The Good: AVG Internet Security 8.0 includes Linkscanner technology to block malicious Web sites

AVG Anti-Virus and Internet Security - AVG Internet Security Network
Antivirus and internet security protection for home and business. 24/7 support and high-speed automatic updates. Products ranging from maximum protection, to basic antivirus

AVG Internet Security 7.5.488a1138 Download
AVG Internet Security 7.5.488a1138 free download Downloads: 328847 File size: 50.97MB Requirements: Win 98,2000,Me,Windows Xp,Windows Vista