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Award-winning Autodesk® Maya® software is a powerful, integrated 3D modeling, animation and rendering solution that enables leaders in film and television, game development, design visualization, and education to stay ahead of the game.

Go beyond Microsoft's Help guide and discover the true secrets of Windows Vista that are essential to power users. Written by two of the most recognized Windows authorities, this resource provides you with numerous tips, tricks, and undocumented features that aren't available anywhere else.

UltraMon is a utility for multi-monitor systems, designed to increase productivity and unlock the full potential of multiple monitors. UltraMon adds an additional taskbar for each secondary monitor, and each taskbar only shows tasks from the monitor it is on. This makes managing lots of open applications much easier, and when activating an application, you'll know on which monitor it will appear. Use the UltraMon tabs added to a shortcut's properties to set an application's position or use custom display settings when the application is running.

SmartSound SonicfirePro 5.0 is the first-ever royalty-free music solution with "Mood Mapping" for dynamically matching the mix and feel of music to the changing moods of any production. Built with SmartSound’s patented technology, Sonicfire Pro gives visual storytellers unprecedented control and flexibility over their music scores resulting in unlimited creative options right from their video editing workstation.

When it comes to digital music, sometimes you want the compactness of MP3s, and sometimes you want the quality of a CD. MP3 WAV Converter makes it easy to have both. The program converts .wav music files to .mp3 format to reduce the size of the files by roughly a factor of 10, and it changes MP3s to .wav files for playback on standard CD players. It also doubles as an audio player, minus the fancy skins and light shows most players have these days. The program completes conversions in seconds, and you can convert and play batches of files at a time. Any .wav files converted to MP3s are automatically normalized to a consistent volume level.

"Here is the story behind one of the most remarkable Internet successes of our time. Based on scrupulous research and extraordinary access to Google, the book takes you inside the creation and growth of a company whose name is a favorite brand and a standard verb recognized around the world. Its stock is worth more than General Motors and Ford's combined, its staff eats for free in a dining room that used to berunby the Grateful Dead's former chef, and its employees traverse the firm's colorful Silicon Valley campus on scooters and inline skates.

SUPERAntiSpyware is the most thorough scanner on the market. Our Multi-Dimensional Scanning and Process Interrogation Technology will detect spyware other products miss. Easily remove pests such as WinFixer, SpyAxe, SpyFalcon, and thousands more. SUPERAntiSpyware will detect and remove thousands of Spyware, Adware, Malware, Trojans, KeyLoggers, Dialers, Hi-Jackers, and Worms. SUPERAntiSpyware features many unique and powerful technologies and removes spyware threats that other applications fail to remove.

Tiffen Dfx software offers something for everyone, whether photo enthusiast, professional photographer, cinema-tographer or editor, anyone who wants precision control over their images..

UTIMACO Safeware A/G SafeGuard Easy ver.4.50 Build 2.16 (Munich, August 29th, 2008) - provides total company-wide protection for sensitive information on laptops and workstations. Boot protection, pre-boot user authentication and hard disk encryption using powerful algorithms guarantee against unauthorized access and hacker attacks. SafeGuard Easy is both simple to install and operates transparently in the background.

Berlin, September 15, 2008 Version 11 of O&O Defrag Professional and Server Edition is now available. The multiple award-winning defragmen-tation program from the Berlin-based publisher, O&O Software, optimizes hard disks while merging file fragments efficiently and securely.

The Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool application was designed to be another virus scanner and detection software from Kaspersky. The produst will scan the specified locations for any virus threats and remove them or send to Quarantine folder.

ExtractNow allows you to extract multiple archives quickly and easily. Why wear out your clicking finger extracting files one by one when you can extract at once? ExtractNow does a fine job of bundling compressed files and extracting their contents in one fell swoop.