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	<title>Software and IT news log by Softpicks.Net</title>
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		<title>Apple will register its &#8220;history tree&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	The company Apple has applied for registering their new patent, describing a new way of presenting history of visited pages. The manufacturer of Safari is going to patent a newgraphical presentation of history, showing history of browsing in a tree-like structure, which allows users to see relationships between pages. The tree of visited pages will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softpicks.net/blog/10/apple-will-register-its-history-tree.htm</link>
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		<title>Nokia introduces Qt Extended 4.4 developing platform</title>
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The company Nokia has announced the package Qt Extended 4.4, a full open source platform to develop user interfaces and applications for mobile and embedded devices based on the Linux operating system. 
	The platform Qt Extended (previously known as Qtopia) consists of 19 separate components, to add specific functionality to created evices (the possibility of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softpicks.net/blog/10/nokia-introduces-qt-extended-44-developing-platform.htm</link>
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		<title>Lotus Notes and Domino now support iPhone</title>
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IBM has announced expanding the consumer audience of their main products Lotus Notes and Domino. 
	Now the functionality of the popular solutions can be estimated by owners of popular
Apple smartphones iPhone. Lotus iNotes ultralite will be granted to holders of registered copies of Lotus Notes for free and will allow mobile employees of organizations to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softpicks.net/blog/10/lotus-notes-and-domino-now-support-iphone.htm</link>
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		<title>Kroll Ontrack provides data recovery for Oracle DBMS</title>
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The company Kroll Ontrack reported that the services and the software Ontrack Data
Recovery since now be used to recover data in Oracle databases. 
	The list of supported platforms, previously included Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint and DBMS SQL. Kroll Ontrack guarantees successful data recovery, damaged due to hardware failure, inadvertently deleted or
lost for any other reasons. Recovery [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softpicks.net/blog/10/kroll-ontrack-provides-data-recovery-for-oracle-dbms.htm</link>
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		<title>Star Wars: The Force Unleashed sells really well</title>
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Nearly simultaneous release of the game Star Wars: The Force Unleashed immediately for the six different platforms brought significant profit: the project for five days has been sold in 1.5 million copies. This is officially the most fast-selling game of Star Wars from LucasArts. On the total, 4.3 million copies have gone on sale and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softpicks.net/blog/10/star-wars-the-force-unleashed-sells-really-well.htm</link>
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		<title>NVIDIA Forceware WHQL 178.13 for Vista</title>
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NVIDIA Corporation has introduced a new version of drivers for Windows Vista, which were certified WHQL. They are ideal for video cards’ lines GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, as well as the line 200. The drivers are designed to work only under Windows Vista (both 32-bit and 64-bit versions). 
	Some features of this release: 
	WHQL [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softpicks.net/blog/10/nvidia-forceware-whql-17813-for-vista.htm</link>
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		<title>Mozilla Lightning 0.9: calendar for Thunderbird users</title>
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A new version of Lightning has been released, a program-addon for the free email client Thunderbird. Lightning is meant to integrate the calendar into the mail program and, thus, make it similar by the functionality to Outlook. In fact, Lightning is a slightly modified version of the calendar Sunbird, but working with Thunderbird. The program [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softpicks.net/blog/10/mozilla-lightning-09-calendar-for-thunderbird-users.htm</link>
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		<title>GPU-Z 0.2.8: testing your videocard</title>
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Another version of the program to display information on the graphics adapter. GPU-Z supports NVIDIA and ATI cards. It will help you to determine which videocard model you have, learn about connection interface, what graphics processor used (BIOS version, chip revision number, frequency in 2D, 3D modes, information on the support of DirectX). In addition, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softpicks.net/blog/10/gpu-z-028-testing-your-videocard.htm</link>
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		<title>Gamasutra gives list of best-selling games 2008</title>
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Gamasutra, referring to data of NPD, released a list of best-selling games 2008. Of course, the year is not over yet, but now you can see what games are most popular with users. 
	Best-selling Xbox 360 games: 
Grand Theft Auto 4 (Rockstar Games); 
	Call of Duty 4 (Infinity Ward); 
	Madden NFL 09 (EA Tiburon); 
	Rainbow [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softpicks.net/blog/10/gamasutra-gives-list-of-best-selling-games-2008.htm</link>
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		<title>Photoshop.com Mobile is open</title>
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The first beta version of the service Photoshop.com Mobile for mobile phones. The service provides such opportunities as uploading photos from a cell phone, viewing images and albums uploaded to the service, opening access to them for other users. 
	The first beta testers of Photoshop.com Mobile can evaluate the service providing they have one of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softpicks.net/blog/10/photoshopcom-mobile-is-open.htm</link>
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		<title>MotorStorm: Pacific Rift: coming out in late October</title>
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Evolution Studios has released another portion of beautiful screenshots of their excellent racing game MotorStorm: Pacific Rift, which is being developed exclusively for PS3. This time, the authors give us an opportunity to look at the multiplayer with screen division, as well as various kinds of environments existing in the project. 
	It should be recalled [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softpicks.net/blog/10/motorstorm-pacific-rift-coming-out-in-late-october.htm</link>
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		<title>Far Cry 2: new details</title>
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New screenshots of the shooter Far Cry 2 have been published in the net. This time, we are demonstrated how multiplayer battles would look for PC. For the most part, they look nice. There are no special changes unless you take into account the availability of small icons, and network messages. 
	Far Cry 2 comes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softpicks.net/blog/10/far-cry-2-new-details.htm</link>
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		<title>Level 5 + Ghibli = perfect game for DS</title>
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The studio Level 5 is well known to all lovers of Japanese games. It is this company that was responsible for creating Dragon Quest 8, as well as Rogue Galaxy and Professor Layton &#038; the Curious Village. Thanks to the latest issue of the magazine Famitsu it was known that the company, in collaboration with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softpicks.net/blog/10/level-5-ghibli-perfect-game-for-ds.htm</link>
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		<title>Dfine 2.1 for Photoshop: removing noise</title>
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Noise is one of the most common problems bothering digital camera owners. It can be caused by a variety of factors such as excessive light at the time of shooting, image processing by a specific camera, etc&#8230; 
	The additional module Dfine 2.1 for Photoshop helps you to get rid of noise of any kind. The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softpicks.net/blog/10/dfine-21-for-photoshop-removing-noise.htm</link>
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		<title>Windows Mobile 7 is postponed</title>
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The release of Windows Mobile 7 will be postponed. Microsoft has notified some of its partners of this fact. Although the exact date of releasing Windows Mobile have never been mentioned, some partners have been expecting the new operating system early next year. However, Microsoft reported that Windows Mobile 7 will not come out until [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softpicks.net/blog/10/windows-mobile-7-is-postponed.htm</link>
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		<title>Thunderbird 2.0.0.17: updating the popular client</title>
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A new version of the popular email client Thunderbird has come out. Despite its free status, the program has all the tools for convenient work with mail: spam filtering system, ability to read news through RSS, the opportunity to sort messages into folders based on a variety of criteria such as date, sender, etc. 
	In [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softpicks.net/blog/10/thunderbird-20017-updating-the-popular-client.htm</link>
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		<title>Warhammer Online will have addons</title>
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No sooner had Electronic Arts launched Warhammer Online in the network, than the developers have begun to torture fans with information on possible addons. According to the project producer Jeff Hickman, Mythic Entertainment has been thinking over the addon for two months already. Some steps have been taken already, though, it is still too fat [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softpicks.net/blog/09/warhammer-online-will-have-addons.htm</link>
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		<title>Mirror’s Edge is sure to be a hit!</title>
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The DICE studio Marketing director Martin Frain thinks that the future game of the studio called Mirror’s Edge will be able to get sold in three million copies. In his point of view, this unusual action/platformer from the first person can even overcome the abovementioned number and sell even better. The project is promised to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softpicks.net/blog/09/mirror%e2%80%99s-edge-is-sure-to-be-a-hit.htm</link>
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		<title>Max Payne gets rated PG-13</title>
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The director John Moore did manage to make his promising project get a PG-13 rating. This means that the brutal adaptation of the famous video game will available for all American teenagers to watch. Originally, the project was rated R. In order to get another rating, filmmakers had to cut a few too cruel shots. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softpicks.net/blog/09/max-payne-gets-rated-pg-13.htm</link>
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		<title>Wrath of the Lich King will come out only on DVD</title>
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Blizzard has officially stated that the expected addon Wrath of the Lich King for the multiplayer role-playing game World of Warcraft will be available only on DVD. The publishers are not going to distribute the project on usual CD disks. By the way, the previous addon to the popular MMORPG (The Burning Crusade) was distributed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softpicks.net/blog/09/wrath-of-the-lich-king-will-come-out-only-on-dvd.htm</link>
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		<title>Crysis Warhead will have SDK</title>
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Crysis Warhead, appeared on sale on Sep, 16, 2008, was delivered without SDK, a set of tools to create your own maps and various user modifications. According to Crytek, this unfortunate omission will soon be fixed. 
	The developers wanted to make sure that the game would turn out most interesting, so they did not want [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softpicks.net/blog/09/crysis-warhead-will-have-sdk.htm</link>
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		<title>Silent Hill: Homecoming banned in Australia</title>
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The project Silent Hill: Homecoming (PC, Xbox 360, PS3) from Double Helix was allowed in Australia. This game can not be purchased in a country where Postal and many other violent interactive entertainments once had been banned. Perhaps, Konami will be able to break this ban if they make a “defatted” version of the product [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softpicks.net/blog/09/silent-hill-homecoming-banned-in-australia.htm</link>
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		<title>Left 4 Dead: system requirements</title>
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Left 4 Dead is one of the most interesting shooters of 2008. This thriller consists of several campaigns, each of which is built on the same principle: you need to get from one point to another, shooting off hundreds of hungry and extremely fast zombies. 
	Valve has already named the system requirements of this project. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softpicks.net/blog/09/left-4-dead-system-requirements.htm</link>
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		<title>Call of Duty: World at War - collection edition</title>
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Official information about the collection edition of the new part of the famous military series Call of Duty has been published recently. Users who acquire Xbox 360 or PC version, will have as well: 
	Tommy gun FG 42, which will be available from the very beginning. This powerful weapon will help you to fight better [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softpicks.net/blog/09/call-of-duty-world-at-war-collection-edition.htm</link>
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		<title>Tenchu 4: some new details</title>
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The company Ubisoft has presented several fresh screenshots of the action Tenchu 4 for Wii. The European publisher of this Japanese project is going to begin selling the project in the U.S. and Europe not before next year. 
	Unlike the earlier part of this very famous series, developed by From Software, the fourth part of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softpicks.net/blog/09/tenchu-4-some-new-details.htm</link>
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		<title>Nokia Photos 1.5</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	A new version of Nokia Photos 1.5 supports geo-tags and integrates with services Nokia Ovi.  
	The Nokia Photos developing team has announced the availability of a new version of their popular product for beta-testing. 
	This free program Nokia Photos 1.5, installed on cell phones, significantly simplifies the management of photos and videos and their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softpicks.net/blog/09/nokia-photos-15.htm</link>
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		<title>The Company CCS is releasing a new version of Disk Write Copy, the final product in the 1.x line</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	The Company CCS is releasing a new version of Disk Write Copy, the final product in the 1.x line. 
	This is a very joyous moment, because in the future we can expect line 2.x. 
	There is great news for users of Disk Write Copy. Many people in the company support the policy of free updates, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softpicks.net/blog/09/the-company-ccs-is-releasing-a-new-version-of-disk-write-copy-the-final-product-in-the-1x-line.htm</link>
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		<title>Computer games increase the pupils progress</title>
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Organization of Learning and Teaching Scotland, (LTS) in charge of curriculum in scottish schools, has conducted an analysis of the impact of developing computer games on students’ results in school, reports BBC News. 
	The study has covered more than 600 pupils from 32 Scottish schools who were invited to play every day in the computer [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softpicks.net/blog/09/computer-games-increase-the-pupils-progress.htm</link>
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		<title>New version of GNOME 2.24</title>
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An updated version of the popular open-source desktop environment GNOME 2.24 has come out. 
	One of the most significant and expected
improvements implemented in GNOME 2.24, is a new multi-protocol Internet-messenger Empathy. This product, intended to be included in the previous version of GNOME 2.22, offers support of multimedia chats and boasts close integration with the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softpicks.net/blog/09/new-version-of-gnome-224.htm</link>
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		<title>IBM expands family of products Internet Security Systems</title>
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IBM has announced adding of its own portfolio of solutions Internet Security Systems (ISS), including tools of protecting corporate networks from various types of threats. 
	The proposed solutions will help to reduce existing risks, to provide security of virtual infrastructures, to guarantee protection of invested capital and to organize work taking into account specifics of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softpicks.net/blog/09/ibm-expands-family-of-products-internet-security-systems.htm</link>
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		<title>Public beta of Skyfire mobile browser</title>
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The Californian startups Skyfire, the manufacturer of the mobile web-browser of the same name, invited owners of Windows Mobile devices to participate in the beta testing of a new version of their product. 
	The browser, which is, according to developers, is a main competitor to new Opera Mobile, has been updated to version 0.8. One [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softpicks.net/blog/09/public-beta-of-skyfire-mobile-browser.htm</link>
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		<title>CodecInstaller 2.10.2: information on codecs</title>
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A new version of CodecInstaller has come out, a program designed to analyze codecs installed on your computer and determining which missing codec is needed for viewing the movie. The program also tells where you can download the missing codecs. CodecInstaller is easy-to-use, particularly, in distributing video files on the disk, because by running it, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softpicks.net/blog/09/codecinstaller-2102-information-on-codecs.htm</link>
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		<title>Microsoft speaks out on Windows 7 taskbar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Microsoft is extremely reluctant to share any information about the next version of their operating system, preferring to measure out information in small portions. 
	Last week in the developers blog information was published on the new taskbar, which will be offered to Windows 7 users. The large-sized post tells the history and evolution of this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softpicks.net/blog/09/microsoft-speaks-out-on-windows-7-taskbar.htm</link>
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		<title>SkinStudio 6.3: developing design schemes for Windows XP</title>
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A new version of SkinStudio 6.3 has come out, an application enabling you to completely change the appearance of Windows XP. 
	The package includes the latest version of WindowBlinds, designed to adjust the parameters of the Windows user interface. 
	Having installed the software SkinStudio, users
will be able to download from the Internet, thousands of styles [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softpicks.net/blog/09/skinstudio-63-developing-design-schemes-for-windows-xp.htm</link>
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		<title>DVD Disk Builder 9.8.5: creating and recording DVD</title>
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A new version of the program for DVD compositing and authoring. The program includes three modules: to create DVD based on video files; to add menus and to record the results on the disc. Each module can be run individually, but in many cases it is more convenient to use a wizard DVD Disk Builder, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softpicks.net/blog/09/dvd-disk-builder-985-creating-and-recording-dvd.htm</link>
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		<title>Treelike history of working with Safari</title>
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The company Apple has patented a new development, which makes work of with the popular browser of Safari even more comfortable. 
	The developer proposes to display the history of work with the browser in the form of a visible treelike scheme, the nodes of which are visited pages. The entire list, in its turn,
is bound [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softpicks.net/blog/09/treelike-history-of-working-with-safari.htm</link>
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		<title>AKVIS Coloriage v.6.0: playing with color on photos</title>
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A new program AKVIS Coloriage has been updated to version 6.0. With the help of AKVIS Coloriage you can quickly and qualitatively colorize black-and-white photos and change color on a colored ones. 
	Coloriage allows you to quickly and well color photos, whether portraits, landscapes, still life or advertising images. It can add color to hand [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softpicks.net/blog/09/akvis-coloriage-v60-playing-with-color-on-photos.htm</link>
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		<title>doPDF 6.1.274: converting docs in PDF</title>
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doPDF allows converting documents into the format of PDF. After installing this utility, the virtual printer driver is installed in the system, due to which you can save files in this format in any program supporting the feature of printing. doPDF determine simple settings in printing in PDF, including a customizable resolution, page’s scale, as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softpicks.net/blog/09/dopdf-61274-converting-docs-in-pdf.htm</link>
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		<title>Stellarium 0.10.0: best way to watch the stars</title>
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A new version of the free program Stellarium has come out. The program has a queer purpose and is a three-dimensional planetarium. Its interface is presented in the form of the earth landscape and the starry sky above it. The user can choose the place on the Earth, from which he wants to watch the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softpicks.net/blog/09/stellarium-0100-best-way-to-watch-the-stars.htm</link>
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		<title>Photoshop CS4</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	As a part of the package Creative Suite 4, a new version of the most popular graphical editor in the world Photoshop CS4 was introduced. Like the previous version, Photoshop is available in two versions: Photoshop CS4 and Photoshop CS4 Extended. The latter contains all the possibilities of Photoshop CS4, plus additional funds for working [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softpicks.net/blog/09/photoshop-cs4.htm</link>
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