Be prepared to watch your own living pets wither in the face of Dogz. The real thing can't stand a chance against this litter of ever-frolicsome puppy dogs (and one pig, natch) that willingly allow themselves to be dressed up in little Santa suits and transported to a northern snow scene to go sledging. (Flesh-and-blood Fido, meanwhile, hasn't received fresh water in days. ) When, oh when will these all-powerful Mindscape folks introduce a little reality, such as the sterile vet clinic, the overcrowded dog run, or the rainy 11 pm walk? Ecstatic wish fulfilment comes in many forms on this CD-ROM. Besides the joyful canine playtime, chock-a-block with props and exotic travel opportunities, there are cool, well-conceived moments in each of the scenes, such as the seeds and bulbs in the flower-garden area that sprout instantly when watered. This is the kind of pure pleasure that kids don't tire of quickly. On my street, the first and second graders have formed a Dogz club that often pre-empts all other kinds of play. Don't say you weren't warned! Rudimentary voice recognition, the big new feature of version 4, succeeds only halfway. It takes time to physically set up, it takes time to learn to speak correctly; then after all that, it just doesn't seem to hold universal appeal. Some kids relish playing boss with a megaphone, or Brittany Spears, or whatever it is; others chuck the headsets aside after a few sessions. [+]

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Everyone likes to complain about poor service or lack of workmanship, but there's an art to making effective written complaints that the authors behind Personal Letters & Contracts have mastered. This program produces a series of so-called intelligent documents-standard letters-that can be personalised to your specific requirements based on the way you answer a set of questions. As you go through the questions in the right hand column (consulting the advisory notes along the way) the personalised letter builds before your eyes in the left hand column. When you've finished, you can review the letter full screen and make any final edits manually before printing off a copy and posting it. As well as complaints, the program also handles personal contracts (for example house-sharing and pre-nuptial agreements) requests for mediation in a dispute from watchdogs such as OFTEL and OFWAT, along with change of address, termination of contract and refusal of compensation letters. As you'd expect, the content is good. The letter complaining about a hotel room not only offers plenty of scope for outlining the problem, but also quotes the 1982 Supply of Goods and Services Act in support of the complaint, while the refusal of compensation letter is so forceful that recipients will almost feel compelled to cough up. Make sure you register though to receive updates and information about changes to the law, and read the accompanying notes very carefully. Of course, you can make up your own letters for most occasions, but the complaints here have the right tone, and the contracts use the right jargon and refer to the appropriate legislation. For the price, this is well worth a look. [+]

Memory-Map is the first to bring these desirable products to the UK market as an ideal accompaniment for planning your walking, cycling, camping or even winter trips abroad in the mountains. In the summer, these maps are perfect for walking, mountain biking or off-road driving. In the winter, check out the popular ski and snowboard areas. Using the fascinating 3D World tool, you can impress your friends and family recording 3D Flythrough movies of your favourite routes and tracks. When using a GPS, see how quickly you climbed or descended down the mountain by importing your GPS tracklog.

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With each new release of Photoshop, Adobe manages both to satisfy the expectations of existing users and to pull a few magic features out of its hat. Version 6 is no exception. Powerful vector editing and masking, improved layer controls, layer styles, incredible typographic control, new web publishing tools and a cleaner more accessible interface are already making version 5. 5, itself a groundbreaker, look like ancient history. Photoshop's new vector features provide yet more control when compositing photographic images. You can use the vector drawing tools simply to create polygons and custom shapes, but they can also act as layer clipping paths-vector masks that hide or reveal image areas in underlying layers. Editable layer effects like drop shadow and glow were introduced in version 5. 5, in version 6 they have been renamed layer styles. New options include satin, stroke and colour, gradient and pattern overlay. The layer styles dialogue box provides much more control-Bevel and Emboss has five style options as well as adjusters for technique, depth, direction, size, soften, angle, attitude, gloss, contour, highlight mode, opacity-and that's not all of them. [+]

Photoshop Elements 2 sits between Photoshop and PhotoDeluxe and is ideal for anybody with a serious interest in digital imaging. It offers particularly good hand-holding for beginners. Photoshop Elements 2 is essentially the most widely used parts of Photoshop with tweaks to the interface to make them easier to use. It's designed mainly for retouching digital photographs, but has a number of natural media brushes too, so you can create your own images from scratch. The key features of the program are the amount of assistance offered and the friendly nature of the interface. While there are many more tools available than in, say, PhotoDeluxe, the comprehensive help system and the Recipe Palette work together to provide an easy way into common tasks. These include retouching images, preparing them as Web graphics and sending pictures as e-mail attachments. New additions to Photoshop Elements 2 start as soon as you choose to open a graphic file. The file browser now shows thumbnails of all readable files and provides details of their type and size. Double-click a thumbnail to open the file. [+]

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