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Total Training for Adobe Photoshop CS

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Apple’s Final Cut Pro 4.5

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Creative NOMAD’s Jukebox Zen NX

If you've been looking for an affordable hard-drive-based MP3 player that can compete with Apple's i-POD, then Creative's NOMAD Jukebox Zen NX is the...

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The team at e-on software who gave us Vue d'Esprit 4 (Seal of Excellence) have improved on the existing software and come up with...

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Maxtor’s 5000DV External Hard Drive

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Lavasoft’s Ad-Aware 6.0 Professional

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eHelp’s RoboDemo 4.0

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Anark Studio 2.0

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IBM’s IntelliStation M Pro

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