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| Vintage Microsoft Excel Version 2.20 For Macintosh. Brand new, factory sealed | ![]() |
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| Vintage Microsoft Windows 3.0 for DOS Operating System New and Sealed | ![]() |
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| VINTAGE MICROSOFT INTELLIMOUSE PS2 BALL MOUSE PR 98483 | ![]() |
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| Vtg Baleno Microsoft Windows, Tetris Yellow Coolmax Jersey, Top L | ![]() |
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| Vintage Microsoft IntelliMouse PS/2 Compatible | ![]() |
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US $9.99 | 28d 5h 1m |
| Vintage Microsoft Sidewinder 3D Pro Controller Joystick | ![]() |
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US $59.99 | 1d 10h 4m |
| Vintage Microsoft Green Eye Mouse (RARE) | ![]() |
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| Microsoft InPort 8-bit Bus Mouse Card Interface Board 900-255-018 Rev G Vintage | ![]() |
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| Microsoft Windows v.3.0 or 2.x vintage complete in box! | ![]() |
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| Vintage Microsoft XBOX Promo Suction Cup POS Store window display Sign UNUSED | ![]() |
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| Vintage RADIO CONTROL CAR 27MHz decals decor Computer City Microsoft Acer Bose | ![]() |
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| Two Vintage Microsoft Mouses | ![]() |
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| TIMEX DATA LINK MICROSOFT INDIGLO DIGITAL WRISTWATCH VINTAGE MEN'S 150 S CR 1620 | ![]() |
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| Vintage Microsoft Project for Windows ver 1.0, Manuals, 3.5 & 5.25 Disks, More | ![]() |
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| Vintage Mac SEALED Microsoft Office Standard Version 4.2.1 Word PowerPoint Excel | ![]() |
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US $79.99 | 29d 18h 11m |
| Vintage Microsoft Word first version for Windows 1990. Brand new factory sealed! | ![]() |
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| Vintage Microsoft Excel for Windows v 3.0 Brand new and still factory sealed | ![]() |
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| Vintage Microsoft ® Works Software On Floppies New NIP | ![]() |
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| Vintage MICROSOFT FLEXIBLE KEYBOARD PS/2 USB WIN98 NEW | ![]() |
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US $39.95 | 28d 9h 31m |
| Factory sealed MICROSOFT WINDOWS 95, STARTS HERE & HERE & WHY - VINTAGE COMPUTER | ![]() |
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US $5.00 | 27d 12h 17m |
| Skinit New York Rangers Vintage Skin for Microsoft Xbox 360 Includes HDD | ![]() |
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US $29.99 | 29d 11h 14m |
| VINTAGE TIMEX EARLY MICROSOFT 1995 NASA DATA LINK WATCH NEW IN THE BOX | ![]() |
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US $99.95 | 28d 18h |
| Vintage Microsoft File v2.0 for Apple Macintosh. Brand new, still factory sealed | ![]() |
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US $119.00 | 28d 10h |
| VINTAGE (199X) PIN/ TIE TACK -- MICROSOFT WINDOWS (CEBIT /GERMANY) (FRAMED) | ![]() |
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US $19.99 | 26d 16h 33m |
| VINTAGE (199X) RARE PIN/ TIE TACK: MICROSOFT WINDOWS 95 FROM CEBIT (FRAMED) | ![]() |
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US $19.99 | 26d 14h 26m |
| VINTAGE (1991) COMPAQ 2 PAGE AD (FORTUNE) "BUY A COMPAQ AND GET A MICROSOFT BALL | ![]() |
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US $24.99 | 28d 4h 42m |
| Skinit New York Rangers Vintage Skin for 1 Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller | ![]() |
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US $14.99 | 29d 11h 14m |
| Skinit Chicago Blackhawks Vintage Skin for Microsoft Xbox 360 Slim 2010 | ![]() |
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US $29.99 | 29d 11h 14m |
| Skinit Detroit Red Wings Vintage Skin for Microsoft Xbox 360 Includes HDD | ![]() |
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| Skinit Detroit Red Wings Vintage Skin for Microsoft Xbox 360 Slim 2010 | ![]() |
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| Skinit Pittsburgh Penguins Vintage Skin for Microsoft Xbox 360 Includes HDD | ![]() |
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US $29.99 | 29d 11h 14m |
| Fury3,Vintage PC Game for Microsoft Windows 95, NEW | ![]() |
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US $2.42 | 24d 10h 19m |
| Vintage Microsoft HALO "REACH" T-SHIRT NWORN L | ![]() |
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US $17.95 | 28d 14h 53m |
| Vintage and extremely rare Microsoft prerelease software & documentation 1985!!! | ![]() |
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US $184.00 | 26d 15h 46m |
| Vintage ad - 1982 MICROSOFT color magazine ad 16k memory RAMCard | ![]() |
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US $11.99 | 27d 14h 57m |
| VINTAGE (1992) MICROSOFT SOUNDBITS "CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD MOVIES" FOR IBM PC | ![]() |
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US $19.99 | 28d 8h 40m |
| Skinit Boston Bruins Vintage Skin for 1 Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller | ![]() |
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US $14.99 | 29d 11h 14m |
| Skinit Chicago Blackhawks Vintage Skin for 1 Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller | ![]() |
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US $14.99 | 29d 11h 14m |
| Skinit Detroit Red Wings Vintage Skin for 1 Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller | ![]() |
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US $14.99 | 29d 11h 14m |
| Skinit Washington Capitals Vintage Skin for 1 Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller | ![]() |
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US $14.99 | 29d 11h 14m |
| Vintage Microsoft PowerPoint version 2.0. Brand new and still factory sealed!! | ![]() |
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US $129.00 | 24d 16h 13m |
| Vintage Microsoft Windows 95 Upgrade edition. Brand new and still factory sealed | ![]() |
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US $43.00 | 20d 17h 49m |
| Vintage Microsoft Windows Vrs 3.0A 3 1/2" Disks for Magnovox New in Pkg!!! | ![]() |
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US $99.99 | 24d 9h 52m |
| Vintage Microsoft Basic Compiler for MS-DOS on 5.25" from 1983. Very rare retail | ![]() |
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US $224.00 | 26d 11h 5m |
| Vintage Microsoft MS-DOS Version 5.02 Unopened, still in the plastic!!! | ![]() |
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US $50.00 | 25d 16h 48m |
| MICROSOFT GOLF - the PC WINDOWS CD-ROM GAME with CD-Key - vintage computer 1996! | ![]() |
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US $5.95 | 23d 17h 19m |
| Vintage Microsoft Windows 2.0 W/Manuals & 3 1/2" Software Disks 1987 | ![]() |
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US $249.99 | 24d 9h 52m |
| Vintage Microsoft Fortran 80 Software Programming Manual | ![]() |
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US $129.99 | 25d 9h 50m |
| Vintage and very rare Microsoft Mouse Serial Version. Boxed retail, complete | ![]() |
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US $199.00 | 26d 10h 46m |
| VINTAGE (MAY 1985) INFOWORLD MAG "MICROSOFT'S EXCEL CHALLENGES 1-2-3" (GATES PIC | ![]() |
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US $24.99 | 25d 5h 3m |
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FPS Freek by KontrolFreek (Classic) List Price: $19.99 Sale Price: $11.99 |
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Legendary performance. 100% Tournament legal. Created with precision and accuracy in mind, the FPS Freek is our flagship accessory. Fueled by our desire to win, the FPS Freek was developed for the sole purpose of becoming better at first-person shooters. The result has become somewhat of a legend. Proven a winner time and time again, the FPS Freek has been praised by numerous professionals, enthusiasts and n00bs alike. By increasing the length of the thumb-sticks slightly, precision while aiming is improved dramatically. Your range of motion is increased by 40%, giving you the opportunity to make smaller adjustments and "snap" to targets much faster in first-person shooters. This affords you the luxury of turning up controller sensitivities to get the closest feel to a mouse possible on a console. The greater leverage offers you better control and less force-alleviating thumb-fatigue and adding more comfort to long gaming sessions. In short, this increased accuracy and decreased thumb-fatigue results in more kills and less deaths. In the competitive world of online gaming, you'd be crazy to play without the FPS Freek! FPS Freek is designed to fit both the PS3 and Xbox 360 controllers but will also fit many third-party versions. Works great in games like: * Modern Warfare 2 * Battlefield: Bad Company 2 * Call of Duty: Black Ops * Halo: Reach * Medal of Honor |
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Apple USB Keyboard - White Sale Price: $59.99 |
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The 109-key Apple Keyboard features full-size cursor keys, perfect for zipping up, down and sideways in a game or on a spreadsheet. |
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Asus K60I Dual Core Notebook PC (Refurbished) List Price: $499.99 Sale Price: $689.89 |
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This Asus K60IJ-RBBBR05 Refurbished Notebook Computer is the perfect entertainment platform powered by an Intel Pentium T4400 2.2GHz processor, 4GB of DDR2 memory, 500GB hard drive and Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Operating System. This Asus notebook PC has a DVDRW Disc player that can also read and write DVD discs. Enjoy your premium HD content on either the 16-inch HD LED-backlit Widescreen Screen with a 1366 x 768 resolution or export to an HD-capable display. |
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Reader Rabbit Learn to Read With Phonics (Preschool & Kindergarten) List Price: $9.95 Sale Price: $4.54 |
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Join Reader Rabbit on a joyful journey to build reading confidence and success! Develop essential reading skills while exploring 26 Letter Lands filled with fun phonics activities and engaging storybooks. Practice language arts skills while playing with four fabulous word-making machines at the Word Factory. From letters and sounds, to words, and spelling, and on to reading comprehension. |
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Advanced .NET Debugging List Price: $54.99 Sale Price: $39.02 |
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“Mario Hewardt’s Advanced .NET Debugging is an excellent resource for both beginner and experienced developers working with .NET. The book is also packed with many debugging tips and discussions of CLR internals, which will benefit developers architecting software.” –Jeffrey Richter, consultant, trainer, and author at Wintellect “Mario has done it again. His Advanced Windows Debugging (coauthored with Daniel Pravat) is an invaluable resource for native code debugging, and Advanced .NET Debugging achieves the same quality, clarity, and breadth to make it just as invaluable for .NET debugging.” –Mark Russinovich, Technical Fellow, Microsoft Corporation The Only Complete, Practical Guide to Fixing the Toughest .NET Bugs Advanced .NET Debugging is the first focused, pragmatic guide to tracking down today’s most complex and challenging .NET application bugs. It is the only book to focus entirely on using powerful native debugging tools, including WinDBG, NTSD, and CDB, to debug .NET applications. Using these tools, author Mario Hewardt explains how to identify the real root causes of problemsâfar more quickly than you ever could with other debuggers. Hewardt first introduces the key concepts needed to successfully use .NET’s native debuggers. Next, he turns to sophisticated debugging techniques, using real-world examples that demonstrate many common C# programming errors. This book enables you to Make practical use of postmortem debugging, including PowerDBG and other “power tools” Understand the debugging details and implications of the new .NET CLR 4.0 Master and successfully use Debugging Tools for Windows, as well as SOS, SOSEX, CLR Profiler, and other powerful tools Gain a deeper, more practical understanding of CLR internals, such as examining thread-specific data, managed heap and garbage collector, interoperability layer, and .NET exceptions Solve difficult synchronization problems, managed heap problems, interoperability problems, and much more Generate and successfully analyze crash dumps A companion web site (advanceddotnetdebugging.com) contains all sample code, examples, and bonus content. |
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New Perspectives on Microsoft Office Access 2003, Comprehensive, Second Edition (New Perspectives (Course Technology Paperback)) List Price: $128.95 Sale Price: $6.99 |
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Part of the New Perspectives series, this text offers a case-based, problem-solving approach and innovative technology to make learning Microsoft Access 2003 skills both meaningful and memorable for students. This Second Edition has been updated to include a variety of new material to keep your course up-to-date and engaging. |
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Learning Microsoft Excel 2000 |
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Learning Excel 2000 teaches Microsoft Excel 2000, beginner to expert levels. Learn Excel's new features, like List AutoFill and Excel's new cursors. Each lesson introduces a software topic quickly, then teaches you the relevant functions with step-by-step directions. Screen captures, illustrated keystrokes, and mouse directions make learning easy. Follow-up exercises then provide skill application while also honing critical thinking. Spiral-bound. 416 PAGES:. |
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Mafia II [Download] List Price: $29.99 Sale Price: $7.49 |
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Mafia ii is a third-person sandbox shooter that provides a look into the dark and unforgiving world of the mob. Expanding on the original hit mafia that captivated more than 2 million gamers around the world this new incarnation takes players even deeper into the mafia with a mature and exciting experience that allows players to explore the gameworld as they wish and immerses them in it like never before. Features include complete gangster movie experience a wide variety of combatincluding vehiculara mood setting soundtrack and much more. story born the son of a poor immigrant vito is a beaten down italian american who is trying to secure his piece of the american dream. Looking to escape the life of poverty that consumed his childhood vito is soon swayed by the lure of power and wealth that a life of organized crime can bring. A petty criminal his whole life vito along with his childhood friend joe will descend into the world of organized crime. Together they will work to prove themselves to the mob as they try to make their names on the streets of a cold and unforgiving city. next-gen 2k czech game engine powered by 2k czechs next-generation engine built specifically for mafia ii players experience the true evolution of the mafia game that defined a genre. Gunfights hand-to-hand combat and vehicular exploration feature new depth and dimension that allow players to experience the world of mafia ii in a way that will keep them coming back for more. key game features gangster-movie experience - through strong authentic characterization and compelling narrative the mature storyline will make you understand the pull and impossible escape of life in the mob. action-packed gameplay - take part in car-to-car gunfights hand-to-hand combat and gunplay forming an intense and exciting experience. all-new engine powers the next generation of mob video games - 2k czechs next-generation engine allows gamers to travel from outdoor environments to intricately designed interiors... |
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Mafia II List Price: $19.99 Sale Price: $14.25 |
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A gangster movie experiencewith action-packed batProduct InformationIn Mafia II born the son of a poor immigrant Vito is a beatendown Italian American who is trying to secure his piece of the AmericanDream. Looking to escape the life of poverty that consumed hischildhood Vito is soon swayed by the lure of power and wealth that alife of Organized Crime can bring. A petty criminal his whole lifeVito along with his childhood friend Joe will descend into the worldof organized crime. Together they will work to prove themselves to theMob as they try to make their names on the streets of a cold andunforgiving city.Powered by 2K Czech's next-generation engine Mafia II lets players experience the true evolutionof the Mafia game that defined a genre. Gunfights hand-to-hand batand vehicular exploration feature new depth and dimension that allowplayers to experience the world of Mafia II in a way that will keepthem ing back for more. Mafia II is a third-personsandbox shooter game that provides alook into the dark and unforgiving world of the Mob. Expanding on theoriginal hit Mafia this new incarnation takes players even deeperinto theMafia with a mature and exciting experience that allows players toexplore the gameworld as they wish and immerses them in it like neverbefore.Product Features Immersive Gangster Experience - Throughstrong authentic characterization pelling narrative and stunningpresentation the mature storyline will make players understand thepull and impossible escape of lie in the Mafia. Action-Packed Gameplay - Take part inheart-stopping car-to-car chases visceral hand-to-hand bat andintense gunplay all of which e together to form a deep andengrossing gameplay experience. Authentic Portrayal of Mid-20th Century America- Experience an epic story set across two decades where the clothingcars and advertising are meticulously created to replicate the feel ofa '40s and '50s American city; as players progress through the eras thecity and its elements wil Mafia II is a third-person, sandbox shooter that provides a look into the dark and unforgiving world of the Mob. Expanding on the original hit, Mafia, that captivated more than 2 million gamers around the world, this new incarnation takes players even deeper into the Mafia with a mature and exciting experience that allows players to explore the gameworld as they wish and immerses them in it like never before. Features include complete gangster movie experience, a wide variety of combatincluding vehiculara mood setting soundtrack and much more. .caption { font-family: Verdana, Helvetica neue, Arial, serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; } ul.indent { list-style: inside disc; text-indent: -15px; } table.callout { font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1. 3em; } td.vgoverview { height: 125px; background: #9DC4D8 url(http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/electronics/detail-page/callout-bg.png) repeat-x; border-left: 1px solid #999999; border-right: 1px solid #999999; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px; padding-bottom: 10px; width: 250px; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; } Story Born the son of a poor immigrant, Vito is a beaten down Italian American who is trying to secure his piece of the American Dream. Looking to escape the life of poverty that consumed his childhood, Vito is soon swayed by the lure of power and wealth that a life of Organized Crime can bring. A petty criminal his whole life, Vito, along with his childhood friend, Joe, will descend into the world of organized crime. Together, they will work to prove themselves to the Mob as they try to make their names on the streets of a cold and unforgiving city. Explore the dark and unforgiving world of the Mob in Mafia II. View larger. Next-Gen 2K Czech game Engine Powered by 2K Czech's next-generation engine built specifically for Mafia II, players experience the true evolution of the Mafia game that defined a genre. Gunfights, hand-to-hand combat and vehicular exploration feature new depth and dimension that allow players to experience the world of Mafia II in a way that will keep them coming back for more. Key Game Features Gangster-Movie Experience - Through strong, authentic characterization and compelling narrative, the mature storyline will make you understand the pull and impossible escape of life in the Mob. Action-Packed Gameplay - Take part in car-to-car gunfights, hand-to-hand combat and gunplay, forming an intense and exciting experience. All-New Engine Powers the Next Generation of Mob Video Games - 2K Czech's next-generation engine, allows gamers to travel from outdoor environments to intricately designed interiors without the need for loading times. Authentic Script from the Writer of Mafia I - The writing team from Mafia I returns to deliver another powerhouse script that portrays a tale of survival, camaraderie and the pitfalls of pursuing the American Dream. Music as Environment - Players will be immersed in the Golden Era of America as Mafia II features tracks from some of the era's most influential artists. Additional Screenshots: Gangster movie experience. View larger. Action packed combat. View larger. Full vehicle integration. View larger. Various play options. View larger. |
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Command and Conquer the First Decade List Price: $19.99 Sale Price: $13.47 |
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Command And Conquer: The First Decade is an incredible compilation of classic near-future strategy wargaming from the mega-hit series. With this special 10th anniversary edition, you get 12 strategy games and a bonus DVD of commemerative features. Games included: Command & Conquer - Tiberian Sun Command & Conquer Tiberian Sun - Firestorm Command & Conquer - Red Alert 2 Command & Conquer - Yuri's Revenge Command & Conquer - Renegade Command & Conquer - Generals Command & Conquer Generals - Zero Hour In 1995, a young game studio named Westwood released one of the first real-time strategy games. They had created the genre a few years earlier, but this title took the fledgling genre to new heights with impressive graphics, revolutionary gameplay features and an enthralling story told through the then-young art of full motion video. After twelve successful games spread out over ten years, the venerable Command & Conquer franchise has become synonymous with the real-time strategy genre it popularized, and the entire series is now available on one disc in Command & Conquer The First Decade. Command & Conquer the First Decade collects the entire Command and Conquer library on one disc. Red Alert offers mixes vintage World War 2 vehicles with some distinctly modern touches. View larger. Generals is more geared for the current gamer, with a contemporary setting and modern graphics. View larger. Tiberian Sun updates the classic Command and Conquer game, continuing the storyline with improved gameplay and graphics. View larger. Battle the old-fashioned way with the original Command & Conquer, watch an alternate World War II unfold in Command & Conquer Red Alert or control the modern warfield in Command & Conquer Generals--all three of Command & Conquer's worlds are open to nostalgic gamers and modern aficionados alike. Tiberian Dawn Old friends await the seasoned gamer in the original Command & Conquer universe, as the fanatical Brotherhood of Nod battles the Global Defense Initiative in a war over the mineral Tiberium. Whether playing as the Brotherhood and obeying the charismatic Kane's every command or taking control of GDI forces as they seek to save the world from Kane's ambition, every detail of Command & Conquer is just as you remember it. The original full motion videos tell the story in what was once cutting-edge and is now quaint, and the gameplay is simple as can be. Gather Tiberium to produce tanks, infantry and more to decide the fate of the world, or try to connect to others with one of the first online game-finding services! Bring the original storyline to a close in Command & Conquer Tiberian Sun, and determine the fate of the world--or, if you want a break from the strategy formula, take control of a GDI Commando in the recent Command & Conquer Renegade, a first person shooting game set in the Tiberium universe. See the world of C&C up close and personal from Nick "Havoc" Parker's point of view as he fights a one-man war against the forces of Nod armed with a diverse arsenal of weapons and one-liners. Engage in heated battles over nameless fields and familiar territory alike in your struggle to save the world. View larger. The Red Menace Perhaps the most popular game of the franchise, Command & Conquer Red Alert asks the question, "What if Albert Einstein mastered time travel, then used it to go back in time and kill Hitler?" The answer is a world at war not with Nazi-led Germany, but the rapidly expanding Soviet Union under Stalin's iron fist. Dip into the world of historical fiction as the Allied forces take on the Soviet bloc in a war fought not just by soldiers, planes and tanks, but by time travelers, psychics and giant tesla coils. This more refined and advanced real time strategy game features gameplay innovations that greatly influenced the games that followed, including building queues and other convenient options, providing a nice balance between nostalgia and playability. A World at War While Command & Conquer takes place in the future and Red Alert in the past, Command & Conquer Generals offers its version of the present, as the United States, China and a terrorist group known as GLA battle all over the world. The most game-oriented of the series, Generals contains no FMV like its predecessors, concentrating instead on pure 3D gameplay as well as the wry humor that peppered the previous games. In all, Command & Conquer The First Decade contains not only the games that defined a genre, but the history of that genre. Players can experience the evolution of the real-time strategy game as they play each game in sequence, and see for themselves how far the technology has come since 1995--but also find out that the old games still have some life left in them. |
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Skinit San Francisco 49ers Microsoft Xbox 360 Slim (2010) Distressed Skin List Price: $39.99 Sale Price: $29.99 |
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Revamp your console into an NFL® inspired gaming machine with the Skinit® Microsoft® Xbox 360® Slim (2010) Blast skin. This low-profile, high-quality skin is emblazoned with a vintage-looking team design and is contoured to fit perfectly on your system. It's constructed with durable 3M® vinyl for easy application and residue-free removal. |
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Skinit New England Patriots Microsoft Xbox 360 Slim (2010) Blast Skin List Price: $29.99 Sale Price: $29.99 |
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Revamp your console into an NFL® inspired gaming machine with the Skinit® Microsoft® Xbox 360® Slim (2010) Blast skin. This low-profile, high-quality skin is emblazoned with a vintage-looking team design and is contoured to fit perfectly on your system. It's constructed with durable 3M® vinyl for easy application and residue-free removal. |
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Skinit Detroit Lions Microsoft Xbox 360 Wireless Controller Blast Skin (1 controller skin) List Price: $14.99 Sale Price: $14.99 |
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Fire up your latest game of "Madden" with the Skinit® Microsoft® Xbox 360® wireless controller Blast skin. This low-profile skin is emblazoned with a vintage NFL® team design and is contoured to fit perfectly on the front of your controller. It's constructed with durable 3M® vinyl for easy application and residue-free removal. |
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Sam & Max Hit the Road |
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Video game. Teen to adult. |
As you probably know the Iranian military is working very hard with their corporate espionage spies in many countries to gain information on how to build better weaponry. They fully believe that they will be attacked due to their not-so-secret nuclear weapons manufacturing processing. Luckily, the embargoes and trade economic sanctions that have made this not so easy for them, as they previously expected.
However, they are able to get with some of their trading partners such as Russia, China, Venezuela, Syria, and others to import the things they need. Recently, the Iranian Air Force smuggled two pirated Xbox 360s from Venezuela for them to use in an old dilapidated, 1970s version of a Huey Cobra helicopter simulator.
And not long ago, Iranian president Amendinejad was bragging to the international press about this new advanced technology they had for their helicopter simulator, but what he didn't say was that the technology was really a Microsoft Xbox 360 gaming center knockoff, it wasn't even the real thing. Yes it's true, the Microsoft Xbox 360 gaming center would be an excellent tool for military training, or the training of helicopter pilots - certainly for tele-robotic UAV VTOL flying.
The Chinese knockoff version which was purchased in Venezuela, and then sold as bootleg to Iran to help with their military training brings about suspicions. First of all, the Iranians will be setting the skill level very low for their pilots, and their pilots will think that they are invincible, after winning so many victories using the gaming center. Thus, they will not realize their life expectancy is about one minute 35 seconds in the battlespace in a helicopter designed and built in the 1960s. Too bad for those poor pilots indeed.
Yes, the Iranian helicopters were originally built in the United States of America, and it is not completely junk, but it is a far cry from the type of military helicopter technology that the United States has today. And it is absolutely no match for the United States Navy's defense systems which we have in our fleet. If Iran thinks that this will help them win or defend their nation against a potential United States attack, they are smoking something, which is probably also bootleg.
There was an interesting article in Air Force Technology Online News recently; "Iran Launches Combat Helicopter Simulators" by Staff, published on September 17, 2010.
Whereas, these promises of military superiority by the Iranian president may sound legitimate, they are not. In fact, he is setting up his military for a great defeat, in what could be a war lasting no more than 24 to 36 hours, which would completely decimate the Iranian Revolutionary guard, and deplete them of all military assets and their ill-advised nuclear weapons program.
And really, with all due respect it will take a lot more than training for helicopter pilots flying 1960s vintage aircraft in combat in today's modern battlespace to compete in a war with the USA. Please consider all this.
Lance Winslow is the Founder of the Online Think Tank, a diverse group of achievers, experts, innovators, entrepreneurs, thinkers, futurists, academics, dreamers, leaders, and general all around brilliant minds. Lance Winslow hopes you've enjoyed today's discussion and topic. http://www.WorldThinkTank.net - Have an important subject to discuss, contact Lance Winslow.
10 Top Secrets to Creating Incredible Photographs of Jewelry for Your Online Auctions With Guaranteed Higher Sales and Profit Results
My name is Candy and I have been a buyer and seller of antique and vintage costume and fine jewelry on eBay for 12 years and more recently on Vintagel Gems Emporium the Premier and Exclusive Auction Boutique for Antique, Vintage and New Costume and Fine Jewelry at www.VintageGemsEmporium.com. Over the years I have discovered the ten essential secrets to getting fabulous photos for online jewelry auctions.
I took photography for three semesters in college as it was required for my degree in interior architecture, The camera I used was a Nikon 35mm and TriX black and white film. As part of the photography course work, composition, focus, contrast, and more were stressed to creating the perfect architectural photograph. Now I am by no means a professional photographer but I have discovered the secrets to getting better than average, attractive and attention-getting photos of jewelry so that the buyer will take a second look.
Of course now the 35mm is primarily used solely by the true artists and the digital camera has taken over. I currently own three Sony Mavica CD1000 cameras... why three you ask, well I love the camera so much I bought three so I would always have one that works. When I am up to full speed in listing auctions I am taking close to 1000 frames a week, so as you can see my cameras get a work out. The Sony Mavica CD1000 is no longer available but is unique in that instead of having a memory disc it actually records the images inside the camera on CD-R disc, which can be easily snapped into an adaptor and popped into the drive and the images are ready to be enhanced and turned into jpegs to be uploaded onto the auction site.
The program I prefer to use to touch up my images is Microsoft Picture It!! as it is very user friendly and has all of the bells and whistles that I need. When using any image enhancement program be sure to not overdo the touch up or you will have a lot of disappointed buyers when they receive an item and it does not come close to looking like what they saw on the auction.
Over the past eight years I have discovered the following 10 secrets to taking incredible photographs of jewelry and of course these secrets would also work for anything that is small in size, such as coins, stamps, baseball cards, cabinet and post cards and more.
SECRET # 1: Most jewelry (bracelets, pins, brooches, necklaces, earrings and sets) is either a gold or a silver finish (whether real or not) and having sets or not all look great on a black background. I prefer black velvet in that due to the nature of the fabric it will not reflect light and actually absorbs the light around the object and it is also very easy to touch up should a spec of dust, dirt or hair end up in the photo.
SECRET #2: Unlike the jewelry discussed above, wristwatches and pieces of jewelry where there is great detail in the hardware or complexity to the face with the writing and all, photograph better on an off-white or cream velvet background. The velvet again will not reflect the light and is a soft texture as a backdrop to the hard edges of the watch or other detailed pieces.
SECRET #3: Do not photograph the item looking down on it, you will create shadows and light distortions on the piece of jewelry. The best way to photo most jewelry is where it rests against something (a box underneath the velvet) that puts the item parallel to you when you are at eye level with the item. In other words, sit down at the table where you will be photographing and prop the item up so that you are looking directly at it. The photo will not distort or keystone the item and the items shape will be portrayed correctly and it will more than likely be in focus.
SECRET #4: To add drama to the photograph composition, lay the item down on its back and shoot from a side angle and this will give the item an interesting perspective. Be careful, however if you see that only a small amount of the item (especially when photographing necklaces or bracelets) appears to be in focus, just slightly raise the camera and then most of the item will be in focus.
SECRET #5: My cameras and most decent digital cameras have five things that are truly essential when photographing small items like jewelry. The first and second are Auto Focus and Steady Shot... make sure both are on. The third is a Close Up feature to get within an inch of the item to the capture detail. The fourth is how many Pixels the photo will have. Pixels are simply a dot matrix and the more dots per inch the more detail the photo will have. So if given a choice use the 1600 pixel setting or as close to it as possible. The fifth is White Balance, and this will allow you to balance the coloring of the photo by being able to have more yellow on golden pieces and less yellow and more white on silver and rhinestone pieces.
SECRET #6: The best light to show the brilliance of sets and quality of the metallic finish is a combination of Halogen and Incandescent. Halogen is the whitest light there is and incandescent adds just slight pinkish tone to the overall lighting. Fine jewelry stores use halogen lamps inside their showcases that is why you can not resist trying on that $25,000. diamond ring. What I use is a cheap gooseneck desk lamp that came with a halogen bulb and I place it behind the item to be photographed. My overhead lighting is a mix of halogen and incandescent bulbs. Halogen bulbs that fit into standard lamp sockets are available at most homestores and are about $7.00 - $10.00 each but they last up to two years and a 50 watt halogen gives off the equivalent of what a 100watt incandescent does so you save money on electricity.
SECRET #7: When you are listing an auction online you have a blank canvas basically to put your photo into... well think of this not as a blank canvas but as a billboard. Crop the photo as much as you can so that the billboard you are creating is not a lot of blank ground space (no money there) but is filled with the image of what you are selling. In the sort, your photos will stand out since there is not alot of red, white or whatever everyone else is using as their backdrop.
SECRET #8: When photographing your item try as closely as possible for it to be in a square format. In other words, not a rectangle. If the item is long and thin as with bracelets or soem pins, put it at a 45% angle so that when it is cropped it will be a square shape. Again in the sort it will stand out and make for a more interesting photo of the piece. I also sometimes photograph even a perfectly square pin tilted on the diagonal and then still crop it to a square and this is also a stunning way to show the item.
SECRET #9: There are basically three types of photos that sell the item. An Overall, a Close Up and a photo of the Back. Well for a low cost item where you do not have much opportunity for much profit let one photo do the trick... and most cases it should be the close-up, this will answer most buyers questions as to color, details and size. If there is more opportunity for profit then use all three and show the closeup first so it will be the one in the sort and the other two will be within the auction for more clarity. I also feel that holding the item in the close-up is a great idea for two reasons... it does a better job of showing scale and size than say a "25 cent quarter" and also the coloring of the piece is accentuated by the fleshtone of your hand by giving the buyer an idea of how it would look on.
SECRET #10: Finally the last secret I have to share. DO NOT OVER FOCUS OR OVER TOUCH UP!!!! Quite literally over focusing (accomplished by overdoing the contrast) HURTS your buyer's eyes and gives them a headache and they will RUN from your auction as soon as they can. Overdoing on the touch up is also not good as this is deception.Making an item more gold or more whatever than it really is is deceiving the buyer into thinking they are buying something other than what you have to sell. Now there is nothing wrong if the photo is too bright and you need to enhance the color of the goldtone, but literally hold the piece up to the screen of your computer and make sure they look alike.Your customers will have faith and trust in what you sell and will be abck many times.
Well as stated I am not a professional photographer nor do I claim to be one, but I have over the past 8 years probably shot almost 500,000 images ... now why do I bring this up... well when I took photography why back when, my professor told us to be prepared to throw away almost 80% of what we shot, as they were not going to be good. And today the same thing applies to this subject, be picky about what you show for your auctions, the time and care you take will reap more sales, higher sales and more profit. Good Luck and Happy Shooting!!!!
By the way for more jewelry tips and to buy and sell on what will soon become the place for Antique and Vintage Costume and Fine Jewelry come see me and others at VINTAGE GEMS EMPORIUM at www.virtualgemsemporium.com. See you there.
About the Author:
My name is Candace Daugherty and I live near Charleston, South Carolina. I am an entrepreneur and have worked as a retail design and marketing consultant with many internationally known retailers and fashion designers over the past 30 years. I hold a BS degree in Interior Design from Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA and an MBA from Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA.
My passion however is Antique and Vintage Costume and Fine Jewelry. I have collected jewelry for over 35 years and own many incredibly fabulous book pieces as shown in the many jewelry price guides authored by Harrice Simons Miller, Roseanne Ettinger, Jeannene Bell and others.
I love Victorian, Art Nouveau and Edwardian pieces and have been fortunate to find many wonderful and highly collectible pieces right here in my own backyard of Charleston, SC. I have a special fondness as most do for Miriam Haskell, DeMario, Schiaparelli, Alfred Philippe, Staret, McClelland-Barclay, Pennino and more and have found wonderful ways to put my hands on these pieces at a fraction of what most retailers or collectors could ever expect.
Since September 15, 2008 I along with three others have founded the first of its kind, an exclusive auction boutique for antique, vintage and new costume and fine jewelry. We started Vintage Gems Emporium at www.vintagegemsemporium.com with three concepts in mind. One, a special boutique environment in an Auction Venue just for the collector and specialist of antique and vintage costume and fine jewelry. Two, to be the lowest cost auction or fixed price venue on the internet. And three to put the entire Vintage Gems Emporium community first with unbelievable customer service and fair equal treatment of all trading partners.
About the Author
My name is Candace Daugherty and I live near Charleston, South Carolina. My passion is Antique and Vintage Costume and Fine Jewelry. I have collected jewelry for over 35 years and own many incredibly fabulous book pieces. I love Victorian, Art Nouveau and Edwardian pieces and have been fortunate to find many wonderful and highly collectible pieces right here in my own backyard of Charleston, SC.
How do you do this to a picture?
http://photobucket.com/image/vintage/bebesweetie3/in.jpg?o=96
i have GIMP 2.0, Microsoft Paint and Microsoft Picture Manager.
How do i do this affect on photo's?
Thanks!
first you would need the original photo to be as shown with lighting,
(ms paint may not be able to adjust much, picture manager does have a few options for adjustments)
http://www.lkwdpl.org/classes/mspaint/paint.html
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/CH010344601033.aspx
then with Gimp,
http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/index.html
you can adjust hue and saturation, and levels, and and sepia effect, duplicate layers for each effect, mask and adjust overlay modes, colorize, and add border, you could enhance some lighting with render lighting effects as well,
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other tools aside from photoshop or paintshop -pro or photo impression if needed,
Photofiltre
http://photofiltre.free.fr/frames_en.htm
Photoscape : Photo Manipulating Suite,
http://www.photoscape.org/ps/main/index.php
Pixia
http://park18.wakwak.com/~pixia/
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