CD Earth is releasing a new 10,001 Greatest Recipes CD that also includes a recipe manager software to make it easy to search and organize all those thousands of recipes.
You can read the article at:
www.prbuzz.com/cdearth-greatest-food-recipes
You can also read the article at:
www.1888pressrelease.com/cd-earth-recipe-manager-software
October 19, 2007
CDEarth Releases new 3101 Greatest Screensavers & Backgrounds CD
We're very excited about our latest new CD - 3101 Greatest Screensavers & Backgrounds. Its amega collection of 101 screensavers for Windows PC and Mac OSX. As a bonus, there's also over 3000 beautiful computer desktop Backgrounds and Wallpapers.
Checkout the full press release at:
www.prbuzz.com/cdearth-releases-pc-screensavers-cd
You can also find the release at:
www.1888pressrelease.com/cdearth-releases-wallpaper-cd
Checkout the full press release at:
www.prbuzz.com/cdearth-releases-pc-screensavers-cd
You can also find the release at:
www.1888pressrelease.com/cdearth-releases-wallpaper-cd
August 6, 2007
Mahjong Computer Games: Fun with Tiles
Mahjongg, also called Mahjongg or Mah Jong, is a popular Chinese tiles game that involves skill, strategy and bit of luck. In computer Mahjongg, the object is to remove tiles off the screen by matching 2 exact tiles with at least 2 sides free. Like Solitaire card games, this is fun to play alone and is always good for hours of solitaire fun.
Few of the popular Mahjong games: Altar, Arena, Arrow, Beatle, Big Mountain, Boat, Bridge, Castle, Cat and Mouse, Columns, Cross, Diamond, Dragon, Empty Pyramids, Floating City, Flying Dragon, Fortress Towers, Glade, Helios, Hidden Woods, High and Low, Inazuma, Inca, Inner Circle, Kyodai, Labyrinth, Lattice, Maya, Owl, Pantheon, Pyramid, River Bridge, Scorpion, Seven Pyramids, Snake, Stairs, Stonehenge, Taipei, Temple, The Great Wall, Tiger, Twin Temples, Two Domes, and Well.
You can find free Mahjong games online that you can download. You can also find an excellent collection of games on an inexpensive Mahjong CD. With computer Mahjong games, you can usually select from hundreds of games, backgrounds, and tile sets to make the game fun and unique with each play.
Few of the popular Mahjong games: Altar, Arena, Arrow, Beatle, Big Mountain, Boat, Bridge, Castle, Cat and Mouse, Columns, Cross, Diamond, Dragon, Empty Pyramids, Floating City, Flying Dragon, Fortress Towers, Glade, Helios, Hidden Woods, High and Low, Inazuma, Inca, Inner Circle, Kyodai, Labyrinth, Lattice, Maya, Owl, Pantheon, Pyramid, River Bridge, Scorpion, Seven Pyramids, Snake, Stairs, Stonehenge, Taipei, Temple, The Great Wall, Tiger, Twin Temples, Two Domes, and Well.
You can find free Mahjong games online that you can download. You can also find an excellent collection of games on an inexpensive Mahjong CD. With computer Mahjong games, you can usually select from hundreds of games, backgrounds, and tile sets to make the game fun and unique with each play.
July 26, 2007
CD Earth: Freecell, Spider, Pyramid Solitaire and many more
Walk in to your coworker's office or sneak up on your spouse at home and you are likely to see them busy on the computer...playing Solitaire. What used to be a favorite past time for lonely cowboys, has become an obsession for computer users everywhere ever since Mr. Gates decided to include the game in his operating system.
Of course, there are the popular and most played games like Freecell Solitaire or Spider Solitaire because they come preinstalled with Microsoft Windows. But did you know there are literally thousands of solitaire variations now? You can usually buy an inexpensive Solitaire CD or even find a free Solitaire games pack online.
There are classic Solitaire games like Aces Up, Baker's Game, Canfield, FreeCell, Forty Thieves, Golf, Klondike, Pyramid, Scorpion, Spider, and Yukon plus special games like Ganjifa, Hanafuda, Streets and Alleys, Castles in Spain, Blue Moon, Beleaguered Castle, Tarok, Three Pirates, Tipati, Tower of Hanoy, Waterfall and Zodiak.
The games are easy to learn and usually come with a Demo mode to show you how to play. Many of the Solitaire software packages let you customize your games with gorgeous backgrounds and card decks.
CD Earth has a terrific Solitaire CD with over 1000 Solitaire & Mahjongg games that you may want to check out.
Of course, there are the popular and most played games like Freecell Solitaire or Spider Solitaire because they come preinstalled with Microsoft Windows. But did you know there are literally thousands of solitaire variations now? You can usually buy an inexpensive Solitaire CD or even find a free Solitaire games pack online.
There are classic Solitaire games like Aces Up, Baker's Game, Canfield, FreeCell, Forty Thieves, Golf, Klondike, Pyramid, Scorpion, Spider, and Yukon plus special games like Ganjifa, Hanafuda, Streets and Alleys, Castles in Spain, Blue Moon, Beleaguered Castle, Tarok, Three Pirates, Tipati, Tower of Hanoy, Waterfall and Zodiak.
The games are easy to learn and usually come with a Demo mode to show you how to play. Many of the Solitaire software packages let you customize your games with gorgeous backgrounds and card decks.
CD Earth has a terrific Solitaire CD with over 1000 Solitaire & Mahjongg games that you may want to check out.
June 21, 2007
CDEarth : Sudoku computer game no fad
Sudoku started out seemingly as just another fad. It was already a huge hit in Japan. But then it swept England and within a year was carried by hundreds of newspapers in the United States. Sudoku puzzles have been the focus of dozens of books, many of bestsellers on the top 100 book list.
The press has been equally enamoured by this deceptively simple numbers puzzle. "Not since - well, ever - have the numbers 1 to 9 been so popular" writes Time Magazine. The New York Post raves its "diabolically addictive" and the conservative, staunchly Economist blushes that Sudoku is "nothing short of astonishing".
Sudoku (also called Su Doku or Numbers Place) like many great mind games has simple instructions yet can be quite addicting and with its own levels of difficulty. The objective is to fill a 9x9 grid so that each column, each row, and each of the nine 3x3 boxes contains the digits from 1 to 9. The puzzle setter provides a partially completed grid.
New variations on this game include having a larger grid such as 9x9, 16x16 and even 25x25 for those who frankly need to watch more TV. Other variations substitute symbols or pictures for the numbers. The Sudoku craze has also spun new games like Kakuro (also called Cross Sums) and Nanograms.
Since this is a computer and software related blog, we are obligated to mention that the best way to learn and play Sudoku is on your computer. Many great Sudoku computer games can generate new puzzles as fast as you can solve them. That way you don't have to way for tomorrow's newspaper to satisfy your Sudoku addiction.
CDEarth has a terrific Sudoku version you may want to check out. In addition to Sudoku, the CD comes with a bonus 10 additional puzzles games.
The press has been equally enamoured by this deceptively simple numbers puzzle. "Not since - well, ever - have the numbers 1 to 9 been so popular" writes Time Magazine. The New York Post raves its "diabolically addictive" and the conservative, staunchly Economist blushes that Sudoku is "nothing short of astonishing".
Sudoku (also called Su Doku or Numbers Place) like many great mind games has simple instructions yet can be quite addicting and with its own levels of difficulty. The objective is to fill a 9x9 grid so that each column, each row, and each of the nine 3x3 boxes contains the digits from 1 to 9. The puzzle setter provides a partially completed grid.
New variations on this game include having a larger grid such as 9x9, 16x16 and even 25x25 for those who frankly need to watch more TV. Other variations substitute symbols or pictures for the numbers. The Sudoku craze has also spun new games like Kakuro (also called Cross Sums) and Nanograms.
Since this is a computer and software related blog, we are obligated to mention that the best way to learn and play Sudoku is on your computer. Many great Sudoku computer games can generate new puzzles as fast as you can solve them. That way you don't have to way for tomorrow's newspaper to satisfy your Sudoku addiction.
CDEarth has a terrific Sudoku version you may want to check out. In addition to Sudoku, the CD comes with a bonus 10 additional puzzles games.
June 6, 2007
CdEarth: Personal Finance Software makes money sense
Does anyone actually balance their checkbook? The chore has to be up there with programming the VCR clock and flossing. We know we should do it but we'll get to it tomorrow.
The problem is made worse when we realize we have multiple checking and savings accounts to keep track of. Throw in the retirement accounts (hopefully we have some) and other investments (hopefully they're up) and suddenly we realize we have no idea what is where and, most importantly, how much.
Luckily, inexpensive or free personal finance software can help you organize your finances and keeps track of where, when and how the money goes. It is also a great tool to get a big picture of your financial net worth.
There are some excellent products on the market including the two most popular retail packages, Quicken Intuit and Microsoft Money. The inexpensive and even free personal finance software surprisingly have most of the features of these more expensive retail products.
When looking for a personal finance software, some of the features you will want to look for:
CD Earth has an excellent Personal Wealth Manager you might want to check out.
The problem is made worse when we realize we have multiple checking and savings accounts to keep track of. Throw in the retirement accounts (hopefully we have some) and other investments (hopefully they're up) and suddenly we realize we have no idea what is where and, most importantly, how much.
Luckily, inexpensive or free personal finance software can help you organize your finances and keeps track of where, when and how the money goes. It is also a great tool to get a big picture of your financial net worth.
There are some excellent products on the market including the two most popular retail packages, Quicken Intuit and Microsoft Money. The inexpensive and even free personal finance software surprisingly have most of the features of these more expensive retail products.
When looking for a personal finance software, some of the features you will want to look for:
- Manage Multiple Accounts - Create and maintain an electronic checkbook - Checking, Savings, Credit Card or Loans, Stock Investment Accounts, Assets
- Track your Bills and Deposits - Create bills & deposits to be reminded of your upcoming bills and deposits so you never miss a payment or deposit
- Importing, Exporting and Printing - Ability to import, export and print your account information
- Account Summary Views and Navigation - An easy to use tree view navigator to navigate across accounts and summarized views of your accounts, upcoming bills & deposits and income vs. expenses
- Reporting - Generate reports so you can easily view your spending/expenses in a wide variety of ways. View spending by category over a date range for specific or all accounts. View spending on a single category over time. View income vs expenses. View spending by payee. View expenses and how you are doing on a budget.
CD Earth has an excellent Personal Wealth Manager you might want to check out.
May 25, 2007
CDEarth: OpenOffice versus Microsoft Office
What would you say if we offered you a million dollar house for less then $1000? How about a state-of-the-art large-screen TV worth $7000 for about $50? You'd ask what's the catch, decide there's probably something seriously wrong with the house or TV and most certainly walk away from the offer. When it sounds to good to be true, it almost always is.
The key word is "almost". In the software world, products are often sold for over $500 on the name alone when comparable products exist for few dollars - and even free. These cheaper alternatives may have a few less whistles and bells but you'll never notice because you never use them. We've already talked about many such products in earlier posts. Today we talk about Microsoft Office which can cost $700-800 for the complete licensed suite. But there is a free Open Office suite alternative...
OpenOffice Office Suite is fully Microsoft Office compatible. So you can always open any document, spreadsheet, and presentation created by Microsoft Office and you can always save them so it can be opened in Microsoft Office. OpenOffice.org easily creates documents, analyze spreadsheets, produce eye-catching presentations, design dramatic illustrations, and even convert your files into PDFs.
WRITER is a word processor to create documents, reports, newsletters, and brochures. It has everything you would expect from a modern, fully equipped word processor. You can easily integrate images and charts in documents, create everything from business letters to complete books with professional layouts, as well as create and publish Web content.
CALC is a feature-packed spreadsheet. It will calculate, analyze, and visually communicate your data quickly and easily. Use advanced spreadsheet functions and decision-making tools to perform sophisticated data analysis. Use built-in charting tools to generate impressive 2D and 3D charts. Plus, it is fully compatible with Microsoft Excel. So documents created in MS Excel can be opened in CALC and vice-versa.
IMPRESS is a fast, powerful way to create effective multimedia presentations. It is a truly outstanding tool for creating effective multimedia presentations. Your presentations will stand out with 2D and 3D clip art, special effects, animation, and high-impact drawing tools. Plus, it is fully compatible with Microsoft PowerPoint. So documents created in MS PowerPoint can be opened in IMPRESS and vice-versa.
DRAW is an excellent drawing tool that compares to CorelDRAW. It produces everything from simple diagrams to 3D illustrations and special effects. DRAW can even manipulate objects rotating them in two or three dimensions.
But as they say on late-night TV, wait that's not all. There's also BASE, a database software much like Microsoft Access, and MATH, a tool for creating and editing mathematical formulae, similar to Microsoft Equation Editor.
It's worth repeating that all OpenOffice software works seamlessly with Microsoft products. So you can always open any document, spreadsheet, and presentation created by Microsoft Office and you can always save them so it can be opened in Microsoft Office.
CD Earth can help you make more sense of this.
The key word is "almost". In the software world, products are often sold for over $500 on the name alone when comparable products exist for few dollars - and even free. These cheaper alternatives may have a few less whistles and bells but you'll never notice because you never use them. We've already talked about many such products in earlier posts. Today we talk about Microsoft Office which can cost $700-800 for the complete licensed suite. But there is a free Open Office suite alternative...
OpenOffice Office Suite is fully Microsoft Office compatible. So you can always open any document, spreadsheet, and presentation created by Microsoft Office and you can always save them so it can be opened in Microsoft Office. OpenOffice.org easily creates documents, analyze spreadsheets, produce eye-catching presentations, design dramatic illustrations, and even convert your files into PDFs.
WRITER is a word processor to create documents, reports, newsletters, and brochures. It has everything you would expect from a modern, fully equipped word processor. You can easily integrate images and charts in documents, create everything from business letters to complete books with professional layouts, as well as create and publish Web content.
CALC is a feature-packed spreadsheet. It will calculate, analyze, and visually communicate your data quickly and easily. Use advanced spreadsheet functions and decision-making tools to perform sophisticated data analysis. Use built-in charting tools to generate impressive 2D and 3D charts. Plus, it is fully compatible with Microsoft Excel. So documents created in MS Excel can be opened in CALC and vice-versa.
IMPRESS is a fast, powerful way to create effective multimedia presentations. It is a truly outstanding tool for creating effective multimedia presentations. Your presentations will stand out with 2D and 3D clip art, special effects, animation, and high-impact drawing tools. Plus, it is fully compatible with Microsoft PowerPoint. So documents created in MS PowerPoint can be opened in IMPRESS and vice-versa.
DRAW is an excellent drawing tool that compares to CorelDRAW. It produces everything from simple diagrams to 3D illustrations and special effects. DRAW can even manipulate objects rotating them in two or three dimensions.
But as they say on late-night TV, wait that's not all. There's also BASE, a database software much like Microsoft Access, and MATH, a tool for creating and editing mathematical formulae, similar to Microsoft Equation Editor.
It's worth repeating that all OpenOffice software works seamlessly with Microsoft products. So you can always open any document, spreadsheet, and presentation created by Microsoft Office and you can always save them so it can be opened in Microsoft Office.
CD Earth can help you make more sense of this.
April 23, 2007
Complete Computer Security with Anti-Virus, Firewall and Spyware Protection
You probably feel pretty secure right now sitting at home in front of your computer. All your windows and doors are locked. Maybe you even have a home security system. Nobody is getting inside your castle that you don't want, right? You might be right but at the same time you'd be very wrong.
The most likely intruders will come through your phone line then through your door. And they can cause just as much damage - and in many cases more - to your life and personal assets.
An AOL/National Cyber Security Alliance Online Safety Study found that 81% of home PCs lack at least one of the three critical protections -- updated computer virus software, spyware protection, and a secure firewall necessary to help guard against viruses, spyware, hackers, and other threats.
That means you need to start with a good Computer Firewall software to automatically protect your computer against hackers, Trojan horses, and other malicious outside attacks keeping the information on your PC safe and private. The Firewall also prevents any programs on your computer such as spyware and adware from sending any information to the outside world without your permission. This way your personal data stays safe.
Second, you'll need a good Spyware and Adware Removal software that can detect and remove unwanted spyware/adware programs from your computer. Many of these programs get installed - usually without your approval - while you are surfing and downloading software online. The programs at best collect and send basic information about you to someone. At worst, they can cause damage or help steal your personal and financial information.
Finally, you'll also need a comprehensive Anti-Virus software that continuously monitors your computer and detects spyware and viruses before they can cause damage. Make sure you have a way to get periodic updates so your anti-virus software knows about the latest viruses. New viruses are developed and unleashed daily. If you cannot get the latest updates from the software provider, your anti-virus software becomes ineffective very quickly.
CD Earth can help you make more sense of this.
The most likely intruders will come through your phone line then through your door. And they can cause just as much damage - and in many cases more - to your life and personal assets.
An AOL/National Cyber Security Alliance Online Safety Study found that 81% of home PCs lack at least one of the three critical protections -- updated computer virus software, spyware protection, and a secure firewall necessary to help guard against viruses, spyware, hackers, and other threats.
That means you need to start with a good Computer Firewall software to automatically protect your computer against hackers, Trojan horses, and other malicious outside attacks keeping the information on your PC safe and private. The Firewall also prevents any programs on your computer such as spyware and adware from sending any information to the outside world without your permission. This way your personal data stays safe.
Second, you'll need a good Spyware and Adware Removal software that can detect and remove unwanted spyware/adware programs from your computer. Many of these programs get installed - usually without your approval - while you are surfing and downloading software online. The programs at best collect and send basic information about you to someone. At worst, they can cause damage or help steal your personal and financial information.
Finally, you'll also need a comprehensive Anti-Virus software that continuously monitors your computer and detects spyware and viruses before they can cause damage. Make sure you have a way to get periodic updates so your anti-virus software knows about the latest viruses. New viruses are developed and unleashed daily. If you cannot get the latest updates from the software provider, your anti-virus software becomes ineffective very quickly.
CD Earth can help you make more sense of this.
April 10, 2007
CD Earth: Free Bible Study, Bible Verse and Bible Commentary Software
During this Easter and Passover holiday season, it's a good time to talk about Bible Reference and Bible Study software. Many of us want to improve our knowledge of Bible verse and other spiritual material.
All students of the Bible will find religious software invaluable. Religious software can be a great addition to any spiritual collection. With most Bible Study software you can search for a specific verse, compare texts, find all passages that reference a certain word or character and much more.
You can find free bible software and free bible study online. Many of these products come with dozens or even hundreds of bible texts, commentary texts, lexicons, bible dictionaries, and even daily devotionals.
All students of the Bible will find religious software invaluable. Religious software can be a great addition to any spiritual collection. With most Bible Study software you can search for a specific verse, compare texts, find all passages that reference a certain word or character and much more.
You can find free bible software and free bible study online. Many of these products come with dozens or even hundreds of bible texts, commentary texts, lexicons, bible dictionaries, and even daily devotionals.
Example of Bible texts include:
- King James Bible
- American Standard Version
- Darby Bible
- A Conservative Version
- World English Bible
- Webster Bible
- and many more
Commentary texts include:
- Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
- Luther's Commentary on Galatians
- Jamieson Fausset Brown Bible Commentary
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible
- Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible
- Darby Translation Notes
- and many more
Lexicons & Dictionaries include:
- Strong's Greek Bible Dictionary
- Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary
- Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes
April 4, 2007
CDEarth: Free Food Recipes and the Recipe Software to Manage Them
Still clipping recipes out of magazines and storing them in a shoe box? Maybe you're really organized and have them in one of those accordion-style folders with labels for each recipe type. By now you know we have an easier way, right?
You can have your entire recipe collection on your computer in a recipe manager software. Then you can quickly find the recipe you want, put together and entire holiday dinner or add your latest pumpkin pie recipe you just found in a magazine.
The best part is that you can download thousands of free online food recipes from dozens of recipe websites right into the recipe software. You can then search all recipes through the recipe software by categories, recipe name, nutritional information and more. With a click of a button, you can automatically generate a shopping list from the recipes you select. You can add your own recipes and finally get rid of your recipe shoebox. Some of the products even let you calculate nutritional information for your recipes using the USDA food database.
You can have your entire recipe collection on your computer in a recipe manager software. Then you can quickly find the recipe you want, put together and entire holiday dinner or add your latest pumpkin pie recipe you just found in a magazine.
The best part is that you can download thousands of free online food recipes from dozens of recipe websites right into the recipe software. You can then search all recipes through the recipe software by categories, recipe name, nutritional information and more. With a click of a button, you can automatically generate a shopping list from the recipes you select. You can add your own recipes and finally get rid of your recipe shoebox. Some of the products even let you calculate nutritional information for your recipes using the USDA food database.
Just a few of the recipes you will find in this collection:
- Appetizer recipes
- BBQ and Barbecue sauce recipes
- Beans recipes
- Cakes recipes
- Casseroles recipes
- Chicken wings recipes
- Beef recipes
- Chicken recipes
- Cookies recipes
- Dessert recipes
- Fish and other Seafood recipes
- Holiday recipes (Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving)
- Pizza recipes
- Pork recipes
- Salads recipes
- Sandwiches recipes
- Vegetarian recipes
You will find thousands of dishes from around the world including Afghan, Cajun, Chinese, German, Greek, Indian, Irish, Italian, Jewish, Mexican, Middle East, Polish, Russian, and Satay/Thai recipes.
You can also find thousands of drink recipes and special diet recipes including low fat recipes, sugar-free, diabetes recipes and Kosher recipes. There are recipes for Crock pots and slow cookers, microwaves, barbecue grills and smokers and some you can just mix with a spoon with no other equipment required.
Some of us often come home late and find that last set the best...when we're not speed dialing the local Thai place. ;) When we do cook, we start at our home computer before we ever pickup a utensil. We don't remember what cookbook even look like anymore.
April 1, 2007
Free Desktop Backgrounds and Wallpapers to match your personality
How would you describe your personality? Would a bland blue screen do it?
No? Yet millions of us have the standard blue screen background that came when we first installed our computer. We have hobbies like fishing, sports and scrapbooks. We have love movies, books and art. We proudly display our family and travel photographs on our desks and throughout our house. We decorate our homes and offices to showcase our personalities.
Yet our computers - most likely how we spend most of our work and many of our personal hours - remain solid color blue.
You can find beautiful free desktop backgrounds and wallpapers online. There are many websites where you can download free photo backgrounds, beautiful nature backgrounds, 3D backgrounds, animal backgrounds, futuristic backgrounds, space wallpaper, artistic backgrounds, animated backgrounds, airplane wallpaper and thousands of other choices.
How to change your Windows desktop background:
Choosing a personal photo or picture as your Desktop Background or Wallpaper:
Now you know how to customize your computer's background or wallpaper. You can change them everyday if you like. The hardest thing will be deciding which one of your great photos or pictures to use.
You'll never have to stare at a boring background again.
No? Yet millions of us have the standard blue screen background that came when we first installed our computer. We have hobbies like fishing, sports and scrapbooks. We have love movies, books and art. We proudly display our family and travel photographs on our desks and throughout our house. We decorate our homes and offices to showcase our personalities.
Yet our computers - most likely how we spend most of our work and many of our personal hours - remain solid color blue.
You can find beautiful free desktop backgrounds and wallpapers online. There are many websites where you can download free photo backgrounds, beautiful nature backgrounds, 3D backgrounds, animal backgrounds, futuristic backgrounds, space wallpaper, artistic backgrounds, animated backgrounds, airplane wallpaper and thousands of other choices.
How to change your Windows desktop background:
- Right click your mouse anywhere on the empty part of your desktop. A small menu will pop up.
- Click on "Properties" and the Display Properties screen will open.
- Select the "Desktop" tab, if using Windows XP. Windows 98 users can select the "Background" tab.
- Choose a background you want. On the lower left half of the Display Properties Window, you will see Background (Win XP) or Wallpaper (Win 98). You can choose a background from the menu list by clicking on the background/wallpaper design you want.
- Click "Apply". The background you selected will appear in the preview monitor in the Display Properties screen.
- Click "OK" to close the Display Properties Window.
Choosing a personal photo or picture as your Desktop Background or Wallpaper:
- Find a picture or photo you want to make your computer's background.
- Right click on it.
- Select and click on "Set as Desktop Background" in the menu.
Now you know how to customize your computer's background or wallpaper. You can change them everyday if you like. The hardest thing will be deciding which one of your great photos or pictures to use.
You'll never have to stare at a boring background again.
March 30, 2007
Free Screensavers: 3D, Animated, Aquarium, Matrix, Nature & more
Everyone loves to customize. We customize our homes, cars and even our cubicles at work to make them feel more unique and show our personalities. Did you know you can do the same with your computer?
Does your monitor just go blank when you are away from they keyboard for a few minutes? Today we talk about changing that with popular screen savers. Still have the same boring, blue desktop background since you first installed your computer? We'll talk about desktop backgrounds and wallpaper tomorrow. (You can also add velvet curtains around your monitor or a shag cover for your keyboard, but that type of customization is for a different discussion and a different blog. :)
A screensaver is a computer program originally designed to conserve the image quality of computer monitors by blanking the screen, or filling it with moving images or patterns when the computer was not in use. Today, screensavers are primarily used for entertainment or security purposes.
Screensaver software can also be used as a rudimentary security measure. Many screensavers can be configured to ask users for a password before permitting the user to resume work. So if you leave your computer for a few minutes - especially if its at work or other publicly accessible are - you will need to provide a password to access the computer again.
You can start your search online. There are many excellent free screensavers websites. You can also find many screensavers that you can purchase individually or even on a screensavers CD. Most range from few dollars to about $20 per screensaver. Some of the more popular screensavers include 3D screensavers, Matrix screensaver, animated screensavers, aquarium screensaver, nature scenes, holiday theme screensavers, cartoon characters or your favorite movie themes. There are even programs that will rotate your own digital photos as a screensaver.
Once the screensaver is installed:
Now that you know what to do, find something truely unique or beautiful to impress anyone walking by your computer.
Does your monitor just go blank when you are away from they keyboard for a few minutes? Today we talk about changing that with popular screen savers. Still have the same boring, blue desktop background since you first installed your computer? We'll talk about desktop backgrounds and wallpaper tomorrow. (You can also add velvet curtains around your monitor or a shag cover for your keyboard, but that type of customization is for a different discussion and a different blog. :)
A screensaver is a computer program originally designed to conserve the image quality of computer monitors by blanking the screen, or filling it with moving images or patterns when the computer was not in use. Today, screensavers are primarily used for entertainment or security purposes.
Screensaver software can also be used as a rudimentary security measure. Many screensavers can be configured to ask users for a password before permitting the user to resume work. So if you leave your computer for a few minutes - especially if its at work or other publicly accessible are - you will need to provide a password to access the computer again.
You can start your search online. There are many excellent free screensavers websites. You can also find many screensavers that you can purchase individually or even on a screensavers CD. Most range from few dollars to about $20 per screensaver. Some of the more popular screensavers include 3D screensavers, Matrix screensaver, animated screensavers, aquarium screensaver, nature scenes, holiday theme screensavers, cartoon characters or your favorite movie themes. There are even programs that will rotate your own digital photos as a screensaver.
Once the screensaver is installed:
- Right click on an empty part of your desktop and select Properties.
- Select the "Screen Saver" tab.
- On the "Screen saver" dropdown box, select the screensaver you want to run.
- Click the "Preview" button to preview this screensaver.
- If you like what you see, click "Apply" button, then click "OK" button.
- Next time your computer is inactive for set amount of minutes, the screensaver you just selected will run.
- Follow the steps above anytime you want to select a new screensaver.
Now that you know what to do, find something truely unique or beautiful to impress anyone walking by your computer.
March 28, 2007
CDEarth: Free Digital, Royalty-free, Stock Photos
Professional, royalty-free, digital stock photographs can enhance any project. Whether you are making a Powerpoint presentation, website, personal greeting card, neighborhood newsletter, or sales flyer, make it stand-out with high resolution digital photos. High quality, photography pictures can add color, personality, humor and reinforce a point.
If your website talks about computers for the family, use a photograph of a mother or father working on the computer with their child. If you are making a Powerpoint presentation about the latest quarter's revenue numbers, use a photograph showing closeup of money or a business person smiling. It will certainly summarize and clearly reinforce your point.
Royalty free means you can use free photos in any personal or commercial project. You can find many sites on the Web for royalty free, digital stock photos. In many cases, you will need to pay a one-time fee for the photograph and you will have unlimited rights to use it any way you want and as many times as you want.
Make sure you use high quality, high resolution photographs for projects where the picture will be enlarged or in commercial project where you will sell the item with the photo on it. Some projects like website do not need high pixel quality photos because your visitor's web browser and monitor will like not be able to display the quality. High quality pics will also be large and take a long time for the page to load.
Find photographs for any project including:
If your website talks about computers for the family, use a photograph of a mother or father working on the computer with their child. If you are making a Powerpoint presentation about the latest quarter's revenue numbers, use a photograph showing closeup of money or a business person smiling. It will certainly summarize and clearly reinforce your point.
Royalty free means you can use free photos in any personal or commercial project. You can find many sites on the Web for royalty free, digital stock photos. In many cases, you will need to pay a one-time fee for the photograph and you will have unlimited rights to use it any way you want and as many times as you want.
Make sure you use high quality, high resolution photographs for projects where the picture will be enlarged or in commercial project where you will sell the item with the photo on it. Some projects like website do not need high pixel quality photos because your visitor's web browser and monitor will like not be able to display the quality. High quality pics will also be large and take a long time for the page to load.
Find photographs for any project including:
- Abstract photos
- Airplane photos
- Animal & pet photos
- Art photos
- Bird photos
- Business photographs
- Fish & aquarium photos
- Food photos
- Historical photographs
- Insect photos
- Military photos, Army, Navy, Marines
- Nature & landscape photos like national parks
- Ocean and beach photos
- People photos
- Plant, tree & flower photographs
- Religious photographs, Christian, Jewish & Muslim
- Reptiles photos
- Space photos, NASA, Earth, Moon, Planets
- Travel photographs
March 26, 2007
CD Earth: Free Clipart from Animated to Valentine Clip art
Pictures speak a thousand words. We've all heard that. But did you know you can often get such pictures and graphics for free. Not only that, but you can use them for free in any project.
Royalty-free clipart is very popular on the web. Royalty free means you can use free clip art (also called freeware clipart) in any project from a personal website or garage sale flyer to a commercial project like greeting card, calender or sales presentation which you can then sell.
Microsoft software like Office comes with many clipart you can use in your documents and presentations. You can also download free clipart or purchase thousands on an inexpensive clipart and graphics cd to add to your collection.
Some of the many types of clipart and graphics available:
Business clipart
Computer clipart
Religious clipart including Christian, Jewish and Muslim clip art
Holiday clipart like Christmas, Valentine, Thanksgiving, New Years and Easter
Wedding clip art
Sports clipart including golf, baseball, basketball and football
Baby clip art
Animated clipart
Food clip art
Website clipart
Cars clip art
Birthday clipart
Animals clip art
Country flags clipart
Flowers clip art
Clipart images are easy to insert into a document, spreadsheet, presentation or any other project you are creating. They add variety to the written words and often can be used to reinforce a point or add humor.
Royalty-free clipart is very popular on the web. Royalty free means you can use free clip art (also called freeware clipart) in any project from a personal website or garage sale flyer to a commercial project like greeting card, calender or sales presentation which you can then sell.
Microsoft software like Office comes with many clipart you can use in your documents and presentations. You can also download free clipart or purchase thousands on an inexpensive clipart and graphics cd to add to your collection.
Some of the many types of clipart and graphics available:
Clipart images are easy to insert into a document, spreadsheet, presentation or any other project you are creating. They add variety to the written words and often can be used to reinforce a point or add humor.
March 23, 2007
CDEarth: Cool Fonts from Graffiti to Old English
Times New Roman, Arial, or Courier? Decisions, decisions, decisions.
If you've ever writen a Word document, these have probably been your choices of fonts. If you really wanted to get creative, maybe you'd throw in some bold or italics with an occasional underline to make your point. Heavy stuff.
For most projects such as business letters, a simple, professional, easy-to-read font is actually the best. But did you know you there are thousands of fonts you can choose from to make your more creative writings stand out?
You can download free fonts or purchase an inexpensive fonts cd with 1001 fonts. You can install them on your computer and have them available in Microsoft Word or Powerpoint presentations and in the desktop publishing or graphics editor we discussed yesterday.
You can find specialized fonts for a particular project like a wedding font for your wedding invitations or holiday fonts for your next holiday newsletter. Creative fonts are perfect for your scrapbook captions or even for your garage sale flyer to make it really sizzle.
Many different types of fonts to choose from including:
If you've ever writen a Word document, these have probably been your choices of fonts. If you really wanted to get creative, maybe you'd throw in some bold or italics with an occasional underline to make your point. Heavy stuff.
For most projects such as business letters, a simple, professional, easy-to-read font is actually the best. But did you know you there are thousands of fonts you can choose from to make your more creative writings stand out?
You can download free fonts or purchase an inexpensive fonts cd with 1001 fonts. You can install them on your computer and have them available in Microsoft Word or Powerpoint presentations and in the desktop publishing or graphics editor we discussed yesterday.
You can find specialized fonts for a particular project like a wedding font for your wedding invitations or holiday fonts for your next holiday newsletter. Creative fonts are perfect for your scrapbook captions or even for your garage sale flyer to make it really sizzle.
Many different types of fonts to choose from including:
- Calligraphy fonts
- Gothic fonts
- Grafitti fonts
- Fancy fonts
- Dingbats or symbols
- Script fonts
- Handriting fonts
- Old English fonts
- Chinese and Japanese fonts
- True Type fonts
- Mac fonts
- Retro fonts
- Cursive fonts
- Western fonts
March 22, 2007
CD Earth: Photo Editor and Desktop Publishing Software
Lets talk about photos and images. Everyone loves to take digital photographs. Most of us are lucky if we can get them from the camera to our computer where they sit collecting digital dust.
What if you could edit photos by removing the red-eyes or cropping out some guy walking through your photo? What if you could get really creative by adding a fancy border around your picture, splice two or more photos together, insert some funny text at bottom or even add a graphic into the photo?
Then you could create a slideshow with your new photos and the music you created yesterday using the Music Editor or add the new photos into your home video with the Video Editor. OK, we're getting ahead of ourselves. ;-)
The main thing to know is you can find great photo, graphics and image editors that let you do all these things and more. Some of the products like Adobe Photoshop and Corel Paint Shop Pro can from $250 to $600. The good news: there are excellent inexpensive and ever free graphics and photo editing software that can do everything you need.
Now that you have your photos and images, what do you do with them? Just remember that if you plan to print something, design it first with desktop publishing software.
Easy to use publishing software lets you create everything from a neighborhood newsletter to publishing a small newspaper. Use it to create business stationary and brochures, greeting cards, posters, and anything else your imagination dictates.
As always, don't be intimidated. It's not as hard as you think. Just have fun with it. You'll be amazed what you can create with that computer of yours.
What if you could edit photos by removing the red-eyes or cropping out some guy walking through your photo? What if you could get really creative by adding a fancy border around your picture, splice two or more photos together, insert some funny text at bottom or even add a graphic into the photo?
Then you could create a slideshow with your new photos and the music you created yesterday using the Music Editor or add the new photos into your home video with the Video Editor. OK, we're getting ahead of ourselves. ;-)
The main thing to know is you can find great photo, graphics and image editors that let you do all these things and more. Some of the products like Adobe Photoshop and Corel Paint Shop Pro can from $250 to $600. The good news: there are excellent inexpensive and ever free graphics and photo editing software that can do everything you need.
Now that you have your photos and images, what do you do with them? Just remember that if you plan to print something, design it first with desktop publishing software.
Easy to use publishing software lets you create everything from a neighborhood newsletter to publishing a small newspaper. Use it to create business stationary and brochures, greeting cards, posters, and anything else your imagination dictates.
Some of the many things you can create with desktop publishing software:
- Newsletters
- Scrapbooks
- Greeting cards
- Photo albums
- Personal or business stationary
- Business brochures
- Business cards
- Print advertisements
- Logos
- Drawings
- Posters
- CD covers
- Publish small newspaper or magazine
As always, don't be intimidated. It's not as hard as you think. Just have fun with it. You'll be amazed what you can create with that computer of yours.
March 21, 2007
CDEarth: express your creative side
Like most of us, you probably use your computer to send emails to friends and family and surf the web to research your vacation, buy a book at Amazon or get a great deal on eBay.
What about using your computer to get in touch with your creative side?
Think you can be the next Steven Spielberg or Martin Scorsese? Well even if you don't plan to be featured in the next film festival, you can still use a Video Editor software to become your family's director. Most home movie editing software lets you easily edit and add special affects to your home movies. So you can call the shots just like the pros. Then you can view your personal memories on DVD or your computer.
How about adding some sounds and music to that home movie or even create your own CD singing your favorite tunes? You can use a Music Editor software to create and edit music and sound recordings by editing sounds, mixing tracks, and applying professional sound-effects. Most home music editing software will let you mix and match till you get the sound you like.
Have you ever wondered how they make the cool 3D animation in movies, cartoons and video games? You can actually do it too with Animation software on your home computer. The easy-to-use tools let you create beautiful animations with a touch of a button. Most of these software products let you add objects and backgrounds, make the characters move, add sounds and then record and play it all back like a professional.
It's a lot of fun, easier then you think and a great way to impress your family and friends.
What about using your computer to get in touch with your creative side?
Think you can be the next Steven Spielberg or Martin Scorsese? Well even if you don't plan to be featured in the next film festival, you can still use a Video Editor software to become your family's director. Most home movie editing software lets you easily edit and add special affects to your home movies. So you can call the shots just like the pros. Then you can view your personal memories on DVD or your computer.
How about adding some sounds and music to that home movie or even create your own CD singing your favorite tunes? You can use a Music Editor software to create and edit music and sound recordings by editing sounds, mixing tracks, and applying professional sound-effects. Most home music editing software will let you mix and match till you get the sound you like.
Have you ever wondered how they make the cool 3D animation in movies, cartoons and video games? You can actually do it too with Animation software on your home computer. The easy-to-use tools let you create beautiful animations with a touch of a button. Most of these software products let you add objects and backgrounds, make the characters move, add sounds and then record and play it all back like a professional.
It's a lot of fun, easier then you think and a great way to impress your family and friends.
March 20, 2007
Welcome to CD Earth Blog!
We're so excited to welcome you to our new blog. We want to bring interesting computer and software news you can use everyday in your home and business life.
You will not find technical mumble-jumble on this blog. Most of us here at CD Earth don't understand it anyway. :-) We will talk about real things you can do with your computer like putting together a family scrapbook, teaching your child to read or do math, finding some great dinner recipes, create a simple customer or inventory list for your business, make a home movie, and of course play some games.
CDEarth aims to bring our customers some of the world's best, award-winning software that they can enjoy -- and afford. You can choose a free software CD from our software catalog including Office Suite, Family software, Clipart, Fonts, Computer Games, PC Security, Children's Educational software, Bible Study, Genealogy, Screensavers & Desktop Backgrounds, Food Recipes, Music Editor, Video Editor, 3D Animation Studio and much more.
You will not find technical mumble-jumble on this blog. Most of us here at CD Earth don't understand it anyway. :-) We will talk about real things you can do with your computer like putting together a family scrapbook, teaching your child to read or do math, finding some great dinner recipes, create a simple customer or inventory list for your business, make a home movie, and of course play some games.
CDEarth aims to bring our customers some of the world's best, award-winning software that they can enjoy -- and afford. You can choose a free software CD from our software catalog including Office Suite, Family software, Clipart, Fonts, Computer Games, PC Security, Children's Educational software, Bible Study, Genealogy, Screensavers & Desktop Backgrounds, Food Recipes, Music Editor, Video Editor, 3D Animation Studio and much more.
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