1. Google Earth 4.2
From Google:
Google Earth puts a planet's worth of imagery and other geographic information right on your desktop. View exotic locales like Maui and Paris, as well as points of interest such as local restaurants, hospitals, and schools. Google Earth combines satellite imagery, maps, and the power of Google Search to put the world's geographic information at your fingertips. With Google Earth you can fly from space to your neighborhood--just type in an address and zoom right in, search for schools, parks, restaurants, and hotels. Get driving directions, tilt and rotate the view to see 3D terrain and buildings, save and share your searches and favorites and even add your own annotations. Version 4.2 adds the Sky in Google Earth feature, which lets you view millions of stars and galaxies.
Note: Google Earth is a broadband, 3D application that not all computers can run. Windows-based desktop PCs older than four years may not be able to run Google Earth and Windows-based notebook PCs older than two years may not be able to run it. http://www.download.com/Google-Earth/3000-2054_4-10411076.html?tag=toprated
From Google:
Google Earth puts a planet's worth of imagery and other geographic information right on your desktop. View exotic locales like Maui and Paris, as well as points of interest such as local restaurants, hospitals, and schools. Google Earth combines satellite imagery, maps, and the power of Google Search to put the world's geographic information at your fingertips. With Google Earth you can fly from space to your neighborhood--just type in an address and zoom right in, search for schools, parks, restaurants, and hotels. Get driving directions, tilt and rotate the view to see 3D terrain and buildings, save and share your searches and favorites and even add your own annotations. Version 4.2 adds the Sky in Google Earth feature, which lets you view millions of stars and galaxies.
Note: Google Earth is a broadband, 3D application that not all computers can run. Windows-based desktop PCs older than four years may not be able to run Google Earth and Windows-based notebook PCs older than two years may not be able to run it. http://www.download.com/Google-Earth/3000-2054_4-10411076.html?tag=toprated
2. WordWeb 5
Publisher's description of WordWeb
From Antony Lewis:
This thesaurus/dictionary can be used to look up words from almost any program. In addition to displaying sense definitions and synonyms, WordWeb can find sets of related words. The database has more than 150,000 root words and 118,000 synonym sets, many proper nouns, pronunciations, and usage tags.
3. Oxford Dictionary of English (Second Edition) 2.2
Publisher's description of Oxford Dictionary of English (Second Edition)
From Ifinger:
iFinger produces and sells downloadable, interactive products developed by integrating our software with mono- and bilingual reference information from some of the world's most famous publishing houses. iFinger works both on- and offline, and text searches can be entered manually for specific queries. The second edition covers up to 355,000 words, phrases, and definitions of current English.
http://www.download.com/Oxford-Dictionary-of-English-Second-Edition-/3000-2279_4-10238904.html?tag=toprated
Publisher's description of Oxford Dictionary of English (Second Edition)
From Ifinger:
iFinger produces and sells downloadable, interactive products developed by integrating our software with mono- and bilingual reference information from some of the world's most famous publishing houses. iFinger works both on- and offline, and text searches can be entered manually for specific queries. The second edition covers up to 355,000 words, phrases, and definitions of current English.
http://www.download.com/Oxford-Dictionary-of-English-Second-Edition-/3000-2279_4-10238904.html?tag=toprated
4. EarMaster School 5 build 601S
Publisher's description of EarMaster School
From EarMaster Aps:
EarMaster School is an interactive tool for teaching ear training. It provides you with an effective learning-by-doing approach to ear training. Students will develop better musical ears because they are not just passive recipients. Exercises are within the areas of chords, intervals, rhythms, melodies, scales, and modes. EarMaster School comes with a jazz tutor and a standard tutor with a total of 651 lessons.
They are ready to use in your teaching or they can be inspiration for you to make your own lessons in the tutor editor. EarMaster School is the network edition of EarMaster with student administration and report facilities, multi-user and network facilities and a tutor editor. Version 5 build 601S includes new Japanese translation and tested and optimized for Windows Vista.
http://www.download.com/EarMaster-School/3000-2133_4-10023006.html?tag=toprated
5. Babylon 6
Publisher's description of Babylon
From Babylon.com:
Babylon is the world's leading dictionary and language translation software. Babylon offers you the most intuitive tool for all your translation needs. With Babylon you can quickly translate e-mails, Web pages, documents, instant messages, and more. You simply click on the word or text that you want to translate and a small window instantly appears with the desired results from Babylon's extensive database of language dictionaries, glossaries and conversion tools.
http://www.download.com/Babylon/3000-2279_4-10042322.html?tag=toprated
Publisher's description of Babylon
From Babylon.com:
Babylon is the world's leading dictionary and language translation software. Babylon offers you the most intuitive tool for all your translation needs. With Babylon you can quickly translate e-mails, Web pages, documents, instant messages, and more. You simply click on the word or text that you want to translate and a small window instantly appears with the desired results from Babylon's extensive database of language dictionaries, glossaries and conversion tools.
http://www.download.com/Babylon/3000-2279_4-10042322.html?tag=toprated
