World Book 2008 by Software MacKiev
World Book 2008 by Software MacKiev Streetwise$99.95
The 2008 edition of Software MacKiev's award-winning World Book Multimedia Encyclopedia features a collection of kid-safe Webcams from around the world and a new Media Showcase widget. With thousands of new and updated articles, maps, photos and video clips, a full dictionary and an atlas, it's no wonder that World Book is America's favorite encyclopedia.
A collection of editor-approved Webcams make Software MacKiev's new 2008 edition of their award-winning World Book Multimedia Encylopedia the next best thing to being there. See the Eiffel Tower lit up at night as Parisian traffic streams by. Check out the Meerkats scampering at the Marwell Zoo in Hampshire, England. Watch supertankers navigating the famous Gatun locks on the Panama canal. The webcams are all kid-safe and updated regularly, with new cameras added each month.
Add three widgets, an iPhone application, the ability to export the media collection to iPod format, and continuous online article updates throughout the year, and you'll understand why this is the premiere encyclopedia on the Mac platform. World Book contains every article from the 22-volume World Book paper-bound set plus thousands of photographs, video clips, animations, 3D panoramic views, famous speeches and much, much more. Includes the 228,000 term World Book dictionary and the World Book atlas. One DVD disc.
2008 World Book includes:
- NEW! Webcam Collection
- NEW! Media Showcase widget
- Export to iPod
- Every article in the World Book print edition
- World Book Dictionary
- World Book Notepad Student Word Processor
- World Book Atlas with Translucent Globe
- World Book Trivia Challenge game
- This Day In History Widget (for iPhone too)
- World Book Librarian research widget
- World Book Screen Saver
- Thousands of photos, illustrations, and video clips
- Sound clips, poetry readings, and speeches
- Music clips from Rhino/Warner Music Collection
- Bubble View 360-degree Panoramas
- Thousands of editor-selected Web sites
- Free online Article Updates (one-year free subscription, after one-year optional update subscription is available)
WHAT'S NEW FOR 2008
Among the many new features in this edition:
Webcam CollectionThe next best thing to being half way across the world is to travel through the magic of Webcams. Software MacKiev has added hundreds of editor-approved Webcams to the 2008 edition of World Book. Witness the construction of the world's largest ferris wheel in Singapore. Look out for "Nessie" on Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands. See the trains roll into Blumberg Station in southern Germany and the gondoliers navigating the Grand Canal in Venice. The webcams are all kid-safe and updated monthly.
Media Showcase WidgetDo you know where sitatungas lives? Find out with World Book's newest widget: The 2008 World Book Media Showcase. With more than a thousand gorgeous images from World Book articles gathered in a quiz format, you'll have fun learning about people, places and living things across the planet while viewing the best of World Book's media collection. If you're stumped, you can click through to the World Book article to find the answer.
Content for iPods and iPhonesAll World Book media content has been adapted to play on Apple's latest iPods including the new iPod Nano and iPod Touch. Exporting World Book content to your iPod is just one click away so you can take World Book's media library with you. Watch a documentary video clip on the Civil War or listen to World Books rich music collection anywhere you roam. As a bonus, our This Day in History widget is also available as an iPhone application that you can also play on an iPod Touch.
Thousands of new articles and mediaEach year the editors of the World Book 22-volume paper-bound version of the encyclopedia, update articles and add new ones. Those all are taken word for word into the multimedia edition and for 2008 there are more than 4,000 new and updated articles from genetically modified food to the Iran-Iraq War, Kate Winslet, and Johnny Depp as well as lots of great new photographs, illustrations, video clips, and more!
SPECIAL WORLD BOOK FEATURES
- Export to iPod Export sounds, videos, and animations from World Book to play on your iPod, all with a single click of a mouse!
- Back In Time Archives Historical World Book archives offer the possibility to do period research. Turn the calendar back to 1995, for example, and read how "... a new force known as the Taliban" invaded Afghanistan that year.
- Month In Brief The most important international news stories and photos of the month are selected by World Book editors and presented in this time browser so you can keep up on current events around the world.
- Surf The Ages In these simulated historical Web sites even Joan of Arc has her own Web page. Century by century see what Web sites would have looked like if the Internet existed more than 5,000 years ago.
- Just Looking World Book's unique browsing feature is like flipping through the pages of the encyclopedia to look at the pictures. Search by media type or by interesting themes such as Natural Wonders, Skyscrapers, Bridges & Tunnels, Farmers, Castles & Towers and more!
- Time Frame Search Find all the media and articles related to a particular era such as the Renaissance or the American Revolution, or find out what happened the day you were born.
- Media Center Here you can experience the Great Depression by viewing a World Book mini-documentary. Tour Jerusalem through 360-degree panoramic views. Find out what a penguin sounds like!«Waterstream» Home screen The "water" on the World Book home screen appears to move and media float by like leaves in a stream. Click on the screen and ripples go out like a stone dropped in a pond.
- World Book Screen Saver Sends photos and movies from World Book's rich media collection spinning across your screen. Select one of 16 themes such as Stars of Stage & Screen, Animal Kingdom, European Painting and more.
- Bonjour Sticky Notes Taking advantage of Bonjour (formerly Rendezvous), Apple's automatic network technology, you can instantly and automatically share your sticky note bookmarks and research with others.
- Just Listening Multimedia Player Listen to an Irish jig as scenes from Europe float by! The Just Listening Multimedia Player gathers World Book's music and sounds into themes from national anthems to famous speeches and bird calls. Media on the Just Listening player and on the Waterstream home screen change to reflect the selected theme.
- Speech Technologies World Book's speech capabilities make it possible to navigate World Book using voice commands and to have any article read aloud to you. Fully supports Apple's VoiceOver technology!
Minimum System Requirements:
- Operating System: Mac OS X 10.3.9* or later, including 10.5 "Leopard"
- Processor: G3 350MHz (iBook and PowerBook G3 - 500MHz), including all Intel-based Macs
- Memory: 256 MB RAM
- Display: 1024x768, Millions of Colors
- Video memory: 8 MB VRAM (16 MB recommended)
- Free Hard Disk Space: 1.2 GB
- DVD-ROM drive
- Internet connection required for online features
* NOTE: Widgets require Mac OS X 10.4 or later
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