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Creating Even the Most Sophisticated Tests Is a Snap with Adit Testdesk

[ Comments Off ] Posted on 02.10.10 under Education

Adit Software has announced the newest version of Adit Testdesk, the full-featured software enabling a user to create and run tests, and to analyze test results. Adit Testdesk 2.0 provides the host of new features and improvements to facilitate building and grading tests, from basic surveys to sophisticated exams. Those familiar with Office 2007 will get instantly comfortable with the program thanks to the new user interface.

Powerful yet intuitive, the program allows creating a new test, exam or quiz quickly and easily. Designed to streamline building tests for almost any purpose, Adit Testdesk supports four types of tests: survey, assessment test (with advanced scoring available), personality test, and script type featuring advanced scripts for grading. What’s more, the software gives users the capability of creating paper-based tests, so that they could enjoy the benefits of computer-based design to the fullest.

Adit Testdesk offers a whole variety of question types, including grid and matching questions, spoken response and file upload questions, flash and draw questions, and many more. While the wide range of question types ensures that you can create a truly comprehensive test, the built-in feature-rich text editor allows giving your tests modern and professional look.

New to this release are test variables, allowing a user to further customize tests and create advanced grading scenarios. Developed to give you more flexibility, test variables can be employed to personalize tests through adding name, contact information, and so on. You can also use variables to display or hide any part of the test if certain conditions are met.

Adit Testdesk simplifies testing, providing the comprehensive set of tools to guide you step by step through the process – from building and running a test to grading it and analyzing the results – and make it easy and enjoyable for you.

Pricing and Availability

Adit Testdesk is compatible with Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 2008 and Windows 7, and the Standard Edition of the program costs $69.00 for a single user license. Apart from the Standard Edition Adit Software offers Professional, Enterprise, Standard Server, Professional Server, Enterprise Server and Secure Server Editions. Licensed users are entitled to maximum priority technical support and 12 months of free upgrades. Further information on features and pricing of the product is available at www.aditsoftware.com

About Adit Software

Founded in 2005, Adit Software is the software development company focused on providing quality testing solutions. For more information, please visit www.aditsoftware.com

SoftAmbulance Partition Doctor: Careful and Thorough Recovery of Hard Drives, Partitions and More

[ Comments Off ] Posted on 02.09.10 under System Utilities

February 9, 2010: SoftAmbulance data recovery company announces the release of a new version of Partition Doctor, a solution developed for recovery of hard disk drive. It is able to recover partition tables, corrupted files, boot records and directory structure automatically, fixing much more than the built-in Windows tool and considerably more than competing programs. It is quite easy to check the effectiveness of Partition Doctor, as the free evaluation version provides full pre-recovery preview.

No PC is secured from occasional data loss, be that accidental deletion, mistaken formatting, virus attack or hardware crash. Though the Windows tool is intended to fix such problems, it is actually not effective enough. To restore as much data as possible one should use a really advanced and thorough recovery solution – for example, SoftAmbulance Partition Doctor, which is able to recover severely damaged hard drives, lost partitions and directory structures even after formatting.

What is remarkable about Partition Doctor is that it does not require any specific knowledge from the user, yet being able to perform difficult recovery tasks. The wizard makes the recovery process clear and intelligible even for an inexperienced user. Partition Doctor carries out automatic hard drive scanning, defines and shows recoverable files and folders. The user should only select what to recover.

By the way, Partition Doctor provides a high level of data safety: when recovering damaged disks, the program employs low-level sector scan. In addition to this, Partition Doctor can work with a virtual image of a disk, without accessing it directly – such safety measures guarantee that important data will remained intact.

Before purchasing a license it is recommended to check if Partition Doctor is able to recover your data. The free evaluation version supports full pre-recovery file preview.

What can be recovered by Partition Doctor?

- Lost or deleted partitions;
- Damaged or formatted hard disk drives;
- Corrupted or deleted files;
- Boot records;
- File, folder, partition and system structures such as NTFS, NTFS4, NTFS5, FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, VFAT, MFT and MBR.

Pricing and Availability

Partition Doctor supports all major Windows versions and costs 139.99 USD for a single-user license. Further information on the product, as well as its free evaluation version, is available from http://softambulance.com

About SoftAmbulance

Founded in 2005, SoftAmbulance is a software development company specializing in convenient but powerful recovery tools for home users. The major products by SoftAmbulance are Partition Doctor, File Recovery and Photo Undelete. For more information on the company and its products please visit http://softambulance.com

Zombie Apocalypse MMORPG launches 3D Development Blog

[ Comments Off ] Posted on 02.09.10 under Games & Entertainment

Kent, United Kingdom – February 9th, 2010 – Having announced a number of planned enhancements to Dead Frontier (the world’s #1 Zombie MMORPG), including the introduction of 3D game play earlier this month, Jagged Blade Games are pleased to announce the launch of their new development blog.

The blog will allow players to keep up to speed with all the latest news and updates surrounding the development of Dead Frontier’s new 3D client. It will also contain exclusive commentary from Dead Frontier’s Lead Developer, Neil Yates. The blog can be found at www.deadfrontierdev.blogspot.com

In addition to the blog Jagged Blade Games will also be launching the first playable demo of the new 3D client later this month.

About Dead Frontier

Dead Frontier combines 3rd person survival horror action with more traditional role-playing elements to create a totally unique MMO experience. Players will need to have their wits about them as they struggle for survival in the decaying, zombie infested city of Fairview. Will you stay in the relative safety of the last remaining human outpost, or attempt to create your own hideout in the depths of the city? The choice is yours.

Dead Frontier plays exclusively in your browser and requires no extra downloads of any kind. What’s more the registration requires only a few seconds so you’ll be playing in no time!

Begin your survival horror experience now by visiting www.deadfrontier.com

Latest Dead Frontier 3D concept art, screenshots and other press information can be downloaded here:

http://e1h13.simplecdn.net/deadfrontier/frontpage/DeadFrontierPRMaterials.zip

About Jagged Blade Games

Jagged Blade Games is small game development studio based in South-East England. Formed by Neil Yates, JBG has been providing quality shoot ‘em up titles since 2003.

G-Recorder: Record Skype Calls and Chats to Gmail

[ Comments Off ] Posted on 02.09.10 under Communications

February 9, 2010: IM-History has announced the release of G-Recorder, a handy tool for recording Skype chats and calls to Gmail. Such a solution is a must-have for those who conduct business negotiations or learn foreign languages via Skype, as no PC troubles would ever affect important records. Besides, G-Recorder makes it possible to access the records online from any PC or mobile device. It is remarkable that right after the release G-Recorder was nominated for Best IM Feature 2010 by About.com!

Skype, being widely used for video calls, audio conversations and instant messaging, does not support any recording features. This problem can be solved with any of numerous call recorders, but in this case Skype records are kept on a certain PC and can be lost due to Windows reinstallation, hard drive crash, etc. As for G-Recorder, this useful solution is developed to store important audio conversations and chat log safely on Gmail.

Each conversation is kept as an MP3 file in a separate e-mail and can be accessed from another PC or mobile device connected to the Internet. For example, when on a business trip, the user can easily replay calls made from his workplace PC. Moreover, G-Recorder allows recording Skype calls from multiple computers to one Gmail account, arranging them chronologically (it is possible to use one G-Recorder license on up to 10 computers under the same Skype name).

By the way, the useful features of G-Recorder do not interfere with its simplicity and convenience. Configuration is guided by a simple wizard, and the interface is quite clear and intuitive.

Features:

- Recording of Skype calls to Gmail;
- Access to records anytime from any PC or mobile device;
- Recording of Skype calls from multiple computers under the same Skype account;
- Clear interface and configuration wizard.

Pricing and Availability

G-Recorder runs under WinXP, WinVista, Win7 and costs 25.00 USD for a single-user license. Further information on the product, as well as its free 14-days trial edition, is available from http://www.g-recorder.com

About IM-History

Founded in 2007, IM-History is a software development company specializing in online storage of IM logs and call records. The company is known for a free web service of online storage of IM logs and G-Recorder for Skype. For more information please visit www.im-history.com

Matchmaker: Joining Hearts game

[ Comments Off ] Posted on 02.08.10 under Games & Entertainment

Sugar Games has announced the release of Matchmaker: Joining Hearts – the new hidden object game featuring a variety of challenges embedded into romantic story line. With its release timed to Valentine’s Day, the game instantly creates the perfect mood, bringing a player to the small seaside town where there are ten singles in desperate need for advice from an observant matchmaker.

In the game you assume the role of Helen Jones, a nice woman that moves to a resort town where even wind whispers love. However, there are still some lonely hearts that haven’t found partners yet. An encounter with a new neighbor inspires you to start helping singles choose a partner employing your own highly efficient approach.

Not unlike a detective, you visit the single in question and the three candidates at their places – but instead of evidence you look for objects that may characterize their owner and use your observations to decide who will be the perfect match for your friend. To make sure the choice is right you will also have to spot identical objects in the rooms of the single and the potential partner, as they are bound to have lots in common. After the match has been found, you help your friend make an impressive gift and organize the perfect first date – each of the tasks featuring its own challenge, including searching objects by name and by shape and finding a right place for an item.

Whether you have already found that special someone in your life or your perfect match is yet to be found, Matchmaker will give you unforgettable hours of fun and bring you into the most romantic mood, with photorealistic graphics and sweet soundtrack adding to the vividness of experience.

Features

- 40 different scenes and 70 levels
- More than 2000 unique objects
- Romantic story line and exciting gameplay
- Great replay value due to objects automatically changing location
- Different hidden object gameplay mechanics

Pricing and Availability

Matchmaker: Joining Hearts runs under Windows 98, ME, 2000, 2003, XP, Vista and Windows 7. Matchmaker: Joining Hearts for Mac runs under Mac OS X 10.3 or better. A single-user license costs $9.95 (US). Further information on the product as well as the free trial version is available at http://www.SugarGames.com/matchmaker

About Sugar Games

Founded in 2003, Sugar Games is a software development company providing quality casual games for online distribution. The company delivers exciting gaming experience through captivating family-oriented games, including its popular Rainbow series (Rainbow Web, Rainbow Web 2 and Rainbow Mystery). For more information please visit http://www.sugargames.com/about/

Microsoft Will Be Running a ‘Windows Azure’ Worksho

[ Comments Off ] Posted on 02.05.10 under Development

Microsoft Will Be Running a ‘Windows Azure’ Workshop at the Cloud Computing Congress – 16th March 2010
Cloud Computing Congress 2010

LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Microsoft Corporation, the world’s leading manufacturer of software for business and personal computing, announced today that they will be hosting a workshop presentation on their cloud platform offering ‘Windows Azure’ at the Cloud Computing Congress, http://www.cloudcomputingcongress.com/ taking place on the 16th March at Olympia, London.

Eric Nelson, Microsoft’s Developer Evangelist will be giving an introduction to one of the leading cloud platforms that is at the cutting edge of the Cloud Computing Age. Attendees will learn what Windows Azure is capable of doing and why, how and when you should adopt the Azure platform that went into production on the 4th January 2010.

The free to attend workshop session is a must attend for resellers, developers, the IT community and independent software vendors (ISV) who can explore the potential to increase revenues and decrease its costs.

The session will demonstrate Windows Azure PaaS offering that enables applications built in .NET, Java, Ruby, PhP, SQL Server, MySQL and more to be run on Microsoft Data Centers.

“For the past decade we have relied on Microsoft for underpinning technologies in our foundational SaaS, infrastructure services and innovations in the Media & Entertainment and Enterprise markets’’, said Darcy Lorincz, CEO of Origin Digital. “Integration with the Windows Azure platform is another market leading, evolutionary step for our company and we expect that Origin Digital and our customers will benefit from performance and cost benefits for years to come.’’

“The Cloud Computing Congress is an event designed for building partnerships across the board, and providing a good networking environment for those to communicate and take the cloud debate forward.” commented Ian Johnson, Managing Director, Six Degrees Events. “I’m especially interested in heading the latest in the demand for mobile devices and mobile cloud computing, and the challenges this presents.”

The Cloud Computing Congress will run simultaneously with other conferences including; Enterprise Social Media (http://www.enterprisesocialmedia.net , Social Media World Forum http://www.socialmedia-forum.com , Mobile Social Media – http://www.mobilesocial-networking.com

About Window’s Azure

Windows Azure is the cloud services operating system that serves as the development, service hosting, and service management environment for the Windows Azure Platform. Windows Azure provides developers with on-demand compute and storage to host, scale and manage web applications on the Internet through Microsoft Data Centers.

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