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Description Take your dream vacation, sailing from one beautiful location to the next as you play solitaire for points and prizes. Interactive tutorials give you a refresher course on old favorites like Klondike and FreeCell, as well as show you how ... to play games you may not have seen before. Dream Vacation Solitaire features more than 30 games including: Sea Towers, Grandfather, Old Clock, Scorpion, Big Forty, Easthaven, and Blind Alleys. Making matches and combinations gives you access to power moves that let you clear the boards with ease. And if you do well enough, you'll earn medals, ... (view more)

Description A challenge as old as the Orient rises up before you! Will you accept this test of your mind and spirit or turn and run? On the surface, the task is simple: clear a board of colored runes by creating matches of three or more stones. As ... you progress, however, the puzzles will become harder and the obstacles more cunning in Oriental Dreams, a fun Puzzle game! Key Features Classic gameplay Wonderful graphics 90 Levels Across 15 Stages! Clear the board! Requirements OS: Windows XP/Vista RAM: 512 MB CPU: 1.0 GHz DirectX: 8.0 Hard Drive: 130 MB [ Download ~ 123.40 MB | Buy Now @ only $6 ... (view more)

A major video games producer says it will begin phasing out printed manuals in a bid to cut down on waste. Ubisoft, makers of the acclaimed Assassin's Creed and Splinter Cell series, say the move will save both paper and the energy used in ... production. Beginning with the next Shaun White Skateboarding game sometime before the end of 2010, Ubisoft will include the manual, along with safety and legal information, within the game itself. The company says this will offer an easier and more intuitive way of accessing the information. (Source: gamespot.com ) That will certainly be easier to achieve ... (view more)

Acer Gridvista Acer Gridvista allows you to use your monitor more effectively by dividing your screen into custom sections. It mimics the Windows 7 snap feature but goes further by allowing you to place your windows into any of two, three, or four ... sections on the screen through drag and drop. http://www.softpedia.com 30 Commercial Games Now Free Here's a list of essential games you'd still love to play. Most of them look dated, for sure, but whether you're looking for some decent side-scrolling action, nostalgic hits from the golden age of adventure, classic titles of interest, or even ... (view more)

One of the most crucial mistakes Microsoft made with its 2007 perating system (OS) Vista was fail to convince gamers that the OS was worth an upgrade. Vista, by all accounts, slowed down systems more than necessary, making it one more obstacle in ... the quest to play titles like Crysis at the maximum video frames per second. It seems, however, that the Redmond-based company's attempt to rectify that situation with the new Windows 7 is paying off. According to a recent survey performed by video game download center Steam, users of the increasingly popular operating system account for an ... (view more)

Description Not just another Galaga clone, Bugatron is a 3D remake of the classic 80's shooting games. It features full hardware 3D acceleration and an all digital soundtrack. It is quite a bit more "whimsical" than most space shooting games, with a ... lot of unique level variation. The free version includes 16 full levels to play. Requirements OS: Windows 9x/Me, 2000, XP Processor: P-300 Microsoft DirectX (free): Version 7.0 [ Download ~ 3.88 MB | Buy Now @ only $9.99! ] NOTE: More games available from our affiliate site: download now ! Screenshots Click any thumbnail to view a full screen ... (view more)

Thanks to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's address at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Wednesday night and a video interview with Entertainment ... (view more)

If you don't have any trouble reading deep into Microsoft job postings, it would appear that the Redmond-based company is preparing to bring its extremely popular Xbox Live online gaming network to Windows Mobile phones. The postings in question ... were for a principal program manager and for a software test engineer. The former was filled on December 23, 2009, but that doesn't really matter -- for the wider interests of techies, the devil is in the details. The job ads made several blatant references to Windows Mobile and the possibility of some level of integration with Xbox Live, currently ... (view more)

Description Meet the Chuzzles - the adorable stars of this slide and match puzzle experience! They are googly-eyed balls of fur that giggle, squeak, and sneeze as you slide columns and rows to set off combos and chain reactions of ridiculous ... intensity. Free them by forming groups of three, but watch out for dangerous puzzle locks! Explore 4 different game modes as you earn trophies, unlock secret games and more! Once you start popping Chuzzles you might not be able to stop! Key Features Chuzzles Galore! Hilarious Animations And Vocals Earn Trophies To Make Your Mark Funky Soundtrack With ... (view more)

Parents, take note: Microsoft's Xbox 360 Elite holiday bundle doesn't pack all the cables you need to take advantage of the console's high-definition potential. That's a change Microsoft has made in hopes no one would notice, and it could lead to ... some disappointed faces on Christmas morning. This past weekend, I purchased Microsoft's Xbox 360 Elite Holiday bundle -- you'll recognize it by the two games on the cover, Lego Batman and Pure. On the surface, it's a good deal; two free games and a console Microsoft promises is less likely to suffer from the dreaded "Red Rings of Death" issue that ... (view more)