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Software MacKiev's new iPod-friendly 2009 World Book for Mac OS X is enriched with thousands of new and updated articles and photographs. This edition packs in loads of new features from a collection of kid-safe webcams to the Media Showcase widget.

Find all the resources you need

With three widgets, the ability to export the media collection to iPod format and continuous online article updates throughout the year, this is the premiere encyclopedia on the Mac platform. World Book contains every article from the printed 22-volume World Book — plus thousands of photographs, video clips, animations, 3D panoramic views, famous speeches and much more. Includes the 228,000-term World Book dictionary and the World Book atlas.

New for 2009

• Webcam collection: The next best thing to being halfway across the world is to travel through the magic of webcams. Software MacKiev has added hundreds of editor-approved webcams to World Book.
• Media Showcase widget: Do you know where sitatungas live? Find out with World Book's newest widget: The 2009 World Book Media Showcase.
• Content for iPod and iPhone: All World Book media content has been adapted to play on Apple's latest iPod models including the new iPod nano and iPod touch. Exporting World Book content to your iPod is just one click away.
• For 2009 there are more than 4,000 new and updated articles from Angelina Jolie to Generation Y, Organic food and YouTube.

System requirements

• Mac OS X v10.3.9 or later, including v10.5 (widgets require OS X v10.4 or later)
• 350MHz or faster PowerPC G3, G4 or G5 or Intel Core processor (iBook and PowerBook G3 — 500MHz)
• 256MB of RAM
• 1.2GB of free hard-disk space
• 1024 x 768 display resolution with millions of colors
• DVD-ROM drive
• Internet connection required for online features (after one year of free online updates an optional update subscription is available)

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Researching nearly any topic whether for school, business or just for fun; it puts an array of text, visual and audio resources right at your fingertips.

Features

• 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
• 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 the Rhino/Warner Music Collection
• Bubble View 360-degree panoramas
• Thousands of editor-selected website links
• Free online Article Updates (one-year subscription)

What's in the box?

• 2009 World Book Encyclopedia

Mfr. Part No.: 10582

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