Spring has brought a new crop of products and deals

Spring has finally arrived - even though parts of the country are buried in snow or underwater. Hopefully the new season brings better days. This wasn't intended to start off this way, but many of us on the West Coast do tend forget how harsh the conditions still are in certain parts of the country - this time of year.

Where was I...yes new software and deals available in the Intel BX Software Store. Here we go -- Don't say I've never done anything nice for you:

• CyberLink released their lastest version of PowerDVD. We now have available for download PowerDVD 9 Deluxe, Standard and Ultra. I feel so old-fashion because my PC can't play Blu-ray Discs and I've heard these do a phenomenal job at playing back Blu-ray and upscaling DVDs. Who needs expensive video processing brands when you have PowerDVD - right?

Oh! Don't forget that tax time is less than two weeks away. We still have TurboTax Online Products and TaxCut titles on sale.I know, most people are loyal to one brand verse the other. Supposedly that's because their information from previous years are already stored with the respective provider. My brother just completed his taxes online while watching an NBA game. He was done before the game was finished. Talk about easy (and maybe a time when you shouldn't be multitasking).

Okay back to the new deals:

• ParetoLogic has extended its 5 in 1 deal -- ParetoLogic Power Pack 5 in1. People, they knocked 75% off MSRP. If you were to buy these products separately: ParetoLogic DriverCure, RegCure, XoftSpySE (XP), Privacy Controls and ParetoLogic Data Recovery -- they would cost $160. You get all of these for $39.95. You'll get everything you need to improve system performance (cause defragging alone isn't cutting it anymore); fix driver issues (I've been there before); lock down the PC from security threats and much more.

• Here's a totally cool product from Reallusion Inc called CrazyTalk5 PRO. It's not what you think (yes, I know don't let the name throw you). Anyway, we have it on sale: 25% Off MSRP. Sale Price: $112.37. It's a face Puppet Animation Studio! You can create 3D talking characters from photos, images or illustrations and animate characters with voice, recorded audio, or text. Try it out - it's very addictive because you'll want to try a whole bunch of pictures.

• We finally got the Lavasoft Ad-Aware Pro and Ad-Aware Plus series in the store. Not only that, the good people at Lavasoft kicked in a 30% off MSRP deal on Ad Aware Pro Anniversary Edition 1 Year. I've always found Ad-Aware to be lite on the system resources so I always like using their security products.

We have a lot more software deals this month so check'em out. I'll keep you posted when something interesting appears in the store.

Get your taxes done -- don't make me say it again.

Patrick