Google Earth 5 - Google

Google Earth applies satellite imagery and topographical data to a 3-D globe. In some major cities, you’ll even see fully textured 3-D buildings and landmarks. You can enhance these maps with a smorgasbord of relevant data, including photographs, Wikipedia entries, and YouTube videos... read more at Macworld

Stellarium - Stellarium

Where Google Earth lets you view the Earth from above, Stellarium provides the exact opposite: an outstanding view of the sky. It looks fantastic, but it's much more than just eye candy. The application is an amateur astronomer's playground, a school teacher's dream come true, and great fun for kids, big and small, to mess around with... read more at MacUserUK

Google Earth - Google

At its most basic level, it's an impressive 3D mapping and route-planning tool that allows you to zoom around the world as it streams satellite photos of the planet's surface from a central bank of servers. Google calls it 'a 3D interface to the planet', and all the pictures were taken in the last three years. For obvious reasons, it requires a minimum 128Kbits/sec broadband connection, and because this build makes use of Tiger's graphics features... read more at MacUserUK

Starry Night Pro Plus 5.7 - Imaginova

Amateur astronomers know how frustrating it can be to blow $200 on a low-end telescope, lug it into the backyard, and then sit there all night unable to spot anything but the moon—and that’s not even considering urban light pollution, which diminishes the awesome experience of gazing at the heavens... read more at MacAddict

Visual Thesaurus 3 - Thinkmap

We liked Visual Thesaurus 2.0 , but now that we've seen VT3, we're not sure how we lived without some of its new features. For example, VT3 now includes audio pronunciations—click the audio icon next to a word to hear it pronounced in either American or right-honourable British English... read more at MacAddict

Current - Near-Time Inc

Most computer users' work involves managing, gathering and distributing information from a variety of sources, yet the tools provided for managing information are usually quite poor... read more at MacUserUK

World of Where 1.3.1 - World of Worlds Software

When I was a kid, we learned geography by filling in place names on copies of world and U.S. maps, and we learned country and state capitals by making flash cards with a country or a state on one side and its capital on the other. But learning geography is much easier and a bit more fun today ... read more at Macworld

CLIX 1.5 - Rixstep

CLIX includes a default database containing more than 450 Terminal commands that perform useful actions in OS X—many of them usually inaccessible—categorized by the aspect of the interface they affect (Dock, Finder, Security, and System, for example) ... read more at Macworld

Starry Night 5.0 - Imaginova

Nearly everyone can identify the Big Dipper, and possibly Orion, in the night sky. But if asked to point to a constellation such as Cygnus or Cassiopeia, most of us would probably just shrug. Imaginova’s Starry Night Enthusiast 5.0 places the sky at your fingertips, making learning the constellations fun and easy ... read more at Macworld

Mactracker 3.ob2 - Ian Page

In my line of work, people often ask me questions about particular Mac models, but despite my years of experience with Macs (and contrary to the misconceptions of my friends), I’m not a walking encyclopedia of Mac specs and information. When I need to look up information, I avoid browsing Apple’s Knowledge Base or wading through Google search results. Instead, I turn to Ian Page’s free (donations accepted) Mactracker 3.0b2...... read more at Macworld

Totem - Totem

20-plus questions. In creating your autobiography, the first step is to set up an author profile, which contains a vast array of data, including your birth, relatives, jobs, hobbies, and more. There's even a nifty timeline that tells you all sorts of trivia pertaining to a particular year (remember when gas was $1.29 a gallon in 1996?) ... read more at MacAddict

Route USA 2004 3.6 - Route 66

Although there are plenty of free online resources that will tell you how to get from your house to the store, for true long-distance mapping and trip planning—with Global Positioning System (GPS) integration, multiple stopping points, and information on highlights along the route—you need something more powerful. With its GPS-enabled maps and gigabytes of road and location data ... read more at Macworld

Booxter 1.5.3 - Deep Prose Software

Booxter also stores all the data you’d expect a book-cataloging utility to: personal rating, price paid, borrowing and lending information, series numbers, and much more—over 30 fields in all. The iTunes-like interface makes it easy to browse your library by any criterion, and you can even create Smart Book Lists to quickly view books that fit particular sets of criteria. If you have books overflowing your bookcases, Booxter might be the tool you need to keep track of them all.
Sound Sorting...... read more at Macworld

Word Menu 2.2 - Write Brothers

Word Menu organizes over 76,000 words into seven main categories, such as Science & Technology, Domestic Life, and The Human Condition. These categories contain subcategories, which contain more subcategories, and so on—some categorization is surprising, though logical. One of the entries for pirate, for example, is located under Science And Technology > Transportation > Ships And Boats > Nautical Occupations. ... read more at MacAddict

Route USA 2004 - Route 66

Mac OS X users have had to rely upon MapQuest and its online ilk for mapmaking and route planning, so we were encouraged when Route 66 announced its OS X–compatible Route USA 2004. However, our anticipation turned to disappointment when we fired it up ... read more at MacAddict

Topo! State Series - National Geographic Maps

As map geeks, we love Topo for its acres of raw information. If only the maps were easier to use, we'd be happy campers ... read more at MacAddict

Kiplinger's Home & Business Attorney - Block Financial Corporation

Home & Business Attorney is not a substitute for a real lawyer; the program makes this clear with a disclaimer each time you launch it. What it will do is assist in creating many forms that can be submitted to your lawyer for review-thus lowering your legal fees. The program is also a valuable source of reference material for those trying to understand a bit more about their legal rights both personally and in a business ... read more at macHOME

PodQuest 1.0.1 - MibaSoft

a handy little application that downloads MapQuest directions to your iPod. PodQuest is quite helpful at times when reading printed directions is inconvenient; I found it very useful while bicycling ... read more at Macworld

Visual Thesaurus 2.0 - Plumb Design

"Using Visual Thesaurus (VT) is like calling up a thesaurus on the Enterprise's Holodeck or inside Professor Xavier's Cerebro. Its cool factor is indisputable, and will likely elicit an awestruck "neato" from you during first contact. Whether you're in for the long term, however, depends on the way you use reference materials" ... read more at MacAddict

Accordance 5.5c - OakTree

"OakTree Software's Accordance 5.5c lets you perform a wide variety of information-rich searches of biblical materials." ... read more at Macworld

Britannica 2003 Ulltmate Reference Suite - Britannica

"For one-stop fact-finding, you just can't beat the authority and convenience of the Encyclopedia Britannica. The Britannica 2003 Ultimate Reference Suite DVD includes three versions of the popular reference work (it also comes in a three-disc CD set), along with a dictionary, a thesaurus, and an atlas, all in one OS X-only application." ... read more at Macworld

Britannica 2002 Expanded Edition - Encyclopaedia Britannica

There's little doubt that in terms of content, multimedia and ease of use, Britannica Expanded Edition is the best encyclopaedia available ... read more at MacUser UK

World Book 2002 - World Book

World Book 2002 makes writing a paper (or review) fun. Brilliantly organized, with an Aqua interface that has a brain behind its pretty face, the encyclopedia spans centuries of history and keeps up with current news through monthly Internet updates ... read more at macHOME

Topo Interactive Maps - National Geographic

Topo Interactive Maps puts detailed maps of various U.S. regions on CD-ROM. Though navigation is sometimes awkward, outdoor enthusiasts will find the sheer wealth of information well worth the effort ... read more at MacAddict

The Digital Universe - Syzygy

Syzygy's The Digital Universe astronomy program offers accurate information on almost every sky object imaginable, effectively creating your own private planetarium ... read more at MacAddict

Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia 2001 - Grolier

The 2001 Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia is a handsomely designed package loaded with useful facts and figures. There's just one problem ... read more at MacAddict

Route Britain 2000 - Route 66

CD-ROM guides offer far more functionality when it comes to working out the best route from A to B. Route Britain 2000, Route 66's updated route-planner, which now boasts the inclusion of a million towns, cities and streets, hammers another nail in the Luddites' coffin ... read more at MacUser UK

Street Atlas USA 6.0 - De Lorme

Street Atlas USA creates colorful maps of the entire United States, showing towns, roads, bodies of water, and other important geographic features. New in version 6 are updated map data, support for GPS devices, and detailed driving directions. ... read more at MacAddict

Route 66 Britain 99 - Route 66

We've all been lost, but help is at hand. Route 66 Britain 99 is a program with a mission - to make sure you never get lost again. It's an interactive street atlas of the whole of the UK, listing over a million streets ... read more at MacUser UK

Star Wars: Episode I Insider's Guide - LucasArts

The Insider's Guide contains the entire screenplay (with annotations) from the movie, the trailers for The Phantom Menace, trivia questions, and exclusive interviews with George Lucas and other members of the Star Wars crew ... read more at Macworld

Year 2000 Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia Deluxe Edition - Grolier Interactive

You can find most of the information in Grolier's latest edition of its popular reference work - from multiple sources - using an online search engine. What you can't find on the Web, however, is a complete product that educates and entertains quite like this two-disc package ... read more at MacAddict

1999 Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia: iMac Edition - Grolier Interactive

This is what an encyclopedia should be. Full-motion MPEG- video playback, high-quality sound, thousands of pictures, 58,000 articles (36,000 are on the disc, the remainder are online, where two additional encyclopedias are available) 1,200 maps, and content that is clear, concise, and accessible for adults and kids. The only catch is ... read more at macHOME

Art 20: The Thames and Hudson Multimedia Dictionary of Modern Art - Thames and Hudson

The concept is wonderful: combine 3,500 images and more than 2,500 profiles of artists, art movements, and museums into a navigable dictionary. The execution, however, is ... read more at macHOME

Encyclopaedia Britannica CD 1998 Standard Edition

the idea of a CD encyclopedia. It seems like the ideal way to dispense information. Get it in a cheap CD-ROM so that when the information is no longer valid, it doesn't give you pangs when the time comes to throw it away -- unlike with those hopelessly dated heavy leather- or plastic-bound volumes. The idea of making this kind of information interactive is also incredibly appealing. History can be made ... read more at macHOME

Encyclopaedia Britannica Profiles: Black History

This CD-ROM reference employs the thus far unique shtick of using a Web browser as a front end. This time around, the HTML work is much better - it has graphics, for starters - and the text is more substantial, so we'll give Britannica credit for refining the formula to the point that it's a viable alternative to the ubiquitous Macromedia Director front end. Still ... read more at MacAddict

Britannica CD 97

squeezes the whole worksŒsupplemented with 2000 additional articlesŒonto a single CD-ROM. With Netscape Navigator included as a front end, ... read more at Macworld

American Heritage Talking Dictionary

Pronunciations can be subtle, what with unspoken letters, words that ought to sound alike but often enough don't, and the potpourri of words that come to us from other tongues. What's a young one or nonnative English speaker to do? If you don't know your schwa from your umlaut, the American Heritage Talking Dictionary ... read more at Macworld

ZipZAPP Pro

With a small application on your hard drive and the CD-ROM in its place, you can find the ZIP code of virtually any place in the United States, searching by city or area code ... read more at MacAddict

Tripmate/Street Atlas USA 4.0 - DeLorme

Basically, this is two products in one. First is DeLorme's well-respected Street Atlas USA -- a complete, searchable atlas of every street in the country, on CD-ROM. Second (and this is the cool part) is the Tripmate, a GPS satellite receiver. ... read more at macHOME