| Business News |
NBC Universal, partners to buy Weather Channel
(Reuters)
Reuters - NBC Universal and private equity
firms Bain Capital and Blackstone Group said on Sunday
they agreed to buy The Weather Channel from Landmark
Communications.
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Is capitulation on the cards?
(Reuters)
Reuters - Profit warnings, breaches of key index
levels, record oil prices, stressed consumers and investors
seeking safety provide the background for markets this week,
and many people are wondering how long this will all last.
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Postbank sale may fail over target price: report
(Reuters)
Reuters - The sale of Germany's biggest retail
bank Deutsche Postbank could fail because the price potential
bidders are willing to pay does not meet the expectations of
the lender's parent, Deutsche Post, a German magazine reported
on Saturday.
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Auto sector woes could spur deals: Renault CEO
(Reuters)
Reuters - A current slump in the
global automotive sector could give fresh impetus to plans for
consolidation within the industry, the head of French carmaker
Renault said on Saturday.
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Hyundai cuts, Kia lifts domestic sales target
(Reuters)
Reuters - Hyundai Motor Co (005480.KS), South
Korea's top auto maker, said on Sunday it had cut its local
sales target for this year by 6 percent as record-breaking oil
prices are hitting consumer sentiment in Asia's fourth-largest
economy.
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China premier: Continue inflation fight
(AP)
AP - China's premier called for continued vigilance against inflation that has reached 12-year highs, saying the government should ensure that price increases are "acceptable," a state-run news agency reported Sunday.
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Just Banners 4.01 |
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Create great banners for your site! Just Banners lets you build either
static or animated banners any way you like. Add popular skinned
controls, text, icons and other graphics with ease.
Just Banners gives you full control over the creation of your
banner. Use custom shapes, controls, image and anything else you can
think of. Have a favorite backg... |
[License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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Easy Banner Creator 1.2 |
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Easy Banner Creator is an easy-to-use tool for creation of animated or static banners in seconds without graphic skills. Your own banners will make your website successful and will attract new visitors.
Animation effects are components the number of which will be more and more with new versions of the program. Version 1.0 contains the animation effect "R... |
[License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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iNetCalc 2.65 |
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Internet connection speed meter and bandwidth monitor with ad-banners and popups blocker. iNetCalc is used to visualize and control the speed of internet connections. It displays the current speed graphically and numerically.It also keeps records of transferred data amount, determines quality of your connections, shows how much money you have to pay for i... |
[License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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Website Block 1.23 |
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Website Block software utility allows you to block unwanted websites from display in Internet Explorer. If a website is blocked the user is forwarded to a blank page and the contents of the page are not loaded on your PC. Stop loading banners and ads, block your kids from spending hours in chat rooms or remove undesired websites from their view. Password ... |
[License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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Amara Flash Intro and Banner Builder 2.1 |
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Amara Flash Intro and Banner Builder is the ultimate Flash text effect tool to help the web designer create and design animated Flash intros, Flash banners, Flash ads, Flash pop-ups and any other Flash animation. Amara Flash Intro and Banner Builder is the most feature-rich RAD Flash animation tool available on the Net.With Amara Flash Intro and Banner Bu... |
[License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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MyProxy 8.9 |
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High quality web accelerator with powerful ad blocker and cache will save your time, money and nerves. MyProxy allows you to optimize your Web connection. Browse the Internet without having to deal with ad banners and pop-up ads. Keep track of the traffic amount and money you have spent for Internet.Features:Ad filter - Stop advertising, kill those annoyi... |
[License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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Flash Banner Creator 1.10 |
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Flash Banner Creator is the Flash animation tool to help web designers create and design professional Flash ads, Flash banners, Flash intros from photos and music. With Flash Banner Creator, you can create animated and professional-looking flash slideshow banner in minutes.
You can use your own photos and music, and combine them with animated transiti... |
[License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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Proximodo 0.2.5 |
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Proximodo acts as a mediator between the browser and the website. It "sees" everything that is going on and, according to your choices, modifies headers and html page content on-the-fly to make things right.You don't want pop-ups and banners? Just activate the corresponding filters and they will disappear. You want cookies to be deleted when you close you... |
[License: Freeware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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FollowUpXpert Standard 3.6 |
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Simple autoresponder software. No banners and no monthly fees. Use it to create both simple "I'm out of office" kind of autoresponders to ones sending series of emails to your prospects at predefined times. Can also send newsletters and bulk mail. Supports mail merge ("Dear John" instead of "Dear Customer"), HTML messages, email forwarding and more..Featu... |
[License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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IconCool GIF Animator 5.76.70516 |
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IconCool GIF Animator is a professional and easy-to-use GIF animation software tool. It can create animated GIF banners, buttons and any other pictures for your web sites easily. IconCool GIF Animator can export animation in animated GIF, AVI, MPEG, FLI, FLC as well as SWF formats.Not only IconCool GIF Animator can assemble existed pictures into animation... |
[License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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| Software News |
'Containers' Out Perform Virtualization For KV Pharmaceuticals
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - InformationWeek - With a container approach from Parallels' Virtuozzo, memory consumption and processor overhead are reduced through the use of one operating system per host.
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Nokia 6220 Smartphone Released
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The Nokia 6220 classic design includes 3G connectivity, compatibility with Microsoft Office applications, Bluetooth capabilities, and a 5-megapixel camera.
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Microsoft Hopes Office Subscription Plan Will Counter Free Software
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Microsoft is counting on Equipt's convenience factor to help it fend off threats from Google, IBM, and others that are offering free desktop productivity suites.
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Three Startups To Solve SaaS Integration Problems
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Boomi, SnapLogic, and Cast Iron are rolling out new offerings designed to help companies integrate software running in the cloud with onsite software.
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Blogger Opinion: Why We Left NetSuite
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - I first met our solution provider, Ray Tetlow, the founder of Skyytek, on the Oracle Small Business (OSB from now on) user forum. At the time we were struggling with version 7 of OSB. It was really incomplete and badly tested software. Not only was it painfully slow, but also a lot of the features on which we based our purchasing decision just did not work.
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Krugle enhances code search appliance
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Krugle plans to ship next week an upgrade to its search appliance for enterprise software development projects, which makes it easier for teams of developers to maintain code.
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