| Business News |
Markets await Bernanke as central bankers gather
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Federal Reserve Chairman
Ben Bernanke tackles financial stability in a key speech on
Friday but economists doubt he will provide solid clues about
future policy action to calm the credit crunch.
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Fannie and Freddie debt gains, deep share dive abates
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Investors' growing belief in the
likelihood of a federal bailout of home-funding giants Fannie
Mae and Freddie Mac triggered a rally in the
debt prices of the two companies on Thursday while a steep fall
in their shares prices abated.
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Oil up 5 percent on global tensions, soft dollar
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Oil prices rose nearly 5 percent on
Thursday, the biggest percentage gain in more than two months,
driven by rising tensions between the United States and energy
behemoth Russia.
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Three big banks settle with NY state over ARS
(Reuters)
Reuters - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo
on Thursday said Merrill Lynch & Co Inc , Deutsche Bank
(DBKGn.DE) and Goldman Sachs have agreed to settlements
regarding their auction rate security sales practices.
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FINRA probes 40 firms on auction rate securities: source
(Reuters)
Reuters - Financial industry enforcement agents
will review the auction-rate debt operations of about 40 firms
industrywide starting next week, sources familiar with the
investigation said on Thursday.
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Trends & Innovations - Wednesday
(Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - The proportion of working-age Americans facing medical debt rose to 72 mil or 41% last year, up from 58 mil or 34% in '05, according to a new survey by the nonprofit Commonwealth Fund. About half of those facing health debt have up to $2,000 in bills, while 12% have more than $4,000 in debt and another 12% have more than $8,000. The survey also found most of those with medical debt said they had exhausted their savings, with some also tapping into credit cards, home equity or cutting back on food or heat to cover health care costs.
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Sound Effect Maker 1.0 |
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Sound Effect Maker can create sound effects for sound file. It supports the sound effects such as chorus, compression, distortion, echo, flange, gargle, parametric equalizer, reverberation.
It can adjust the following parameters of the sound effects:
Chorus: wet/dry mix, depth, feedback, frequency, delay, waveform, phase.
Compressor: gain, attack... |
[License: Shareware, Rating:  , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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OtsDJ Pro 1.75.008 |
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OtsDJ Pro is a professional solution designed for DJs, Radio and TV Stations, Background Music Providers and AV enthusiasts. Automated beat-mixing and intelligent fade-mixing, coupled with a broadcast quality Dynamics Processor, provides you with high quality sound perfect for professional use.With the Video Module, you can also mix and beat mix video con... |
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JPEG Imager 2.4.1 |
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JPEG Imager is an interactive image compressor. It provides a real-time preview of a compressed image and handy means to compare it with original one. You can fiddle with various compression parameters and observe the effect of changes almost instantly. You can also specify a desired file size and let the program select the proper value of the quality par... |
[License: Shareware, Rating:  , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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Free CSS Toolbox 1.0 |
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Free CSS Toolbox is a freeware productivity software for web developers who work with CSS code. Free CSS Toolbox includes a number of tools for fast-tracking and enhancing the development of style sheet code, such as an advanced CSS Formatter, CSS Validator and CSS Code Compressor. If you develop websites that use CSS, the Free CSS Toolbox can help you sa... |
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SWF Debug Remover 2.0.1 |
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EnableDebugger tag permits the flash-video debugging. Sometimes it contains a password encrypted with the help of MD5 algorithm.
SWF Debug Remover is intended for the tag removal if you want to forbid the debugging. After the EnableDebugger tag removal the final file is saved unpacked. If you want to compress it use SWF Compressor-Decompressor.With SWF D... |
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Puma Video Converter 2.3694 |
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Puma Video Converter is a video converter allowing you to convert your video into all popular formats: AVI, MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4, WMV, MOV, 3GP, RM, DVD, (S)VCD, OGM, MKV, MPEG4 H.264/AVC, etc. With the program, you can convert video into formats supported by such devices as Apple iPod, PlayStation Portable, Creative Zen M and many others.Features:Preview;... |
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iRecordMax 7.0.3 |
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All-in-one solution for all your audio needs!
iRecordMax7 - Digital perfection for all recordings with the most-sold music-restoration software in the world.
iRecordMax is your universal recorder for any medium; transfer your favorite records, tapes, and all other audio media quickly and in perfect quality. One click, and recording is on.
You can ... |
| [License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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Super Webcam Recorder 5.09 |
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Super Webcam Recorder is a simple, yet fully-featured software tool designed to help you capture streaming video and snapshots. You have the full control over the output file format.For AVI, you can define the file format, codec, video size, audio source, sample rate, channel, resolution, and bitrate. For WMV, you can choose from a list of pre-defined pro... |
| [License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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Juke 3.8.7 |
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Audio and video player for Windows that supports all popular media files and music CDs. You create easily by drag and drop from the Explorer.
Advanced features include random play, repeat mode and intro scan as well playlist search, sort and shuffle.
Use DirectX plug-ins to turn Juke into a professional music production system with an equalizer, compres... |
[License: Freeware, Rating:  , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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Audio Edit Magic 9.2.13 |
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Audio Edit Magic is a full-featured digital audio editing software that offers a variety of audio recording, mixing, editing, analyzing and effects processing possibilities. It provides an intuitive, easy-to-use interface and is designed for the everyday use.With Audio Edit Magic you can:Open, create, and save audio files in any of the supported formats (... |
[License: Shareware, Rating:  , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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| Software News |
Microsoft enlists Seinfeld for ad campaign: source
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Comedian Jerry Seinfeld will star
in a $300 million marketing campaign for Microsoft Corp aimed
at burnishing the image of its computer operating system, a
person familiar with the effort said on Thursday.
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Photosynth Stitches Photos Into a 3-D Web Canvas
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft's name has never been synonymous with photography, visual imaging or innovative online applications. But its release Wednesday of Photosynth -- a hybrid software/service that allows users to create 3-D environments by stitching multiple photographs together -- suggests the company has more than a few cards up its sleeve.
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Apple tries to de-bug iPhone
(USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - Apple acknowledged that a software update for the iPhone partly fixes the connection snags that have caused a global firestorm for the new iPhone 3G.
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Salesforce.com stock drops on cautious outlook
(AP)
AP - Salesforce.com Inc. kept its financial guidance within the range of analyst estimates Wednesday, disappointing investors who expected a more bullish forecast from one of the Internet's most popular software services.
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Microsoft Eases Server-Virtualization Restrictions
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft has elected to jettison certain licensing restrictions that previously discouraged its customers from moving the software giant's server applications within a server farm at will.
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Google Invites Security Researchers To Debug Android
(NewsFactor)
 NewsFactor - In a move that could help it avoid an iPhone 3G-like software drama, Google wants bug hunters to test its Android mobile platform. On Monday, the Android Security Team posted a message to introduce itself to the security research and vulnerability communities.
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