| Business News |
Oil slumps on easing storm worry and dollar
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Oil tumbled more than $5 on Tuesday,
pushing losses so far this week to about $10, as forecasters
said an Atlantic hurricane would steer clear of offshore oil
platforms and the greenback gained against other currencies.
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Alcoa's profit off but tops forecasts
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Aluminum producer Alcoa Inc on
Tuesday posted a smaller-than-expected drop in second-quarter
profit, lifting its shares, as higher aluminum prices and sales
volumes offset higher costs.
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Anheuser-Busch sues InBev over takeover attempt
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Anheuser-Busch Cos Inc sued
InBev NV in an effort to stop its Belgian-Brazilian
suitor from taking any more steps to replace the U.S. brewer's
board of directors, which had rejected a $46.3 billion takeover
offer from InBev.
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Stocks rise on banks and lower oil
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Stocks rose in another turbulent
session on Tuesday as a pullback in oil prices eased worries
about consumer and business spending, while financial shares
gained after the Fed chairman said he may keep open a lifeline
for banks.
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Traders plead guilty to foreign exchange scam
(Reuters)
Reuters - Two currency traders pleaded guilty on
Tuesday to defrauding investors, admitting their firm engaged
in almost no trading and that they misappropriated money from
investors and used it to buy luxury homes and cars, federal
prosecutors said.
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Paulson says U.S. home foreclosures to stay high
(Reuters)
 Reuters - U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry
Paulson said on Tuesday that home foreclosure starts may hit
2.5 million this year, many of them the borrowers' own fault
for taking out loans they couldn't afford.
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AKVIS SmartMask 1.1 |
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AKVIS SmartMask is an efficient masking tool that saves you time on complex selections and is fun to use. Never before has selection been so simple! Just draw an outline with the blue pencil inside the objects you want to select (for example, yourself on a group photo), and with the red pencil - some lines outside the object to cut out the background. Th... |
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AudioLab VC++ 3.1 |
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AudioLab is a set of Visual C++ components for fast audio processing. They allow audio capture, processing and playback with zero lines of program code.
AudioLab supports both the old fashion Wave Win32 API, Audio ACM, and the latest DirectX Media Objects (DMO) and DirectShow, and even allows if needed any mixture of them.The developer can choose to go ... |
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PDF Editor 1.0 |
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CreativDoc PDF Editor is an application to edit and work with existing pdf files. After opening a pdf file you can use the pointer tool to select existing objects. You can select multiple objects at once to modify all at once. Over the property editor at the bottom of the window you can change selected objects. For example you may change the font or edit ... |
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AudioLab VCL 3.1 |
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Delphi/C++ Builder VCL components library for fast audio processing. Allows audio capture, processing and playback with zero lines of program code.
AudioLab supports both the old fashion Wave Win32 API, Audio ACM, and the latest DirectX Media Objects (DMO) and DirectShow, and even allows if needed any mixture of them.The developer can choose to go with ... |
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MoneyToys Simple Loan Calculator 2.0 |
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The MoneyToys Simple Loan Calculator allows webmasters to quickly enhance their web site by adding a financial calculator which visitors can use to calculate loan payments without leaving the web site. This loan calculator is easy to install on a web site by using a few lines of HTML and the MoneyToys calculator.... |
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AudioLab .NET 3.1.Beta1 |
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AudioLab is a set of .NET 2.0 components for fast audio processing. They allow audio capture, processing and playback with zero lines of program code.
AudioLab supports both the old fashion Wave Win32 API, Audio ACM, and the latest DirectX Media Objects (DMO) and DirectShow, and even allows if needed any mixture of them.The developer can choose to go wi... |
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VB Net Maker 2 |
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Thousand VB.Net lines written in one click! Browses a Data Base (Oracle, Access) and builds in VB Net files: global Connection function, a Class by table, get, update and insert subs, list functions. A main module to access to the Data Base from your Aspx. Templates aspx and aspx.vb are generated for each table, with combo box or grids for foreign keys. S... |
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Text Monkey PRO 1.0.1 |
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Text Monkey PRO is a clever program that cleans up ugly, over-quoted email text. The program also includes 40+ other handy functions. Text Monkey operates on text as it resides on the Windows clipboard, so it extends the functionality of every program you use.Example 1: You just received an important email, but it's been forwarded and quoted so many times... |
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DiffMerge 1.0.5 |
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Take control of your source code, web pages and other files with DiffMerge. Use it to compare, understand and combine different file versions.
DiffMerge is highly useful for software developers, web designers and other professionals. The tight integration between folder and file comparison makes it easy to identify and review every change in every sour... |
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MoneyToys Website Calculators 1.9.5 |
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MoneyToys(tm) web site calculators make it easy for you to install 14 financial calculators on your web site! With a few lines of HTML and MoneyToys(tm) website calculators real estate agents can quickly add online interactivity to your web site! Put MoneyToys calculators on your web site and your visitors can perform financial calculations on your site!... |
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| Software News |
EA says has complied with FTC request on Take-Two
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Video game publisher Electronic
Arts Inc said on Tuesday it complied with a
regulator's request for more information on its Take-Two
Interactive Software Inc bid, moving a step closer to
buying its rival.
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VMware shares plunge on CEO change, slowing growth
(AP)
AP - VMware Inc. abruptly replaced co-founder Diane Greene as chief executive Tuesday and lowered its sales outlook, triggering alarms that pounded the business software maker's shares to their lowest depths since the company's lucrative public offering 11 months ago.
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Microsoft Sets Hosted-services Pricing, Irks Partners
(PC World)
PC World - Some Microsoft partners are less than thrilled by the company's push into a software-plus-services model, which will compete...
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Irrigation Systems Soak up Top Prizes in Software Contest
(PC World)
PC World - An irrigation automation system, developed by a team of Australian students, won Microsoft's Imagine Cup programming contest.
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VMware warns on revenue, replaces CEO
(Reuters)
Reuters - Business software maker VMware Inc
warned on Tuesday that 2008 revenue growth will fall short of
expectations and said it has replaced its chief executive,
sending its shares tumbling 30 percent.
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New Yahoo board might lure Microsoft back into talks
(USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - Microsoft threw its weight behind investor Carl Icahn's effort to oust Yahoo's board next month, saying Monday that a successful rebellion would encourage the software maker to renew its takeover bid for Yahoo or negotiate another deal.
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