| 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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X-VCD Player 1.4 |
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Allows you to playback VCD disks on your computer (including those created by DVD PixPlay).
Support is included for multiple video tracks, zooming and full-size
display. X-VCD Player is very easy to use and plays VCD, SVCD, XVCD,
XSVCD and MPEG format disks (you will need MPEG-1/MPEG-2 codecs
installed on your computer if they are not already).... |
[License: Freeware, Rating:  , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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Adobe Flash Player 9.0.28.0 Final |
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Macromedia's Shockwave and Flash Player, as it is formally called, is one of the most ubiquitous Web browser plug-ins, allowing you to view all kinds of nice interactive animations many people have produced for their Web sites.While not quite essential, this will make your Web browsing experience much more enjoyable.... |
[License: Freeware, Rating:  , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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Donar Player 1.4.0 |
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Donar Player is a music product from Donarzone which provides you with a great experience managing and playing your music files in different formats - MP3, MP4, MPC, FLAC, OGG, WAV, WMA etc. Donar Player is a very “sociable” player which you will learn to use and appreciate very fast due to its user friendly configurable interface. Its theme editor offers... |
[License: Freeware, Rating:  , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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ViewpointKiller 1.2 |
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ViewpointKiller does exactly what it's name says: Kills Viewpoint Media Player. Viewpoint Media Player is an adware that displays bandwith eating popup ads in IE and on your desktop. It comes silently with an install of AIM and will be reinstalled by AIM if uninstalled.
ViewpointKiller fixes all of that. It takes off Viewpoint Media Player once and for... |
[License: Freeware, Rating:  , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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ViVi DVD Player 2.0.8 |
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ViViDVD Player is an easy to use and powerful software - DVD player that combines the great picture and sound with full featured DVD navigation that includes: DVD playback with full operating controls.
True DVD Region Free Player ,Play any DVD Disc on your PC.
Support AC-3 surround sound up to 5.1 channel.Stunning video and audio quality.
Suppo... |
| [License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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SFP 5.1 |
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SFP is a very easy to use stand alone flash player (swf player) that enables users to easily play their flash movies (SWF , Flash files). It is designed to make the Flash Experience as easy as possible.It offers a variety of playback capabilities including Volume Control and the Seek Bar (use the Seek Bar to Play, Pause, Browse any Flash Movie in real-tim... |
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DivX for Windows 6.7 |
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DivX for Windows includes the codec and player that enables you to watch movies that were optimized with DivX compression technology. This download provides you with everything you need to play DiVX files for free. DivX for Windows also includes a trial version of DiVX Pro, which allows you to convert video to DiVX and use the Pro codec instead of the fre... |
| [License: Freeware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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Winamp 5.32 Full |
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Nullsoft Winamp is a fast, flexible, high-fidelity music and video
player for Windows. Winamp supports MP3, CD, WAV and other audio
formats, custom appearances called skins, plus audio visualization and
audio effect plug-ins. additional features including free-form skins, a
new decoder, built-in cross fade, and an advanced Media Library... |
| [License: Freeware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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AV MP3 Player Morpher 4.0.32 |
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AV MP3 Player Morpher Basic is all-in-one audio morphing studio for digital music and movie editing. It features most popular audio formats, a CD player, ripper, converter, burner, recorder, and cover creator.You can morph music by changing voice, tempo as well as adding effects and beats. Play, capture & record music, convert, rip, and burn MP3s & CDs. E... |
| [License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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iTunes Agent 1.2 |
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iTunes Agent is a tiny application which rests in your system tray, constantly looking for devices being connected to your system. If a device it recognizes is connected it enables you to manage it via a playlist in iTunes.You may even associate your player with a Smart Playlist and always have a new collection of tracks on your player! When you are done ... |
| [License: Freeware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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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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