| 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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Active System Locker 3.2 |
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Active System Locker is a smart tool that allows you to protect your PC by blocking desktop, keyboard and mouse. Use System Locker to restrict access to your computer from unauthorized access when you are away.It is fast, secure, and easy to use. System Locker offer flexible configuration options, reminder, scheduler, audit and other useful functions. It ... |
[License: Shareware, Rating:  , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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buzZzReminder 1.03 |
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buzZzReminder is a simple and effective application to help you to manage upcoming tasks and appointments. It combines a ToDo list with alarm reminders and a calendar display that indicates tasks for the entire month. The program provides a compact interface with a variety of skins to choose from. You can create a new task in seconds. Tasks can be assigne... |
[License: Shareware, Rating:  , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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SWTools 1.0 |
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SW-Tools is a small collection of needfull utilities to make recurring tasks like typing the same text again and again, organizing events and notes or executing programs automatically much more easier. The Hotkey manager enables you to assign often used textes or programs to the keyboard or the mouse and insert them in any application window or respective... |
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Sharp World Clock 1.08 |
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This World Clock program can display an unlimited number of analog and/or digital clocks. Clock faces can have background images and are resizable. All colors and the position of the clocks can be fully configured. Cities can be added, removed and edited. A list of almost 400 cities is included.You can see the position of all cities and even the country b... |
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Store Manager for X-Cart 1.3.14.465 |
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Store Manager for X-Cart is a Windows application to quickly and effectively manage your X-Cart online store.
Manage X-Cart products, X-Cart product attributes, categories, manufacturers, orders and other things.
You can export X-Cart products into Excel file, edit it and then import products into X-Cart store - batch updates are so fast now!
Import pr... |
| [License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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EZOutlookSync Portable 1.0 |
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EZOutlookSync Portable allows you to use your USB flash drive to synchronize MS Outlook files on different computers, make backups of existing Outlook data files, and restore the backup data from the flash drive in several mouse clicks. EZOutlookSync Portable will update Outlook data on an unlimited number of computers using just a single flash drive.Feat... |
| [License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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Store Manager for CRE Loaded 1.7.143.160 |
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Store Manager for CRE Loaded is a Windows application to quickly and effectively manage your CRE Loaded online store.
Manage CRE Loaded products, CRE Loaded product attributes, categories, manufacturers, orders and other things.
You can export CRE Loaded products into Excel file, edit it and then import products into CRE Loaded store - batch updates are... |
| [License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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Store Manager for osCommerce 2.8.43.920 |
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Store Manager for osCommerce is a Windows application to quickly and effectively manage your osCommerce online store.
Manage osCommerce products, osCommerce product attributes, categories, manufacturers, orders and other things.
You can export osCommerce products into Excel file, edit it and then import products into osCommerce store - batch updates are... |
| [License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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Keystroke Converter 4.794 |
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Keystroke Converter is a tool to exchange the keys on the keyboard. With it, you can say goodbye to any keyboard layout you dislike. With it, you can make the broken key function again. With it, you can disable any undesired key. With it, you can change your common 102 keyboard into a multifunctional one without costing much money.The basic functions of K... |
| [License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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Opera 9.5 |
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Opera is a fast, secure, configurable, and standards compliant Internet/intranet browser that also includes a newsreader and mail client. Opera gives you the freedom to run multiple windows without opening up other instances and many more features that make it a great choice for the serious web enthusiast. Opera comes with tons of features, including 128b... |
[License: Freeware, Rating:  , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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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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