| 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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Elite Components, Flash Text Effects 1.0.1 |
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Drag&drop text effect plugins for use directly in .fla files ( Flash MX/Pro 2004/8). Containing over 80 predefined effect variations from 25+ templates ... For users of any skill-level.Elite offers advanced customization, different start-directions, alignment, automatic positioning, dynamic input, quick preview and the unique features of multiple fonts an... |
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History Killer 2.3 |
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History Killer helps to protect your privacy by removing traces of computer and Internet activities with a single mouse click. Free scan will show you the size of disk space you can free. User-friendly interface and simple description will help you securely and quickly kill precisely what is needed. It also includes more than 180 plugins and regular plugi... |
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Outlook Date Stamper 1.00 |
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Software add-on for Microsoft Outlook, automatically encrypt and compresses or zip Outlook e-mail attachments, both outgoing messages and items in folders (such as tasks and contacts).Sending large Outlook attachments and files to E-mail contacts with easy with Attachments2zip plugin. Compress your attachments automatically or manually. Open any zipped fi... |
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ImageFlip 1.0 |
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If you take photos with your digital camera or use scanner, some photos need to be rotated. This problem may be solved manually using an image processing software like Adobe Photoshop to rotate, crop or adjust the image.ImageFlip can help rotate your photos - very quickly and easily. You can save a lot of time and pc memory while performing this image man... |
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RadioBOSS 2.7 |
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RadioBOSS is the software product that provides automation capabilities for broadcasting stations, clubs, discos, casinos, shops, cinemas. The RadioBOSS software can work for months without operator’s assistance.Built-in format converter, CD grabber, music database, playlist generator, scheduler, automatic volume control, crossfade and other features make... |
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Crawler 3D Earth Screensaver 4.2.5.9 |
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Download FREE 3D Earth screensaver and take a journey around the planet Earth! Real cloud animation allows you to watch storms and hurricanes. Receive weather forecasts, explore foreign countries, zoom in and out and rotate the globe. 3D Earth presents real Moon and Sun positions and includes International Space Station! Watch the planet Earth the way onl... |
[License: Freeware, Rating:  , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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Jigsaw License Manager 1.0 |
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Licensing engine for Eclipse and Eclipse RCP...Efficient management of the licensing aspect...for closed source Eclipse RCP applications and Eclipse Plugins...secure...reliable...flexible... easy...Protects your Software...Secure License Management in Eclipse...No-Brainer for Closed Source Commercial Applications. Multiple levels of encoding..Secure Digi... |
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FoldMonkey 1.60 |
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FoldMonkey will help you sort, organize, archive and backup your files and folders. Main features include: Monitor a folder for new or incoming files. Rename those files to match specific criteria using tags such as old file name, old file extension and custom text. Move files to a new directory. Create directories based on file names, file extensions, fi... |
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ArtIcons Pro 5.17 |
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Use this powerful utility to find and extract, edit, import and export icons and manage icon libraries. ArtIcons Pro contains a variety of paint tools allowing creation and editing of icons with image formats in either standard or custom sizes in color depths up to 32-bit True Color. Icons can be imported from imager and library files and even from execut... |
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Active Wall Free Edtion 2.0 |
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Active Wall Free Edtion is the professional and free gateway filtering software. The main function is url wildcard filter, web content filter, post keyword filter, upload file wildcard filter, traffic monitor.It installed in gateway server and provides continuous enterprise-wide protection against the full range of Internet threats, from viruses and phish... |
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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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