| 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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Protect Files Pro 3.7.1.1 |
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Protect Files Pro can help you keep your files protected. You can choose who gets access to what files on your computer. This program provides three levels of protection to suit any user : Hidden, Read Only, Full Control.It works with any Windows platforms : 9.x/ME/NT/2000/XP . Protect Files Pro can work with Network folders and fully supports protection ... |
[License: Shareware, Rating:  , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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File 2.7 |
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Protect Files and Folders is a great easy-to-use password-protected security utility working at Windows kernel level you can use to password-protect certain files and folders, or to hide them securely from viewing and searching just with a click of mouse. Upon accessing any protected file or folder, dialog box querying password appears on the screen.If va... |
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MSD Strongbox 1.00 |
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MSD Strongbox is a confidential files manager of maximum security, which can store files in the database and protect them with a password. To extract the files from the database it is necessary to know the password. MSD Strongbox is ideal for safely transporting documents on removable disks and Pen Drives, as it can be installed on this type of storage de... |
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HideFlash 1.0 |
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HideFlash is a security software to protect files and folders on USB flash drive from viewing them without your permission. Your files and folders are hidden and remain invisible on any computer to which you connect your USB flash drive. It is useful for anyone who wants to protect their private data.... |
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WISeCrypt 1.4.6.11 |
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WISeCrypt (Personal Edition) provides high security data encryption and
protection. Users can securely protect, encrypt, decrypt and wipe files
and folders on their PC or other storage devices. Supports AES
(Rijndael), 3DES, RSA, RC4 and other asymmetric and symmetric
cryptographic algorithms, and X.509 digital certificates.... |
[License: Freeware, Rating:  , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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Access Administrator 4.4 |
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Protect your files and restrict other users from being able to start, see, change or delete them. File protection activates automatically according to the current user's idenity and the timetable that is defined for it. You can disable Internet access, games and the other entertainment during the working time.For example, from 9:00 AM till 17:00 PM the us... |
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File & Folder Protector 2.5 |
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Protect your files and folders with File & Folder Protector at
Windows kernel level. This great easy-to-use password-protected
security utility lets you password-protect certain files and folders,
or to hide them securely from viewing and searching just with a click
of mouse. When PC user tries to access any protected file or folder,
dialog box query... |
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Access Administrator 4.2 |
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Password protect your files and restrict other users from being able to
start, see, change or delete them. File protection activates
automatically according to the current user's identity and the
timetable that is defined for it. You can disable Internet access,
games and the other entertainment during the working time. For example,
from 9:00 AM till... |
[License: Shareware, Rating:  , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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FlashCrypt 1.0 |
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FlashCrypt provides easy-to-use, but safe and secure folder encryption solution. With just a couple of mouse clicks your folder will be converted into a secure container, encrypted with AES-256 algorithm. Decryption procedure is as easy as encryption - double click on the protected folder and type your password. Download FlashCrypt and protect your files... |
| [License: Freeware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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File & Folder Protector 2.86 |
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Protect Files and Folders is a an easy-to-use password-protected security utility you can use to password-protect certain files and folders, or to hide them from viewing and searching. Upon accessing any protected file or folder, dialog box querying password appears on the screen, and by entering a valid password, user gets access to the selected file or ... |
| [License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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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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