| 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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Barcode Reader SDK 3.3.36 |
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DTK Barcode Reader SDK is a powerful developer library which recognizes barcodes from digital images.
Using this SDK you can integrate barcode recognition functionality to your Windows applications, embedded systems (Windows CE, Pocket PC, Smartphone) and Web services.
The following image formats are supported: BMP, TIF, JPG, PNG, multipage TIF, PDF (Po... |
[License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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RSS Reader 1.11 |
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The free RSS feed reader is an J2ME MIDP application for cell phones/mobiles that is able to read most RSS servers/feed versions. RSS is a lightweight XML format designed for sharing headlines and other content like blogs and news. Data is stored on the device and updated on request. This uses the internet which service providers charge extra for, so you ... |
[License: Freeware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows XP] |
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AceReader Pro 4.5e |
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Speed Reading, Assessment and Online Reader Software. AceReader Pro is 3 tools in one:(1) It is a training tool that will help you become a more proficient reader both online and offline. Learn to Speed Read.(2) It can be used to assess and track your reading level.(3) It can also be used as an online reading tool to help you read more efficiently while... |
[License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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AceReader Pro Deluxe 4.5e |
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Speed Reading, Assessment and Online Reader Software. AceReader Pro is 3 tools in one:(1) It is a training tool that will help you become a more proficient reader both online and offline. Learn to Speed Read.(2) It can be used to assess and track your reading level.(3) It can also be used as an online reading tool to help you read more efficiently while o... |
[License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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AceReader Pro Deluxe Plus 4.5e |
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Speed Reading, Assessment and Online Reader Software. AceReader Pro is 3 tools in one:(1) It is a training tool that will help you become a more proficient reader both online and offline. Learn to Speed Read.(2) It can be used to assess and track your reading level.(3) It can also be used as an online reading tool to help you read more efficiently while o... |
[License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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AceReader Pro Deluxe Network 4.5e |
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Speed Reading, Assessment and Online Reader Software. AceReader Pro is 3 tools in one:(1) It is a training tool that will help you become a more proficient reader both online and offline. Learn to Speed Read.(2) It can be used to assess and track your reading level.(3) It can also be used as an online reading tool to help you read more efficiently while o... |
[License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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Aloaha PDF Saver 2.1.374 |
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Who has not come across the situation: You complete a PDF form in Acrobat Reader and when it comes to saving your data, nothing happens. Or worse: You close the program and all your data is lost. The reason for this is: Acrobat Reader cannot save any form field data! This is not only time consuming but also very unpleasant.
Aloaha PDF Saver eliminates... |
[License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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SysTools BKF Repair 3.0 |
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SysTools BKF Repair is advanced bkf repair tool to fix and restore files from corrupt ms backup bkf archives created by Windows backup software NTBACKUP.exe. Powerful bkf recovery tool to open bkf files & restore bkf data got corrupted and serves as bkf reader tool & ntbackup recovery tool.Software widely used among system administrators, forensic experts... |
[License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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Text Mining Tool 1.1.42 |
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Text Mining Tool is a freeware program for extraction of text from files of the next types: pdf, doc, rtf, chm, html without need to have installed any other programs like Word, Arcrobat, etc.
Its one of the most important features - simple and user-friendly interface with hotkeys available. It includes also the console tool minetext, which can be help... |
[License: Freeware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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Newsgroup Commander Pro 9.0 |
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This usenet news and RSS reader client will help you to find any information you're looking for in news group archives. The program allows the fastest news article downloading from selected newsgroups using multiple connections. NNTP & RSS client extracts information from newsgroups using multiple include/exclude keyword filters based on article contents... |
[License: Shareware, 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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