| 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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Advanced Flash Synchronizer 1.3 |
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Advanced Flash Synchronizer 1.3 will help you back up and synchronize data on two computers that is not connected directly by the help of the external Flash/USB/ZIP drive.
The key feature of the AFS is copying only changed files to the external drive that allows you to keep synchronized a huge amount of data by using a small external drive.
The AFS stor... |
[License: Shareware, Rating:  , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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LinkCollector Portable Edition 1.0 |
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LinkCollector Portable Edition is a bookmark manager that supports all major browsers, such as Firefox, Opera, IExplorer. The program allows you to synchronize bookmarks between different browsers and computers and it can be stored on a USB disk. Besides, it neither saves anything to system folders nor writes any data to the Windows registry.Its nice, int... |
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Samsung PC Studio 3.2.1 HA4 Vista |
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Samsung PC Studio is a Windows-based PC program package that you can use easily to manage personal data and multimedia files by connecting a Samsung Electronics Mobile Phone (GSM/GPRS/UMTS) to your PC.The applications of Samsung PC Studio and their functions and features are as follows:PC Studio Launcher- Provides the shortcut icons to start the PC Studio... |
[License: Freeware, Rating:  , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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Kellerman .NET FTP 2.03 |
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Kellerman FTP is a robust and easy to use .NET FTP component. It
supports FTPS and proxy servers. All the standard FTP operations are
supported plus a multitude of other features that help to shorten
development time. Kellerman FTP has the most features of any FTP
component available.Features:Asynchronously compresses and transfers files to FTP server... |
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File Commander |
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File Commander helps you save time when organizing the files on your
disk. If you find that you re moving, copying, or deleting the same
files over and over, you can use it to create a simple command that
does it for you with a single click. Just use the File Command
interface (right click and select New Command) and specify the actions
to take place... |
| [License: Freeware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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FlashFXP 3.4.0 |
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FlashFXP is a useful , well knowed and powerful FTP & FXP Client for Windows. It is loaded with features for the power user, but has an intuitive user interface that takes only minutes to master.
Using the FTP protocol, you can transfer files from remote servers to your computer, or even to another remote server. FlashFXP makes it easy to update your W... |
| [License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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Link Commander 4.1.0.954 |
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Link Commander is a unique fully-automated, bookmarks manager that allows you to surf the web more easily! Sort bookmarks basing on an extensive set of criteria, set individual link verification options, share your bookmarks with others and synchronize bookmarks between two computers! Download a FREE trial version now and experience true comfort!Features:... |
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ModelRight Community 3 |
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Do you need to design, visualize or document your database? ModelRight 3 can reverse engineer your existing database to get a graphical view of it, generate all the SQL statements to create the database, or synchronize your database model with the database to keep your design up to date.Features:Undo/RedoCopy/Paste and Drag/DropFindReportingImpact Analysi... |
[License: Shareware, Rating:  , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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Auto Folder synchronization 2007.1.2 |
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Easy-to-Use File synchronization and backup tool, it can automatically Compare, backup, synchronize, and replicate any type of files/folders from one computer to another computer, local hard disk to hard disk, and other storage device. The sync task can bi-directional file synchronization between two computers, The backup task can archive multiple version... |
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Beyond Compare 2.5.3 |
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Beyond Compare is a directory compare utility and a file compare utility wrapped in one. Synchronize files between laptop and PC, home and office, etc. Compare directory trees side-by-side with mismatches highlighted.Display text files side-by-side with changes highlighted. Great for merging changes to source code. Supports minor editing, Unicode text... |
| [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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