| 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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Minimize to tray 1.5.1 |
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Minimize, hide any application to system tray, you can use it like boss key. Hide them all! You can minimize application by shortcut key. You may choose applications which will be always minimized to tray, it's really easy to use. Minimize them all now!You can hide them too! It does not require any additional configuration. Minimize To Tray supports Windo... |
[License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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Minimize To Tray 1.2 |
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MinimizeToTray allows you to minimize application you want to system tray. You can minimize application by shortcut key. You may choose applications which will be always minimized to system tray. MinimizeToTray is easy to use.It does not require any additional configuration. From version 1.2 MinimizeToTray supports all applications under Windows Vista. ... |
[License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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Clock Tray Skins 3.74 |
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Clock Tray Skins is the advanced replacement for standard Windows tray clock. See the time, seconds, day, date and system UpTime in different skins. Displays the time for any of the time zones.Over 100 skins are included in the distribution. Support Longhorn clock style.
It's also an atomic-time synchronizer and Calendar.... |
[License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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Easy Window and System Tray Icons Hider 1.20 |
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Easy Window & System Tray Icons Hider is a window hide tool that allows you to hide any window or hide all windows in the taskbar instead of closing or minimizing the program to the taskbar or sending it to the system tray, you can also hide any system tray icon.Features:Hide any window or any system tray icons you want.Hide any window using a shortcut ke... |
[License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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TrayAccess 1.0 |
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TrayAccess is an utility that allows you to put in the system notification area ("system tray") icons for any programs, documents, folders, or system objects (for example, printers).Taskbar icons created by the program have context menus, which allow you to perform common tasks on items for which those icons was created, including opening, printing, and m... |
[License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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Actual Window Minimizer 5.0 |
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Actual Window Minimizer lets you minimize windows to the system tray or any desktop spot by various means. This includes the Minimize-to-Tray button in the window titlebar, hotkey use and automatic minimization upon window startup or deactivation.Also you can set default (Minimize or Close) buttons to minimize a window to tray. All these features let you ... |
[License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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1st Clock 4.0 |
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See the date as well as the time in your tray clock in a way you want. Monitor your computer's performance with CPU and memory load indicators. Click the clock to open 1- or 2-months calendar view. Set reliable alarms (with unique unobtrusive notifications) and never miss important moments in your life! Have a super-accurate (up to 1/50s) time reference w... |
[License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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TheBest Minimize to Tray 1.01 |
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Minimizes for you any wanted program as Icon into the info area (tray) right next to the System clock. (automatically, manually as well as by Boss Key.) Programs can be protected against inadvertent Closing and a Boss Key (to immediately minimise unallowed appliucations) is availeable, too. No matter if MS Office, Outlook, Firefox Browser, Word, Acrobat, ... |
[License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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Access Lock 2.9 |
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Access Lock is an easy-to-use system-tray security utility you can use
to secure your desktop when you are away from your computer. Just
configure the program, define a password and double click the Access
Lock system-tray icon every time you need to disable and hide your
desktop. While it is locked, the system keys and taskbar are disabled
and the m... |
[License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000] |
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1 Click and Lock 3.23 |
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1Click & Lock up is a system tray security utility you can use to secure your desktop when you step away from your PC. It's secure and very easy-to-use. Just define a password, and select Lock to hide and deny access to your desktop to anyone without the proper password. You can set the program to launch automatically with Windows, lock your desktop from ... |
[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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