| 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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My Time Manager 1.0 |
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My Time Manager is ideal for keeping track of time spent on daily tasks for both the personal and professional user. Use it to better spend your time on the pc, as well as to track billable time with clients. Find out exactly where time goes while on the PC. With My Time Manager you can take notes as often as you like.My Time Manager also has a feature th... |
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AllNetic Working Time Tracker 2.1 |
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Tracks how much time you spend on different projects and tasks. Thanks to precise time tracking and accounting you can quickly and precisely calculate time spent on different tasks. You can bill your clients on time based on real reports.You can plan your working day better and be more effective in managing your time as you see, where your time is gone. T... |
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Vertabase Timer 0.7 |
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Vertabase Timer allows you to track time on anything! Just type it into the "Track Time On" box, click start and you're on your way. Runs on both MAC and Windows. Free. Great for keeping track of your time on clients, projects or activities throughout the day. Automatically generates a detailed time usage report "My Time" which is fully exportable to XM... |
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Absolute Time Corrector 5.3 |
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Absolute Time Corrector (ATC) queries NIST timeservers using the Internet and then compares NIST time to the time setting of the host computer.If there is a disparity, ATC automatically adjusts the computer's time to reflect NIST time. Once set up the host computer can serve as a timeserver to any size network.... |
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PerfectClock Standard Edition 2.6 |
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PerfectClock 2007 lets you to know the time in any place all over the world without any calculations - each clock can show time in it's own time-zone time. Clocks can stay on top of other windows, even on top of Task Manager and Screen Saver. Clocks can be Grouped to move them together, Locked to avoid occasional movement or Hidden.... |
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PC TIME LIMIT PRO 3.5.5.3 |
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PC Time Limit Pro lets you specify when exactly and how long the computer can be used and define users which will be allowed to use the computer without any limits. You can schedule time intervals and the number of hours each child can use the computer per day a week.It automatically logs your child out of their computer when it's time for lights out. Als... |
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Ancient Clock Screensaver 1.1 |
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Ancient Clock Screensaver immerses you into the atmosphere of ancient mystery that will help you unlock the secrets of time. People are always rushing, trying to get somewhere in time. But time keeps running away from us.Now you have got the time under your control! The unshakable calmness of the sphinxes and their glorious might will not let the time sli... |
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User Time Administrator 3.5.1.2 |
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User Time Administrator lets you specify when exactly and how long the computer can be used and define users which will be allowed to use the computer without any limits.You can schedule time intervals and the number of hours each child can use the computer per day a week. It automatically logs your child out of their computer when it's time for lights ou... |
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User Time Control 3.5.3.3 |
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User Time Control Center lets you specify when exactly and how long the computer can be used and define users which will be allowed to use the computer without any limits.You can schedule time intervals and the number of hours each child can use the computer per day a week. It automatically logs your child out of their computer when it's time for lights o... |
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TimeGuard Pro 2.0 |
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TimeGuard is smart and friendly time tracking software. Unlike other solutions, TimeGuard is active and will not wait passively for your input. It will help you to manage your time tracking and expense logging, taking much of the burden off your shoulders. TimeGuard gives you an accurate view of how you spend your time. It will calculate your projects bil... |
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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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