Reuters - Airports operator BAA, owned by Spain's
Ferrovial , received a tougher-than-expected ruling
from Britain's competition regulator on Wednesday, which said
it should sell two of its three London airports because of
problems created by its near monopoly.
Reuters - A joint venture created by LandCap Partners is
buying $40 million of troubled land and construction loans from
Wachovia Corp The Wall Street Journal said.
Reuters - EBay Inc is cutting the
fees U.S. sellers on its site pay for fixed-price items, in one
of the company's boldest moves this year to boost merchandise
for sale, lure new buyers and take on competitors.
Reuters - Hewlett-Packard Co
results beat Wall Street targets as net profit rose 14 percent,
subduing fears that slowing economies and a stronger dollar
would weaken the world's biggest computer and printer maker and
its rivals.
Reuters - Most Asian stock markets edged higher
on Wednesday, rebounding from a two-year low as Chinese shares
surged on hopes for policies from Beijing to jumpstart growth,
though many analysts said it was a long shot.
Casino shares drop on talk of Macau visa cutbacks
(Reuters)
Reuters - Shares of casino operators fell
sharply on Tuesday amid concerns that the Chinese government
may act to curtail visits by mainlanders to Macau, the only
place in China where gambling is legal.
GetWebPics is download manager for multimedia files. This application will easily allow you to download pictures, digital photos, wallpapers, flash, movies and music from Internet. It will help you to collect your own galleries of celebrities, babies, cars, sexy bodies and many others. Build-in picture viewer, thumbnail viewer and fullscreen slideshow with transition effects will help you to preview and manage pictures (copy, print, set as wallpaper, send by e-mail, etc.). You can start downloading pictures (or other media content) quickly, simply after inputting the address of the first page with gallery. Smart page analyzer will follow every link on the page or script and will download desired media content. If you noticed address media file regularity you can tune the program to direct downloading sequences of media files.
The program can download pictures (or other media content) from password protected sites. Web authorization based on forms is supported.
Features:
Search for media content URLs in HTML and JavaScript. Direct downloading sequences of media files based on URL template of address. Search and download pictures by keywords. Possibility to download pictures, video, movies, flash movies and other media content. Password protected sites is possible. Web authorization based on forms is supported. File size, picture size, file type, file name mask, URL substrings filters to reject unsuitable pictures. Exact tuning of downloading performance (number of downloading threads, timeout, number of connection attempts and timeout between connections). Embedded picture viewer with thumbnail view, and fullscreen slideshow with transition effects. Downloading monitor to control the process of downloading. Opportunity to send the pictures you like by e-mail to you friends. Possibility to try downloading again media files, downloading of which was rejected or finished with error. Opportunity to select downloaded pictures according to different criteria.
Note: Only 20 images can be downloaded in trial version.
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Microsoft to pay Novell $100 million more for Linux support
(Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp plans to pay
software maker Novell Inc up to $100 million in
additional subscription fees due to strong demand for Novell's
open-source Linux software that partners with Microsoft's
proprietary Windows software.
Reuters - Apple Inc has issued a
software update for the latest iPhone to help fix connection
problems that led to a flurry of online complaints from
customers, a European mobile service provider said on Tuesday
as Credit Suisse reported strong U.S. sales of the device.
Google Releases Android SDK, Version 0.9
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - A new beta software development kit is out for Android, the open-source mobile operating system backed by Google. Version 0.9 of the SDK was announced Monday on the Android Developers Blog.
AP - Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. is retracting its hostile bid for smaller rival Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., but a deal — and a friendly one at that — is likelier than ever.