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.
Increase productivity with multimedia keyboard macros and shortcuts. Keyboard Maniac adds another dimension to the ability to control applications on your computer using convenient keyboard shortcuts and extra keys. Put your music at your fingertips by controlling your favorite music player with dedicated multimedia keys available on your keyboard. Save time by automating complex tasks with pre-recorded keyboard macros.
Features:
Ability to use any keys, including system keys: Win+D, Alt+Tab, etc. (except for Ctrl+Alt+Del, power buttons and the Tab key without modifiers);
Ability to use the mouse buttons in your hotkey combinations - Mouse LButton, Mouse RButton, Mouse MButton, Mouse XButton1, Mouse XButton2 (e.g: Ctrl+Alt+Mouse MButton);
Ability to assign a set of actions to a single key;
Ability save and run key macros;
A flexible action launching scheme, e.g an action is launched only if a specific window is active or exists;
Ability to replace the pressed key by another key or mouse button (for example: F2 by Ctrl+V, and you get the contents of the clipboard);
Ability to replace a mouse button by another mouse button or key (for example: Shift + Mouse Middle на Alt + DblClick);
Ability to assign hotkeys with extended modifiers(any combination with one of the 4 modifiers: Ctrl+ Alt+ Shift+ Win+ );
Ability to indicate the currently selected language - by sound when keys are pressed and/or by an icon in the system tray;
Ability to send messages to the window when a key is pressed;
The program supports extension modules (Plug-ins); the module coding standard is extremely easy, therefore you will be able to code a specific action on your own (you will find the source code of the extensions module written in Borland Delphi 7 in the distributive along with the necessary comments);
Multilingual interface;
Several versions of the program are available - Lite edition will be useful for novices, for using on a portable drive or for using on several computers;
Short development cycle - new bug-free versions featuring extended functionality are released monthly;
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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.