New York Fed accepts $7.24 billion through its Term Securities Lending Facility
New York Fed accepts $7.24 billion through its Term Securities Lending Facility
Statement Regarding System Open Market Account Redemption
On Thursday, May 22, 2008, the Federal Reserve’s System Open Market Account will redeem the full amount of maturing Treasury bill holdings ($6,158,925,900).
New York Fed offers $25 billion through its Term Securities Lending Facility
New York Fed offers $25 billion through its Term Securities Lending Facility
Intraday Liquidity Management: A Tale of Games Banks Play
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York today released Intraday Liquidity Management: A Tale of Games Banks Play: a new forthcoming article in the Bank’s Economic Policy Review series.
The Price of Land in the New York Metropolitan Area
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York today released The Price of Land in the New York Metropolitan Area, the latest article in its series Second District Highlights.
Approval of Application by The Westchester Bank Holding Corporation
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York approved the application by The Westchester Bank Holding Corporation, Yonkers, New York, for prior approval of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, to become a one-bank holding company through the acquisition of all the voting stock of the Westchester Bank, a proposed de novo New […]
U.S. Monetary Authorities Did Not Intervene in FX Markets during the First Quarter
U.S. Monetary Authorities Did Not Intervene in FX Markets during the First Quarter
New York Fed accepts $28.77 billion through its Term Securities Lending Facility
New York Fed accepts $28.77 billion through its Term Securities Lending Facility
Statement Regarding System Open Market Account Redemption
On Thursday, May 15, 2008, the Federal Reserve’s System Open Market Account will redeem the full amount of maturing Treasury bill holdings ($7,554,736,300).
New York Fed offers $50 billion through its Term Securities Lending Facility
New York Fed offers $50 billion through its Term Securities Lending Facility
New York Fed accepts $24.12 billion through its Term Securities Lending Facility
New York Fed accepts $24.12 billion through its Term Securities Lending Facility
Statement Regarding System Open Market Account Redemption
On Thursday, May 8, 2008, the Federal Reserve’s System Open Market Account will redeem the full amount of maturing Treasury bill holdings ($5,141,117,000).
Approval of Application by National Australia Bank Ltd to Acquire Great Western Bancorporation, Inc
Approval of Application by National Australia Bank Ltd to Acquire Great Western Bancorporation, Inc.
New York Fed accepts $59.46 billion through its Term Securities Lending Facility
New York Fed accepts $59.46 billion through its Term Securities Lending Facility
Statement Regarding System Open Market Account Redemption
On Thursday, May 1, 2008, the Federal Reserve’s System Open Market Account will redeem the full amount of maturing Treasury bill holdings ($4,565,494,000).
Review: Logitech Dinovo Mini keyboard
Paul Lester, Computeract!ve, Saturday 17 May 2008 at 10:00:00
A stylish way to control your music and video
Logitech made quite a fuss over its release last year of the Dinovo Edge keyboard, saying it was the most advanced keyboard in the world. It was admittedly an impressive keyboard, so how does the new Dinovo Mini fare […]
Mozilla Firefox 3.0 Release Candidate 1
Chris Wiles, vnunet.com, Saturday 17 May 2008 at 00:00:00
Pre-release of Firefox 3
Some users were disappointed with the release of Mozilla Firefox 2.0. After months of betas, release candidates and previews, the new features weren’t as spectacular as people expected. However, there is only so much you can do to improve a web browser. With the […]
USBDeview 1.20
Chris Wiles, vnunet.com, Saturday 17 May 2008 at 00:00:00
View connected USB devices
This is the software publisher’s description. You connect a couple of external USB hard drives, a firewire unit and your USB printer. However, disconnecting them is another matter. How do you know which device is installed, is assigned to a particular drive letter and […]
doPDF 6.0.260
Chris Wiles, vnunet.com, Saturday 17 May 2008 at 00:00:00
Create your own PDF documents
This is the software publisher’s description. Free PDF converter for both personal and commercial use. Using doPDF you can create searchable PDF files by selecting the “Print” command from virtually any application. With one click you can convert your Microsoft Excel, Word or […]
O2 hints at 3G iPhone ‘in weeks’
Guy Dixon, vnunet.com, Friday 16 May 2008 at 16:46:00
Imminent announcement to be made with Apple
IPhone fever is mounting after confirmation from Apple’s exclusive mobile phone partner in the UK and Ireland that a joint announcement will be made “in the coming weeks”. Speaking at the announcement of O2’s first-quarter results, Matthew Key, chairman and chief […]
Boffins take gigapixel photos using ordinary camera
Iain Thomson, vnunet.com, Friday 16 May 2008 at 16:18:00
Robotic arm takes multiple pictures of the same scene
Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a device that lets a standard digital camera take pictures with a resolution of 1-gigapixel (1,000-megapixels). The Gigapan is a robotic arm that takes multiple pictures of the same scene and blends […]
Samsung Electronics reshuffles top brass
Ian Williams, vnunet.com, Friday 16 May 2008 at 15:27:00
Yoon-Woo Lee appointed vice chairman and chief executive
Samsung Electronics has made a series of upper management changes starting with the appointment of Yoon-Woo Lee as vice chairman and chief executive. Lee replaces Jong-Yong Yun, who has been at the helm of Samsung since 1997 and who will […]
Asus to offer Linux on all motherboards
Guy Dixon, vnunet.com, Friday 16 May 2008 at 15:02:00
Taiwanese manufacturer will embed open source OS across entire range
Asus is to fit its entire range of motherboards with the company’s Express Gate version of Splashtop Linux. Splashtop boots from a Flash chip on the motherboard in a matter of seconds and is designed to run a […]
OLPC to ship with Windows XP
Guy Dixon, vnunet.com, Friday 16 May 2008 at 13:30:00
Microsoft teams up with One Laptop per Child project
Microsoft has joined forces with the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) project in a bid to provide inexpensive portable PCs to schoolchildren in developing countries. The announcement means that the XO notebook will run Windows as well as the […]
The Sims goes flat-pack with Ikea
Ian Williams, vnunet.com, Friday 16 May 2008 at 13:26:00
Virtual world gets Swedish wood
Electronic Arts has struck a deal with Ikea to bring a range of flat-pack furniture to The Sims 2. The Sims 2 Ikea Home Stuff Pack will allow gamers to give their virtual home a makeover with new furniture and decor based on […]
IT managers bemoan broken dreams
Iain Thomson, vnunet.com, Friday 16 May 2008 at 13:15:00
Sobbing in the server room
A new survey suggests that few IT managers are fulfilling their childhood dreams in their current roles. IT staff were questioned at this year’s Infosecurity show about what they perceived as their ideal professions when a child. Only six per cent said that […]
Gates builds out Touch Wall vision
Guy Dixon, vnunet.com, Friday 16 May 2008 at 12:46:00
Microsoft chairman predicts interactive touch screens in homes and offices
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates this week took the wraps off Touch Wall, a 6ft x 4ft prototype screen based on Microsoft’s Surface multi-touch technology. Gates told attendees at the company’s CEO Summit 2008 that affordable touch screens will […]
PlayStation 2 outselling PlayStation 3
Guy Dixon, vnunet.com, Friday 16 May 2008 at 12:36:00
Sony continues to lose money on next-gen console
Sony’s PlayStation 2 outsold the PlayStation 3 by four million units for the 12 months ending 31 March. The latest figures show sales of 9.24 million for Sony’s next-generation PS3 system, compared to 13.73 million for its much older sibling. […]
Einstein letter sells for £170,000
Guy Dixon, vnunet.com, Friday 16 May 2008 at 12:27:00
Nobel physicist dismisses bible as ‘childish’
A letter written by Albert Einstein, in which the renowned physicist described religious beliefs as “childish superstitions”, has been sold at auction to a private collector for a record breaking £170,000. Hopeful bidders packed the room at Bloomsbury Auctions in Mayfair, which […]
MIT boffins claim fuel cell breakthrough
Ian Williams, vnunet.com, Friday 16 May 2008 at 12:13:00
Engineers boost power output by more than 50 per cent
A group of engineers at MIT has developed a new type of membrane for one type of fuel cell which they claim could improve power output by more than 50 per cent. The new material is considerably less […]
Review: Steelseries SP mouse mat
Emil Larsen, Personal Computer World, Friday 16 May 2008 at 12:05:00
A mat designed for laser mice
Laser and optical mice are usually sold as being able to work on all surfaces, but since shiny tabletops can cause inaccurate movement there’s still a market for mouse mats. It’s difficult to overlook the Steelseries SP, in part due […]
OpenSuse joins Google Summer of Code
Ian Williams, vnunet.com, Friday 16 May 2008 at 11:34:00
Novell-sponsored open source project gets 10 slots
The Novell sponsored openSuse project has announced that it has 10 projects being funded through Google’s Summer of Code 2008. The annual event offers student developers stipends to write code for various open source projects. Google aims to inspire young developers […]
Review: desktop security on a stick
Daniel Robinson, IT Week, Friday 16 May 2008 at 11:25:00
BeCrypt’s Trusted Client is a complete user environment on a USB memory stick
BeCrypt’s Trusted Client is a complete user environment on a USB memory stick, designed to let mobile workers connect securely with corporate resources using any PC with an internet connection, and also edit office […]
Yahoo board fights back at Icahn
Shaun Nichols in California, vnunet.com, Friday 16 May 2008 at 10:46:00
Investor accused of ’significant misunderstanding’ in Microsoft saga
Yahoo’s board has hit back at attempts by investment mogul Carl Icahn to force a takeover of the firm by Microsoft. Icahn sent an open letter on 15 May to Yahoo chairman Roy Bostock threatening to oust the […]
Developers favour XP over Vista
Guy Dixon, vnunet.com, Friday 16 May 2008 at 10:32:00
Latest Microsoft OS fails to woo community
Software developers are still writing applications for Windows XP, Windows 2003 and Linux in preference to Windows Vista more than 16 months after its worldwide release. A survey by Evans Data questioned 380 US software developers and found that just eight […]
Woman charged over MySpace suicide
Clement James and Iain Thomson, vnunet.com, Friday 16 May 2008 at 10:23:00
Lori Drew indicted on federal charges
A US woman was indicted on Thursday on federal charges of fraudulently using a MySpace account to pose as a teenaged boy. Prosecutors allege that her actions ultimately caused a 13 year-old girl to commit suicide. Lori Drew, 49, […]
Verizon chooses Linux over Google
Iain Thomson, vnunet.com, Friday 16 May 2008 at 10:00:00
Android loses out to LiMo Foundation
Verizon Wireless has announced that it will concentrate future operating system design on the LiMo Foundation rather than Google’s Android platform. The US telco has been given a seat on the board of the LiMo Foundation, and will become a core member […]
Review: Ricoh Aficio GX2500 inkjet printer
Andrew Zarkesh, Computeract!ve, Friday 16 May 2008 at 10:00:00
A colour ink printer that thinks it’s a colour laser
The Gelsprinter range of colour inkjets are intended to be a viable alternative to a colour laser printer at a fraction of the cost. This is possible, Ricoh says, because of several new technologies, from the type of […]
Adobe Flash Player 10 Preview
Chris Wiles, vnunet.com, Friday 16 May 2008 at 09:51:00
Preview the web-based Flash player
Adobe Flash Player 10, code-named “Astro,” introduces new expressive features and visual performance improvements that allow interactive designers and developers to build the richest and most immersive Web experiences. These new capabilities also empower the community to extend Flash Player and to take […]
EU warns Google over Street View
Shaun Nichols in California, vnunet.com, Friday 16 May 2008 at 09:48:00
Company tests face-blurring feature as regulators turn up the heat
European Union regulators have warned Google that its controversial Street View application could contravene EU privacy laws. EU data protection supervisor Peter Hustinx told reporters that Street View should not be allowed to display photos of […]
Photos: Top 10 reviews of the week
Here are CNET Reviews’ 10 favorite items from the past week, including a fashionable Bluetooth headset, Bose on-ear headphones, and the BlackBerry Curve 8330 for Sprint.
Firefox 3 release candidate goes public
A preview release of the latest Mozilla browser, ready for downloading, includes many new features and performance improvements.
Yahoo tries to conceal lawsuit documents
Suing shareholders and Yahoo disagree about whether information on the company’s employee severance plan should be public.
Podcast: How steely Pittsburgh is getting greener
Why Charter Communications’ ad-serving plan is making waves; the Senate moves to curb online child porn; and industrial Pittsburgh sets an environmental example.
CIGS companies eye building-integrated photovoltaics
Thin-film solar power companies want to integrate solar cells with buildings, but they still have a way to go.
Social graphs just wanna be free, but will they ever be?
I can’t really work up the same sense of outrage that’s accompanied Facebook’s decision to give Google the middle finger.
HP to launch fall line of teen PC products
At a Teens and Tech event, Ameer Karim, director of HP’s future and innovations group for consumer PCs, says the company plans to introduce new devices this fall that will be designed by teens, for teens.
Photos: Jet-powered wing propels solo flight
Aerial adventurer Yves Rossy flies over the Alps for five minutes with nothing more than the jet-equipped wing strapped to his back.
Hooray! Yahoo Mail ditches tagline ads
No more will the one-liner text ads clutter up the bottom of e-mail messages sent with Yahoo Mail, the company said.
Conde Nast buys Ars Technica
Publishing company will fit the decade-old technology enthusiast site alongside Wired.com in its modest stable of online properties.
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