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(OPENPRESS) January 1, 2009 -- Brothersoft Annual Software Awards are a certificate of excellence of certain software listed in Brothersoft.com. The editors of Brothersoft choose the Best from a huge amount of popular software according the downloads, popularity, user rating and more factors involved. The picked software have something outstanding than the others in the same field in software usability, function, memory usage etc.
“We want to give our visitors a picture of how to choose software for their PC and show credit to those software developers for their great work.” Says Nina , the chief editor of Brothersoft. “Top 10s will give us the trends of software development and user needs, and suggest PC users what they should have for their PC. We want to make our list a must have for both software developers and searchers.” She smiles.
Brothersoft began to list Top 10s from the year 2007 Really Long Link Brothersoft made three lists in 2007, Top 10 Best Downloads, Top 10 Best New and Top 10 Best History. Nina told us their 2007 Awards got a lot of attention and increased the downloads of listed software much more than usual. And in 2008, Brothersoft plans to make a bigger list, six lists of 2008 top 10s. “We want to give our visitors more choices, so we begin to pick our 2008 best downloads, most popular classic software, most welcomed new software, best freeware. And we also want to list our best cooptation partners and top 10 games in our game section. A huge to be listed here.” Says Nina.
The final result of 2008 Annual Software Awards will be published before Jan 15th, 2009. Users and software developers can visit Brothersoft blog Really Long Link to give advices and suggestions on the Top 10s. “You may also make your own TOP 10s by commenting on our blog, we take your advices seriously.” Nina said.
The end of year 2008 comes and all kind of annual picks comes. The annual software awards from Brothersoft will be the picture of software industry in 2008 and the guide of year 2009.
For more details and infomation, please follow Brothersoft on Twitter: http://twitter.com/brothersoft
New research from Barclays Financial Planning shows a worrying trend of people not providing themselves and their families with a suitable financial safety net
(OPENPRESS) January 1, 2009 -- Despite the level of fear surrounding unemployment and debts* in the current environment, an online poll of 2001 British adults between 24th and 28th October 2008 conducted for Barclays Financial Planning by Opinium Research shows a worrying trend of people not providing themselves and their families with a safety net.
According to the research, over half the people questioned are worried about being able to maintain their outgoings over the next 12 months, pushing essential safety nets like income protection and critical illness cover to the bottom of their priorities. The results show, nearly half (47%) of UK adults have no protection policies** in place whatsoever, to protect them and their families in the event of losing their income, health issues or even death.
The safety net gap:
52% have no life insurance
75% have no critical illness cover
78% have no income protection cover
Those aged between 35 and 54 often have the most responsibilities in terms of dependants and outgoings, but showed a large gap in their protection cover, with 45% having no life cover and 74% with no income protection insurance.
Alison Tattersall, Head of Customer and Proposition at Barclays Financial Planning said: "When finances are tight it is often responsibilities like protection policies that fall to a lower priority, and of course these policies protect outcomes that people don't want to think about. But people must consider the financial consequences of what would happen if they were unable to work, or their dependents' situation if they died, it would be far worse than any concerns they currently have over struggling to meet their outgoings. "
When looking at what other safety nets people could be relying on, the research reveals that 60% of people admit to having nothing saved, having less than one month's salary in the bank, or not knowing what they have in savings at all. Worryingly the report also reveals that nearly 40% of people don't receive benefits such as sick pay, death in service or health insurance, or simply do not know if they would be entitled to them. Coupled with 81% of people not knowing what they would receive in benefits from the state if they were too ill to work.
Alison Tattersall continued: "This is a worrying trend. People need to know what their state and employee benefits are before they are able to plan their protection needs properly.
"Over half of people that do have protection policies said they did not take advice or did not know if they had taken advice when buying their cover, and over 70% do not know or only have a rough idea what level of payout their policies would give them if a claim was made. This could clearly mean people end up without the right cover for their needs, which is often just as bad as having no protection at all. We urge people to seek professional advice and review the level of protection insurance they have to cover themselves or their family."
* 43% stated they are most worried about their debts or the risk of unemployment.
** Protection policies meaning: life insurance, critical illness cover or income protection.
About Barclays Financial Planning
Barclays Financial Planning (BFP) provides tailored financial advice on life, pensions and investment products across a carefully selected range of products from a range of product providers according to customer needs. It is one of the largest financial advisers in the UK, with over 700 advisers. A no obligation financial planning consultation is available to personal, business and corporate clients, and our advisers have a range of solutions available for businesses wishing to discuss succession planning.
Hotels.com has reported global hotel prices fell 3% in 2008, the first year on year fall in prices measured since the Hotel Price Index was started in January 2004
(OPENPRESS) January 1, 2009 -- Hotels.com has revealed that the average price for hotel rooms across the world fell over the summer, according to the Hotels.com Hotel Price Index (HPI). This is the first-year on-year fall in prices measured in any quarter since the HPI started in January 2004.
The average price paid by travellers for a room during the period July-September 2008 fell by 3% globally when compared to the same period in 2007.
However, the weakness of the pound over the course of the 3rd quarter of 2008 meant that UK travellers have yet to feel the effect of the global fall in hotel costs. In fact, a combination of slight real price rises in Europe (which bucked the global trend) and the stronger Euro meant that, for UK travellers, average prices in some European destinations have risen by as much as 30%.
The report from Hotels.com also stated that the 3% drop in prices globally was driven by falls in room prices in across North America, including New York hotels and Las Vegas hotels (where prices fell by 5%), Latin America (where prices were down 1%) and the Caribbean (prices down 4%). Prices in Asia, meanwhile, were flat.
David Roche, President of Hotels.com Worldwide, commented: "Hotels in the Americas in particular have been feeling the effects of the wider global downturn for the past six to nine months and we have seen extensive price cutting already. US hoteliers may have to cut prices further to maintain occupancy in the month to come."
He continued, "In Europe, by contrast, hoteliers have had to cut less, with a reasonably strong summer performance - the traditional European travel peak - helping them to maintain their rates."
"However, European prices are now starting to come down and there are likely to be an increasing number of good deals to be found across the continent's major travel destinations over the course of 2000," David Roche concluded.
About Hotels.com
Hotels.com is the world’s most visited hotels bookings site* and the global hotels specialist. Operating in all major markets with dedicated staff, Hotels.com offers 80,000 quality hotels worldwide, including Orlando hotels and Miami hotels. If a customer can find the same deal for less on a prepaid hotel, Hotels.com will match it. Hotels.com also has one of the largest hotel contracting teams in the industry negotiating the best rates for its users, plus user-contributed reviews of its properties.
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