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Mike walker has found a new competitor for Calyx and Ellie Mae.  Its groovy that they are a 2.0 app, really.  It just so doesn't matter.  Just like it doesn't really matter that Encompass is on 2.0. or Byte. It doesn't even matter that Calyx has been using 3.0.

LoanAce is free at the moment so we"ll have to see what the pricing structure turns out to be.  I recall Encompass not charging when it fist arrived as well. 

Typically when the market gets tight companies look for technology to make them more efficient.  They tend to buy when its slow rather then when they are busy.  How much that translates into small broker shops addopting new technology we have yet to see.  They are going to have an interesting challenge with 4 solid LOS systems already on the market.

ASP.NET AJAX download.  And also impressive the Codeplex community AJAX Control Toolkit. 

I know I have done this before,  I won't say how many times ;)

Find out why work is really the vacation.

Rick is looking for a good Steaming Music (Radio) Suggestion, mine check out Sirius or XM they both offer an internet only radio that uses windows media player.  Xm is has a cooler implementation but both cost about 10 bucks a month and give you access to all of the Radio stations.  This is real radio with a dj and many channels to suit your mood.  Unlike every thing else which turn out to be elaborate play lists.  There is just some thing wrong with being able to hit the skip button when listening to radio. Which happens with MSN music/Pandora and yahoo music.

I notice if I go to KQED.org in IE7 vista turns of aero support. Has anyone else seen this?  It looks to be how they are embedding windows media players’ activex control.  I can browse there with FireFox without this behavior so I am at a loss.

I am finding Google Finance very useful looking at Sirius I notice an MSN money story "Sirius Adds CNN to Online Lineup"  I find it pathetic that I find this out second hand rather then directly on Sirius,  I don't think they get how to communicate with their listeners.  Some times an email should be used for more then just new letters and you cannot count on your listeners always having their radio on to here your news.  I admit I haven't been listening to Sirius this week rather NPR and KQED.  I would listen if they offered NPR or PRI via their online Player.

Check out Finance a new beta offering from Google.  Its really to bad Google keeps their betas so hush hush, I Like this much better then Yahoo Finance but never would have known about it if it wasn't for Robert Scoble's blog entry.

BuisinessWeek Reported on January 12th about share prices of XM satellite Radio Holdings Inc. and Sirius Satellite Radio Inc rising based on speculation of a merger,  BuisinessWeek presume the larger Subscriber base of XM( 7.6 million ) will acquire Sirius with 6 million subscribers.  I think they are wrong.  When SmartMoney.com reports Sirius announced positive free cash flow in the fourth quarter.  I look forward to Sirius acquiring XM.