Meanwhile, if you're shopping for utility software, think twice (or three or four times) before you buy System Mechanic 7. Instead, you might want to consider competing utility products, like Symantec's Norton SystemWorks, Stomp's Data Protection Suite or VCOM's System Suite.
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By contrast, one in 14 vehicles of competing sport utility models flipped over after tire failures, Ford said.
Firestone said that operating a Ford Explorer with its tires inflated to the pressure recommended by the automaker, 26 pounds per square inch, provided a smaller "margin of safety" than existed for the Chevy Tahoe, Jeep Cherokee and other competing sport utility vehicles.
The division, Enron Energy Services, competed with utilities to sell electricity and natural gas to commercial and industrial customers.
"It's going so fast now because there is a race to go offshore, with manufacturers and utilities competing for the jobs," said Corin Millais of the European Wind Energy Association.
Because Gazprom gas is now more expensive than competing sources, German utilities are losing money and passing on higher electricity costs to consumers.
To forestall competing lines, most utilities would quickly cut deals for letting others move juice over their wires for a fee.
But the smart address book element is something that could potentially see Connect competing with other utilities like Brewster, recently acquired Cobook, or even LinkedIn's own Contacts app which lets you aggregate your connections from a variety of sources, too.
From 1998 through May 2001, Mr. White served as vice chairman of Enron Energy Services, which competed with utility companies to sell natural gas and electricity to commercial and industrial customers.
