October 2, 2005

Disney gives $150 mln send-off to 'Cinderella'. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Walt Disney Co is unleashing a $150 million marketing blitz for the release of its "Cinderella Special Edition" DVD this week in what one toy industry analyst called "a smart strategic move" for a holiday season where consumers may be pinching pennies. [Reuters: Entertainment] 8:38:38 AM

Palestinian Civil War Watch Palestinian police storm into Gaza parliament. GAZA (Reuters) - Dozens of Palestinian policemen stormed into Gaza's parliament building on Monday to demand a security crackdown on Hamas militants who killed a police commander in a street battle. [Reuters: World] 8:17:03 AM

Google Office Still in the Wings?. Ajax Office, a proposed project to create an open source, web-based suite of office applications, has fallen by the wayside. But the project's founder Paolo Massa is convinced that not only will there be successful open source projects in the space, but that it is only a matter of time before the likes of Google or Yahoo! launch a web-based office suite of their own - going up against Microsoft Office but in the online sphere. "If you think about it, it would mean having access to your office documents from any browser," he told Computer Business Review, outlining his view that a provider could enable the creation and storage of office documents on their web servers. "I think someone will do this within a year," he said. [Slashdot] 8:09:50 AM

Parliament Votes for New Abbas Government (AP). AP - The Palestinian parliament voted Monday that Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas must form a new government within two weeks. [Yahoo! News: World News] 8:05:41 AM