29. august 2005

Egypt bloggers spearhead anti-Mubarak dissent (AFP). Yahoo! News: Technology News] 4:05:15 PM    comment [] Product previews (InfoWorld). InfoWorld - WiredRed Jump Starts Web Conferences From Office Apps The decision to launch a Web-conferencing session can now be made spontaneously, thanks to a new collaboration tool from WiredRed Software. The company last week rolled out a new version of its e/pop Web Conferencing software that supports the initiation of Web and video meetings directly from Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, Project, PowerPoint, and Outlook. Features include multiparty video, VoIP, remote control, and desktop, application, and document sharing. Also new is support for Firefox and other Mozilla-based browsers. The new version of e/pop Web Conferencing is priced starting at $3,000. Hosted services start at $350 per month. e/pop Web Conferencing WiredRed [Yahoo! News: Technology News] 4:04:24 PM    comment [] Hurricane Katrina: 'Do Not Call 911'. LiveJournal business manager Mark Kraft is gathering information for Gulf Coast residents bracing for Hurricane Katrina, collecting reports from several LiveJournal diarists who are fleeing or preparing to ride out the storm. Kraft passes along a grim prediction from meteorologist Jeff Masters: I put the odds of New Orleans getting its levees breached and the city submerged at about 70 percent. This scenario, which has been discussed extensively in literature I have read, could result in a death toll in the thousands, since many people will be unable or unwilling to get out of the city. I recommend that if you are trapped in New Orleans tomorrow, that you wear a life jacket and a helmet if you have them. High rise buildings may offer good refuge, but Katrina has the potential to knock down a high-rise building. The 4 p.m. National Weather Service warning for New Orleans was equally foreboding: Most of the area will be uninhabitable for weeks ... perhaps longer. At least one half of well constructed homes will have roof and wall failure. All gabled roofs will fail ... leaving those homes severely damaged or destroyed. The majority of industrial buildings will become non functional. Partial to complete wall and roof failure is expected. All wood framed low rising apartments will be destroyed. Concrete block low rise apartments will sustain major damage ... including some wall and roof failure. High rise office and apartment buildings will sway dangerously ... a few to the point of total collapse. Government officials did their best to scare the hell out of residents all Sunday morning, hoping they'd leave by any means possible. One told holdouts to make sure they had a hammer or some other tool that's strong enough to break through an attic roof. "You don't want to drown in there when the water comes," he said. Several parishes in Louisiana have closed emergency services, giving their residents a discordant bit of advice: Do not call 911. [Workbench] 4:02:22 PM    comment [] Storm Weakens Slightly, but Still Threatens Havoc on Gulf Coast. Hurricane Katrina edged a bit to the east, providing some hope that the worst of it might not directly strike New Orleans, a city perilously below sea level. By JOSEPH B. TREASTER and ABBY GOODNOUGH. [NYT > Home Page] 4:00:40 PM    comment [] Big Brother baby plan scrutinised. Dutch authorities investigate plans for a contestant to give birth on the reality TV show Big Brother. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] 12:15:23 AM    comment [] Israel Suffers First Suicide Attack Since Gaza Pullout. Hours later, however, the Israeli cabinet voted to allow Egypt to patrol the international border with Gaza, which would allow Israel to pull all its soldiers out of Gaza in the next month. By STEVEN ERLANGER. [NYT > Home Page] 12:09:31 AM    comment []

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