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911 Operators Make Bad Calls, Keep Jobs Critics say training for 911 operators is inadequate, with fatal consequences. Home > Rss Directory > General > ABC News |
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Conn. police release 911 calls in controversial hit-and-run - Hartford Courant Canoe.caConn. police release 911 calls in controversial hit-and-runHartford Courant - 2 hours agoAP HARTFORD, Conn. - Hartford police released audio tapes Friday of two 911 calls made shortly after a May 30 hit-and-run that prompted the city's police chief to declare th Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Datacenter operators to share energy tips Some of the biggest names in the datacenter industry will gather in Silicon Valley next week to discuss the results of real-world tests intended to help identify the most effective ways to reduce energy consumption in datacenters. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Users split over iPhone 2.1's impact on 3G dropped calls A day after Apple released its iPhone 2.1 update, users were split on whether the new software improves 3G reception and cuts the number of dropped calls, a major goal of the release that CEO Steve Jobs promised earlier in the week. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Mobile operators get help to go green Industry organization GSM Association (GSMA) has launched the Green Power for Mobile program, which will help operators that want to use renewable power sources, including solar, wind or sustainable biofuels, to power base stations, it announced on Thursday. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Officials Try to Clear Up Confusion About 911 Calls Confusion about the District's revamped 911 call center has spread across the city in recent weeks as misinformation has been posted on online community message boards and city officials have spent time parsing the definition of "emergency." Home > Rss Directory > Technology > WashingtonPost |
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911 Call: Car Smelled Like 'Dead Body' Cindy Anthony made two 911 calls about missing Fla. 2-year-old last week. Home > Rss Directory > General > ABC News |
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As Boy Sank in Pool, a Number of Calls to 911 Went Unanswered A 14-year-old boy had passed out in a Prince William County swimming pool and was sinking to the bottom of the deep end. A nearby swimmer yelled for help, and a lifeguard dived in to save him. Two people grabbed phones and called 911. Then called again. And again. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > WashingtonPost |
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911 callers told of carnage at Texas bus wreck
(AP) AP - Witnesses who called 911 after the crash of a charter bus that killed at least 16 people described a chaotic scene, telling emergency workers of bloody passengers crushed beneath the smoking wreckage, according to calls released Saturday by police. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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New Web app allows free conference calls U.S. and Canadian companies looking to cut costs amid the bleak economic conditions might find some relief through a new Web application announced Tuesday that provides free conference calls for up to six people at a time. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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McCain Calls for ‘Economic Surge’ to Produce Jobs - FOXNews McCain Calls for ‘Economic Surge’ to Produce JobsFOXNews - 3 hours agoby FOXNews.com John McCain called for an “economic surge†Wednesday, putting extra heft behind his domestic agenda as both he and Barack Obama stress energy and the economy in battleground states. Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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EU pressures operators to lower data roaming rates BARCELONA (Reuters) - After forcing Europe's mobile operators to cut rates for making and receiving phone calls abroad, the European Union's top telecoms regulator has set her sights on prices for downloading and surfing the Web wirelessly. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Reuter |
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France calls for mobile operators to cut SMS prices PARIS (Reuters) - France is calling on mobile companies to cut text messages prices after publishing a study that shows prices charged by the country's three main operators have not fallen much over the past three to four years. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Reuter |
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Girl, 3, uses song lyrics to call 911 for mom
(AP) AP - A 3-year-old girl used the simple song lyrics "911 green" to call 911 and get help after her pregnant mother fainted. Jessica Eaves, 24, taught her daughter Madelyn the song a week before she fainted due to a medical condition called vasovogal syncope. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Update: AOL and Yahoo make IM VoIP moves AOL and Yahoo separately on Tuesday made changes to the Internet telephony features within their IM (instant message) services.The moves signal that both Internet giants believe that providing fee-based VoIP (vo Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Why SaaS could make your IT skills irrelevant Tom Clement has reinvented his career before. In 1984, he realized working in technology would suit him better than his job as a litigator in Texas. "I came home one day from work, and I was used to being really tense," he says. "But that day, my secretary's recorder Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Ofcom to hold operators responsible for dodgy dealers Voluntary code of practice not working Ofcom wants to make mobile network operators responsible for their resellers, reporting that a voluntary code of practice for the industry has failed to reduce complaints.… Home > Rss Directory > General > The Register |
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What's Online: Keep It Short, Make It Instant A study shows that instant messaging causes less interruption than other forms of communication, such as phone calls or e-mails. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > NY Time |
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SoCal area jittery after 911-call death
(AP) AP - Residents of an upscale community were on edge Friday as detectives sought whoever shot a neighbor to death in her gated, high-security mansion as she called 911. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Woman Slain While Calling 911 California woman fatally shot while calling 911 from her mansion. Home > Rss Directory > General > ABC News |