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Since Yee's arrest in September, Guantanamo inmates have had no chaplain. Yee's replacement is to arrive this month--but will not be allowed any contact with the detainees. --By Johanna McGeary. Reported by Viveca Novak/Guantanamo, Eli Sanders/Seattle and Elaine Shannon/Washington
...wireless networks in its three hospitals. The device, which combines PDA functions with voice, offers several benefits: it doesn't suffer from interference, as cell phones do; it lets patients connect directly to the nurse assigned to them; and it allows doctors, who may be off-site, to contact nurses directly, eliminating the risk that a call will be missed at the nursing station...
Another new breed of software called presence-aware applications understands where and how to contact employees--at all times. European telecom giant Siemens has just released a product called HiPath OpenScape, which allows, for example, a salesperson who is in an important pitch meeting to find a product specialist immediately, whether the specialist is in the office, in the car or at home. Smaller companies like Sylantro, based in Campbell, Calif., offer to phone companies similar products that they house in their networks and that the phone companies can in turn offer to their customers. "We're helping to usher...
Companies are also excited about the prospects for improved "collaboration," particularly on conference calls. Several browser-based interfaces engendered by VOIP have turned these enduring hassles of corporate life into mere point-and-click exercises. It's now possible to initiate a conference call merely by clicking on contact names in a browser--all over local or wide-area networks...
Gross said this weekend that he received several e-mails from people concerned about the allegations of animal cruelty and that the administration had been in contact with the club...