"Super Cannes" de J.G. Ballard : la Côte high tech au vitriol
Sophia : un séminaire sur "Cold Fusion"
Pascal Boscher : de Lucent à Soditech
Data-centers : IXEurope lève 19,5 millions d'euros
CJD : une soirée sur les "peurs du dirigeant d'entreprise"
Nice : la nouvelle donne de Côte d'Azur Développement
Medias: ViaCannes, based on the model of ViaNice
ViaNice, which had to give up its incursions at Lyon and Toulouse last year, is looking for a closer expansion of its Nice base in the department. Nice city guide has then been launched a bit before the opening of the Festival its ViaCannes.com, based on the model of the ViaNice. It also announces, at the same time, ViaAntibes, ViaGrasse, ViaMenton et ViaMonaco, always based on the model of ViaNice. ViaSophia, which will open on May 14th, wasn't based on an editorial model.
Start-up: Dust is going to attack the "Dix commandements"
Dust keeps going. After it restored Chris Marker's cult movie, "La Jetée", the company of Sophia, specialised in the digital movie picture restoration, obtained a contract of 7 million francs, from Paramount for the restoration of other important works in the worldwide cinema as "Les dix commandements" (the ten commandments).
Nice-Matin : special Eco on cinema and Riviera
Directive Territoriale d'Aménagement : nouveau retard
Une nouvelle enquête publique pour la DTA, la Directive territoriale d'aménagement des Alpes-Maritimes : c'est ce qu'a annoncé le ministre des Transports, Jean-Claude Gayssot dans une lettre adressée aux élus. La sortie de ce document d'orientation pour l'aménagement et le développement des Alpes-Maritimes, prend donc un nouveau retard. Initié par le gouvernement il y a cinq ans, cette DTA pilote (c'est la première de France) aurait dû faire l'objet d'un décret d'Etat en 1999.
RPF : head of lists on Cannes and Nice
Charles Pasqua, whose name has been often pronounced as head of list for the next municipal election in Cannes, will not join in the RPF. On the other hand, Lionel Luca, the mayor of Villeneuve-Loubet and RPF leader in the department, has declared that two heads of lists were scheduled in Cannes and Nice. It is even said, among RPF members, that Lionel Luca could be this head of list in Cannes.As far as Cannes is concerned, Jean-Pierre Laborde writes in Le Monde of November 22nd : "Mr.
J.C.E. : a woman elected world president
The world presidency of the Jeune Chambre Internationale (Young international chamber) of the new millennium will ensured by a woman. Karyn Bisdee, a New-Zealander, was world vice-president near the world president 1999, Yong Suk Choi. His election as been appreciated : electors of the 54th world congress which takes place in the Palais des Festivals in Cannes have carried their new president in triumph. In order to be devoted to the J.C.E.
Grasse : re-energization of downtown
On Friday November 19th 1999, 2.30 pm, Francis Perugini, the president of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Nice Côte d'Azur, Jean-Pierre Leleux, the mayor of Grasse and Jacques Aouizerate, the president of the "Economic Federation of Grasse" will be gathered together at the Grasse city hall to officially sign the "FISAC" Partnership Convention.This tripartite convention which links the CCINCA, the city hall and the Federation for one year aims at re-energizing downtown Grasse.
J.C.I. congress in Cannes : 4.000 people for diner !
The J.C.I. world congress which took place in Cannes from November 6th to 13th will remain in memories as big success. For the number of participants (it gathered 5.113 people coming from 104 different countries together). For the quality of debates turned to a strategy and a thoughts for the third millennium. Moreover Cannes has shown that a meal for 4.000 people (served by Roland Ariza from Cannes, "Traiteur de la Méditerranée") could be served with success.
Théoule wants to buy out its private port
The small city of Théoule, on the extreme east of the Alpes-Maritimes, definitely wants to buy out one of its private ports, the Figueirette one, in order to manage it by the city. The municipal council has agreed (11 pro votes and three abstentions) to buy out the port from the real estate company of the Miramar port. The concession of this small marina has been granted in January 1971 and, according to possibilities offered by the law, the city can buy it back.
Virus alert :"Homepage.HTML.vbs" hit Sophia
A new virus alert. Be careful about messages entitled "Homepage" with this message : "Hi! You've got to see this page. It's really cool ;o)". If you open the attached file (Homepage.HTML.vbs), what happens is not really cool. The virus will automatically use all the addresses of your book and will send the same contaminated mail to all your contacts. Needless to say that "Homepage" has been diffused very quickly on the world Web, via Microsoft's electronic messaging Outlook Express, the most used one all over the world. Yesterday, on Wednesday, it hit the French Riviera.
Directive Territoriale d'Aménagement : a new delay
A new public inquiry for the DTA, la Directive territoriale d'Aménagement of the Alpes-Maritimes (Local planning direction) : that's what the Secretary of the State for Transport, Jean-Claude Gayssot has announced in a letter addressed to elected ones. The release of this orientation document for the development in the Alpes-Maritimes, has been delayed again. Initiated by the government five years ago, this pilot DTA (the first one in France) would have been subjected to an Order of the State in 1999.
Alerte virus : "Homepage.HTML.vbs" a touché Sophia
Alerte nouveau virus. Méfiez-sous des mails intitulés "Homepage" et comportant ce message : "Hi! You've got to see this page. It's really cool ;o)" ("Hello ! Vous devez voir cette page ! C'est vraiment cool"). Car si vous ouvrez le fichier attaché (Homepage.HTML.vbs), ce qui se produit n'est pas vraiment si cool que ça. Le virus reprendra automatiquement toutes les adresses de votre carnet et enverra le même mail contaminé à tous vos contacts.
