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Coupures de Presse [ le 18 octobre 1999 ]

E-Commerce
LVMH s'attaque au marché américain des cosmétiques
Quelques semaines après Procter & Gamble, le numéro 1 du luxe lance son offensive en ligne sur le marché américain des cosmétiques avec sephora.com.
(france.internet.com)

Bonnes affaires.com
Avec les sites de recherche des meilleures offres commerciales, l’Internet change la relation consommateur-vendeur. (Libération)


Prix Nobel
Hotbot dévoile les Prix Nobel les plus demandés
En marge de la distinction faite la semaine dernière aux équipes de Médecins Sans Frontières, le moteur HotBot a fourni un classement des Prix Nobel de la Paix les plus demandés sur son site. En premier arrive Nelson Mandela (1993), puis Theodore Roosevelt (1906) et Martin Luther King Jr. (1964) et le Dalai Lama (1989). (Abondance)


iSmell
Le Web au parfum
Une start-up californienne fait la une du mensuel américain Wired. La raison : elle vient de mettre au point un appareil dont le but est de parfumer le Web. Un pur gadget ? Ou une révolution, comme l'écrit Wired ? (Les News Net)


Press clippings [ October 18, 1999 ]

Online Trading
Morgan Stanley Expands Online Trading
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter is preparing to introduce an overhaul of its brokerage business and to offer all its clients the option of buying and selling stocks online at discount prices. ( Morgan Stanley already operates Discover Brokerage Direct, an online discount broker.) (NY Times)


Linux
Linux Commercialization Could Bring Chaos
There is growing concern that the commercialization of versions of the Unix operating system will lead to systems that cannot understand one another. (NY Times)



Interviews
Father of cell phone eyes revolution
"People thought I was crazy to think that cellular, mobile phones you could carry around in your hand would be successful. Now, the idea of cellular phones seems trivial, obvious," -- Dr. Martin Cooper on CNN.

Gates on 'Future Without Microsoft'
Bill Gates, the world's first $100bn man, admits his company Microsoft will one day be replaced. In a wide-ranging interview with the BBC's Jeremy Paxman, the world's richest man describes his meeting with Prime Minister Tony Blair as "neat", outlines his vision of the technological future and claims never to have heard a Bill Gates joke. (BBC)


E-Commerce
British GM unit to offer car buying on Internet
General Motors Corp British unit Vauxhall said Thursday customers will be able to buy a new car over the Internet from November 1 and have it delivered to their doorstep within a week of placing an order. (SiliconValley.com)

Ashford.com hopes to sparkle with jewelry sales
The online retailer will sell jewelry and diamonds on its Web site, its boldest foray into the luxury goods market. (News.com)

Former presidential yacht Sequoia goes on online auction block
The Sequoia, a yacht used by eight presidents from Hoover to Ford, is being sold on "Treasures in Your Home," a live collectibles show on PAX TV and the Internet. Bids will be accepted through Oct. 26 through the show's Web site. (Techserver)


Deep Linking Issue
Ticketmaster: Consensual Linking Only, Please
Ticketmaster Online-CitySearch Friday came out strongly against the practice of deep-linking, in which a link is made to a site page other than the front page. (Internet News)


Cybertrend: Celebs endorsing web sites
Flooz Gets Help From Whoopi Goldberg
The actress Whoopi Goldberg has just signed on to be the chief promoter of a form of online gift currency, Flooz. Also: Cindy Crawford joins the board of an Internet company, Babystyle. (NY Times)


TimeWorthy
U.S. hangs new clock on the Internet
You can set your watch by the Internet, using a new Web site linked to two atomic clocks that was unveiled Thursday by the top two U.S. government timekeepers. (SiliconValley.com)


Something to look forward to
Playboy Enterprises Plans Its Own Web Fashion Show
Playboy is planning its own online fashion show, hoping it can repeat the publicity coup that Victoria's Secret scored earlier this year. Live webcast Nov 1. (WSJ) Paid subscription required.




It's the finalcountdown




Firms 'already hit' by Y2K bug

Almost one in three UK companies has already experienced some millennium bug problems, says a survey. (BBC)

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