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i2Go
eGo prometteur
La société américaine i2Go propose un nouveau baladeur Mp3, baptisé eGo. Ce petit appareil particulièrement futé est capable de lire à haute voix des mails et permet d'effectuer sa propre programmation musicale. (Les News Net)

Lycos
Lycos lance un nouveau site de commerce électronique
Lycos devrait lancer aujourd'hui un nouveau site de commerce électronique baptisé LycoShop. (Abondance)

Mobilisation
Avalanche meurtrière: les parents des victimes créent leur site internet
L'association des parents des victimes de l'avalanche des Crots, près des Orres (Hautes-Alpes), qui a fait onze morts en janvier 1998, a lancé dimanche son site internet à quarante-huit heures du début du procès devant le tribunal correctionnel de Gap. (Yahoo Actualités)

Santé
L'Illinois poursuit les pharmacies et les médecins sur le Net
À la suite des États du Kansas et du Missouri, les procureurs de l'Illinois ont engagé quatre poursuites contre des médecins et des pharmacies officiant sur le Net. Leur argument: ces derniers ne sont pas habilités à prescrire ou vendre des médicaments en Illinois. (Multimédium)

Press clippings [ October 25, 1999 ]

Online Trading

Schwab's Web site down for third day in a row
Charles Schwab Corp. customers Friday morning were unable to funnel stock trades through the No. 1 U.S. discount and Internet broker's Web site and automated phone systems, the third outage in as many days. (Silicon
Valley.com)

Who is responsible for online brokerage shutdowns?
Who - if anyone - is liable when electronic trading networks break down? That question resurfaced this week when Charles Schwab Group's online system crashed for nearly 2 2/4 hours. (Techserver)

Domain Names
Company Launches Domain Name Auctions In Two Languages
Operating on the assumption that all good domain names will soon be taken, Solutionhome.com, Inc. has opened a buying, selling and trading hub on the Internet to profit from individuals and companies who are willing to pay for a specific URL. The company launched online auction houses for English and Spanish-language domain names, as well as a chat room to enable domain name shoppers to discuss and negotiate deals with other name holders online. (E-Commerce Times)

AOL
AOL-Backed Stamps.com Launches Service
Bolstered by a new deal with AOL, online postage company Stamps.com announced Friday that it has launched its Internet Postage service, which allows customers to buy postage online and print it out on standard printers. (E-Commerce Times)

E-Commerce
GM launches online used-car seller
The virtual used-car lot is nothing new. A Big Three automaker at the helm is. Though a regulatory snafu stymied it for about three months, General Motors Corp. finally has gotten rolling on a first-of-its-kind, Internet-based used car dealership here that could be a prototype for stores nationwide. (Techserver)

Amazon sues barnesandoble.com
Amazon Sues Barnesandnoble.com For Patent Infringement
Internet powerhouse Amazon.com filed a lawsuit yesterday against barnesandnoble.com, claiming that its 1-Click technology patent has been infringed upon. (E-Commerce Times)

Interactive TV
Music-Trivia Show With Web Participation
In the latest attempt to attain true convergence of television and the Internet, MTV plans to start a music-trivia game show in which viewers can play along by logging onto MTV's Web site. (NY Times)

It's the finalcountdown

U.S. Energy Department sets Y2K watch
The U.S. Energy Department will team with industry experts to monitor any disruptions to energy supplies worldwide as Year 2000 dawns, Secretary Bill Richardson said Friday. (SiliconValley.com)

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