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Coupures de Presse [ le 28 octobre 1999 ]

Cinéma
Mauvais scénario
Steve Tisch, le producteur de Forrest Gump, a eu l'idée de rendre accessible en ligne des scénarios et synopsis de films. Sous la pression des studios de Hollywood, le site vient de fermer, après cinq petits jours d'existence. (Les News Net)


Halloween
C'est le temps de Halloween
Plus que quelques jours avant l’Halloween ... le temps d’un petit dossier pour vous aider à vous préparer. (Web Départ)


Scrime 2
Scrime 2, parodie de Scream 2, débarque sur la Toile
''Scrime 2'' débarque sur le Web le 31 octobre. Pour patienter, consultez la bande-annonce. (Interneto.fr)


Press clippings [ October 28, 1999 ]

Up Graded!
Nasdaq plans online trading link on Web site
The Nasdaq stock market plans to set up online trading from its Web site for small investors, said Frank Zarb, chairman of Nasdaq's parent, the National Association of Securities Dealers. (SiliconValley.com)

SEC's Levitt calls for removal of barriers to ECNs
The top U.S. securities regulator called Wednesday for the removal of barriers that are holding back electronic communications networks, or ECNs, from participating in all stock markets. (SiliconValley.com)


No Better Choice
American Elected to Internet Board
One of the Internet's founding fathers, Vinton G. Cerf, has been named to the board of the Internet's new oversight group, becoming the only American to win in the first round of elections for directors of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. (NY Times)


Auction Update
Freelancers tout services on new auction site
Could eLance be the next eBay? New auction site lets individuals and small businesses anywhere in the world bid for projects. (ZDNet)


Cybersquatting Bill
White House still opposes anti-cybersquatting bill
The White House opposes legislation passed by the House that bars people from inappropriately using trademarks to name Web sites, spokesman Joe Lockhart said Wednesday. Given the global nature of the Internet, with Web sites anywhere accessible to U.S. Internet users, the administration favored a more international approach to stop cybersquatting, Lockhart said. (SiliconValley.com)


Maps
National Geographic puts maps online
Combining more than a century of traditional mapping experience with modern technology, the National Geographic Society is issuing a massive new world atlas and making its maps available on the Internet. (USA Today)


Glitches
AIM glitch affects users coast to coast
A "network routing issue" prevents as many as ten percent of all AOL Instant Messenger users from logging on to their accounts. (News.com)

Thirst for knowledge drowns site

Each day since last Wednesday, more than 10 million Web users have attempted to log on to hugely hyped Britannica.com. A mere 100,000 have reached the first page. (Chicago Tribune)


French E-Shoppers
French Online Purchases Doubled in Six Months
About 500,000 people in France made purchases on the Internet during June, more than double last December's amount, according to a study by the French survey institute TMO. (Internet News)


UK E-Shoppers
More Than One-Fourth Of Brits Buy Online
A new study of UK e-commerce has found that 27 percent of those surveyed have purchased goods online and 49 percent have used the Web to compare the prices of goods and services. (E-Commerce Times)


Copyright Protection
Alchemedia guards exclusive Web images
Alchemedia, formerly cSafe, is now providing a means of protecting images from being easily downloaded off the Internet using its Clever Content Server.


Internet Computers
Personal-Computer Makers Work On New 'Windows-Less' Products
Major personal-computer makers are working on a new wave of products that won't use Microsoft's Windows. The desktop machines, which are expected early next year, will be designed primarily to surf the Internet and be priced far below standard PCs running Microsoft's ubiquitous Windows 98 operating software, industry executives said. (WSJ)




It's the finalcountdown




Y2K Compliance and Home PC's
Most computer users should be as wary of the solutions as they are of the problem. (NY Times)





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