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Lecture Recommandée
Internet Actu N°8
Toutes les actualités de la semaine en revue. Lire et imprimer! Et ouvert depuis hier, La Tribune des Lecteurs, un espace où nous sommes tous invités à participer.

Lycos
Lycos récompense la fidélité
'Lycos va mettre en place un système qui résompense la fidélité de ses visiteurs, en collaboration avec la société Netcentives. Le programme est basé sur une monnaie fictive appelée Lycos Points que les visiteurs peuvent gagner au travers de leurs actions sur le portail. (Abondance)

Lokace
Des Enchères sur Lokace
Lokace, en partenariat avec Eurobid, propose un service de vente aux enchères permettant aux internautes de vendre et d'acheter partout en Europe. (Abondance)

Outre Manche
Le gouvernement veut louer des ordinateurs aux pauvres
Les familles britanniques qui n'ont pas les moyens de s'acheter un ordinateur pourront en louer un à bas prix et ainsi éviter de passer à côté de la "révolution du savoir" et de l'internet, a annoncé jeudi le gouvernement. (Actual Info)

Internautes
Surfeurs et acteurs
Les internautes ne sont pas uniquement spectateurs du Web : ils veulent également être des acteurs à part entière. La preuve ? Selon le cabinet NPD, au printemps 2000, un utilisateur sur deux aura son propre site. (Les News.Net)

Press clippings [ October 29, 1999 ]

Auction Update
BMW to sell first new SUV in online auction
BMW said Thursday it will put up the first of its highly anticipated X5 sport utility vehicles for auction on eBay Friday, the first time an automaker has used the Internet to launch an all-new model. The money raised in the auction on eBay will benefit the Dallas-based Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, the automaker said. (SIliconValley.com)

Auctions.com, FreeServe Team for Auction Site
Free ISP L Thursday announced it will enter the ring for online auction fisticuffs in the UK. Freeserve and US-based Auctions.com will form the Freeserve Auctions Ltd joint venture, of which Freeserve will hold a 80 percent majority. (Internet News)

Online Trading
E*TRADE Faces Lawsuit over February Outages
E*Trade Group Inc. has been hit by a fraud and breach of contract lawsuit from a woman who claims that the company's lack of "safe, reliable, fast" service cost her $40,000. (Internet News)

Disturbing Slain Promoters Assisted With Fraud Investigations
The two Internet stock promoters found shot to death on Tuesday in a mansion in Colts Neck, N.J., had been informers in investigations of securities fraud, regulatory and law enforcement officials said. But investigators said they were uncertain whether the information the men provided was sufficiently damaging to provoke such an attack. (NY Times)

On the Campaign Trail
Way Cleared for Online Debates
In the first clear signal that regulators are relaxing their approach to Internet campaigning, the Federal Election Commission cleared the way for nonpartisan organizations to host debates for political candidates on the Internet. (NY Times)

Health
American Medical Association goes online
The world's largest doctors' organization, taking its cue from the millions of Americans logging on in search of medical information, will launch a consumer health Web site - Medem - in early 2000, it said. (Techserver)

Taxes
House passes resolution on Net tax
The U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly Tuesday in favor of a motion that calls on the World Trade Organization to enact a permanent moratorium on e-commerce taxes during its meeting next month in Seattle. (CNN)

Music
MP3.com Teams With Listen.com
MP3.com and Listen.com Thursday announced plans to work together to broaden the scope of online exposure for MP3.com artists. (Internet News)

A Star is Born
Ovitz, Jeeves make it official
Ask Jeeves has retained Ovitz's Lynx Technology Group LLC and his talent agency, Artists Management Group, to help take the butler beyond the Internet and into potential merchandising, animation and placement in movies and television shows. (USA Today)

It's the finalcountdown

Theoretical Disasters Test State's Year 2000 Plan
Outside, it was a quiet, sunny fall morning, but inside the subterranean State Emergency Management Office Building, it was shortly after midnight, Jan. 1, 2000, and all hell was breaking loose. Officials say the drill was needed to weed out potential problems. (NY Times)

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