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Coupures de Presse [ le 4 novembre 1999 ]

Lecture Recommandée
Internet Actu N°9
Toutes les actualités de la semaine en revue, par la start-up préférée du réseau francophone. Lire et imprimer!


Yahoo!
Yahoo! élections aide les américains à voter
A un an des élections du Président Américain, Yahoo! lance le site Yahoo! élections. Au programme : sondages, informations sur les candidats, biographies, résultats en temps réel, informations générales sur le système électoral, etc. Le site sera également intégré dans Yahoo! Local. (Abondance)


Spam
Le tiers du pourriel est de nature pornographique
Selon le Spam Recycling Center, plus de 30% des courriels non sollicités pointeraient vers des sites de nature pornographique. (Multimédium)


Combien de sites Web?
Netcraft recense huit millions de sites web
Netcraft évalue à environ 8 millions le nombre de sites Web sur Internet. Selon le rapport d'octobre 1999, les systèmes Unix continuent à dominer Internet.



Press clippings [ November 4, 1999 ]

Domain Names
barnesandnoble.com Snags Books.com Domain
barnesandnoble.com made a move in the online bookseller space Wednesday by purchasing the coveted
www.books.com domain and trademark from Cendant Corp. for unknown amount. The site had previously been a small online book retailer run by Cendant. (Internet News)


Lawyer Buys Potential Egyptair Web Site Names

Just hours after an EgyptAir jet smashed into the Atlantic Ocean, a Washington attorney who specializes in aircraft disasters went on line and bought a handful of Internet addresses that could be associated with the crash, including
www.flight990.com and www.EgyptAirflight990.com. (The Industry Standard)


"We don't think it is appropriate for the sites to be run by anyone who stands to profit from the disaster. Our feeling is that those names belong to the families of the victims." -- Dejardins, an attorney with R. Jack Clapp and Associates


Online Trading
Morningstar Offers E-Mail Stock Advice
Morningstar.com, a leader in mutual-fund research on the Web, now is offering free stock-picking advice to its subscribers. But financial planners warn you might get what you pay for. (WSJ)


E-Commerce
Hennes & Mauritz Weighs Web Plan
Sweden's Hennes & Mauritz sets trends in the world of fashion, but when it comes to electronic commerce in the sector, the clothier might be behind the times -- but that might not be such a bad thing this early in the game. (WSJ) Paid subscription required.

Beauty and Brains Collide Online
Busy women don’t have time to buy products that make them feel good. At least that's the rationale behind the creation of bluemercury, a new company gearing up to sell a variety of cosmetic and hygiene products online. (The WashingtonPost)


AOL
You've Got Videos
Videos and rentals aren't going away anytime soon, declares Blockbuster - even as its dot-com division prepares for a broadband future with a $30 million investment from America Online. (The Industry Standard)

America Online More Than Doubles Roster of Shopping Partners
As Shop@AOL readies for year's biggest shopping season, company signs over 160 new E-commerce agreements with leading brand-name retailers. AOL also renews agreements with 95% of current merchant partners, bringing total number of Shop@AOL partners to more than 275. (Individual.com)


Talking Browser
Free speech comes to the Internet
Philips Electronics officials announced Wednesday that the company will make its voice-enabled FreeSpeech browser available for free via download next week. The 10Mb browser will allow users to speak commands and links to surf the Web. The Philips browser will be available at www.speech.philips.com on Nov. 8. The browser software will also work with Microsoft's Internet Explorer 5.0 browser. (InfoWorld)


More needs to be done
Online Barriers for the Disabled
Participants at a conference addressing Internet accessibility issues for people with disabilities found little to celebrate in today's online world. Web sites filled with graphics that cannot be interpreted by text-to-speech software. Software and systems designed by companies that do not consider the needs of disabled people. Inadequate computer equipment for disabled students in schools. These are just some of the barriers encountered by people with disabilities as they try navigate a world increasingly dependent on the Internet and computer technologies, said participants at a conference this week in New York that examined the state of technology for those with disabilities. (NY Times)


Cybertrend
IFuneral industry carves niche on Internet
Online casket sales; Web sites, software and national directories for funeral homes; Internet obituaries and videos to preserve a loved one's memory -- death is a burgeoning industry in cyberspace. (Techserver)



It's the finalcountdown




SEC seeks last of Y2K holdouts
With 59 days until Year 2000, it appears shareholders are receiving little warning of computer glitches that might cripple companies. (USA Today)






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