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Coupures de Presse [ le 29 novembre 1999 ]

Articles à la "Une" : www.netsurf.ch

DesFemmes.com
Des femmes à l'assaut du Web
Desfemmes.com a décidé d'inaugurer son site le jour de la Sainte Catherine. Tout un symbole, On est loin du MLF des années 70 ou même des féministes éditions des Femmes. (Actual Info) Rendez leur visite!

France
Médiamétrie compte plus de cinq millions d'internautes
Le baromètre Internet 24 000 de Médiamétrie affiche 5 212 000 internautes français au compteur des douze derniers mois. (france.internet.com)

Entertaindom
Entertaindom: loisirs en ligne
Time Warner va lancer, lundi, un tout nouveau site Web, Entertaindom, qui présentera des vidéos et des dessins animés en ligne. (Branchez-Vous)

00h00
00h00.com: bientôt des livres sur internet pour jeunes aveugles
Une nouvelle maison française d'édition jeunesse entièrement en ligne, 00h00.com, propose des romans numériques pour tous et s'apprête à en offrir également pour les aveugles et malvoyants. (Yahoo Actualités

Press clippings [ November 29, 1999 ]

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Unsettling...
Internet spies' new tactics
Computer users are being warned by industry experts to beware of secret codes which could be used to record their conversations. Emails, screensavers, and electronic greeting cards can carry a secret code which is able to switch on the computer's microphone, make a recording, and forward it to someone else without the user's knowledge. In fact any attachments sent to a computer, be it a game of Space Invaders, or a moving image, can potentially be used to spy. (BBC)

Internet merchant accused of intercepting rival's e-mail
An Internet bookseller based in Greenfield has been accused of using a computer program to intercept thousands of e-mail messages illegally from Amazon.com, possibly to steal corporate strategies from its giant on-line rival, federal prosecutors said yesterday. (Boston Globe)

E-Commerce
Customer Service Failures Could Doom Online Merchants
According to a new study by research firm Jupiter Communications, Inc., more consumers than ever plan to shop online this holiday season, but poor customer service could turn those eager spenders off. The problem is getting worse, Jupiter says, noting that the failure rate is up from 38 percent at the same time last year. (E-Commerce Times)

Clinton Shops on Web
President Clinton is joining the ranks of first-time Internet shoppers this holiday season, but he cautioned consumers to be careful when buying online. (NY Times)

Music
Celebrities back cyber music site
Some of the biggest movers and shakers in the new establishment have given financial backing to a start-up music site. Clickmusic's shareholders are Richard Branson, Sir Bob Geldof, Alan McGee, co-founder of Creation Records, Julian Richer of Richer Sounds and Matthew Freud, the publicist. Clickmusic offers a guide to music on the net as well as a shopping service that will track down the cheapest CD prices available. (The Sunday Times)

E-Trading
Studies Address Online Trading
Two long-awaited studies were released, one by Laura Unger of the Securities and Exchange Commission and one by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, detailing the online trading industry's enormous benefits and evolving problems, which have sometimes forced investors to pay tens of thousands of dollars more for stocks. (The WashingtonPost)

Microsoft
Florida class-action suit filed against Microsoft
Florida lawyers on Wednesday filed the latest in a series of class-action lawsuits against Microsoft Corp., alleging the software company overcharged for its Windows 95 operating system after the updated Windows 98 version was released. (SiliconValley.com)

Lawyers in Microsoft case to meet with mediating judge Tuesday
Lawyers for Microsoft Corp. and the government plan to resume talks Tuesday with a federal appeals judge in Chicago to begin trying to negotiate an out-of-court settlement in the software giant's antitrust trial. (Techserver)

Closing the Windows on MS
The Microsoft trial is only hastening the downfall of a product that the Internet is making increasingly irrelevant anyway: the PC and its unfocused operating system. Wired News analysis by Chris Oakes. (Wired News)

Charities
Gates Fights Child Killer
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has donated US$26 million to a United Nations charity that aims to eliminate tetanus among impoverished mothers and children. (Wired News)

NetAid struggling to iron out wrinkles
NetAid, the philanthropic organization launched with concerts in three countries Oct. 9 by the high-tech industry and the United Nations as a joint response to world poverty, is facing a major reorganization in the wake of figures showing that public contributions have amounted to only $1 million and that visits to its Web site have been only a fraction of what was anticipated. (Techserver)

It's the finalcountdown

Ratings of nations' Y2K preparedness
International Monitoring, a technology consulting group based in Britain, has ranked nations around the world according to their preparedness for Y2K. (SiliconValley.com)

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