Coupures de Presse [ le 24octobre 2000 ]

Articles à la "Une" : www.netsurf.ch

Waplock Qui a peur du waplock ? Le waplock consiste à verrouiller un téléphone mobile de sorte qu'il ne puisse pas accéder à l'Internet par un autre biais que les services de son opérateur mobile. Qui est concerné par ce problème, et comment le résoudre ? (mobinet) n/e/tsurfquiz.com Nom de Domaine [4] Quel a été le premier nom de domain enregistré? Testez vos connaissances!

Press clippings [ October 24 2000 ]

Featured Articles : www.netsurf.ch Boxman Music Seller Boxman.com To Lay Off Entire Staff Boxman.com failed to find a white-knight buyer and laid off its 120-member staff, the chief executive of the music retailer said. (WSJ) Paid subscription required.

Smart Tires Smart Tires to Warn Drivers Via Mobile Messages Talking cars may not yet be cruising the roads, but in the not too distant future, drivers will start receiving real-time mobile phone messages from their wheels, a Finnish tiremaker said on Monday. (NY Times)

Vocabulary Vitamins E-mail service offers 'Vocabulary Vitamins' Do you pronounce the word sangfroid literally-- as "sang-froid?" Or do you not use the word in conversation because you're unsure how to pronounce it or don't know its meaning? (CNN) Speechcom "The site for people who speak English with an accent" Vocabulary Vitamins "Delivered by e-Mail daily"

"Say Good Bye to Surfing" New site aims to turn surf tide KeepUpdated.com allows surfers to profile what they are looking for and delivers the information to their browsers. Information is updated regularly. (The Guardian)

Ask Experts Consumer experts online - at a price Questico, a website that allows users to talk to experts - on subjects such as finance, health and travel - simply by logging on, launched yesterday. It hopes to emulate the success of dot.coms exploiting the billion dollar American market. (The Guardian) n/e/tsurf Ask Experts n/e/tsurf's directory of Ask Experts sites.

Hacker World High-stakes hacking, Euro-style In the United States, a hacker is usually viewed as a teen-age, blue-haired nuisance who defaces Web sites. Maybe he ends up in court, and even in handcuffs — but he doesn’t end up hanging from a tree. (MSNBC) Hacking With Class Hacking schools are sprouting up across the country, and network administrators are clamoring to get in. With security threats on the rise, security experts are keeping up with the hackers by learning their tricks. (ABCNews) Foundstone Ernst & Young Sandia program

Science — Offline Consumer experts online - at a price Scientists say they have evidence suggesting consciousness can continue to exist after the brain has ceased to function. (BBC) ... feelings of peace and joy, time speeded up, heightened senses, lost awareness of body, seeing a bright light, entering another world, encountering a mystical being and coming to "a point of no return". — Recollections from patients whose hearts stopped beating for a while.