Coupures de Presse [ le 25 octobre 2000 ]

Articles à la "Une" : www.netsurf.ch

Elections Canada Scrutin 2000 Cogitex, producteur et intégrateur de contenus d'information pour Internet, et Les Éditions Cybérie, société éditrice des «Chroniques de Cybérie» et de «Dixit Laurent Laplante», annoncent le lancement du site Scrutin2000.Net. Le site se veut une source indépendante de référence et d'information sur l'élection générale canadienne qui se tiendra le 27 novembre prochain. APBNews Renaissance pour ApbNews C'est reparti pour un tour : le site américain d'actualités judiciaires ApbNews, après avoir frôlé la mort en début d'été, repart sur de nouvelles bases, avec un nouveau propriétaire. (Les News Net)

Press clippings [ October 25 2000 ]

Featured Articles : www.netsurf.ch Net Execs - Bad Rep More Net execs have checkered pasts Kroll Associates says that, over the past six months, the firm carried out 70 "due diligence" background investigations of Internet executives and board members. About 39% — or 27 people — were found to have "problems," the firm says, compared with a 10% figure when dealing with mainstream "bricks and mortar" companies. Kroll says that the problems revealed in its worldwide investigation included: violations of Securities and Exchange Commission rules, insurance fraud, undisclosed bankruptcies, frauds committed overseas, and even links to organized crime. (USA Today)

Hurray for Amazon.com Amazon Still a Beautiful Loser The online retailer says sales are up 79% from a year earlier and that losses are smaller than expected. (The Industry Standard)

Image Filter New filter scours servers for illicit content A Paris-based technology company Tuesday will unveil a filter that sends an email alert to customers whenever it finds a lewd picture or photo on a Web site. ImageFilter, the newest product from Internet infrastructure provider LookThatUp, is an "image recognition engine" that breaks down photos or drawings into their unique visual attributes. (NY Times)

UK - Invasion of Privacy Employers gain e-snoop powers New regulations* giving employers sweeping powers to monitor their workers' e-mails and internet activity come into force on Tuesday. (BBC) *Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act

Nice Fans can download missing track from Bowie album Rock legend David Bowie said on Tuesday he will offer fans who bought his new album an exclusive opportunity to download a song that was omitted from the CD in a production error. (SV.com)

Back to the Drawing Board Hackers insist they beat audio technology Researchers who have claimed they hacked into copyright protection technology developed by a music industry forum stood by their claim on Tuesday in statements posted on the Web. (SV.com)

Groove Lotus Notes creator will unveil long-awaited network software Ray Ozzie, the programmer who designed Lotus Notes, is ready to unveil his next big software idea: a product that he hopes will transform small-group computer collaboration and bring Napster-style networking to the corporate world. The new product, Groove Transceiver allows groups of two to 20 people to create shared spaces on their computer screens that all group members could access. (MSNBC)

Travel Lastminute.com voted internet's worst travel site Lastminute.com is the worst travel web site on the internet, according to a poll of readers conducted for the 2000 Telegraph Travel Awards, which were announced last night. (The Electronic Telelgraph) Expedia magazine on its way Expedia Travels magazine is set to hit newsstands at the end of the month. The hard copy effort produced by the Web travel site seeks to tie together the virtues of print and interactively (Tipworld newsletter)

Barbie.fm Hello dolly Barbie, the doll designed by toy company Mattel, yesterday launched her radio career. Barbie.fm, which is sponsored by Mattel, started broadcasting over the internet. (The Guardian)