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La Revue de Presse Francophone [ 3.11.2000 ]
Cigarettes vs téléphones mobile
Les jeunes préféreraient le téléphone mobile à la cigarette
A force de passer leur temps à téléphoner avec leurs portables, les jeunes évitent de succomber à d'autres formes de dépendance, comme la cigarette, suggèrent des experts britanniques. Yahoo Actualités
"Il y a une évidente similitude entre ce que fumer et utiliser un portable représente pour un jeune : le sentiment d'appartenir à un groupe, de posséder un objet qui emploie les mains, qui donne un style, un air adulte et un peu rebelle." Clive Bates, du mouvement anti-tabac ASH
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English Press From Around The Web [ 3.11.2000 ]
Health
Are hands-free cell phones safer?
Fresh evidence that hands-free kits can triple radiation exposure to radiation from mobile phones was published on Thursday, undermining U.K. government research that played down the health
risks. MSNBC
BBC Article
Hands-free phone safety questioned
Links
Radiation concern for hands-free mobiles (Which?)
Federation of the Electronics Industry
Powerwatch
Employment
Laid off dot-com workers turn to eBay
With dot-coms struggling to make ends meet, the job search process has gotten tough for employees looking to stay wired. So tough that Karen DiGesu came up with a wired way to extend her search -- she put herself up for sale on eBay. While there haven't been any bids yet, DiGesu said she has received "tons" of e-mails from companies in New York. ZDNet
Back in Time
Last year, a high priced team of network engineers and a group of techies auctioned themselves off at eBay. cf n/e/tsurf's eBaywatch
Dotcom CEOs
Record Dot-com CEO Departures in October
The ongoing shakeout in the dot-com world has caused a record number of CEOs to depart this month, with nearly six top executives quitting per day during October, according to a survey by Challenger, Gray & Christmas. A total record of 129 CEO departures were announced in October. CyberAtlas
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Stats
83 percent of the merchants who sell goods online say fraud is a problem, up from 75% who said so a year ago, according to a survey jointly conducted by CyberSource Corp and Mindwave Research. [WSJ — November 3]
Wise & Wired
DriveSavers Data Recovery
DriveSavers has specialized in recovering lost data for individuals, corporations, educational institutions and government agencies for more than a decade. And check out their museum of Bizarre Disk-asters.
Daily Quiz
US Presidential candidates — Who do You agree with?
Answer 20 questions on the issues, then be matched to the candidate(s) whose views are most similar.
Chris Hiers
Editorial Cartoons
"Rejection"
Cigarettes vs téléphones mobile
Les jeunes préféreraient le téléphone mobile à la cigaretteA force de passer leur temps à téléphoner avec leurs portables, les jeunes évitent de succomber à d'autres formes de dépendance, comme la cigarette, suggèrent des experts britanniques. Yahoo Actualités "Il y a une évidente similitude entre ce que fumer et utiliser un portable représente pour un jeune : le sentiment d'appartenir à un groupe, de posséder un objet qui emploie les mains, qui donne un style, un air adulte et un peu rebelle." Clive Bates, du mouvement anti-tabac ASH
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[ Articles jours précédents...]
English Press From Around The Web [ 3.11.2000 ]
Health
Are hands-free cell phones safer?Fresh evidence that hands-free kits can triple radiation exposure to radiation from mobile phones was published on Thursday, undermining U.K. government research that played down the health
risks. MSNBC
BBC Article
Hands-free phone safety questionedLinks
Radiation concern for hands-free mobiles (Which?) Federation of the Electronics Industry PowerwatchEmployment
Laid off dot-com workers turn to eBayWith dot-coms struggling to make ends meet, the job search process has gotten tough for employees looking to stay wired. So tough that Karen DiGesu came up with a wired way to extend her search -- she put herself up for sale on eBay. While there haven't been any bids yet, DiGesu said she has received "tons" of e-mails from companies in New York. ZDNet Back in TimeLast year, a high priced team of network engineers and a group of techies auctioned themselves off at eBay. cf n/e/tsurf's eBaywatch
Dotcom CEOs
Record Dot-com CEO Departures in OctoberThe ongoing shakeout in the dot-com world has caused a record number of CEOs to depart this month, with nearly six top executives quitting per day during October, according to a survey by Challenger, Gray & Christmas. A total record of 129 CEO departures were announced in October. CyberAtlas
[ More headline news...]
[ Previous headline news...]
Stats 83 percent of the merchants who sell goods online say fraud is a problem, up from 75% who said so a year ago, according to a survey jointly conducted by CyberSource Corp and Mindwave Research. [WSJ — November 3]Wise & Wired
DriveSavers Data RecoveryDriveSavers has specialized in recovering lost data for individuals, corporations, educational institutions and government agencies for more than a decade. And check out their museum of Bizarre Disk-asters.
Daily Quiz
US Presidential candidates — Who do You agree with? Answer 20 questions on the issues, then be matched to the candidate(s) whose views are most similar.
Chris Hiers
Editorial Cartoons
"Rejection"
