Coupures de Presse [ le 15 novembre 2000 ]

Articles à la "Une" : www.netsurf.ch

Quiet!, please Sa Majesté la reine d'Angleterre fustige les mobile La reine Elizabeth II d'Angleterre, gênée par les téléphones mobiles, interdit ceux-ci dans ses résidences seigneuriales. Son porte-parole a fait savoir que ces sonneries intempestives manquaient de bienséance et qu’il était temps de mettre un terme à ce bruit ininterrompu. [...] A côté de ça, le reine Elizabeth II prend son petit déjeuner au son de la cornemuse, on n'est pas à un paradoxe près. (mobiconso.com) Pas une solution... Une liste de pédophiles pour la première fois sur l'internet Une campagne contre la pédophilie sera lancée mercredi pour la première fois sur l'internet, où un site publiera, "pour les couvrir de honte", la liste de pédophiles ayant déjà purgé des peines de prison, rapporte la BBC. (Yahoo Actualités)

Press clippings [ November 15 2000 ]

Featured Articles : www.netsurf.ch MP3 MP3.com Will Pay Universal $53.4 Million The decision ends the contentious copyright battle between the online music service and the world's largest recording company. (The Industry Standard)

Wireless Spam (!) Totally random: mobile phone spam Vodafone and the data protection commissioner have joined forces in an attempt to shut down a mobile spam company, Webcom International. The two of them claim that the company is abusing the SMS service and breaking data protection rules. Not so, says Webcom - which sends out four million spam text messages a week - we dial numbers randomly and so no rules have been broken (The Register)

Amazon.com Amazon launches e-books store Amazon's new e-book store offers about 1,000 titles, all in the Microsoft Reader format. That's a tiny portion of Amazon's total offering of more than 28 million books, recordings, electronic devices and other merchandise, but company officials said they expected the category to grow rapidly. (News.com)

Domain Names Seeking Internet Balance Many Battles Behind ICANN's Scene You've got your ICANN, and you've got your IPC. Then there's the NCC and, needless to say, WIPO. What are they doing down in Marina del Rey (MDR)? Besides determining the next top-level domains (TLDs)? Why, figuring out the UDRP, of course. (Wired) NSI dodges naughty domain name lawsuit Network Solutions has dodged a lawsuit over its refusal to register domain names containing naughty words. (The Register)

Comdex Handhelds may grab attention but PCs here to stay One day into the Comdex trade show in Las Vegas was enough to make it clear -- PCs remain at the heart of computer industry, but shiny, tiny machines provide the glitz, and a glimpse into the wireless future. (CNN)

Health UK web site gives information for cancer patients Cancer patients in Britain can click on a revamped web site to get all the latest information about clinical trials and new treatments, doctors said on Tuesday. (SV.com)

Wine Company Contest Tell Your Dot-Com Sob Story Write your dot-com sob story and wine in a tongue- and- cheek fashion. The winner of the wackiest, most creative and funniest story will win a bottle of wine. bottle wine! (Internet News)

Good grief... Sex change webcast A South Korean man plans to have a sex change operation that will be broadcast online. (Salon)