Coupures de Presse [ le 22 novembre 2000 ]

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L'Excellence du Web Francophone Les Chroniques de Cybérie A l'index cette semaine par Jean-Pierre Cloutier: Yahoo! : le juge ordonne le blocage Yahoo! : chronologie L'ICANN retient sept nouveaux noms de domaines Forte croissance du branchement au Québec Google Google travaille la voix Cap sur le mobile et la reconnaissance vocale pour Google. A l'occasion de sa visite en Europe, Sergey Brin, cofondateur et président de Google Inc., explique sa stratégie de développement. (01.net) Google arrive en Europe Google prépare petit à petit son implantation sur le vieux continent. (Abondance) Affaire Yahoo! Comment eBay et Amazon ont pris les devants Les principaux rivaux de Yahoo, eBay et Amazon, n'ont pas attendu de se retrouver devant un tribunal français pour filtrer ou retirer de la vente leurs contenus pouvant inciter à la haine raciale ou au révisionnisme. (ZDNet) Cybersquatting Disneyland détourné par un site érotique Un site érotique allemand avait détourné le nom de Disneyland Paris. Il a été fermé. Mais le hacker se rebiffe. (Europe Infos /Multimédia) dotboutique.com Pour suivre toute l'actualité des noms de domaine, buzz, brèves, anecdotes litiges, chiffres clés...

Press clippings [ November 22 2000 ]

Featured Articles : www.netsurf.ch Yahoo ! Inspector Yahoo! vows to stop pedophiles In an exclusive interview with ZDNet News U.K., Martina King, U.K. managing director of Yahoo!, confirmed that the company is about to employ a Yahoo! “inspector” charged with ensuring that Yahoo!’s Messenger system is not polluted with pedophile content. “We are working closely with Childnet and the Internet Watch Foundation as well as the police to deal with this problem,” King told ZDNet Tuesday. (MSNBC)

Domain Names New net domains remain in short supply The net's new domain names may do little to open up the internet and the range of names that people can pick. Many of the companies that will be administering the new domains are planning to restrict who can buy them by charging hefty registration fees and vetting those that apply. Neulevel, the company that will be running .biz, is reportedly planning to charge $2,000 for each domain name and a $150-a-year renewal fee. In contrast, many .com domains can be snapped up for as little as $50. (BBC)

Music If You Use Napster, You're Being Watched Customers are under surveillance by download site EMusic to make sure they don't post its licensed songs. If they do, EMusic wants their accounts terminated. EMusic is using software that identifies the "acoustic fingerprinting" of music files compressed in the popular MP3 format. (The Industry Standard)

Microsoft Attacked Microsoft meets its hacker The student known as Dimitri hacked into the company's Web server twice, then visited its Dutch office. (The Industry Standard Europe) "It's a bit uncommon" for a hacker to visit his victim. These sorts of meetings usually happen online or by phone. The person may fear retribution via law. As far as I know this is the first time Microsoft met with somebody who hacked them." — Elias Levy, CTO at SecurityFocus.com Microsoft Attacked n/e/tsurf's web roundup on Microsoft Attacked. Updated links to Online Coverage: Headline News, Theories and Conspiracies, Opinions and Humour.

«DOS» A Star Wars Defense to Hackers An Internet security company, Asta Networks, begins beta-testing a tactic to prevent Denial-of-Service attacks. (Wired) «Denial of Service Attacks » n/e/tsurf's links to online coverage, headline news, security and hacker ressources - the latest on the «The Hunt» - Political Cartoonists - from around the Web.

Beaver College filtered out Web filters force Beaver to rename itself Ridicule from filthy-minded perverts has forced the staff to change the name of Beaver College. The Internet has also played a part in the decision to ditch the Beaver. Some filters, designed to monitor sexually-explicit material, have been blocking access to the college's Website. The college's new Web address, www.arcadia.edu will take effect on Thursday, but surfers will also be able to access the institution via www.beaver.edu until next July. (The Register)

About AIDS AIDS activist invites world into his home to learn Richard Hollingsworth hopes that round-the-clock Webcasts of his home life -- with wife Phyllis and his five stepchildren -- will demystify AIDS and encourage people to learn. On The Aids Channel (SV.com)

DotComGuy.com NO ONE CARES DUDE --- DAVENETICS We are approaching that momentous day when the dotcomGuy will complete a year of living in his house and via the web. In his words, "I'm the pet rock of the year 2000. (Star Telegram / Davenetics)