Coupures de Presse [ le 28 novembre 2000 ]

Articles à la "Une" : www.netsurf.ch

Dot Force La Dot Force du G8 tient sa première réunion au Japon Les pays les plus industrialisés se penchent sur le fossé numérique entre riches et pauvres. La Dot Force doit établir un rapport en vue du sommet du G8 de 2001. (01.net)

Press clippings [ November 28 2000 ]

Featured Articles : www.netsurf.ch Domain Names Net domain losers demand recount Some of the runners-up in the biggest dash yet for new Web territory started by the Internet Corporation for Names and Numbers aren't done yet with their failed proposals. One is threatening to sue. Another threatens global communion. (USA Today)

Justice Rendered U.S. Judge orders sex.com address returned to owner A judge ordered a major sex change on the Internet on Monday, ending a hot-blooded struggle over arguably the most valuable piece of real estate in cyberspace -- the rights to the name ``sex.com''. (SV.com)

«.biz» Is Dot-Biz Really a New Domain? [...] ICANN has approved seven additional suffixes, and one of them -- dot-biz -- appears poised to conflict with domain names already in use. Gallegos estimated that approximately 1,000 dot-biz names are in use. (Wired)

Dot-com Demises Dot-com layoffs hit record in November A record number of job cuts were announced in the Internet industry in November, surpassing the 5,677 job cuts seen in October by 55 percent, a ccording to a report released by recruitment firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. on Monday. (SV.com)

E-Stamp E-Stamp to cancel Web sales The US company will phase out Internet postage, lay off 30 percent of its staff and focus on its shipping and logistics business (The Industry Standard Europe)

UK Half of UK 'on internet within six months' More than half of Britain's adult population will be using the internet regularly within six months, according to a report released today. (The Guardian)

Fund Raising Online Online fundraising gains momentum During the next presidential election cycle, political contributions are expected to rake in as much as $170 million — 12 percent of the $1.4 billion given during political campaigns, according to John “Trey” Richardson, founder of eContributor.com. (MSNBC)

SafetyOnline.com Microsoft wants children to play it safe online The software giant launches an Internet privacy and safety portal for children to help them learn about protecting themselves while surfing the Internet. (News.com)

Success Story 'Am I Hot or Not?' Is Red Hot n a few short weeks, Am I Hot or Not? has become one of the hottest sites on the Internet. The site features photographs of ordinary people and a voting mechanism for rating attractiveness on a scale of one to 10 -- 10 is hot, one is not. (Wired)