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Articles à la "Une" : www.netsurf.ch
Les Chroniques de Cybérie
Projet britannique de surveillance du courrier
Le Guardian de Londres révélait dimanche dernier un projet des services de renseignement britanniques visant à obtenir la permission de surveiller toutes les conversations téléphoniques, tous les courriers électroniques et toutes les connexions Internet sur le territoire du Royaume-Uni. Par Jean-Pierre Cloutier
Le netmag Salon offre l'anonymat
Le netmag Salon offre, jusqu'à la fin décembre, la consultation anonyme du Web, à partir de ses pages intérieures. Par Jean-Pierre Cloutier |
Déroutant
Grève de la faim chez Club-Internet
Depuis le 4 décembre, un délégué Force ouvrière de Club-Internet a entrepris une grève de la faim. Seule solution, selon lui, pour obtenir les augmentations de salaires réclamées depuis septembre. La direction s'avoue décontenancée. (transfert) |
Protéger son PDA
Non aux virus sur PDA
Deux nouvelles offres pour la protection de son assistant personnel ou de son téléphone viennent de voir le jour. (mobinet.com) |
Campagne Anti-Tabac
La vérité je fume pas
La campagne "La vérité si je fume", destinée à sensibiliser les jeunes de 12 à 14 ans aux méfaits du tabac, se prolonge aujourdhui sur le Web
avec louverture dun site de prévention original. (Les News Net) |
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Domain Names: Bad Ruling
French Court Rules Against eBay in Domain Name Squabble
US auction giant eBay has received another blow in its court battle with French startup iBazar over its ownership of eBay's French domain name, as the courts again ruled in iBazar's favour. While it may seem incomprehensible that eBay's main French competitor is legally allowed to own the eBay.fr domain name, the judge has based his rulings on a French copyright law that permits non-competing companies to share a trade name. (The Industry Standard) |
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Indian Giver
ZapMe Goes and Gets Its Computers
ZapMe!, a company whose original business plan gave schools free computers and Internet access, has asked more than 2,000 schools in the US to send the equipment back or start paying for it. (Internet News)
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MP3.com
PAYING FOR WHAT'S MINE --- DAVENETICS
After many legal battles, MP3.com is finally set to re-launch their MyMP3 service, this time with many features coming with a price tag. Now company officials will find out the answer to a key question: Was it all worth it? (MSNBC/ Davenetics) |
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Mafiaboy [Contd]
Mafiaboy threatens to humiliate his victims
Two privacy groups asked federal regulators Monday to prevent Amazon.com from making any disclosures about customer buying habits unless shoppers permit them. (Techserver) |
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Some Logging Off
Reality bites virtuality back
Lately the Economic and Social Research Council has been tracking a disturbing trend. The virtual online world itself is "disenchanting" millions of "ex-net surfers" around the world 28 million in the US alone, 2 million in the UK, according to the ESRC. People are fed up, and they're logging off. Why? "They realised there is more to life in the real world, and they've gone back to it," Steve Woolgar, director of the Virtual Society, tells The Register. (The Industry Standard Europe) |
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India
Son-in-Law Wanted: Geeks Apply
Matrimonial websites are all the rage in India, where arranged marriages are part of the culture. Indian parents often want their daughters to marry rich tech professionals in the United States. (Wired) |
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