Coupures de Presse [ le 13 décembre 2000 ]

Articles à la "Une" : www.netsurf.ch

L'Excellence du Web Francophone Les Chroniques de Cybérie A l'index cette semaine, par Jean-Pierre Cloutier: Prescription : autre débat juridique en France Mafiaboy, mauvais garçon... Les difficultés de l'accès gratuit Encore les weblogs En bref... Beau détour AOL AOL dépasse les 26 millions d'abonnés America Online Inc. a dépassé les 26 millions d'abonnés, un résultat dû selon l'entreprise au lancement en octobre de la version 6.0 de son kit d'accès à internet. (Yahoo Actualités)

Press clippings [ December 13 2000 ]

Featured Articles : www.netsurf.ch Thinning Down Dot-Com Downturn Taking a Toll on Trade Publications [...] A sextet of magazines with headquarters in San Francisco anticipate a year of slower growth or even retrenchment. Some of the changes have already hit home: The Industry Standard has folded its monthly supplement Grok after only five issues; Business 2.0 killed its monthly supplement Fuse after its first issue; Upside Media has restructured its business and undergone an executive shakeup; Red Herring Comm. laid off 22 people; and Wired and eCompany Now are also publishing slimmer issues. (San Francisco Gate)

Protecting Privacy Researchers work on privacy protocols for IP A group of researchers and privacy proponents is working to develop new standards for network anonymity at the Internet Protocol level, a prospect that could mask the location of Web users. The coalition, called the NymIP project, plans to create next-generation "pseudonymity and anonymity services for the Internet…designed using an open, public process," according to its Web site. (News.com)

Domain Names Reg to fight for Harry Potter 'cybersquatter' Following our story on Friday regarding 15-year-old Claire Field, who was served with a legal letter from Warner Brothers ordering her to hand over her www.harrypotterguide.co.uk domain, we have been inundated with angry readers pledging their support and we've decided to stand up for Claire and her right to run her fan site. (The Register) Anti-Wal-Mart domain win claimed as sea-change WIPO has ruled against a huge conglomerate for a misspelled domain namewww.wallmartcanadasucks.com (waLLmart instead of waLmart) This case should never have even been raised by Wal-Mart and the fact it was, and was even discussed, is a depressing omen. What we have learnt is where WIPO's envelope finally ends - right up to the point where the URL has nothing to do with the company. That's a comforting thought, ain't it? (The Register) Net gains for Tuvalu' Demand for internet domain names is improving the lives of the inhabitants of the tiny Pacific nation of Tuvalu. [...] The $1 million per quarter being given to the Pacific nation is starting to change the lives of its 10,600 inhabitants. (BBC)

Cyberstrange Briton cleared of net murder plot A Briton who admitted setting up two websites offering £75,000 to kill his American internet penfriend and her husband was acquitted today of trying to arrange her murder. (The Guardian)