Coupures de Presse [ le 14 décembre 2000 ]

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Noms de Domaine Register.com crée son service d'enchères sur les adresses web La société américaine Register.com Inc., numéro deux mondial de la vente de noms de domaine internet, a annoncé mercredi le lancement d'un nouveau service de mise aux enchères des 20 millions d'adresses de sites web déjà enregistrés. Le service Afternic Virtual Broker permettra à n'importe lequel de ses clients, particulier ou professionnel, de proposer anonymement une offre sur n'importe adresse en .com, .net ou .org. Il prendra également en charge le transfert des fonds de l'acheteur au vendeur si ce dernier accepte la transaction. "Nous créons un juste milieu entre le Nasdaq et eBay", a déclaré Jon Whelan, directeur général adjoint d'Afternic Inc. (Yahoo Actualités) HotBot Hotbot France est en ligne ! La mouture française du moteur de recherche Hotbot est en ligne. (Abondance)

Press clippings [ December 14 2000 ]

Featured Articles : www.netsurf.ch Domain Names New VeriSign Domain Name Info Site 'Swamped' A new VeriSign Inc. Web site allowing consumers to ask for domain names in soon-to-be-introduced Internet "neighborhoods" such as .biz, .name and .info, has been so deluged with requests today that it was inaccessible as of this writing. (Newsbytes)

Viruses 2000 U.K. antivirus company ranks top 10 viruses of 2000 Throughout 2000, hackers have seemed intent on exploiting the emotional side of human nature. Malicious applications tunneled through the World Wide Web with sneaky subject headers hinting of secret admirers, holiday greetings and even love. (CNN) [ SMS Virus Alert ] Sign up for n/e/tsurf's free SMS Virus Alert. Because you probably check your phone messages before you check your e-mail.

WSJ Journal Interactive will deliver custom content Dow Jones' Wall Street Journal Online will use technology developed by PurpleYogi.com. The companies describe the free software tool, WSJ Yogi, as an intelligent, personalized, online content discovery Web assistant, which learns users' interests and suggests related content as the user browses the Web. (Tipworld newsletter)

Women's Portals Women's Portals Battle It Out In Crowded French Market French portals targeted at women are battling low levels of female Net use, over-reliance on online ad revenue and a crowded market, in addition to today's tough Web environment, as the recent demise of VivreFemme highlights. [...] Alexandra de Waresquiel, president at competing portal Newsfam.com stimates that 22% of her site's 25,000 registered users are men while FemmeOnline founder Thierry Bartin says as many of 30% of his site's 20,000 registered users are men. (WSJ)

Interesting Video games are ‘unhealthy’ for girls Almost half of the top-selling U.S. console video games contain “unhealthy” messages for girls, including unrealistic body images, provocative sexuality and violent behavior, according to a new study by Children Now. (MSNBC)