Coupures de Presse [ le 1er juin]

Articles à la "Une" : www.netsurf.ch

Napster Une nouvelle plainte déposée contre Napster MediaBay Inc., une société américaine spécialisée dans la vente d'archives radiophoniques, a déposé plainte contre le service d'échange de musique en ligne Napster pour non-respect des droits d'auteurs et concurrence déloyale. (Yahoo Actualités) E-Commerce @Carrefour s'attaque en ligne à la Fnac et à Amazon Il teste actuellement sa boutique multimédia. (01net) Noms de Domaine Polémique autour du nouveau suffixe « .name » L'Icann vient d'autoriser sept nouveaux noms de domaine dont le « .name », géré exclusivement par le prestataire Global Name Registry. Un monopole qui n'est pas pour plaire à tout le monde. (01net) FBI Le FBI peut pirater des ordinateurs étrangers sans permission Les autorités américaines n'ont pas à obtenir l'autorisation de qui que ce soit avant de soutirer de l'information d'un ordinateur situé à l'étranger, selon ce que l'on peut conclure d'une décision rendue dans le procès de deux pirates russes à Seattle. (Multimédium)

Press clippings [ June 1 2001 ]

Featured Articles : www.netsurf.ch Virus Alert Virus poses as nude Jennifer Lopez photos A hoax e-mail warning people that their PCs may contain a virus called sulfnbk.exe—that will be triggered on 1 June—seems to be propagating as a result of mass hysteria. (News.com)

Internet Hoaxes Hoax hits harder than a virus A hoax e-mail warning people that their PCs may contain a virus called sulfnbk.exe—that will be triggered on 1 June—seems to be propagating as a result of mass hysteria. SULFNBK.EXE Warning / (MSNBC) Thousands suckered by online hoax of young, beautiful cancer victim For the past two years, hundreds of perfectly reasonable people tracked the girl's illness in her daily Web-log postings, suffering each setback and rejoicing over each remission. (ABCNews)

UK Net users 'switched off' The internet is having almost no effect on the general election, research suggests. (BBC)

Online Auction World Online Auctioneer Hits Faster Track Merchandise available on eBay has shifted sharply from collectibles toward practical items in the past year, with a big part of that stemming from eBay's growing popularity among retailers, manufacturers and liquidators (WSJ) paid subscription required. Web Auctions Boom Amid Sliding Prices Online auctions are booming -- but not for sellers, with prices falling as much as 30%. (WSJ) paid subscription required.

Domain Names Bounty Set for Sex.com Scammer The owner of the porn website Sex.com is offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to the arrest of the man who stole the domain almost seven years ago. (Wired)

Cellephony Ms Nokia is laughing stock at Ericsson A woman called Nokia says her life was made a misery when she worked for mobile phone maker Ericsson. Eija Nokia is just one of many people in Sweden who share the surname. (Ananova)

CyberStory Couple blame developer for sex photos going online A Swedish couple have had pictures they took of themselves having sex unwittingly published on the internet. (Ananova)