Coupures de Presse [ le 6 juin]

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MSN Search Version Beta pour le projet Argos de MSN MSN a mis en ligne une version Beta de son projet Argos, nouvel outil de recherche du portail MSN.com. (Abondance) Google Inktomi intéressé par Google ? Selon le site DotcomScoop, la rumeur voudrait qu'Inktomi soit en discussion pour racheter le moteur de recherche Google. (Abondance) n/e/tsurfquiz.com NetActu Quiz [01.06.01] Les actualités Internet de la semaine passée en revue. Testez-vous!

Press clippings [ June 6 2001 ]

Featured Articles : www.netsurf.ch Top 4 Four sites dominate online time The Web is shrinking. Just two years ago, 110 sites controlled users’ time. Now it’s down to 14, with four of them accounting for 50 percent of all online minutes, according to Internet research firm Jupiter Media Metrix. AOL, Yahoo!, Microsoft sites and Napster suck in surfers. (MSNBC)

ASCII pr0n On-the-go porn Created in the late '70s and '80s, ASCII pr0n — instead of "porn" — was the world's first Internet pornography. In a weird display of how what goes around comes around applies even to the vagaries of online evolution, ASCII pr0n is suddenly important again. Get ready for "mobile" porn. (Salon)

Jennifer Lopez Virus Alert Update Did AnnaK Kill J.Lo Virus? Only a few people were duped by the virus that promised a look at Jennifer Lopez's bare behind. Was no one really interested? Perhaps virus awareness has Web users keeping their pants on. (Wired)

Security Risks Hotmail, Yahoo! battle worm holes Hotmail and Yahoo have left open a security hole that could be exploited to create a self-mailing worm that, while not damaging, could clog Internet mail servers, a security expert said this week. (ZDNet) Hacking threat rises with high-tech layoffs Federal investigators say this type of computer crime is on the rise. As layoffs become more common at technology companies, an increasing number of disgruntled or fired employees are hacking their companies in revenge. (CNN)

GoTo Paid Placement Catching On In Searches The concept that Web sites should be able to buy their way to the top of search listings is being copied in one way or another by every major search and portal site. (NY Times)

Yahoo! Yahoo teams with Consumer Reports Yahoo on Monday announced a subscription service that will sell product ratings and buying guides from Consumer Reports magazine on Yahoo's shopping sites in a continuing effort to diversify its revenue sources beyond advertising. (News.com)

Domain names Web naming agency struggles with growing pains The U.S.-based agency that oversees Internet names worldwide was criticized Sunday for moving too slowly in approving new addresses and in facilitating the use of non-English domain names as demand grows among Web surfers from California to China. (CNN)

Improving Productivity e-breaks are not every boss's cup of tea If the tea-break is history, is the e-break the future? Systems giving employees limited personal surfing minutes to use when they want are being launched to crack down on time-wasting internet use at work. (FT)

Networking Tool Spot me! The small Spotme gadget looks like a light and compact PDA, and it has some typical PDA features as well. However, it is made with large conferences and trade fairs in mind. As the name implies, it enables users to spot people in large crowds. (Wap.com)

Religion Vicar to offer blessings online A New Zealand vicar is to offer busy parishioners cyber-blessings on the internet. (Ananova)