Coupures de Presse [ le 6 décembre ]

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Yahoo! Yahoo/objets nazis: deux organisations françaises font appel Deux organisations antiracistes françaises ont fait appel mardi aux Etats-Unis d'une décision de justice américaine stipulant que le portail Yahoo n'est pas tenu de bloquer l'accès des internautes français aux sites de vente d'objets nazis, selon un communiqué publié mercredi.  (Yahoo Actualités) Emploi Alliance de quotidiens US dans les offres d'emploi en ligne Deux grands groupes de presse américains, New York Times Co. et Dow Jones & Co. Inc., annoncent une alliance sur internet dans le domaine des offres d'emploi. (Yahoo Actualités)

Press clippings [ December 6, 2001 ]

Featured Articles : www.netsurf.ch Doing something about viruses Experts reject call for automated virus protection Anti-virus experts have rejected a US government call for automated software patches to combat computer viruses. (Ananova) Bush adviser demands more action from anti-virus software The US Government says it wants software companies to do more to combat computer viruses. Richard Clarke estimates 90% of virus attacks could be stopped if firms were more proactive. (Ananova) DOS Attack Attack limits national computer-security site The Computer Emergency Response Team’s Coordination Center, an important national clearinghouse for computer-security information, came under attack Wednesday, leaving its main Web site only intermittently reachable. (MSNBC) Wireless Insecurity Are You Broadcasting Secrets Over the Airwaves? In many cities you can drive down the street with a laptop equipped with a $100 wireless network card and pick up the signals beamed out by various offices as you drive past. In a recent experiment, techie website ExtremeTech set up a wireless laptop on the roof of a building in Manhattan and discovered it could access 61 wireless networks, of which 48 were completely unsecured. In Silicon Valley, the site found 100 networks -- many accessible from within a car zooming down Highway 101 -- of which 66 lacked any kind of security. (Business2.0)

Domain Names Domain Group Tries to End Name Fraud The company that manages the database of Internet addresses ending in .info announced measures intended to reduce the number of names registered using fraudulent trademark information. (NYTimes)

Cybersquatting Prank Microsoft disowns Nokia cybersquatting prank Microsoft has blamed a lone, crazed cybersquatter for hijacking Nokia-related domains and diverting them to The Beast's own rival PocketPC website. Type www.series60.com into your browser - that's as in Series 60, the name of the software platform for Symbian smartphones that Nokia launched at Comdex - and you'll find yourself magically transported to www.microsoft.com/mobile. (The Register)

Outer Space Dot.com millionaire to be space tourist A South African internet tycoon signs a contract to become the second paying passenger to visit the International Space Station. The Russian space agency announced on Wednesday that it will fly Mark Shuttleworth, 27, to the International Space Station (ISS) next April. Mr Shuttleworth sold his internet security consultancy to American rival VeriSign for some $500m in April last year - four years after he started it in his parents' garage.  (BBC)