Coupures de Presse [ le 21 mars, 2002 ]

Articles à la "Une" : www.netsurf.ch

Société Les Girl scouts draguées en ligne Il fallait bien l´institut de recherche des "Girl Scout" américaine pour faire cette étude : 30 % les adolescentes interrogées pour l´enquête réalisée par cet organisme affirment avoir été victimes de harcèlement sexuel en ligne. (transfert)

Press clippings [ March 21, 2002 ]

Featured Articles : www.netsurf.ch Domain Names New '.us' domain names to be available in April Trademark holders have until April 9 to register their company names and slogans under the new ".us" domain naming system, but the general public won't have a crack at registering names until April 24. (CNN) E-Mail E-Mail-Deleting Governor Sued Utah Governor Mike Leavitt regularly deletes his e-mails, which four news organizations claim is illegal because they're public documents. So they're suing him. (Wired) Latest Atacks Hackers Attack Sites in Infancy Hackers attacked an unknown number of undeveloped Web domains registered with VeriSign Inc.'s Network Solutions unit Tuesday, replacing "under construction" pages with a message referring to a Brazilian hacker group, company officials said. (The Washington Post) Instant message, cracker tricks IRC and instant messaging (IM) services are increasingly becoming vectors for social engineering attacks. That's according to an alert by security clearing CERT issued yesterday. This warns that script kiddies are tricking gullible users into downloading and executing malicious software using the services. Reports received by CERT suggest that crackers are using automated tools to post messages to unsuspecting users of IRC or IM services. (The Register) The wonderful world of robots Roving reporter on battlefields could be a robot Csikszentmihalyi figures that he can use technology such as the Internet, satellite communications and global positioning satellite (GPS) systems to send a robot into enemy territory. He could control it remotely using a personal computer and a Web browser. A Web camera would provide two-way videconferencing. (USA Today) Furrybot to Watch Over You A furry, robotic teddy bear that can alert doctors to a medical emergency is the latest in elderly care management to come out of Japan. The robo-ted, placed in each of Sincere Kourien's 103 rooms, uses gadgetry like pressure sensors, voice recognition and recorded phrases and greetings to interact with residents. (Wired)