Coupures de Presse [ le 25 mars, 2002 ]

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Evolution Quand le pouce prend la main chez les jeunes L'utilisation des téléphones mobiles et autres consoles GameBoy a provoqué une mutation morphologique des mains de leurs jeunes utilisateurs, selon un journal britannique dominical. Une nouvelle étude portant sur neuf villes du monde montre que le pouce est devenu le doigt le plus habile des moins de 25 ans, rapporte The Observer. Ce changement affecte les jeunes qui ont grandi en utilisant des appareils de poche qui nécessitent l'utilisation du pouce pour envoyer des emails et des SMS (short message services). (Yahoo Actualités) n/e/tsurfquiz.com NetActu Quiz 22.03.02 Les actualités Internet de la semaine passée en revue. Testez-vous!

Press clippings [ March 25, 2002 ]

Featured Articles : www.netsurf.ch Distributed Computing Google takes on supercomputing Google has begun an experiment that could turn its modest toolbar software into a supercomputer to tackle scientific problems such as untangling genetic codes. (News.com) Legislation Court OKs legal notices sent via e-mail A federal appeals court gives the green light to legal documents served through e-mail, at least in cases of parties without a physical address. (News.com) The Gutenberg Bible Priceless bible goes digital One of the world's treasures, the Gutenberg Bible, is being transferred to the most modern of communication technologies - the internet. The Gutenberg Bible is going online to allow scholars to take a closer look at one of the world's most priceless treasures. (BBC) E-Commerce Online Surpasses Catalog at J. Crew J. Crew crossed a threshold that few apparel and general merchandise catalog businesses have crossed: for the first time, J. Crew's Web sales eclipsed its catalog sales. J. Crew began life as a catalog retailer but now gets the bulk of its sales from a growing chain of stores — $26 million in February. But the $13.1 million worth of goods the company sold online surpassed catalog sales of $10.7 million. (NY Times) CyberCulture Thousands log on to website after newspaper's marriage proposal Jesse Rasch took out a full page newspaper ad asking his girlfriend to marry him and sending readers to the website. It received 33,392 hits by mid afternoon when he reported Julie Lee said yes. Mr Rasch, a dot-com millionaire, says he placed the ad in the Toronto edition of the National Post because he wanted to show how serious he was. It read: "Julie, will you marry me? JR." (Ananova)