Coupures de Presse [ le 15 octobre, 2002 ]

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Déchets électroniques Les constructeurs devront mettre la main à la poche L'Union européenne veut contraindre les constructeurs de matériel électronique à financer la collecte et le recyclage de leurs produits usagés d'ici 2006. Et les inciter à utiliser des composants plus respectueux de l'environnement. (ZDnet)

Press clippings [ October 15 2002 ]

Featured Articles : www.netsurf.ch «.org» Internet Society Picked As Manager of '.org' Opera Software says it has finally solved the long-standing problem of reading big, bulky Web pages on tiny cell phone screens, posing a potential threat to both WAP and to Microsoft. Opera's new method cuts the scrolling in half by stacking the content of a Web page vertically. That way, surfers only have to scroll up and down to read it. (News.com) Washington Sniper Traffic Cameras Could Help Solve Crimes The van or car of the suburban sniper who is operating in Washington has surely been captured by a government camera already in place. Hundreds of cameras continuously record traffic on highways and streets in suburban Washington, including intersections near where the sniper fired. (NY Times) Distributed Computing IBM, Oxford to build mammogram computer grid IBM is teaming up with Oxford University and the British government to build a sophisticated computer grid designed for earlier screening and diagnosis of breast cancer. (CNN) Cinema Movie sites summon Harry Potter tickets Harry Potter's return to Hogwarts could prove a magical time for online ticketing companies, which are trying to cash in on an early buzz. "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" doesn't debut in theaters for another month, but tickets for the movie are already on sale at Internet box offices such as Fandango, AOL's Moviefone and MovieTickets.com. (News.com) Gaming World Retailers Shun New Acclaim 'XXX' Game Three of the nation's top retailers, including Wal Mart, on Monday said they had refused to carry a new video game billed as the first major release to feature full-action nudity and with prostitutes and pimps as major characters. (Yahoo News)