Coupures de Presse [ le 8 novembre, 2002 ]

Articles à la "Une" : www.netsurf.ch

Microsoft Mobile Camouflet pour Microsoft: Sendo largue Smartphone et choisit Symbian Coup de théâtre: vingt jours après avoir annoncé le lancement d'un téléphone motorisé par le système de Microsoft, le constructeur britannique décide brutalement d'opter pour le système rival. (ZDNet) Europe L'Europe adopte un texte contre le racisme sur internet Le Comité des ministres du Conseil de l'Europe a adopté un protocole additionnel à la convention européenne contre la cybercriminalité, qui vise à réprimer le racisme et le négationnisme sur internet. (Yahoo Actualités) WiFI Feu vert de l'ART pour le Wi-Fi Dans 38 départements pilotes, les opérateurs pourront commencer à exploiter l'accès Wi-Fi auprès du grand public à compter de janvier 2003. (Le Journal du Net)

Press clippings [ November 8 2002 ]

Featured Articles : www.netsurf.ch Prolonged PC use saps energy In a three year study of more than 25,000 workers, Japanese researchers discovered that people who sat in front of computer screens were more likely to experience physical pain such as eye and shoulder strain, and to suffer from motivational symptoms such as lethargy. (MSNBC) P2P Privacy group fights P2P crackdown The Electronic Privacy Information Center is launching a counterattack against Hollywood's efforts to crack down on student file-swapping. The privacy advocacy group is sending letters to presidents of colleges across the country, asking them to think before they install monitoring tools on university networks. (News.com) Systems Hack Prevention Divide and Foil the Villains Administrators separate the root servers that manage Internet traffic around the globe in an effort to foil potential attacks on the huge system. It's the first such move since 1997. (Wired) Alarming Hack attacks on rise in Asia Pro-Islamic hackers are increasingly targeting South East Asia causing millions of dollars worth of damage, say security experts. South Korea, Australia, China, Taiwan and Japan have been the victims of hundreds of hack attacks causing millions of pounds worth of damage. (BBC) WiFi Wi-Fi, Heading for Air Supremacy You would not be crazy for thinking the "anytime, anywhere" vision of a wireless Internet had faded to "nowhere, never again" after the telecommunications industry meltdown. Who would throw good money after bad? Venture capitalists, that's who. It turns out wireless networking start-ups are hot these days. Really hot. Silicon Valley's high rollers are throwing what little money they have left at wireless entrepreneurs, figuring mobile computing may be the industry's best shot at bootstrapping itself out of the gigantic hole it dug for the economy when it created a glut of new technologies in the 1990s. (The Washington Post) UK Website contest to tempt teen girls Teenage girls are invited to make a website for their favourite pop star as part of a project to entice them to take up technology jobs. The initiative is a response to statistics which find that the number of female technology professionals in the UK has fallen dramatically over the last seven years to a low of just 20%. (BBC) MacCulture No Fish Tale: Swimming in Macs Aquariums made from old Macintosh computers have become as iconic as the Mac itself. The practice started as a joke, but has evolved into a booming cottage industry. (Wired) Macaquarium Techaquarium