Coupures de Presse [ le 13 novembre, 2002 ]

Articles à la "Une" : www.netsurf.ch

Alta Vista Le nouvel Altavista est en ligne AltaVista (US, Europe et, donc, France) a mis en ligne la nouvelle version de son moteur de recherche. Nouvel algorithme, nouveau look, nouveau logo, nouvelle pertinence, nouvelles fonctionnalités, etc. A vous de tester dès aujourd'hui ! (Abondance) WiFI 802-11b.ch Ce nouveau site dedie aux reseaux sans fil se caracterise par la possibilite d'inscrire gratuitement un reseau wireless dans le but d'avoir ainsi une liste de hotspots presents en suisse afin de eventuellement favoriser une reseau libre au web.

Press clippings [ November 13 2002 ]

Featured Articles : www.netsurf.ch E-Mail Guess Who Yahoos? Saddam's Son Yahoo evidently provides a free e-mail account to Saddam Hussein's eldest son, who also has a .NET Passport from Microsoft -- which would be a violation of U.S. law. The U.S. State Department says Saddam Hussein's oldest son is a murderer, rapist, torturer and smuggler. He has also been known to send death threats by e-mail. The website of Iraq's Babil newspaper, which is controlled by 38-year-old Uday, informs visitors that they can contact the publisher by e-mail at udaysaddamhussein@yahoo.com. (Wired) Be Wise Online Consumers warned of hi-tech scams Growing numbers of consumers, particularly young people, are becoming the victims of swindles via email, text messaging and fax. Millions of promotional text messages are now being sent every week, and phone owners can currently do little to avoid receiving them, according to premium rate regulator Icstis (Independent Committee for the Supervision of Standards of Telephone Information Services). (The Guardian) Tools for schools PowerPoint hits elementary school Children as young as 7 turn to software to prepare reports. Power Point has become a ubiquitous ingredient at business meetings since Microsoft introduced it a decade ago. Now middle-school and elementary students are using it, with younger students clicking through presentations each year. (MSNBC) Gaming World Vice City proves runaway hit The fourth instalment of the popular Grand Theft Auto video game has become the fastest selling title of all time in the UK. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City sold more than 250,000 copies in its first weekend on sale, according to official figures from European Leisure Software Publishers Association (Elspa) and sales analysts ChartTrack. (BBC)