Coupures de Presse [ le 18 novembre, 2002 ]

Articles à la "Une" : www.netsurf.ch

Napster Roxio rachète les actifs de Napster pour 5 M USD Le fabricant de logiciels de médias Roxio a annoncé vendredi son intention de racheter les actifs du défunt site de musique en ligne Napster, pour cinq millions de dollars en numéraire. (Yahoo Actualités)

Press clippings [ November 18 2002 ]

Featured Articles : www.netsurf.ch «.kids.us» Kids Get Safe Internet Haven Congress approves a bill to create a child-safe Internet domain, to be monitored by a government contractor. Civil liberties groups say the screening would be better done by families.The measure would make a ".kids.us" Internet domain that would be available within a year and monitored by a government contractor to ensure the material is appropriate for children under 13. (Wired) E-Mail Securities Firms Agree to Pay For Failing to Retain E-Mails Five securities firms have tentatively agreed to pay fines totaling $8.3 million for allegedly failing to keep e-mails and produce them in regulatory investigations, said people familiar with the matter. The five firms are Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Morgan Stanley, the Salomon Smith Barney unit of Citigroup Inc., the U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray unit of U.S. Bancorp, and the securities unit of Deutsche Bank AG. (WSJ) E-Commerce Putting Tinsel Into Web Shopping Web merchants and manufacturers who sell online are feeling secure enough with their operations to add some multimedia zing to their product presentations once again. Possibly the most visible example of a flashy new Web site design came late last week, when Nike.com unveiled NikeLab.com. (NY Times) WiFi Businesses, Big and Small, Bet on Wireless Internet Access In the wake of the wild boom and bust that followed the emergence of the Web, some now argue that the wireless Internet is the next frontier. The next industry cycle may revolve around a wireless data technology known as Wi-Fi, which has the potential to eventually let anyone with a computer or computing device connect to the Internet at high speeds, without cables. (NY Times) Something to think about Dubya, Willya Turn the Book Over? That President Bush photo you keep getting in e-mail? The one where he's reading an upside-down book? Fake. No surprise. In fact, so many Photoshopped shots are circulating that, one observer says, no real photographs will exist in a few years. (Wired) Tales of Online Romance Match made in heaven, match made in hell A week ago, Salon asked its readers to submit stories about online dating. Sure enough, the stories poured in and Salon found itself with an abundance of material, both good and bad, on the online dating scene. The response to this feature was so good that Salon is turning it into a regular column. (Salon / Netsurfer Digest.com)