Coupures de Presse [ le 6 décembre 2002 ]

Articles à la "Une" : www.netsurf.ch

AOL AOL doit économiser au moins 100 millions de dollars AOL Time Warner compte réduire les charges d'exploitation de sa filiale internet de 100 millions de dollars au moins en raison d'une chute des recettes publicitaires et d'un changement de stratégie, écrit le Washington Post vendredi. (Yahoo Actualités) Noms de Domaine Bush crée un domaine "enfant" sur internet Le président américain George W. Bush a autorisé jeudi la mise en place d'un nouveau domaine sur internet, spécifiquement destiné aux enfants et qui garantira en principe que les pages avec l'adresse ".kid" ne renverront pas vers des liens pornographiques. (Yahoo Actualités) Google et les noms de domaine Le moteur de recherche rencontre des problèmes avec ses noms de domaine norvégien (google.no) et russe (google.ru) qui lui ont été subtilisés par des sociétés plus rapides qui ont réservé le nom de domaine local du moteur. (Abondance) WiFi Wi-Fi pour tous à l'aéroport de Nice Les passagers du terminal 2 peuvent se connecter au Net en Wi-Fi. Une première française qui a nécessité un véritable travail de pionnier. (Le Journal du Net) Un marché de 6 milliards de dollars pour le Wi-Fi D'ici 2005, le marché mondial du Wi-Fi devrait passer la barre des 6 milliards de dollars. Pays le plus avancé : les Etats-Unis avec à ce jour plus de 1 800 "hot spots" publics. Le nombre de "hot spots" publics par pays (Source HotSpots.com - 2002) Classement des pays selon le nombre de "hot spots" Wi-Fi publics. (Le Journal du Net) Etats-Unis 1'800 Autriche 110 Royaume-Uni 90 Allemagne 65 Australie 43 Canada 28

Press clippings [ December 6 2002 ]

Featured Articles : www.netsurf.ch WiFi High-Speed Wireless Internet Network Is Planned AT&T, I.B.M. and Intel plan a venture to offer WiFi service nationwide. The technology allows connection to the Internet at high speed without cables. (NY Times) Music Danish anti-piracy group invoices web users for downloads Copenhagen-based AntiPiratGruppen obtained the names of 150 private users, schools and companies by court order. Each has been sent a bill detailing a settlement offer ranging from 1,000 kroner (about £85) to 100,000 kroner (£8,500), depending on the number of files allegedly downloaded. The users have been asked to pay by December 9 and told to delete the content from their computers or face a lawsuit. (Ananova) Domain Names Crichton wins 'cybersquatting' case The writer of Jurassic Park has won the rights to the internet domain name michaelcrichton.com following a ruling by arbitrators the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). BBC AOL You've Got Tunes, Like It or Not In the past month, AOL has started forcing callers to listen to a "special message" from a selected recording artist who instructs everyone to "listen to the menu carefully prior to making your selection." Tracks of the singers' latest songs play in the background, and if you're put on hold during the call, the artist returns to urge callers to buy the album of the music "you've been enjoying during this call." AOL may be the first company to use this gimmick on a customer service line, but there is precedent for famous voices popping up in odd places. In New York City, taxi riders are instructed by Joan Rivers and Arsenio Hall to buckle their seat belts and take their receipt. (Wired) Al Qaeda Al Qaeda Web Site Calls Israel New Target An Internet site claiming to represent al Qaeda says the terrorist network has decided to launch suicide attacks against a new target, Israel, and says its goal is the destruction of the Jewish state. U.S. officials said they believe the Web site, www.mojahedoon.net, indeed speaks for al Qaeda, and that intelligence officers have been monitoring it for some time. (Washington Post) Out of Africa Africa's new tech warriors Women in Africa are being offered the opportunity to learn new skills in technology and break down gender barriers. The course in internet technology is part of an international education programme backed by the US tech giant Cisco Systems. (BBC) Hello Afghanistan Afghanistan looks to digital future Afghanistan is about to get its second cellphone network, at a time when few outside a handful of cities in the war-ravaged country have access to any communications at all. But while the cellular infrastructure is important, the country's Minister of Communications told BBC News Online, the overall priority was to take a country with only 40,000 phone lines into the digital age. (BBC)