Coupures de Presse [ le 12 décembre 2002 ]

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VeriSign VeriSign lance un service global d'authentification sur internet VeriSign a annoncé mardi le lancement d'un système global d'authentification qui permettra aux entreprises internet de vérifier l'identité de leurs clients. (Yahoo Actualités)

Press clippings [ December 12 2002 ]

Featured Articles : www.netsurf.ch Well done!! Spammer gets junk mailed A US bulk emailer is threatening legal action after so-called "anti-spammers" signed him up for lots of junk mail. Detroit Free Press tech columnist Mike Wendland reported last week that Alan Ralsky is now experiencing what it likes to be flooded with unwanted correspondence. Mr Ralsky has the capacity to send a billion emails a day and has made a fortune doing it. Now, he's receiving sacks of paper post, brochures, and catalogues [AOL CDs? Ed] after being signed up for all manner of junk mail - and he ain't happy. (The Register) WSJ The Wall Street Journal Takes a Jab at Free Online Rivals A new campaign from The Wall Street Journal Online, one of the few news Web sites to charge for access, mocks its free counterparts as uninformed and unreliable. (NY Times) BBC BBC online faces inquiry The government is to launch an investigation into the BBC's online services in January to establish if the £100m it spends annually on its websites is justified. (Media Guardian) E-Commerce Internet shopping set for new record This Christmas will probably be the best yet for internet retailers, according to the market research firm Comscore Networks. (BBC) Frightening US eyes Big Brother plan BBC Washington correspondent Justin Webb reports on a Pentagon project looking into ways of monitoring everything everyone does, as part of its war against terror. (BBC) Cinema Movie Posters That Talk Back New interactive posters draw movie fans into the action — and give studios information about how viewers respond to coming attractions. For the last five years Stephan Fitch and his company, Thinking Pictures, have been quietly working to recast movie posters with precisely those capabilities and more. (NY Times) WiFi Wireless? You Bet. Compatible? Well, Maybe. On the Wi-Fi horizon is truly reliable security, network speeds up to four times faster, and the potential for voice calls and video. (NY Times)