Coupures de Presse [ le 13 décembre 2002 ]

Articles à la "Une" : www.netsurf.ch

ePub Vers des publicités plus grandes sur internet L'Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), organisme américain regroupant les grands noms du secteur technologique, a adopté un ensemble de normes visant à agrandir la taille des publicités sur internet au-delà des bandeaux actuels. (Yahoo Actualités)

Press clippings [ December 12 2002 ]

Featured Articles : www.netsurf.ch Amazon Amazon directs shoppers to Borders Books, CDs and DVDs bought at Amazon.com can now be picked up at local Borders stores, thanks to an extended agreement between the two retailers. (News.com) Wireless World Indian Villagers Pedal Wireless communications and transportation network -- which includes 5,000 young men toting wireless phones on bicycles -- promises finally to bring India's rural areas into the digital age. This month, 5,000 young men on bicycles carrying mobile phones equipped with CDMA Wireless Local Loop will ride into 5,000 West Bengal villages. Not only will the endeavor provide these men with a steady source of income -- they keep 25 percent of profits from all calls made -- but they will also bring telephone services to village doorsteps for the first time. In a country where just over one phone exists per hundred people in rural areas, this is a big leap. (Wired) al-Qaeda Online Websites spread al-Qaeda message A widespread network of websites are energetically feeding information from those at the top of the terror organisation to supporters and sympathisers around the world. Videos of terrorist attacks, proclamations by al-Qaeda's leaders and calls to Muslims to take action against the West are being spread by the disparate group of sites. With net access spreading swiftly in the Middle East, the audience for the propaganda is steadily growing. (BBC) Wanted FBI Casts Wide Net for Mob Fugitive The FBI and Terra Lycos are teaming up in an effort to capture one of the United States' most wanted fugitives. In what the FBI calls a "groundbreaking technological initiative in law enforcement," Lycos will feature information and a likeness of James "Whitey" Bulger in banner ads across its global network. Previously, the government's Ten Most Wanted list only appeared on the FBI site. The FBI is not paying for the banners, which Lycos officials say they are offering the space as a public service. (Internet News) Gaming World Playboy videogame will offer Heffner slipper challenge Playboy Enterprises has announced plans for a video game based on life in the Playboy Mansion. The first will be in the simulation genre, challenging gamers to step into Hugh Heffner's slippers. (Ananova)