Coupures de Presse [ le 19 décembre 2002 ]

Articles à la "Une" : www.netsurf.ch

Noms de Domaine La Chine facilite l'accès aux suffixes internet ".cn" Le récent assouplissement des règles d'enregistrement de noms de domaine internet en Chine devrait provoquer une hausse des demandes, tout particulièrement de la part des entreprises étrangères qui ne pouvaient pas jusqu'à présent utiliser le suffixe ".cn" désignant la Chine. (Yahoo Actualités) Interview : Stuart Lynn, le président de l'Icann Stuart Lynn s'explique sur son action, mais donne également son avis sur les grands sujets du moment : comme la réforme de l'Icann et le lancement du ".eu" dont il estime qu'elle "sera une nouvelle pièce très importante de l'espace de nommage de premier niveau". (Le Monde)

Press clippings [ December 19 2002 ]

Featured Articles : www.netsurf.ch Google Matters On the Web, forget the A-list: It's the 'G' list that matters As 2002 comes to a close, the search service Google has become so predominant on the Web, and the importance of being listed there so vital to many, even the phrase "to Google" something or someone — that is, to search the Web for that thing or person — is now considered a verb. Singles "Google" prospective blind dates. Headhunters Google potential candidates. Lawyers Google court opponents. And freelance vendors such as King hope to use the power of Google to show their wares to the world. "We live in a Google-obsessed universe," says Search Engine Watch editor Danny Sullivan. "So many people use it, they've become synonymous with 'search.' " But just how to get listed on Google is a mystery. (USA Today) E-Commerce Hundreds of toys out of stock on Web With Christmas looming, toy shoppers at the joint Toys "R" Us and Amazon.com Web site are discovering hundreds of items pictured on the site out of stock or discontinued. One analyst suggested product gluts in previous years have left many retailers more prudent in their planning. Retailers in general tended to underbuy inventory this year, as many were burned in 2001 by excess toys and products and didn't want to repeat the experience, especially with the gloomy economy. (CNN) Weblog world Free Speech -- Virtually Hundreds of thousands of people have been drawn to the realm of digital publishing called Web logs, or "blogs." But few seem to know that the same law that relates to publishing in the offline world, generally speaking, applies to material posted publicly on these online journals. Experts on Web publishing warned that anyone digging for details about a person or company via Google or other search engines can unearth reams of archived Web log material. The most flippant of remarks published two years ago could broadcast something a company doesn't want competitors or potential clients to know. (The Washington Post) Remember: "We put the dot in dotcom" ? Sun demolishes Dotcom Builder Sun Microsystems is 'retiring' its Dot-Com Builder website. This otherwise mundane piece of housekeeping resonates with a certain symbolism. For Sun Microsystems was the server supplier of the dotcom years. It wrapped itself in dotcom sloganeering - "We put the dot in dotcom", a mantra dropped when the bubble burst. (The Register) Litigation Copyright trial clears software firm A Russian-based software firm is cleared of digital copyright violations in the first legal test of a controversial US copyright law. (BBC) WiFi Marriott Plans to Offer Wireless Web Access Ramping up the public availability of high-speed wireless Internet access, Marriott International Inc. announced it is installing technology popularly known as Wi-Fi in 400 of its hotels around the world. The hotel company said the services would be up and running sometime in the spring but would only be available in conference rooms, lobbies and public areas, not within guest rooms. (WSJ)