Coupures de Presse [ le 16 janvier 2003 ]

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Pourriel Projet de loi sur l'économie numérique: haro sur les e-mails publicitaires Le projet de loi dévoilé par la ministre déléguée à l'Industrie transpose, avec beaucoup de retard, la directive européenne sur le commerce électronique. Et impose une interdiction formelle des courriers électroniques non sollicités. (ZDNet) Yahoo ! Yahoo rentable en 2002 Le réseau de portails termine l'exercice avec un chiffre d'affaires de 953 millions de dollars. Le résultat net repasse dans le vert à 43 millions de dollars. (Le Journal du Net)

Press clippings [ January 16, 2003 ]

Featured Articles : www.netsurf.ch Microsoft Microsoft told to ship Java in 120 days A federal judge orders the software giant to begin shipping Sun's Java with Windows within 120 days, after the companies battle over implementing a ruling he made last month. (News.com) Copyright Issue Supreme Court Upholds Longer Copyrights The Supreme Court today decided a landmark copyright case in favor of artists, writers and the entertainment industry, upholding a 1998 federal law that extended the life of copyrights by 20 years. (The Washington Post) Copyright Agreement Murky on Fair Use Key players in the computer, software and recording industries this week announced an agreement to stem electronic piracy, but the accord raises questions about where the groups stand on fair use rights. (The Washington Post) Wireless World Firms to collaborate on wireless tech A seamless wireless communications network -- one that would allow users of cell phones to stay constantly connected on different communications networks -- could become a reality under an agreement announced by three companies Tuesday. However, the collaboration by Motorola Inc., Avaya Inc. and Proxim Corp. to combine technologies is likely several years away from putting such a network into wide use, analysts said. (CNN) Spam Spam Confab: Hackers to Rescue? They built the Internet, they invented e-mail -- and now it may be up to them to save both from crumbling under the weight of spam. Hackers head to MIT on Friday for the first conference on junk e-mail filtering. (Wired) China China blocks Internet blogs China has blocked an Internet site used by more than one million people worldwide to post on-line diaries, known as blogs, users and its developer said Wednesday. The U.S.-based “blogspot” Web site, where people write about their daily lives up to several times a day, has been inaccessible through Chinese networks for a week, they said. (MSNBC) Cyber Culture Cat website proves the most popular A website devoted to a cat who was injured when hit by a car has been voted one of the most popular sites on the internet. Yahoo! named the cathospital.co.uk site as one of its chosen sites of 2002 after checks showed that more than four million people had logged on to monitor the progress of Frank the cat. (Ananova)