Coupures de Presse [ le 10 mars 2003 ]

Articles à la "Une" : www.netsurf.ch

Apple Apple bientôt sur le marché du téléchargement musical payant? La société californienne serait parvenue à convaincre les principales majors du disque de coopérer à la création d'une plate-forme de téléchargement musical. Une chance pour le format MPEG-4 de rivaliser avec Windows Media ou Real. (ZDNet) Internet Record de vitesse de transmission de données sur internet Des chercheurs d'un centre de recherche affilié à l'université de Stanford ont affirmé avoir trouvé un moyen d'envoyer des données par internet plus de 3.500 fois plus vite qu'avec une connexion haut débit traditionnelle. (Yahoo Actualités)

Press clippings [ March 10, 2003 ]

Featured Articles : www.netsurf.ch Pay subscribers get head start on articles Slashdot's Experiment "Geek" site Slashdot, like Salon, is fun to watch as it tries to pry money out of its users. The latest experiment was announced yesterday : a plan to offer paying subscribers a head start on seeing articles posted to the site. Subscribers will get a 10- to 20-minute jump on viewing linked articles. (Poynter.org) Song to be launched on video game, not radio Songs to Start Out on Video Games In a first for the music industry, a major record label will introduce new songs on a new video game, not the radio. The goal is to lure young, male consumers into buying entire CD's when they are released to stores up to four months later. (NY Times) Domain Names Afghan Internet Domain Launches In a joint effort between the United Nations and the Afghan Ministry of Communications, Afghanistan will officially activate its own .af Internet domain. (Wired) Swiss mobile phone connected to Al Qaeda arrest The Swiss connection shines phone spotlight on US tourists Today's mobile phone terror scare story has the virtue of being real, but unfortunately only sort of. An Associated Press item cites Swiss newspaper reports that 'anonymous' mobile phone cards have been linked by Swiss investigators to Al Qaeda. (The Register)