Coupures de Presse [ le 20 mars 2003 ]

Articles à la "Une" : www.netsurf.ch

Apple Al Gore entre au conseil d'administration d'Apple Apple Computer a annoncé mercredi l'arrivée de l'ancien vice-président des Etats-Unis Al Gore comme administrateur de la société. Il remplace Larry Ellison. (Yahoo Actualités) Spam Dissimuler son adresse e-mail pour échapper aux spams Les internautes peuvent éviter la plupart des messages de masse non sollicités ("spams") en tapant leur adresse sans le symbole "@", selon l'étude d'un groupe d'études américain. (Yahoo Actualités) Musique Les FAI refusent de devenir les policiers du net L'association professionnelle des fournisseurs d'accès critique les dispositions de la loi sur la confiance dans l'économie numérique. Et réaffirme que le filtrage de certains sites diffusant des contenus illicites n'est pas la bonne solution. (ZDNet) Yahoo! Yahoo.com lance son service de "streaming" payant La télévision payante sur le net passe un nouveau cap avec l'ouverture des services Platinum de Yahoo: de la vidéo en temps réel pour près de 10 dollars par mois. Les programmes sont en anglais, accessibles aux internautes français. (ZDNet) Mafia online La mafia new-yorkaise se reconvertit dans internet Un membre présumé de la famille mafieuse new-yorkaise Gambino a été arrêté et accusé d'avoir monté une escroquerie sur internet ayant rapporté quelque 230 millions de dollars, a indiqué mardi la justice américaine. (Yahoo Actualités)

Press clippings [ March 20, 2003 ]

Featured Articles : www.netsurf.ch Domain Names China opens web to the West As from last Sunday, businesses outside China can register .cn domain names for the first time ever. Registry service NeuStar, which is working with the Chinese authorities to handle the roll out of domains, is expecting huge demand. By allowing foreign business to buy up a Chinese domain name, Beijing has removed one of the barriers to Western companies trading. It will allow big e-tailers like Amazon to establish a local presence in a lucrative market. cf Chinese Domain Names Guide (BBC) Music RIAA warns 300 companies on piracy The music industry's leading trade group sends letters to 300 U.S. companies complaining about alleged acts of piracy and copyright infringement in their computer networks. (News.com) BT accused over music piracy The British Phonographic Industry said the telecoms giant had been reluctant to discuss the issue of online piracy, despite repeated attempts by its anti-piracy division to get BT to discuss peer-to-peer file-swapping. BT denies it is supporting illegal services, pointing out that peer-to-peer technology is not illegal. (BBC) Online music pirates dodge capture It is becoming harder for internet service providers to stop illegal file-sharing, say analysts. (BBC) Amazon's pricing error Amazon backtracks on mistake Online giant refuses to honour orders from thousands of shoppers who snapped up handheld computers mistakenly discounted by hundreds of pounds. Two Hewlett-Packard iPaq handheld pocket PCs were listed on the Amazon site this morning with hundreds of pounds knocked off their value after a mistake priced one of the models, which usually retails at around £500, for just £23. A cheaper model, normally £192, was on sale for £7. The site was deluged with orders after the mistake was posted on message boards such as Popbitch and spread like wildfire in offices around the country as customers emailed their friends. (TheGuardian) Good Grief Microsoft issues 'critical' warning for Windows users Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday warned about a serious flaw in almost every version of its popular Windows software that could allow hackers to seize control of a person's computer when victims read e-mails or visit Web sites. (Nando Times)