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  First published in bi-point magazine, in June 2001
(the print article may be slightly different from above)
 

Short news


    Internet
    ".com": no more
    Something new is - at least - happening on the Internet. New TLD (Top Level Domains, or the 3-letters extensions at the end of websites) will be added soon. Companies are now allow to register their names in ".biz", from July to September, and everyone is invited to get its own ".info" until mid-August. What are you waiting for?

    Health
    Forget it
    According to a new Canadian study, the use of ecstasy strongly affects memory. Involving 15 regular consumers of "e pills" during one year, the experiment revealed that the ability to remember things can decrease as much as 50%.

    Weird
    Birdy Mobile Songs
    According to WAP.com, ornithologists and birds owners are reporting about the fact that birds have started to imitate mobile phones ring tones. So far, the most popular melody amongst birds is the "Nokia classic"Š And when dogs will start imitate Back Street Boys songs, our civilization will really be in danger.

    Telecom
    Go China
    As the number of mobile phones users in China reached 100 million, all companies of this industry seem to take a closer look to the China market. For Nokia, China is the "2nd most important market, just behind the US". Motorola has signed there a total of $350 million contracts in the past two months, for GSM and GPRS networking. And Ericsson has launched a new handset specifically designed for China.

    eBiz
    Web Buying
    E-commerce still has difficulties to convince usersŠ A