Stuffed grape pesticides!

The investigation by several environmental associations, and made public this week, is disturbing. The five NGOs have, in fact, analyzed 124 samples of grapes sold in supermarkets in France, Italy, Germany, Hungary and the Netherlands.

Result: 123 of the 124 samples contained pesticide! Nearly 5% of them exceeded even the new maximum residue limits (MRL), legal limits it is in principle prohibited to exceed. Among the substances found: neurotoxic pesticides, suspected to be carcinogenic and to be "endocrine disruptors", whose effects on male fertility have been found.

And in France? Besides the fact that 100% of 25 samples were contaminated, near a cluster of two pesticides contained 10 or more. With an astonishing record: 16 herbicides in a single sample of grapes bought! Worse yet, pesticides and prohibited from use in the European Union were also found in grapes sold in France. Including endosulfan, persistent organic pollutants (POPs), where the damage is felt for years on the environment. Or an insecticide, the bromopropylate discovered in a cluster of Italian origin and is permitted for over a year.

For his part, François Veillerette, president of the Movement for the law and respect for future generations (MDRGF), the NGO who coordinated the study for France, calls on supermarket chains to "apply the standards more demanding" than those provided by law.

Chrome Google is preparing a second after its launch offensive flash

To attract more users, both pre-install its browser on computers manufacturers ... This is the initiative that now wishes to take Google to support the development of its browser Chrome unveiled in September.

"We will certainly enter into distribution agreements," said Sundar Pichai, vice president of Google in charge of product development, in an interview with timesonline. "We will work in collaboration with OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer - or computer manufacturer) to deliver them to their computers preinstalled with Google."

The Mountain View firm sounds by poker coup launched by Microsoft in the 90s. Given the success of the Netscape browser, Bill Gates had decided to risposte launching in turn its Internet Explorer browser in 1995 in its Windows 95 operating system and all versions. Advantage of its near-monopoly in the OS market, Internet Explorer has gradually eroded market share to Netscape, eventually dominate the world of browsers.

A final version Windows delivered early 2009

And Google does not stop there. Sundar Pichai also states that should go Chrome final version on Windows, abandoning its status as a "beta", from next January. A milling dedicated to Mac OS X and Linux is also being prepared. It should be introduced in the first half of 2009. What conquer almost all computers around the world ...

As for Microsoft, it does not seem to fear this new competition. John Curran, head of UK Windows, timesonline explains that "the world of browsers is sufficiently competitive, ultimately, users end up choosing what is good for them." He added "In any case, the United Kingdom is Internet Explorer that won the".

And indeed very Chrome will have to do to win the followers of IE, Firefox or Safari. According to a study by XiTi Monitor, the browser in the Mountain View company posted a visiting European average of 1.03% on September 30. This share was estimated at 1.59% after its release (which dates back to September 3).

Google Chrome rose and the fifth largest browsers in terms of number of visits, behind Safari (2.4%), Opera (4.8%), and the two indétrônables Firefox (31%) and Internet Explorer (60.2 %).

Dutch police investigate bought a baby

The story began in April. A couple of Dutch, 26 years each, pus married a year ago, answered an ad on the Internet. A Belgian mother 24 years and his 22-year offer to sell their second child. The Dutch couple, who can not have children, reportedly paid 5,000 to 10,000 euros for the child, according to Dutch media.

The Belgian couple had decided not to keep the baby because of financial problems, prosecutors said in Ghent, Belgium. The pregnancy was at an advanced stage, "abortion was no longer possible and parents came into contact via the Internet with a couple who wanted a child."

The Dutch couple says that the child was adopted. But prosecutors confirmed that a payment was made without specifying the amount.

The baby's mother had submitted on July 3 to motherhood with the health insurance card of the Netherlands. The latter reportedly said the day after the birth of the child for mayor of Ghent.

Ghent prosecutors opened an investigation against the Belgian couple for "assumption of children", ie the award to a woman whose child she is not the mother, crime punishable by five years in prison in Belgium.

Dutch side, the floor of Zwolle, north-east of the Netherlands, will also order a police investigation.

Sanctioned by the courts, Wizzgo suspend its online video

Tuesday severely condemned by the Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris for illegally copied programs of several television channels, Wizzgo decided Wednesday to suspend its video service online.

Tuesday, TGI Paris ruled that the company had committed "acts of infringement by reproducing and communicating to the public, without authorization, programs produced and broadcast by the channels M6, W9, TF1 and NT1 and sentenced to pay nearly half a million euros in damages to the group M6, a conviction that could increase once TF1 and NT1 have assessed their injury.

"It appears that beyond a decision in principle which now prohibits the use of a VCR dematerialized, the ruling makes clear the will to put an end to Wizzgo", reacted Wednesday one of the founders of Wizzgo, Cut-Jerome Rousseau.

"Amazed" by "the exceptional importance of conviction" that has been imposed, he concludes that "in these circumstances, Wizzgo was forced to suspend today's video service online.

Accused of piracy by its detractors, on the contrary Wizzgo believes that "by refusing the natural evolution of conventional VCR in the digital environment, this decision will unfortunately result in concrete blowing on the embers of illegal downloading."

The company, which has already garnered 25,000 supporters on the petition it launched, "therefore solemnly appeals to the authorities that built the legal and regulatory framework that would allow 400,000 French households that have already adopted the service to continue to benefit while paying the beneficiaries. "

Fuzz exonerated - Internet fee - EUROPEEAN

The bloggers and other creators of Web 2.0 sites can sleep on both ears. A ruling in their favor was made recently. The case dates back to March 2008. At the time, she was "distraught" the French web. Remember: blogger Eric Dupin, was sentenced for having revealed on his website Fuzz.fr small alcove secrets for a French actor, namely Olivier Martinez. 8 months ago, the blogger was convicted of invasion of privacy. A few days ago, boom, the Court of Appeal finally exonerated Eric Dupin. Senior magistraits considered that the site editor but was not simply host. Indeed, Fuzz.fr is powered by information from other media. According to lawyers blogger, this decision is consistent with the Act on Confidence in the Digital Economy. Instead, it has what people worry about privacy. For now, Olivier Martinez has not yet decided whether it will be filled in Cassation.

Wizzgo launched an online petition to save his digital video recorder

Convinced of unfair competition, trademark infringement and has seen its services as "unlawful and constitute infringements of copyright and neighboring rights", Wizzgo had been forced to no longer offer registration emissions France 2, France 3, France 4, France 5, TF1 and NT1.

Not to mention that last August, the same court had prohibited the same company to provide Internet programs channels M6 and W9.

Today, to save his digital video recorder, Wizzgo has launched an online petition entitled: Petition to government for the right to private copy with a VCR online.

During his appearance before the Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris, Wizzgo had argued that its use of video online falls under the right to private copying prepared by the Intellectual Property Code. But the court rejected this argument from the publisher: "The private copying exception does not apply to a company which provides copies to others, the copier and the user is not the same person [ ...]".

This petition therefore request that copies be extended to private records online, with the main arguments: "Because I have paid the fee for private copying to my iPod or on an external hard drive and that I must be able to copy my TV "," Because I would like to register for free programs of public channels for which I pay the fee "or" Because it is in line with changing technologies and practices, simply. "

Digital divide north-south: Europeans do not deliver

The Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade denounced the "promises" not required by the EU, the World Bank and major IT groups to reduce the digital divide north-south, in an interview published by Liberation.

"We spent a lot of money in travel and conferences, but funding is too low, slow to come or are not honored, it must stop chasing promises," said Wade, saying "angry "In this interview published at the end of the first international conference on Digital Solidarity, held in Lyon (center-east).

"All these conferences, that's enough, the World Bank had promised us $ 1 billion (780 million euros) for digital, they are still waiting," he said.

"Seventeen countries participated (in the Global Digital Solidarity Fund launched in 2005 at the initiative of Senegal, ie) through contributions amounting to 300 000 per year, but apart from France, nobody contributed in the European Union. Too few countries, and almost any company, responded to our call, "he adds.

Objective: creation of clusters of massive retraining PC

"Bill Gates (founder of Microsoft, ie) realized that Africa was a large digital market and we had promised software education for our teachers," says Wade.

However, "digital is vital for our countries to the extent it is a powerful lever for transverse solve all the problems of development," said the Senegalese president. He believes that "urgent create massive chains of computer recycling for the southern countries", with the aim of providing "500 million computers in five years, including 500 000 from Europe" .

Companies in the sector "must help us collect computers and could, for example, finance transportation," he suggests.

The Global Digital Solidarity has 28 founding members, including 18 states like France and Senegal. It has funded since 2005 a score of projects with a total of 900 000.

Endeavour joue les prolongations NOUVELOBS.COM | 30.11.1999 | 00:00 L'astronaute Steve Bowen au cours de la quatrième sortie dans l'espace. L'astronau

The mission of the space shuttle Endeavor has been extended by one day to allow astronauts to overcome problems of the new system of water recycling, announced the U.S. space agency last night. Since it was installed on the space station last week the system to convert water recovered by condensation and urine of astronauts drinking water has given wire twisting the crew of the mission STS-126. The centrifuge should separate the particles of liquid seems to suffer from excessive vibration. The system, which must turn four consecutive hours to provide recycled water stopped after two hours, then three hours. NASA would like the device works before the return to Earth of the mission so that samples back aboard Endeavor. Recycled water must be tested before the astronauts aboard the station can drink it. If the process water treatment has become commonplace on Earth, it is not so simple in weightlessness: the device recreates an artificial gravitational field in order to separate the dirt of the liquid. Outside the space station work is finally finished-this time. Astronauts Steve Bowen and Shane Kimbrough completed last night, around 00h30 GMT, the fourth extra-vehicular exit of the mission. One of the objectives of the four output was lubricating the rotary joint solar panels of the station. This complex operation requiring several interventions, with disassembly and reassembly greasing the key. During the first exit, the astronauts lost time due to loss of purse tools Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, bag which is now orbiting the Earth. Surprisingly brilliant, the bag is visible from Earth with a small telescope, reports the site Spaceweather astronomy. The return of the shuttle Endeavor is now scheduled for Sunday November 30 at 18h18 GMT. At the end of this mission, the space station is ready to double the number of residents: from 2009, the crew will spend 3 to 6 people.

The condemnation of DAL

"Everyone knows he is forbidden to drop litter on public roads. Question hygiene ... You know now that it is also forbidden to leave hanging in the streets of the SDF under a tent. SDF without a tent, is fatal by extreme cold, but it is tolerated. SDF with a tent, this amounts to "embarrass the public by leaving objects" is punishable under the Penal Code, and it costs 12,000 euros' fine before the police court in Paris. Or the confiscation of tents, without fine, because justice can vary their sentences. But the minister said that the homeless, Notre Dame Housing, Christine Boutin? Nothing, because it was occupied elsewhere, Marseilles, with its European colleagues. They decided to organize a conference on the homeless ", welcomed Mrs Boutin, to" define common references. "Harmonization of sentences is later? "

"A man was found Saturday, died under shelter fortune, in the Bois de Vincennes. A banal incident. There will be others this winter, when cold will actually installed. At the Bois de Vincennes -- they are about 200 homeless live in tents and shacks - or elsewhere. Wherever trying to survive people deprived of housing, delivered to the street, despite repeated promises by governments. Despite the commitments of candidate Nicolas Sarkozy who had vowed during his campaign that if elected, nobody would be forced 'to sleep outside on the streets within two years. We have to do it quickly. There are more than six months for the show!

"There are coincidences that sometimes say very much about the state of our society. Thus yesterday, following a big gust of wind, the Housing Ministers meeting in Marseilles were forced - part of the roof of the palace was off Pharo - to find asylum in a local fortune. At the same time is another far more severe tile fell on the DAL, the association right to housing. The court in Paris has indeed ordered a record fine of 16,000 euros for obstructing the free movement with the tents of poorly housed and homeless during the fall of 2007. Thus, while under the leadership soaked in well-pensance Christine Boutin is referred learned in Marseille, European and warm 'access for people in difficulty to housing quality' (sic) for the first time since the manifest Dal (and God knows that has mounted, tents, since 1990, the esplanade of the Invalides Vincennes) a court of the French Republic a conviction. (...)

BHP Billiton withdrew its offer on giant Rio Tinto

The mining giant BHP Billiton has canceled its hostile bid to purchase 58 billion dollars over its rival Rio Tinto. The group justified its decision by the worsening market conditions and demand from European regulators to sell some of its assets in advance.
The mining sector is booming

Finally, we will not to take control of the giant Anglo-Australian Rio Tinto by his compatriot BHP Billiton. The largest mining company in the world has abandoned launch a hostile bid on its competitor Rio Tinto. His proposal amounted to 58 billion dollars. The initial value of this offer while shares was 140 billion dollars but the drop in scholarships has been happened. (Recall the release of BHP Billiton on this announcement).

The dossier was going for a year and if the transaction had taken place, BHP Billiton has concluded the second largest takeover in history after that of Mannesmann by Vodafone. Despite the sharp deterioration of the market, analysts surveyed by Bloomberg did not expect at all to such an announcement.

The global group regretted that the European Commission has asked the sale of certain assets, including production of iron, as a condition to buy Rio Tinto. The iron was a major reason for BHP Billiton to buy Rio Tinto.

BHP Billiton also faced the hostility of all steel producers, who feared that a merger between the two giants took control of a third of the market of iron, the main component of steel.

Travel sncf.com suffered a new damage

The new version of the site has remained stranded. E-office of the railway was closed throughout the day Thursday.

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"Following the incidents that took place this summer, the blackout of July which was much talk, we worked on as a much stronger base of technology", says Rachel Picard, Director General of the site Voyages-SNCF . com in a video message posted on the site SNCF.com.

Launched on the night of Wednesday to Thursday, the new version of the travel portal which represented "a strong technical migration is a very heavy handling" space saw "Train" close as early as Thursday morning. Persistent instability have forced the SNCF to limit access for the repair. The site has returned to the rails Thursday evening to 20 hours.

The most embarrassed by this failure were the passengers who wished to make a reservation or train those who wanted to print their tickets from the site. Rachel Picard ensures that the SNCF warned users by e-mail and SMS this problem by advising them to print their tickets at the station. They could also take the train directly equipped with this e-mail. "All controllers were warned on their PDA that had this problem," said Director General of the site.

An online space for the claims and grievances

In the process, the representative of the railway company in charge virtual announcement of the opening on the site of a collaborative space for both box idea and virtual office complaints. Customers will be able to "indicate the desired changes and problems". Attention to saturation.

In terms of audience, sncf.com Travel is the largest transaction in France, which counts 700 000 visits per day. In 2007, 38 million tickets were sold through this channel, which represents a quarter of total sales of tickets SNCF.

Search engine: Microsoft debauchery an expert from Yahoo

Rejected any idea of acquisition of Yahoo, Steve Ballmer had left the door open for a partnership around the search portal.

But for now, Microsoft debauchery its experts. The firm Steve Ballmer confirms a rumor circulated that it has hired Sean sucht, who was in 2003 at the head of the Yahoo dedicated to research technologies, specifically responsible for engineering and product management search algorithms.

Sean Sucht arrived at Yahoo with the acquisition of the Inktomi, where he led the engineering team, chosen by the portal to enhance face to Google.

"Sean Sucht joined Microsoft as a responsible leader of our Search Technology Center, based in Silicon Valley, and working on Live Search," said Satya Nadel, the head of research at Microsoft.

Microsoft did not want confirmed another rumor that he covet a second officer of Yahoo specializes in online search, Qi Lu

The portal is in full storm, and is seeking a new boss, Jerry Yang announced his departure.

Yahoo is selling Kelkoo to an investment fund

Four years after purchase, Yahoo cade Kelkoo to a British investment fund, Jamplant Ltd, associated with the founder of price comparison USwitch.

The information is revealed by Pierre Chappaz, on his blog, which states that the price of the transaction is less than 100 million euros. In 2004, Yahoo had offered the European leader comparators 475 million.

The co-founder of Kelkoo, ephemeral boss of Yahoo Europe, the opportunity to settle some accounts: "The sale of Kelkoo by Yahoo!, After the clashes and misfortunes of Overture (cf failed agreement with Google AdWords), illustrates the failure this company to grow into the world of transactional.

For more than a year, the leaders of the portal referred to "a problem Kelkoo" scenario and a transfer service was regularly mentioned.

Because the business model of price comparison is extremely difficult. All players in the sector are forced to buy a quantity of links to Google (mainly) to attract a wide audience and thus keep their customers sites. A "Google dependency" very prejudicial to the security of turnover.

A risk that has not frightened Microsoft Cia.com offered last August. Neither Pierre Chappaz which was revived in the adventure with Wikio Shopping using the product ... Kelkoo.

South-east traffic SNCF normal again after a new incident catenary

The railway traffic returned to normal by late morning Saturday between Marseille and Nice after tearing a new catenary, which is probably linked to the weather in the region, which followed a series of failures since mid-August SNCF on such equipment.

"The traffic is back to normal. Traffic on two tracks was restored to 10h30" after tearing a wire several hundred meters in the Var, between Puget-Ville and Carnoules, told the AFP a spokeswoman for SNCF.

About 700 passengers, 325 in a high-speed train and 380 in a TER had been blocked for more than four hours Friday evening after this incident that would be due, according to SNCF, the strong winds that have blown through the Var between Friday and Saturday.

Meteo France had placed the department in orange vigilance because of high winds and several thousand homes suffered power outages overnight.

Twenty trains, mainly on the Nice-Marseille, suffered delays due to pull out of the catenary, according to SNCF. Passengers will be reimbursed, "according to the usual procedures of the SNCF for delays," said a spokeswoman for the regional branch Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur.

This new incident follows a series of failures since the summer.

On 17 August, during a major incident, about 3,000 travelers were stranded up to 10 hours in the stations in South-East because of a wrenched catenary near Aubagne (Bouches-du-Rhone).

The railway unions had then sounded the alarm about the lack of preventive maintenance at the station.

During the month of September, the same type of incident including 20,000 passengers blocked in Montparnasse station (September 5), interrupted for several hours traffic from the RER line B (September 10) and delayed three TGV in Saone-et -Loire (Sept. 14). On November 1, breach of catenary probably due to firing a gun, had paralyzed some fifty TGV Atlantique.

After the blackouts this summer, the SNCF had to begin an inspection of lines, electric cables feeding the trains.

According to a report delivered in early October, the renovation would require 400 million euros over four years. An audit had already put forward in 2005 the fragility of the rail infrastructure, linked to 30 years of underinvestment.

International space station: astronauts repair the system of recycling wastewater

The astronauts were hoping Sunday to have found a solution to run a centerpiece of the machine used to transform urine and condensation water potable, and must allow the International Space Station (ISS) to host up to six people .

Engineers at NASA asked Sunday to the station commander, Michael Fincke, change the way a centrifuge is mounted in the recycling of wastewater, worth $ 154 million (122 million ' euros).

"Fantastic! This is something we can do," said Michael Fincke.

The astronauts worked for three days to operate the machine to get samples to be analyzed back on Earth, but each time it is launching, it does just two hours before passing away .

The recycling of waste water, brought aboard the space shuttle Endeavor a week ago, is essential to achieve the goal of NASA to double from three to six people in 2009 the number of occupants of the ISS.

The flight director Ginger Kerrick said engineers at NASA hoped that the problem was under control, but they were investigating whether six people could live in the space station with a system running two hours each times.

Controllers at NASA had hoped to retrieve water samples produced from 70% to 30% condensation and urine. But given the difficulties, this proportion will remain 90% to 10% condensation and urine. Astronauts will not use the system until a battery of tests has not demonstrated that it is secure.

Officials from NASA have decided not to extend the mission an extra day, astronauts have collected enough samples of water, said Ginger Kerrick. The mission should end on November 29 with the return to Earth Endeavor, after a stay of fifteen days in the international space station.

The publishers of security criticize the "Morro" free of Microsoft

Between skepticism and indifference, publishers say they do not feel threatened by the arrival next Microsoft in the field of security solutions. They are reluctant to adopt a clear position by summer 2009. Microsoft does decidedly not play with the same rules: Morro will be free and have a stable economic model hypothetically.

Kaspersky, Russian publisher, is the first shooting. By David Emm, the Moscow company says: "Propose a comprehensive security solution is not free economically sustainable. You should know that the technical aspect is important to remember because when a customer buys a product, he expects to receive a service, that there is a link with the publisher. " Kaspersky noted the phenomenon and explains the unstable position of Microsoft. The publisher sees the arrival of a new competitor capable of eroding its position in the market.

Other sounds in American Symantec. Rowan Trollope, senior vice-president of the division interrogated by the general public prefers to refer PcInpact abandonment by the giant, he spoke of "capitulation of Microsoft and the reaffirmation that it is not in the DNA of Microsoft provide protection of high quality and frequently updated. He continued by saying that OneCare has never really been a great success, even by offering a price cheaper than the whole competition.

It must be said that Windows Live OneCare was a translation of security solutions. For a cost of 49.95 dollars, included a one-year license for three posts. But Microsoft appears to have chosen to take the turn of Netbook and other ultra-portable promoting a security solution lighter and more manageable for low power configurations.

A new start for the publisher, an admission of weakness for McAfee explains that the Redmond giant has succeeded in two years to capture 2% of the market, a position unprofitable.

Microsoft seeks to play on the same ground as giant of safety, it must be expected to take a few shots misplaced. Everything depends on which side of the coup goes on.

The waiting in the USA for the first BlackBerry Storm

Hundreds of Americans have waited in line Friday at the Verizon Wireless stores in the hope of being among the first to acquire the BlackBerry Storm, the first touch screen handset launched by the Canadian Research In Motion to compete with the iPhone Apple.

More than 200 people have waited since dawn in front of a store near the center of Manhattan, before most of them are refused less than an hour after opening. Out of stock. Faced with angry customers, police had to intervene to restore calm.

Verizon, the number two U.S. telephone, said that hundreds of people queued in front of shops along the East Coast of the United States, but said it had "ample" for handsets meet demand and would continue to receive new supplies, refusing to give more details on the status of its inventory.

In a queue in front of a shop near Bryant Park, Anthony Lewis has expressed his disappointment after failing to get this phone when he had first tried his luck in other shops.

"I spent two pre-orders at Best Buy and Circuit City (ie, two signs distribution of consumer electronic products in the United States). Now I'm here and I am told that everything has already been sold," said said the young man of 28 years.

An employee at the Verizon store told customers that they commanded the combined on-site or online, they would receive within five to seven days.

Glow OF HOPE

Vodafone Group Plc, which owns a share of Verizon Wireless, a joint venture between Verizon Communications and Vodafone, said Thursday that it was difficult to cope with the demand for the Storm, launched on November 14 on the UK market and for which he has already saved thousands of pre-orders.

The Verizon posted at the close on Wall Street a gain of 7.43% to 28.47 dollars, while its competitor AT & T fell by 2.77% to 25.19 dollars.

The price of the securities of both companies have been highly volatile in recent months, with the economic slowdown, but analysts believe the launch of the BlackBerry Storm was probably the origin of changes in the work of the Canadian firm friday.

"We have heard only good things about him. It is a small glimmer of hope in a really bleak," said Ed Snyder, an analyst at Charter Equity Research, about the new handset RIM. According to him, even some competitors of the Canadian firm found this new mobile quite impressive.

By focusing on the Storm for the crucial period of festive season when it had before Four different handsets last year in the same period, Verizon Wireless is taking a big gamble.

Like the iPhone, the Storm costs 200 dollars on the U.S. market through the purchase of a subscription for a period of two years. And as the star of the combined company at the apple, it has a digital camera and a media player.

In San Francisco, queues smaller, two dozen people were visible in the early morning before the shops Verizon. An hour after the opening of one of these shops, an employee combined estimated that 100 had already been sold.

The enthusiasm generated by the launch of Storm appears smaller than the runaway observed during the early days of the iPhone, marketed by AT & T in the United States under an exclusive partnership. Some customers were then enthusiasts camped in front of shops several days in advance to be sure to be among the first owners of the handset.

The RIM has finished on a gain of 7.9%, 44, 80 dollars Friday on the Nasdaq to the NYSE.

Paul Franklin, Michael Erman, Brendan McDermid and Sinead Carew in New York, Gabriel Madway in San Francisco, French Myriam Rivet

Travel sncf.com suffered a new damage

"Following the incidents that took place this summer, the blackout of July which was much talk, we worked on as a much stronger base of technology", says Rachel Picard, Director General of the site Voyages-SNCF . com in a video message posted on the site SNCF.com.

Launched on the night of Wednesday to Thursday, the new version of the travel portal which represented "a strong technical migration is a very heavy handling" space saw "Train" close as early as Thursday morning. Persistent instability have forced the SNCF to limit access for the repair. The site has returned to the rails Thursday evening to 20 hours.

The most embarrassed by this failure were the passengers who wished to make a reservation or train those who wanted to print their tickets from the site. Rachel Picard ensures that the SNCF warned users by e-mail and SMS this problem by advising them to print their tickets at the station. They could also take the train directly equipped with this e-mail. "All controllers were warned on their PDA that had this problem," said Director General of the site.

An online space for the claims and grievances

In the process, the representative of the railway company in charge virtual announcement of the opening on the site of a collaborative space for both box idea and virtual office complaints. Customers will be able to "indicate the desired changes and problems". Attention to saturation.

In terms of audience, sncf.com Travel is the largest transaction in France, which counts 700 000 visits per day. In 2007, 38 million tickets were sold through this channel, which represents a quarter of total sales of tickets SNCF.

Yahoo is in a more delicate

Yahoo will resume its talks with AOL division of Time Warner that had begun earlier this year, according to several sources. In March, the Internet group then headed by Jerry Yang (resigned last week) had issued a tender for the acquisition of AOL's advertising division. In return, Time Warner, home-mother of AOL, would invest in Yahoo.

This acquisition plan, allowing Yahoo to strengthen the market for online search, has surfaced for the first time when Jerry Yang tried to escape the clutches of Microsoft. At the time, the firm Redmont had launched a takeover bid in the amount of 44.6 billion dollars.

But the situation has changed in six months: the options of an acquisition by Microsoft and an advertising agreement with Google are abandoned. Yahoo turns to AOL again to determine "a plan C", one might say.

Last week, despite Yahoo's appeal to return to the negotiating table, Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, stated that an acquisition of the Internet group was more news twice: once when the Committee for Economic Development, then, during a meeting with shareholders Microsoff in Washington, trimmed the announcement of the departure of Jerry Ynag the post of CEO of Yahoo. Therefore: Yahoo's future is unclear.

Meanwhile, Microsoft has confirmed the recruitment of Sean Sucht, former vice president of Yahoo Search, which will arrive in the Redmond company in December.

According to a Microsoft statement to the press, Sean Sucht join Microsoft as general manager of Silicon Valley Search Technology Center to work on Live Search, the rival of Yahoo Search.

In the current disorder, there is some light. Yahoo has announced a new agreement with T-Mobile USA. Customers of the operator will have access to Yahoo via the new service T-Mobile Web2go.

Google personalized search results with SearchWiki

Google now offers Internet users to customize their search results. With the new tool SearchWiki that appears automatically, several options open to them: reclassify, delete and comment. They can even make suggestions of links that do not appear.

But no need to use SearchWiki better reference for a site, these changes n'impactent that the results of individual research and are not visible to others.

In fact, to enjoy SearchWiki, users must first connect to their Google Account and get onto the homepage search engine Google.com (not Google.fr).

For example, type the Vnunet in the search engine. The results page displays and next to each link, there are new icons. Arrows that allow to mount a result the top or do it again in the list.

The next time a user logs on and he repeats the same research, provision of the results page looks like it has decided. In the same way, it may also, through the cross remove a link that does not seem relevant and click on the bubble to add a comment.

A link provides access to historical changes in the "My SearchWiki Notes". Google also allows you to view changes in other community members in a Google page and dedicated service.

Two emerging Endeavor astronauts in space

Two members of the crew of the shuttle Endeavor, pegged since Sunday to the International Space Station, Thursday began a spacewalk.
Two emerging Endeavor astronauts in space

Astronauts Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper and Shane Kimbrough, members of the crew of the shuttle Endeavor, pegged since Sunday to the International Space Station, Thursday began a second exit in space, which is planned the repair of a joint that guides the solar panels to the ISS.
Astronauts Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper and Shane Kimbrough has left the station shortly after 18:00 GMT on a mission whose time should be 06.30. They must repair a joint that guides the solar panels to the ISS.

Stefanysshyn-Piper, who started the repairs the previous day with Stephen Bowen, has escaped into space a tool kit with a value of $ 100,000.

Irene Klotz, French Jean-Philippe Lefief

The file Edvige officially withdrawn but not yet replaced

Decided in mid-September, the withdrawal of police intelligence file named Hedwig is now official, as called for several weeks associations defending freedom. This "withdrawal", to distinguish a "repeal" a retroactive effect, meaning that all information collected between its establishment and its disappearance are expected to disappear, as requested by the associations. However, the replacement of Hedwig with a new file, as announced Matignon, is not yet effective. This new version, which exclude the harvest of sensitive data such as health, sexuality, or information on persons and minors of 13 years, is currently before the Commission Nationale Informatique et freedoms (CNIL), before moving to the State Council. In anticipation of this new file, no data of the kind so far collected can not be listed. A delicate situation for police, who must legally stop the collection pending the new. In this context, opponents fear Edvige the use of other files, including Cristina, classified secret. "We are in a legal limbo, and this vagueness does not freedoms", expressed concern Helène mass-Dessen, lawyer collective "No to Hedwig." Vigilance associations remains on the agenda.

Steve Ballmer again the idea of a takeover of Yahoo. But ..

Following the announcement of the resignation of Yang, patron co-founder of Yahoo, Steve Ballmer concludes, in its way, the rumors about the possible resumption of discussions between the companies. Microsoft is more interested "in buying all of Yahoo," reaffirmed its CEO. This statement was made immediately plunge the stock exchange 19% of the Yahoo. However, in parallel, it has supported from shareholders that the company would be "very open" to cooperation on research on the Internet ... "Let us be clear" Ballmer continued during the general assembly of shareholders of Microsoft. "We have finished with discussions on a purchase of Yahoo." Recall that the portal has rejected a hostile takeover bid proposed by Microsoft several months ago - creating a highly volatile with Yahoo, until the departure of its founding president, three days ago. Microsot was ready to 47.5 billion dollars. Yahoo has refused so far to sell its own research activities on the Internet. Yahoo thought it had found his salvation through an ambitious advertising agreement with Google. But the pact that allows both partners to control 75% of advertising online issue of search engines concern competition authorities in Europe and the U.S.. Unfortunately, Google threw in the towel and leaves again Yahoo alone. Panicked, Jerry Yang, his jacket back and foot to Microsoft, without choking declaring that "the best thing would be for Microsoft to buy Yahoo." Microsoft laughs at his nose ... Ultimate failure which will precipitate the fall of CEO.

Microsoft breaks the price of security

Microsoft surrenders the following Windows Live OneCare security and launched in the wake of its new program called Morro protection. It has lived less than two years. The OneCare security system, ranked among the last in the many tests protection systems, is stored in favor of software that will be available online on a completely free. It will include antivirus and antispyware, both from technology OneCare.

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Microsoft did not say if it decided to change strategy or if OneCare is really a failure, but promises that its new software will not be a lean or low-end of the following: "It will provide the same level of protection against the malware that Microsoft solutions for businesses, but will not include the many additional applications and unsafe that can be found in the suites of security, "explains the company in a statement.

Several versions are planned for all major operating systems existing Microsoft (Windows XP and Vista), but also for the future Windows 7, due 2010. The arrival of a major risk free and quickly respond to competition, even if the solutions Microsoft security were not considered among the best.

Neither kidnapping or rape charges against the pedophile

She claimed to have suffered any violence but said having sex granted. She had made contact with this man through a phone to receive Internet. The man who has drawn is described as "dangerous", according to Christian Gongora, the prosecutor of the Nièvre, as already condemned 17 times in twenty years for various offenses. In 2007, he was sentenced in a case of sexual assaults on minors. Released in late August 2008, he had served thirteen months' jail for this case and was under house arrest in La Rochelle (Charente-Maritime) when he made contact with the teenager. Àla remanded in custody Rochelle, Fabrice H. will be presented to a magistrate this morning to be indicted for "embezzlement of minor in a state of recidivism" and "sexual abuse of minors 15 years by means of telecommunication." An aggravating factor which makes it face ten years in prison. Guy Etienne, the prosecutor of La Rochelle, planned to seek the incarceration of the suspect. Arrested by the gendarmes of Nièvre after a brief pursuit race, Fabrice H. had convinced the young Anne * to join in Poitiers (Vienna). But the girl had no money to go to Paris. Therefore, the TGV station Marne-la-Vallee they met on November 14 before a time around the park Eurodisney. They stayed in hotels in the Ile-de-France, Clermont-Ferrand and Montluçon before rising to Nevers, where the suspect was intercepted. The girl was "relieved" It Fabrice H. gave the gendarmes of Indre-et-Loire the opportunity to track. He called from his mobile to prevent a friend had received "an SMS alert on the case of a kidnapped girl to be prostitute," according to the gendarmerie. A simple check has reached back to the owner of the line. This is where the police discovered that the man was reported for failing to maintain its judicial La Rochelle. Soon, the police have obtained a description of the car Fabrice H., a Rover. The military has undertaken to monitor roads and areas surrounding telephone relay activated by the mobile, thus the spot in the Nièvre. The young victim was "relieved" after the intervention of gendarmes. Anne discovered last year newsgroups on the Internet and had knowledge of Fabrice about three weeks ago. In college, the headmaster, Jean-Fabrice Caen, provided that computers were "equipped with filters" to prevent surf sites at risk, but "100% guarantee" of security systems. But Anne has used his own phone, thus escaping control.

The Opel Insignia sacred Car of the Year

The tierce in order, is the verdict of Figaro, a panel member who sacred yesterday, with 58 jurors from 23 European countries, the Opel Insignia "Car of the Year 2009". Collecting 321 points, ahead of it, with the smallest gap ever recorded since the inception of the prize in 1964, the excellent Ford Fiesta (320 points). Two years ago, a gap of two points had separated the Opel Corsa, which had finally inclined to the ... Ford S-Max. Already the same protagonists. Last year's ranking was more neoretro welcomed the concept of the Fiat 500 which had replaced the Mazda 2. But this model chassis ready today ... the new Fiesta. Cited to twenty times - ahead of the Ford, (cited nineteen times - the Opel Insignia umbrella pole in a Fiesta yet announced as a major favorite. But this time, the kind of complex anime number of jury members, who are reluctant to crown a car too large and too expensive, was swept by the elements contained in the catalog's technical Insignia. Our readers already know everything, including the impressive technological trappings of a car sold in three Body (four or five doors and break), with two or four-wheel drive, a wide range of modern engines to 4 and 6 cylinders and refinements that affect led to the suspension or the automatic reading road signs. The "Opel Eye" is also able to detect differences trajectory of a driver asleep. A vintage medium Faced with this deployment of resources, easier to integrate on a car of this range, the Ford Fiesta is quite resilient but lacked decisive technological innovations. His best asset, chassis, very successful and dynamic devil, was not a surprise: it draws its inspiration from that of the Mazda 2. In third place, but far behind is the Volkswagen Golf (223 points), disappointing by its classicism displayed but distinguished by mechanical first class who left behind the entire competition. It certainly lacked such assets in the Renault Megane. It is in the seventh and final position of appointees (121 points). Before it s'intercalent, in order, another French Citroen C5, which runs (198 points) at the foot of the podium, the Alfa Romeo Mito (148 points) and the Skoda Superb (144 points). The mere enumeration of these models shows that the final selection was nothing revolutionary car, which makes 2009 a vintage way. It is surprising and not to have included a Toyota IQ, but the Japanese failed to comply with time at a critical rule to be eligible: be marketed in five countries at least at the time of selections. Others were not selected among the finalists, as the new BMW 7 Series, yet wrapped technology, arguing that its reserve position to a limited clientele. It is undoubtedly true in absolute terms, but we must recognize merit that the upper end of the experiment technological advances and lower production costs to be subsequently disseminated to all models. In this very troubled period for the automotive industry, the coronation of an Opel, European division of GM group, is a significant breath of hope. It should not be misused GM then that price by a future Saab Swedish version of Insignia. A disastrous marketing badge that has contributed to widening losses in the United States and would be assassin for the Swedish brand, then emptied its contents.

TV: taxation of mobile operators would be streamlined

The recent decision by the committee members should relieve operators. The bill funding public television, presented by the Fillon government, proposed to tax up to 0.9% on turnover of operators.

The parliamentary committee meeting, according to the AFP has decided to modify the device: it gradually becomes a tax of between 0.5% and 0.9%, depending on income. Thus, turnovers (CA) between 5 and 10 million euros will apply a tax of 0.5%, 0.6% for CA between 10 and 20 million, 0.7% for earnings between 20 and 30 million. The tax of 0.9% will apply to CA over 30 million.

Jean Dionis of stay, MP (New Center) at the origin of the amendment, this amendment seeks to "take account of competition in the sector" without "calling into question the purpose and the tax". It's "allow the emergence and rise of smaller players."

Operators majority, remember, has already overtaxed. Recently interviewed by Le Figaro, Franck Esser, CEO of SFR, repeated that operators will have no choice but to pass the new tax on consumers.

The amendment also operators' virtual 'or MVNO. A new taxation altogether prevent the entry of new operators in the sector and limit the off MVNO already in great difficulty.

The amended bill will however return to all members on 25 November.

Recall that the bill funding public broadcasting is to remove the advertising of public channels by 2012.

The idea that private broadcasters, telecom operators and Internet access providers, should compensate for the loss estimated at 450 million euros is at the heart of the device.

Malus annual 160 € for highly polluting cars

This is just the return of the sticker for highly polluting cars. The budget bill amendment introduced Wednesday by the Council of Ministers provides an annual environmental surcharge on cars emitting more than 250 grams of CO2 per kilometer. This measure, which was part of the commitments of the Grenelle of the environment, will be implemented from 1 January 2009.
The amount of this new penalty will be 160 euros per year. It should cover about 1% of vehicles on the French market. Large 4 x 4 are the main targets: the Volkswagen Touareg gasoline (317 to 450 grams of CO2 per km), the Porsche Cayenne (310 to 361 g) and the BMW X5 4.8 i (355 g). Among the French new car market at the moment, four models will be affected by this penalty: the Citroen C6 V6 petrol (266 grams) and three Renault Espace and Grand Espace 3.5 petrol (284 and 289 gr) and the Vel Satis equipped with the same engine (275 gr).
The bonus-malus maintained classic
For other models of the market, the system of no-claims bonus to purchase a car is maintained. The current system provides a bonus (in force since early 2008) for new vehicles emitting less than 130 grams, up to 1 000, and a penalty for those emitting more than 160 CO2/km.

Microsoft surrenders to pay its next anti-virus

Goodbye Windows Live OneCare and hello "Morro". The next security solution is available from Microsoft in June 2009 and become free.Capitulation as stated a spokesman for McAfee Reuters or true desire to protect a maximum user against malware? Hard to say, but still is that Microsoft announced on the official blog Windows Live OneCare the withdrawal of its security solution for sale.

"Microsoft is dropping," said the representative of McAfee, the publisher of security solutions, the news agency Reuters. "It now falls back on a free bottom template that does not meet the needs of consumer safety," he adds.

Indeed, if Microsoft terminates its OneCare Live software, he announced the deployment of a free security application to protect PCs from the threat of viruses, spyware and other Trojans. Bearing the code name "Morro", it will be available from June 2009.

A new free anti-virus will make shade for publishers charged

So at that time that marketing of Windows Live OneCare will stop. Recall that the software is sold for more than two years at a price of 49.95 euros per year to protect up to three computers. Users of OneCare will offer download the free software at the appropriate time.

"We believe that the decision to offer consumers a security solution without additional cost and remove Windows Live OneCare market is an important step to democratize the protection of PC and improve the experience of a greater number of users Windows "writing team behind the development of OneCare on his blog.

Already competition from several security solutions as free Avast and AVG, publishers of consumer applications such as public pay McAfee, Symantec and Kaspersky may fear the arrival of Microsoft in this market.

Steve Ballmer reiterated his disinterest for Yahoo, but ..

Following the announcement of the resignation of Yang, patron co-founder of Yahoo, Steve Ballmer concludes, in its way, the rumors about the possible resumption of discussions between the companies.

Microsoft is more interested "in buying all of Yahoo," reaffirmed its CEO. This statement was made immediately plunge the stock exchange 19% of the Yahoo.
However, in parallel, it has supported from shareholders that the company would be "very open" to cooperation on research on the Internet ...
"Let us be clear" Ballmer continued during the general assembly of shareholders of Microsoft. "We have finished with discussions on a purchase of Yahoo."

Recall that the giant search engine has rejected a hostile takeover bid proposed by Microsoft several months ago - creating a highly volatile with Yahoo, until the departure of its founding president, three days ago.

Microsot was ready to 47.5 billion dollars. Yahoo has refused so far to sell its own research activities on the Internet.

European: the European digital library launched on November 20

The European digital library Europeans, will be launched Thursday November 20, said Monday Viviane Reding, European Commissioner responsible for Information Society and Media Forum "in Avignon on culture and the economy.

Available in 21 languages, the site europeana.eu propose more than two million digital cultural objects for the launch. France is the main contributor with 52% of works available. "This is an unprecedented collaboration between several hundred cultural institutions of the European Union. The goal is to reach or even exceed 10 million cultural objects by 2010," she said.

Yet only 1% of the content of national libraries in Europe is scanned. This figure should rise to 4% by 2012.

A budget of 120 million euros

"Europeana allow such access to works of French literature (manuscripts of Zola, Balzac), the digital reproduction of a Rembrandt self authenticated by the Rjiksmuseum in Amsterdam, maps held by the library or Slovenian yet to Hungarian music "

It took at least three years "to achieve this result. "This project has also helped to make national archives online compatible, and thus move towards a European knowledge," recalled the Commissioner at the launch in France of Digital Focus.

The Commission has allocated a budget of nearly 120 million euros to help countries return to their objectives, the years 2009 and 2010.

69 million will come from the Framework Program of the European Union, to specifically scan activities and development of national digital library. The remaining amount, 50 million will be provided by the Competitiveness and Innovation, and will be allocated to improving access to European cultural content.

But it will have to find other sources of funding for national libraries: the total cost of digitization of five million books from European libraries is already estimated at around 225 million euros, excluding works as paintings or manuscripts, "said the European Commission.

A Microsoft webstore soon open in France

After conducting the opening last week of "webstore" to USA, UK, Germany and Korea, Microsoft thinks of France for Phase 2 of the launch of its online stores. ZDNet.fr joined, a spokesman for the firm confirmed that Microsoft would make an announcement "very soon" about to open a webstore French, somewhat similar in substance to the USA. A launch before Christmas is even considered.

Oriented public, this site should sell PC games and console (Xbox 360), the flagship tools of the editor as its operating systems and Office software package, as well as keyboards, mice and webcams stamped Microsoft. If the business model of American site is listed, customers should have the choice of downloadable or their equivalents on CD or DVD for the purchase of software and PC games.

For Microsoft, "it is to offer our customers a unique destination for s'achalander without seeking to bypass the usual distributors, we have been clarified. "Other brands, like Apple, Symantec or Electronic Arts have already shown that this type of mono showcase works well on the web, hence the desire of Microsoft's launch also on this niche. "

A 5 Gbit / s, USB 3.0 arrives in 2010

The final version of the future USB 3.0, USB superspeed known, has been arrested. Indeed, it is a first armada of specifications that it is still version 1.0. And should evolve further. But the main specifications are known. The announcement was made during the event WinHEC (Windows Hardware Engineering Conference) 2008 by Jeff Ravencraft, the president of the USB-IF.

Key information was known last year, but now we know more about the dates for the arrival on the market for USB 3.0.

USB 3.0 is backward compatible with devices that accept USB 2.0 and must achieve a theoretical speed of 4800 Gbit / s or 600 Mb / s. To reach such a speed, copper and Optical fiber is used to dial the connection.

USB 3.0 should enable devices to receive a bandwidth 10 times greater than its previous version, USB 2.0, which tops out at 480 Mb / s (see chart).

A speed which makes it the first competitor to the standard promoted by Apple FireWire. In its version called FireWire 800, this standard offers speeds of 70 Mbps, equivalent to USB 2. But the standard will evolve to flow closer to the USB 3 in the near future.

Meanwhile, the UWB standard, a USB wireless, a time considered the future of connectivity, it should be abandoned by Intel. The company announced that it stopped research in this area.

The future therefore seems route for USB 3.0. However, there is no indication that the old operating systems such as Windows XP, still widely used, support this new standard. Microsoft has merely explain that Vista support this new protocol connection.

Finally, proponents of this future standard that will ensure better management of energy saving.

Lafesse fact condemn as Youtube qu'hébergeur

Lafesse took a slap procedural before MySpace. The humorist however, has won a victory against bottom YouTube. If the Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris has recognized the status of Youtube to host it at the same time condemned the subsidiary of Google video for broadcast without law. 60 000 euros in damages will be donated to Lafesse to cover his loss, said Ecrans.fr.

The character has argued coup minutes of "continuing operations discussed, the online delivery of content deleted and the launch of new content." According to the Law on confidence in the economy, a host should act expeditiously to remove the illegal data which has become known on a rigorous formalism. However, the TGI Paris explained that "YouTube has begun its responsibility to host in promptly do not draw its site, notwithstanding his knowledge of their illegality, extracts of works. "

In a similar procedure, Lafesse had unsuccessfully attacked MySpace for a procedural matter. The Paris Court of Appeal had dismissed a notification issued after the deadline, a delay torpedoed on substantive violation of due process.

Risk of explosion detected at the Chernobyl nuclear Cruas

The ASN has conducted site inspections on 25 and 26 September and 24 October. "We will take the necessary steps to complete the actions required by the ASN within three months," said a spokeswoman for EDF. The problem involves pipes carrying hydrogen, an explosive gas. "We did not detect leakage or immediate danger. However, there were pipes that had a rusty appearance," said Charles-Antoine Louët, head of the division of Lyon from the Nuclear Safety Authority . The ASN has also noticed that the pipes were not marked as vectors of hydrogen. "There was no finding of imminent and serious risk, but if this situation continues over several years, it could lead to a more immediate risk," said Charles-Antoine Louët. "The risk against which we must guard is a risk of leakage of hydrogen which could spread throughout the premises and trigger an explosion," he stressed.

The future of bluefin tuna in question

Moratorium, reduction of levies, increased monitoring of tuna ... ? No one knows yet what sauce will be eaten (or not!) Bluefin tuna. Seriously threatened by overfishing (60,000 t caught in 2007 allowed for a quota of 29,500 t), the species could disappear from the Mediterranean as has already happened in the western Atlantic.
ICCAT, an intergovernmental organization that sets each year the quota of bluefin tuna can be taken, considering a possible suspension of fishing in the Mediterranean. A solution that was proposed mid-October by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and has received the support of Spain and Japan respectively first exporter and importer of tuna.
Since Monday, environmentalists multiply the actions to denounce the French position for a high quota restriction and reduction of the fishing season rather than a moratorium would mean according to the agriculture minister, Michel Barnier a "failure of collective management of bluefin tuna. The plans, however," for the first time "the possibility of subsidizing the case made voluntary tuna in the Mediterranean.
On the side of fishermen, the European Association of Mediterranean tuna (AETMIS), introduced in Marrakech, intends to prove that tuna is not threatened by fishing but much more controlled by levies illegal fishermen of the Maghreb countries, the Libya, Turkey or even Croatia. AETMIS requests a finery maintaining the quota of 25 000 tonnes per year with increased surveillance of fleets.
The ICCAT decision should be known on 24 November.

TV rights: Orange plays small for Champions League

Orange will only modest lots in the allocation of rights for matches in the Champions League (European Cup clubs, ndr). The CEO of the group, Didier Lombard, said this morning on BFM that Orange was "happy with what he had." Yet the leader in providing Internet access to endless leering over the side of the strengths of the encrypted channel. Orange already owns the rights to broadcast some matches of the Ligue 1 championship football French. A formula which costs a little over 200 million euros per season. A strategy that gives pride of subject content subscription users. But his chain of football, football Orange launched last August, still does not meet the expected success, it would have attracted 50,000 subscribers during the month of September. Orange leaves hands free to Canal for the acquisition of the Champions League so the operator can then simply deigned as a "small batch". For its part, Canal paid 29 million euros for the second annual poster and summaries of meetings. For its part, TF1 offered the first choice for 39 million euros. But this time, the tender covers three seasons of the period 2011-2012, the laggards will be far from the account. A strategy which once again highlighted this war chains but also touches on a hexagonal falling. In 2002-2003, UEFA have announced that 104 million raised against 68 million this year. Income is constantly declining. A phenomenon mainly due to the bursting of the bubble in broadcasting rights (even for the Ligue 1, have become exorbitant).

Remain in contention for the Rights of the Champions League (covering the TV media, Internet and mobile) so Channel, but TF1, France Television and M6 well with each other's rights of free channels. But by the time that a French club in the final of the Champions League, there is still some way.

A new Blackberry - Piracy on the rise

A BlackBerry for Mr. and Mrs. everyone. That is the challenge of society RIM with its new mobile phone which will be released in a few days: the BlackBerry Storm. BlackBerry is the tool of some pros can not happen. But the Canadian manufacturer, helped by SFR in France, aims to seduce the true public. The Blackberry Storm goes so deeply to music and video without forgetting his heart target: the famous "crackberries" for which the device is first a super toy to send messages in mobility. Particularity of the Storm: more than just keyboard and screen but not only touch and "clickable". Understand: a screen on which to really push to display a character or launch an operation. Advantage: this phone, in principle, does not just your friends or your customers when it is at the bottom of your pocket as is often the case today with many devices. For the rest, the BlackBerry Storm is of course compatible 3G but not Wi-Fi unfortunately. Its design is fairly standard, slightly more massive than the iPhone. Like the iPhone, the Storm incorporates an accelerometer that automatically switches the display to landscape mode when you rotate the device. The screen is multipoint. Storm, in French it means "storm". The new BlackBerry Will it be a tsunami effect on the market? It is without doubt the ambitions of its designers. Response from tomorrow on the Web and early December in SFR shops. The device will be sold at a reasonable price: a hundred euros but beware the prices of packages that come with it. According to GFK, it should be sold this year nearly 2 million smartphones - the BlackBerry, HTC Diamond and other 3G iPhone.

Internet Piracy
Bidding figures to approach the vote on the law Hadopi in France next year. According to the Snep and Alpa (Association of fight against audiovisual piracy), illegal downloads would cost 1.3 billion euros in 2007. Another study, this time globally, refers to the astronomical figure of 69 billion shortfall just for music with a planned increase of 400% by 2012.

Next year in France Hadopi the future law should establish some monitoring of the Net to track down pirates. Specialized companies, like Advestigo and Qosmos will be called in reinforcements for the mission.

In three years, each region will have a solar power plant

Leader on solar, geothermal energy or marine ago twenty years, France has totally dropped the research in these areas. They were then supplanted by nuclear power. She does not miss a second train of renewable energy, said Monday Jean-Louis Borloo, the inauguration of the first Salon on these new technologies.

"For a year, said the minister, I explained that we had entered an era of scarcity, because of the decline of fossil fuels. It was stupid. In fact, we will move from a scarcity of new abundance. It is like the automobile, the first to successfully develop the technology more advanced in these areas to be world leaders. "

Although France has been delayed, the replacement market looks promising: 24 billion euros by the Agency for Energy Management (ADEME) and some 120 000 jobs. This brought to at least 20% in 2020 (23% at the request of deputies from voting in the first reading of the "Grenelle 1) the share of renewables in energy consumption in France. This represents a doubling compared to today. The current 10.3% are primarily produced by hydroelectric dams. The effort will focus on geothermal, biomass, wind and solar of course.

Large wind farms

In this area, the installed capacity connected to the network in 2008 was 18 megawatts (MW) against 6 in 2006. The target for 2020 is 5 400 or production multiplied by 400. Jean-Louis Borloo announced Monday the construction by 2011 of at least one solar power plant in each region of France for a combined strength of 300 MW.

The regions of the South (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, Aquitaine, Midi-Pyrenees, Languedoc-Roussillon, Corsica), but Rhone-Alpes and, of course, the DOM will be the most sought (200 MW). The tenders should be launched in the coming weeks. According to the Ministry of Ecology, solar energy could be competitive with the market price of electricity by 2020. Meanwhile, solar is supported with a takeover of electricity to 30 euro cents per kWh and 55 cents when it is integrated into the frame. A new rate is established at 45 euro cents for installations on buildings professionals.

The plan provides for the introduction next year of a "revolving fund heat." It will have one billion euros over three years and should help replace the electric heating. The plan also wind power. But if Jean-Louis Borloo has confirmed the goal of a park 25 000 MW installed, or 8 000 additional wind turbines, he remained evasive on the forthcoming regulations.

However, it is likely that it now favors the construction of large parks. "This will be discussed in the Assembly," he said. What hope to give these Mill Contemporary giants they believe are destroying the landscape. What also worry the professionals.

The departure of boss Yahoo! rekindles speculation

Jerry Yang passes by hand. The co-founder of Yahoo! decided to leave the post of head of the California firm he held for a year. His departure renewed speculation over a possible alliance between Yahoo! and Microsoft. The leader of micro-computer software has recently indicated it no longer wished to acquire Yahoo. However, it remains open to a transaction that would give Microsoft a critical size on the niche of the search for information on the Internet, largely dominated by Google.

Aged 40 years, Jerry Yang in May rejected the bid made by Microsoft that was climbing to 47.5 billion dollars. Before announcing his resignation Monday evening, valuing Yahoo! had fallen to less than $ 15 billion. More respected for his talent in technology and for that of manager, Jerry Yang implicitly recognizes a triple failure.

He had originally promised to boost growth of Yahoo! he saved from the clutches of Microsoft. The recession and the slump affecting the advertising market, Yahoo! is largely dependent, do not totally poor performance of the company from Sunnyvale (California). Struck by a 64% drop in its quarterly profits compared to last year, Yahoo! is in the process of removing 10% of its workforce, while its growth is stagnating.

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Second failure: its alliance to boost its advertising revenue by outsourcing the technology of its rival Google had to be abandoned. The Federal Authorities of the competition felt that Google would have consolidated its share of over 70% of the market research information on the Internet in the United States.

Third downside: the proposed merger with AOL, a subsidiary of Time Warner, will lead to nothing.

The general meeting of shareholders of Microsoft today. Steve Ballmer, Microsoft's boss, will have the opportunity to say whether it wishes to resume negotiations with Yahoo. It is understood the desire of the shareholders of the Californian firm. Starting with Carl Icahn, raider and activist who sits on the boards of Yahoo! and argue for months for an alliance with the giant from Redmond (Washington). The price of Yahoo! yesterday at the opening on the Nasdaq bouncing back 13% to nearly $ 12. In the current recession, we do not see Microsoft resurrect its offer of $ 33 last spring. But Yahoo, with 18% of market research information on the Web, is an issue more important than ever for Microsoft, whose priority is to counter the dominance of Google. Despite massive investments and the firm's Steve Ballmer does little more than 5% of this key market for the future of advertising.

Once his designated successor, Jerry Yang has become "Chief Yahoo!", Ie responsible for technology strategy of the company he remains one of the largest shareholders. Susan Decker, CEO of number two in the Internet sector, is among the candidates considered to succeed Jerry Yang. Jonathan Miller, former AOL boss, Peter Chernin, number two of News Corp.. And Meg Whitman, who led eBay, are also mentioned as possible candidates to redress the company in difficulty.