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After Fuzz, LesPipoles and Crossfeeds, it seems now that a large number of french website are going into legal trouble. Even small local websites are being sued because of a content they displayed with an RSS javascript or a widget.
The French situation (last week local elections were a disaster for the French President), is kinda […]

Looks like propaganda 2.0 is going to be difficult.
After seing those shocking photos of a supposed pro Tibet assaulting a athlete, Chinese blogger looked at thousands of picture trying to ID the guy and realised… he was part of the pro-Chinese crowd.

(via Kelblog)

 
Things are going crazy in France right now, these last days, several startups have been put on trial, either because they do RSS aggregation (Fuzz.fr and many many more) or because they do UGC and ratings (Justeacote.com, Note2be…).
Most RSS aggregation website sued are in trouble because they have displayed a feed coming from a popular […]

(the 3  leaders of the french Wordpress community, enjoying a paecefull moment near the cactus @ lacantine
That was the title of my presentation during yesterday’s Wordpress Barcamp in Paris. Slides are available here, and I’ll be writting about the subject soon (either here or elsewhere, maybe on Mashable France)…
The French WP community is […]

Anybody looking for some insights about the current ‘war on terror’ should definitely have a look at this movie. Beside being a pretty good Hollywook blockbuster, this ‘based on a true story’ screenplay gives a detailled explanation on how and when Al Qaida was funded and created and how funds dramaticaly dropped once the CIA […]

Ardoise is the name of the new database used by the french police to record crimes and day to day activity. If your car is stolen, you’ll get your record, if your stereo was too loud during your last birthday party, you also have a record, and of course, if you murdered somebody, you’re also […]