Category Archives: English

French provider lets everyone create their own live TV channel

Posted on 28 June 2007 by Mayel de Borniol

The number two french ISP, Free, launched a new service today which showcases the new revolution currently occurring online : after blogs and podcasting, here is personal TV… The service lets you broadcast directly on the TV screens of its … Continue reading →

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Robots

Posted on 10 January 2006 by Mayel de Borniol

Voici deux vidéos à voir, ça fait réflechir : Here are two interesting videos : Video 1  — Video 2

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Homeland Security radio-tags foreign visitors

Posted on 28 July 2005 by Mayel de Borniol

Starting this week, three US border crossings will begin to tag visitors to America with wireless RFID-cards, which contain visitors’ personally identifying information and can be read from 12 yards away. The only exempted visitors are Canadians who are not … Continue reading →

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U.K. man arrested, fined for using open WiFi signal

Posted on 24 July 2005 by Mayel de Borniol

Looks like Florida isn’t the only place where you can get arrested for “borrowing” bandwidth as it floats past you. Word is that U.K. police recently arrested a man for using an open WiFi signal. According to reports, Gregory Straszkiewicz, … Continue reading →

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Is Your Printer Spying On You?

Posted on 24 July 2005 by Mayel de Borniol

Imagine that every time you printed a document, it automatically included a secret code that could be used to identify the printer — and potentially, the person who used it. Sounds like something from an episode of Alias, right? Unfortunately, the … Continue reading →

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