A Kindle cheaper but with advertising

The digital bookstore Amazon announced yesterday that in May will release in America a model of its electronic book reader, Kindle, to $ 114, $ 25 cheaper than the current one, but it will take advertising. In return for this rebate, the customer will find ads on the wallpaper and start menu will include discount coupons and exclusive offers.

Advertising will not be intrusive and respect the content of digital works. The company expects that involves reading routines that allow a different use of the ads, but some analysts had anticipated questioned whether enough customers will see this reduction in exchange for advertising.

China accuses U.S. of (mis) censor Internet

It's a response a little more original than the traditional diplomatic protests: in response to the publication by the United States in the 2010 edition of its report on Human Rights (folder on China, PDF) at again very critical of Beijing, the Chinese government this week published its own report on the situation of human rights in the United States.

The text, much shorter than its American counterpart, lists of police brutality, prison conditions and anti-terrorism laws under which Beijing is a catalog of violations of human rights committed by Washington. Part of the document is devoted specifically to digital freedom, an issue of a long conflict between Beijing and Washington.

Christian Paul: "The repeal of Hadopi does not mean the abandonment of copyright"

In a cat in the world. en, the head of the laboratory of ideas of the Socialist Party describes the digital program of training. Guest: The various laws that the current majority has taken on the sensitive issue of the adaptation of copyright to new consumption patterns show a strengthening of private rights in intellectual property.

Do you think this is the response to this challenge? What is your position on this? Paul Christian: For ten years, in fact, transfer of digital culture has led to a string of repressive laws. Each time the target was the same: can not find an economic model, the actors were trying to preserve the system, by security laws, traditional models.

The optimism of Mr. Google "The cloud will make us happy"

Clear eyes, blue suit, shirt spotless. The future is a man of 56 years, the ordinary aspect of the common man, who speaks with a neutral tone of the new humanism of the super cell phones and computer. "An era of extraordinary and appalling," as he calls it, "intended to change our lives." In the small room made of partitions from the air too lived in the Fira de Barcelona, Eric Schmidt assumes the air of a prophet.

Blog - "Islands of Wakfu": the world (dis) enchanted Ankama

Ten years after its inception, the company Roubaix Ankama launches into the game on consoles.

• "Wakfu: Open Beta in April" and related posts (08/03/2011)
• Square and Ankama gear up for Wakfu closed beta (22/01/2011)
• We've got more Wakfu closed beta keys for you! (24/02/2011)
• Get into Wakfu with our closed beta key giveaway! (19/02/2011)
• Wakfu open beta starts April 27th (08/03/2011)

Wakfu (wikipedia)  

The end of "social browser" Flock

Customers will no longer use the browser "social" Flock, from 26 April. Its creators, announced Tuesday, April 12, they no longer support their program from that date, and now recommend using Google Chrome or Firefox. To distinguish themselves from the competition, this browser, launched in 2005 aimed at a deep integration of social platforms on the web.

The sharing of Web addresses, consultation with updates to networks like Facebook and Twitter, and access to RSS feeds are available directly from the interface of Flock. "At its peak, this browser has counted up to 10 million users," the specialized site Techcrunch. In six years, the browser has also changed significantly.

Kerry and McCain propose a law on privacy online

Two of the most influential U.S. senators, former presidential candidates John Kerry and John McCain have introduced a bill Tuesday to create a charter of rights to privacy of Internet users. "Protecting personal and private information of Americans is vital for the information age makes all its promises," said Democrat John Kerry, who ran for president in 2004.

The text requires companies collecting data on the Internet offer them a way to escape this surveillance. It also plans to require companies to offer users a clear mechanism that allows them to withhold their personal data being used. "Americans have the right to decide how their information is collected, used and distributed, and businesses deserve (to run) with the certainty qu'apportent clear rules," said Kerry, chairman of the Senate Committee responsible for legislate on the Internet.