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Europeana err…how’s it described again, the ‘Google Books Competitor’ the ‘digital library of European literature, art, history, and culture’ etc. anyway it hit the ground running head first today on it’s official launch date.
But then again we shouldn’t worry, in fact it’s been a poor victim of it’s own (sic)success (?) if you read some [...]

For those of us who seldom show interest in Proton collisions at this time of the year, the coming red-button day at the CERN might have escaped our attention. The fact that a circular tunnel 27 kilometres long under the Swiss / French border will be used this summer to recreate Big Bang conditions pulling [...]

Quaero - ring any bells? In a word it’s the former European Google-Killer turned Gallic pied de nez (cock-a-snook). There are those that have said it’s more like a bottomless money-pit which will never amount to much. There are also those that are willing to throw money into it like there is no [...]

Homes in Paris are to be fitted out with fibre optic relayed Internet connections that will cost 1 € (1,19 with tax) a month for each household connected. This has got to be the cheapest deal in Europe at the moment, no?
It’s part & parcel of the “crossing the digital divide…we want to [...]

With shake-ups and shake-downs fast becoming monnaie courante in the online music world, music discovery service Last.fm have shook a leg once again:
launching its on-demand service in the US, UK and Germany immediately, [Last.fm] plans to roll it out globally over the coming months…’the world’s biggest free music service‘.
The service allows anyone to tap [...]

‘Borne’ Identity II

Mentioned in the last post, nearly all the free wi-fi access points promised by the Mayor of Paris, are now up and waving.
Gripe: the official Paris Wi-Fi site is not very helpful for finding a ‘borne‘ in your immediate…, there is a list with links to zoomable aerial photo views of the corresponding [...]

France. Last Saturday saw the official inauguration of the Paris Wi-Fi project. Free wireless internet connection is available to anyone in the vicinity of one of the 350 antennae covering 225 public places, parks, libraries and museums in and around Paris. The full 400 antennae for 260 sites will be up by the end of [...]

“Deezer is the first juke box on demand totally free in the world!” that’s according to Deezer.
Brief recap: BlogMusik - French mp3 streaming site - is closed down by SACEM (equivalent to ASCAP or BMI in the US, or SOCAN in Canada). BlogMusik sheds skin, becomes Deezer. Deezer signs a deal with almighty SACEM (first [...]