6 result(s) displayed for france (1 - 6 of 6):

Amazon's France Problems

In France there is a law that says you are not allowed to sell books for more than 5 percent off the list price. We have lots of silly laws in the US as well so it is tough to...

Posted on January 16, 2008 2:39 PM

Andy Abramson Gets Married

When tech bloggers get married we blog about it and take photos of the event with our gadgets. Andy Abramson is getting married soon in a vineyard in France. This will be the first wedding at this particular vineyard and...

Posted on July 7, 2007 11:46 AM

US Trains Fall Behind

Perhaps a better headline for this blog entry is “US Trains Fall Further behind.” I was just reading an article discussing a high-speed train developed in France for the Chinese market. This train goes 357.2 MPH and this is short...

Posted on April 3, 2007 11:06 AM

iPod Neutrality

While we in the US are all busy talking about Net Neutrality and the pros and cons of each side of the argument, French government officials are beginning to implement music neutrality, which will force Apple to ensure its music...

Posted on March 17, 2006 9:11 PM

Paris Peeved at Google

Let’s face it, the French don’t like when their culture gets overrun by cultures from other countries such as let’s say those countries where people show a proclivity to wear cowboy boots and 10-gallon hats. Perhaps Chirac had a bad...

Posted on February 7, 2006 11:42 AM

Legal p2p File Sharing in France

Is France becoming the most tech savvy country of the west? Perhaps not but France’s lower house has agreed to legalize peer-to-peer file sharing. In a surprise decision, just 2 out of 58 votes decided the outcome.The measure, introduced as...

Posted on December 23, 2005 9:58 AM