Rachida Dati s’est déclarée favorable aux mesures proposées par la commission chargée de réviser l’ordonnance de 45, relative à la justice des mineurs, et notamment à l’idée de ramener à 12 ans l’âge auquel pourront être appliquées des sanctions pénales, dont éventuellement une mise en détention dans le cas d’un crime.

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L’Affaire des affaires sera un des albums incontournables de janvier 2009. Et pour cause, tout ce qui parle de près ou loin l’Affaire Clearstream est décortiqué par la presse, la classe politique sans oublier les adeptes du “tous pourris”. Surtout que cette adaptation en bande dessinée de la vie du journaliste d’investigation Denis Robert est chapeautée directement par l’intéressé, aidé au scénario par Yan Lindingre.

Les éditions Dargaud viennent de mettre en ligne les 6 premières pages du premier volet qui en comptera 200, dessinées par Laurent Astier, auteur d’Aven et Cellule Poison. On y découvre un Jacques Chirac à 200 à l’heure – ça nous change – et des personnalités clefs de l’affaire Clearstream comme un Dominique de Villepin taillé au couteau ou un Nicolas Sarkozy surexcité – là, ça change pas. À en croire ces premières pages et la fameuse phrase du “croc de boucher” lancée par le ministre de l’Intérieur d’alors, le scénario risque d’être ponctué d’anecdotes, en plus d’un aspect pédagogique mis en avant par l’éditeur. Les auteurs devraient ainsi s’étendre sur les arcanes des banques offshores ou des paradis fiscaux.

Avec son côté thriller politique, L’Affaire des affaires devrait autant séduire les amateurs de polar que les passionnés de BD reportage. À moins que ce ne soit les fans de Jean-Jacques Beineix, persuadés d’y voir là une suite à la mémorable Affaire du siècle.




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808s and Heartbreak, Kanye West. Everyone's saying how good this is and I concur. Someone stomped on Kanye's heart and out squirted a great album.

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pimg src="http://www.readwriteweb.com/images/distributed_social_networks_puzzle.jpg" /Distributed social networking - where users can connect their profile, friends and other data across multiple sites - is still a relatively new concept and not fully developed. There are plenty of companies and projects vying to be a major piece of the distributed social networking puzzle. The big Internet companies have initiatives such as a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/opensocial_one_year_later.php"OpenSocial/a (Google), a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebook_connect_coming_soon_t.php"Facebook Connect/a, a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/myspace_data_availability.php"MySpace Data Availability/a, a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/yahoo_opens_yos_to_developers.php"Yahoo! Open Strategy/a. There are also smaller company and open source projects such as DiSo and Noserub (we explain these below). /p p align="right"emSponsor/embr /a href='http://d.openx.org/ck.php?n=12808amp;cb=12808' target='_blank'img src='http://d.openx.org/avw.php?zoneid=861amp;cb=12808amp;n=12808' border='0' alt='' align="right" //a/p pFor the end user, the following scenario (rather simplistically) explains the end goal: in a distributed social networking world you would be able to access your Facebook friends in MySpace, and vice versa. Of course, it's far from a perfect world and the Facebook-MySpace sharing scenario in particular is unlikely to happen any time soon. But slowly social networking is beginning to open up - and not just in the major social networks either./p pWe spotted an interesting screencast in the ReadWriteWeb Friendfeed room, a href="http://friendfeed.com/rooms/rww"The Future of Tech/a, that explains distributed social networking more./p pobject width="400" height="273"param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2378501amp;server=vimeo.comamp;show_title=1amp;show_byline=1amp;show_portrait=0amp;color=amp;fullscreen=1" /embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2378501amp;server=vimeo.comamp;show_title=1amp;show_byline=1amp;show_portrait=0amp;color=amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="273"/embed/objectbr /a href="http://vimeo.com/2378501"Distributed Social Networking - An Introduction/a from a href="http://vimeo.com/pixelsebi"pixelsebi/a on a href="http://vimeo.com"Vimeo/a./p pThe screencast was created by a href="http://pixelsebi.com"Sebastian Küpers/a, an Open Web and Virtual Worlds Evangelist from Germany. He starts by explaining that profiles are a building block of social networks - for example there's a lot of useful profile data in his Facebook account that he'd like to use elsewhere. Friends/contacts, messaging, groups, and activity streams are other building blocks of social networks, explained Sebastian./p pHe mentioned two projects that are aiming to create distributed social networks by using open standards - a href="http://diso-project.org/"DiSo Project/a (our coverage a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/messina_norris_vidoop.php"here/a and a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/wordpress_social_networks_ill.php"here/a) and a href="http://noserub.com/"Noserub/a (a German app). DiSo is basically an umbrella project for many of the leading open standards in the social Web currently - microformats, OpenID, OAuth and more. Noserub describes itself as a quot;protocolquot; and uses standards like OpenID, RSS and FOAF. /p pSebastian outlined the following use case: if you are a MySpace user and want to add someone who isn't a MySpace user to your friends list, right now you can't. But if MySpace supported the open standards that Noserub, DiSo and others are advocating (microformats, OpenID, etc), then it would be possible for MySpace to support that scenario. /p h2Key Differences Between DiSo/Noserub and OpenSocial/fbConnect/h2 pOne question that people have about distributed social networks, which Sebastian might like to address in a future screencast, is what is the relation between open source projects like DiSo and Noserub, and 'open data' projects of the bigcos such as Google's OpenSocial and Facebook Connect? Chris Messina, one of the founders of DiSo, pointed out one key difference a href="http://groups.google.com/group/diso-project/browse_thread/thread/635b58f051b54a56"in DiSo's Google Group in June/a:/p blockquote pquot;Our model is rather different than OpenSocial as I understand it, as we're trying to architect this in such a way that anyone can host their own friends list (for example) and not necessarily defer to Google, MySpace, etc... for starters.quot;/p /blockquote pSo for DiSo, they are using the Wordpress blogging platform as their main vehicle for now. However in the same message, Chris mentioned that he's quot;personally very interested in the overlap between DiSo and fbConnect and OpenSocial.quot; See also a href="http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2008/11/the-open-stack-diso-and-all-those-closed-stacks"Marc Canter's comments on DiSo/a, because Marc's quot;open meshquot; theories are very relevant here./p h2If Everything is So Open, Why Can't We Connect Yet?/h2 pThere is confusion right now because all the commercial vendors are positioning themselves as open - yet they don't necessarily connect to each other! For example a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/googles_new_open_stack_sans_facebook_microsoft.php"Google has been using the term "Open Stack"/a to explain what OpenSocial is doing. OpenSocial is still in development and it's important to point out that Google doesn't 'own' it, although it is obviously driving it. But OpenSocial isn't being used by key players like Facebook and Microsoft; and when it is being used by bigcos it can be buggy - a RWW commenter recently remarked that MySpace's OpenSocial implementation is a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/googles_new_open_stack_sans_facebook_microsoft.php#comment-118698""incredibly buggy"/a. So the fact that all of the main pieces of the distributed social networking puzzle are still in beta, goes some way to explaining why ordinary people can't connect many of their profiles just yet./p pimg src="http://www.readwriteweb.com/images/opensocial_stack08.jpg" //p pWe'd like to get some more feedback on distributed social networks in the comments - how would you explain the key differences between DiSo/Noserub and OpenSocial/fbConnect to people? How do you see all the different projects connecting together eventually?/p pstrongNote:/strong the idea for this post came from the ReadWriteWeb Friendfeed room, a href="http://friendfeed.com/rooms/rww"The Future of Tech/a. Thanks to a href="http://friendfeed.com/pixelsebi"Sebastian Küpers/a for posting it. If you're want to inspire the RWW crew to write posts on certain topics, a href="http://friendfeed.com/rooms/rww"our Friendfeed room/a is a great place to let us know! Thanks also a href="http://friendfeed.com/zee"Zee/a for managing that room for us./p stronga href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/distributed_social_networking.php#comments-open"Discuss/a/strong pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/XuP6rfj0epnm2U0GFQZrjCIjmtA/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/XuP6rfj0epnm2U0GFQZrjCIjmtA/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/readwriteweb?a=MnkwcZSY"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/readwriteweb?d=1035" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/readwriteweb?a=qSa40HX0"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/readwriteweb?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/readwriteweb?a=PnkiI2Fv"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/readwriteweb?i=PnkiI2Fv" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/readwriteweb?a=0Iu9JlKk"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/readwriteweb?i=0Iu9JlKk" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/readwriteweb?a=9Ni7J5kO"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/readwriteweb?i=9Ni7J5kO" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/readwriteweb?a=0NB5lCzq"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/readwriteweb?d=52" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/readwriteweb?a=ack96X50"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/readwriteweb?d=1034" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/readwriteweb/~4/alegFxHV4Vg" height="1" width="1"/

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The software maker says the global economic woes and weak demand for its just-launched Creative Suite 4 software is adding up to sluggish sales. In response, the company plans to cut 600 jobs.

The Austrian city of Salzburg block plans to turn the former mansion of the von Trapp family, made famous by The Sound of Music, into a hotel.

The Austrian city of Salzburg block plans to turn the former mansion of the von Trapp family, made famous by The Sound of Music, into a hotel.

Oh, man, this is sad and unexpected news: 16-year veteran CNN reporter and presenter Miles O'Brien will be departing CNN, as the network closes its sci/space/tech news division. Snip from mediabistro: O'Brien's departure comes as the network dismantles its science, space, environment and technology unit in Atlanta. That includes O'Brien as well as six producers. O'Brien has been CNN's chief technology and environment correspondent since being replaced as anchor of American Morning in April 2007. The LA Times has an item, also. I won't go through a laundry list of the departing names here, but I've had the pleasure of meeting and/or briefly working with a number of them (as a guest on various CNN shows) -- they're talented, dedicated, rare professionals. And Miles is truly one of the greats. I am so sorry to hear this news. (Thanks, MW) Previously: Xeni on CNN's "Welcome to the Future" - Boing Boing Xeni on CNN "American Morning" re: 'net movie downloads - Boing Boing Xeni on CNN American Morning: Apple recalls Sony batteries - Boing ... Xeni on CNN x 2: Extreme Cellphones, ICANN and internet governance ......br style="clear: both;"/ a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=64ffcc8c3cb79ae224dc9539f64aa630p=1"img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=64ffcc8c3cb79ae224dc9539f64aa630p=1"//a img src="http://www.pheedo.com/feeds/tracker.php?i=64ffcc8c3cb79ae224dc9539f64aa630" style="display: none;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/

In June, Dorian Cox, guitarist for UK indie rock back The Long Blondes, suffered a paralyzing stroke that made it impossible for him to play his instrument. The band was forced to call it quits. Now though, Cox is learning to use a SaeboFlex, a glove outfitted with springs and levers that helps stroke patients grasp objects and regain hand function. He hopes to someday pick up his instrument again. "My right arm and leg aren't really usable so I can't play guitar," Cox explained to the Telegraph. "That was a nightmare because it meant the band couldn't carry on and my livelihood had suddenly gone..." "I know things might never be the same again and nobody can give me a definite answer about whether I'll play guitar again but I'm getting back on track," Cox said. "Long Blondes guitarist Dorian Cox back on track with 'bionic hand'" (Thanks, Gil Kaufman!)...br style="clear: both;"/ a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=5d4efac11c86080ae64497e43f9b4fa1p=1"img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=5d4efac11c86080ae64497e43f9b4fa1p=1"//a img src="http://www.pheedo.com/feeds/tracker.php?i=5d4efac11c86080ae64497e43f9b4fa1" style="display: none;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/

OCZ Technology Group, a company more known for high performance RAM, power supplies and cooling, has unveiled its first SATA II 2.5" Solid State Drives, which are much lighter and efficient than conventional hard disks. These SATA drives are targeted at high end laptops for performance...read more...

As you probably know, the BBC and a bunch of publications pounced over a "new" Tech Support Note recommending the use of anti-virus software, accusing Apple of "quietly" changing their tune about the...

pimg src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/2008/12/custom_1228246664653_mr-t-antivirus_01.jpg" width="804" height="367" style="display:block;float:none;" /As you probably know, the BBC and a bunch of publications pounced over a "new" Tech Support Note recommending the use of anti-virus software, accusing Apple of "quietly" changing their tune about the Mac being virus-proof. a href="http://gizmodo.com/5100996/false-alarm-apple-mac-os-x-anti+virus-recommendation-is-old"We discovered this was false/a. Then a href="http://gizmodo.com/5101266/apple-removes-antivirus-support-note-reiterates-os-xs-built+in-protection"Apple removed the notes/a, saying they were obsolete because Mac OS X is designed with built-in protection. Certainly, Mac OS X's architecture and their out-of-the-box security policies make their OS safer than Windows. Or does it? Despite a href="http://gizmodo.com/5101337/giz-explains-why-os-x-shrugs-off-viruses-off-better-than-windows"the technical arguments/a, do you think Mac OS X needs anti-virus software?/p br style="clear: both;"/ a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=0c751b9f6a42d02e31a327ab93173326p=1"img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=0c751b9f6a42d02e31a327ab93173326p=1"//a img src="http://www.pheedo.com/feeds/tracker.php?i=0c751b9f6a42d02e31a327ab93173326" style="display: none;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=7rmLhu7j"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/gizmodo/full?d=120" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=S9yk1Tx3"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/gizmodo/full?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=8ovHxMpA"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/gizmodo/full?i=8ovHxMpA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=6YGRqFXL"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/gizmodo/full?i=6YGRqFXL" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~4/q3K433mncpM" height="1" width="1"/

Monday's post about a propellor-driven wind cart designed to travel directly downwind faster than the wind (DWFTTW) has generated an emotionally-charged discussion about the feasibility of such a vehicle. There are three camps -- the people who think it's possible, the people who think it isn't, and the people who don't know. All three camps have members claiming to have degrees in physics, engineering, and aeronautics, and members from each camp are guilty of name-calling, insults, and cheerleading for their "side." One fellow, a proponent of the idea that DWFTTW is possible, even told me that I should "prepare to be disappointed" because I have my doubts about DWFTTW! I would actually be delighted to learn the truth about this, whatever it is. In MAKE Vol. 11, Charles Platt made a miniature model of the vehicle and came to the conclusion that there is no such thing as a wind-powered vehicle that can travel downwind faster than the speed of the wind. Last year, while Charles was working on the MAKE piece, he emailed me this charming sketch and description: Lack of imagination among wind-cart enthusiasts has prevented them from realizing that a simple modern invention can solve the problem of net forward air flow trying to stop the cart. That invention is--the air duct! A swivelling duct would be able to take advantage of wind coming from any direction. A vane at the rear of the duct would automatically turn it into the wind. Even on a windless day, the lucky owner of this windmobile would only have to give it a push before leaping aboard, to create some relative air flow that would power up the fan and accelerate the cart. Who could have imagined that the answer to the problem of non-renewable resources could be so simple? Of course, he is being facetious. This morning, Charles emailed me the following, along with permission to post it: I have browsed the huge discussion in response to your cart posting. Amazingly, so far as I can see, no one has addressed the fundamental problem that if the cart transitions from moving slower than the wind to faster than the wind, the reversal of air flow will try to turn the propeller backward, thus tending to stop the cart. It bothers me that so many people are conned by this idea (or con themselves). -- Three questions for cart enthusiasts: 1. When the cart begins running slower than a tail wind, does the air move through the propeller from the back toward the front? 2. If the cart can somehow accelerate faster than the tail wind (as its proponents claim), does this means that air will now move through the propeller from the front toward the back? 3. If the flow of air through the propeller reverses in this way, will it tend to reverse the rotation of the propeller? Answers to (1) and (2) are clearly "yes." Answer to (3) can be determined empirically by blowing air at a small fan, first from the front, then from the back, and watching which way it turns. Answer to (3) will also be "yes." Therefore, the reversed air flow will retard forward motion, the speed of the cart is self-limiting, and the claim is false. If you have something to contribute in the discussion boards about this, please refrain from insults and name-calling. Side note: I emailed Adam Savage about this, and he said it's "in the hopper" for a Mythbuster's experiment! Im considering running another article about this in a future issue of MAKE, as well. Previously: Video: can a vehicle move downwind faster than the wind? - Boing Boing Downwind faster than the wind, part 2 - Boing Boing...br style="clear: both;"/ a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=29383e592c5465902331a3e4fb847b4cp=1"img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=29383e592c5465902331a3e4fb847b4cp=1"//a img src="http://www.pheedo.com/feeds/tracker.php?i=29383e592c5465902331a3e4fb847b4c" style="display: none;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/

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