On the Mozilla Foundation and the search giant Google have extended their partnership, which now expires in November 2011. Through this agreement, Mozilla place Google as default search engine on its Firefox browser, and a dedicated homepage. In return, Google reverse the foundation a portion of revenues generated by the traffic search from the browser. Read more
ARCEP has unveiled its forecast figures on the share of Internet connections to high speed in the second quarter of 2008. On June 30, 2008, ARCEP has counted 16.7 million broadband subscribers against 14.1 over the same period last year. Among these great surfers, 15875 million subscribe to an ADSL subscription. This represents an increase of 2.8% (or 450000 new subscribers) compared to the previous quarter. Bids unbundled are the most subscribed market with an increase of 198 000 new opening lines. Since the coverage area of unbundling extends more and more, these offers now represent more than half of access high-speed DSL in France (4.2 million). Read more
It remembers the fiasco that has surrounded the use of machines to vote in the presidential election in 2007. Aware of issues, the Forum of rights on the Internet (FDI) has released its recommendation “electronic voting and modernization of the electoral process.” Until the advent of online voting and distance for major elections, this recommendation concerns only the voting machines. Read more
To allow greater access to its content, YouTube has introduced a new feature that allows users to add subtitles to their videos. Available from your user account, this option also works for clips already online. In the navigation bar at the top right, choose My Account> My Videos. After selecting the video that you want to add subtitles, click on Edit and then go to the tab Subtitles. Read more
Returned digital for all? The Regional Council of Aquitaine wants to equip students whose families can not afford buying a computer, lack of resources. To this end, the region has purchased 300 laptops, software and security. These PCs will be loaned to students with the most “disadvantaged” and motivated by 14 high schools participating in the pilot phase launched in May. Read more
On the institute Gartner study estimates that global spending in the field of information technology (IT) could represent 3.4 trillion (10 ^ 12) $ in 2008. An increase of 8% compared to 2007, which analysts attributed in part to the fall of the dollar, but also in emerging countries, renewal of infrastructure and development solutions “on demand”. In currency growth of IT spending amounts to 4.5%. Read more