French Connection

AUTHORS' RIGHTS : PARIS PUTS GRADUATED RESPONSE' ON AUDIOVISUAL COUNCIL'S AGENDA.
Tech Europe; 12/2/2009; 768 words; ...European Parliament, this mechanism sets out cutting the internet connection for three months to a year in the event of repeated piracy...are the rights holders and internet service providers. The French bill is based on this kind of consultation. The draft conclusions...

INTERNET : AUTHORS' SOCIETIES URGE ACTION AGAINST PIRACY.
Tech Europe; 12/2/2009; 790 words; ...telecoms rules (telecoms package), against a backdrop of the French debate on a bill - much-criticised in the European Parliament - which goes as far as cutting pirates' internet connection. The GESAC nonetheless demands a "solid regulatory framework...

Oberthur Technologies and Groupe Sephira Team up to Deliver a Secured Electronic Billing Solution.
Biotech Week; 11/18/2009; 663 words; ...Groupe Sephira, leading supplier of electronic claims for the French Healthcare Committee, jointly announce their attendance at...check in real-time his/her invoices via a secured Internet connection (in process, submitted, denied). An innovating and promising...

SHAPE Services Brings Portable Business Card Reader to iPhone.
Journal of Technology; 11/17/2009; 738 words; ...processed completely on the iPhone and does not require data connection. After contact recognition users can search LinkedIn public...Business Card Reader recognizes business cards in English, French, Italian, German and Spanish. More languages are going to...

We just didn't understand Dumisani's accents on the offbeat.(News)
Cape Times (South Africa); 11/17/2009; 743 words; ...anthem before the Springboks lost to the French in Toulouse. Dumisani's critics claim...realise that a rugby test against the French is a pretty religious occasion for us...also means 'raggedy'." "The only connection I can see with our game on Friday was...