A new pact between the French government, service providers and the music industry will see P2P users in France risk loosing their internet connections if they download music or films illegally.

Interesting development, this really doesn’t surprise me coming from the country in which you need a license to design websites, and is pretty strict when it comes to the law. Imagine if other countries did this?

NYTimes has more..

“This is, hmmm, oh my oh my, what a lovely home. The chandelier is just to die for. Whoops, there it goes, coming down – Oh, darling, are you alright? Here, better sign your will . . .”No, I’m not writing about a house. This title and description belongs to a Crumpler camera bag, a company that I find out of focus. But at least they’re breaking the mould. Everywhere.And fom the same comic company.. “The Pretty Boy MAXI comes in four different colours and is exactly the same as the Pretty Boy Mini except its way bigger, has internal dividers and looks totally different.”

Where does Google Translate get this stuff?

Just picked up a Griffin itrip today - this thing is awesome!

For those of you who don’t know, this is an FM transmitter that allows you to stream audio from your ipod to any nearby radio. Plug it into the ipod, play a song, and it displays an FM radio frequency on-screen (you can also select your own frequency). Then tune in on the radio - e.g. in the car, and voila, listen to your music without wires.

This is the best solution I have found to have essentially portable wireless speakers for an ipod, which is what I was looking for.