http://www.megite.com Megite is the newspaper for anyone interested in what's happening right now by intelligently uncovering the most relevant items from auto discovered news sites and weblogs. Copyright 2009, Megite 30 Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:20:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/1#item_1 a087353e2de812d2e54e820a555a516d La Fédération flamande de tennis (VTV) a attribué, samedi à Wilrijk, son prix de "la performance tennistique de l'année 2009", ex aequo à Kim Clijsters et Yanina Wickmayer. Dick Norman a été classé en 3e position. Le prix de "l'Espoir du tennis de l'année 2009" est revenu à An-Sophie Mestach. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:47:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/1#item_2 1791b7a7d55a83834b49ee4b4891b5cc L'Argentin Lionel Messi (Barcelone), auteur d'un but en finale de la Ligue des champions la saison passée (2-0 contre Manchester United), apparaît comme le grand favori pour le Ballon d'Or 2009, trophée décerné l'an passé à Cristiano Ronaldo (passé cet été au Real Madrid).Les 30 nominés en images (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-28T11:03:42Z http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/1#item_3 849e3988f0aabb5c095355f7e0da034c Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:28:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/1#item_4 83d37a29825696e65af176035cd07ed5 D'ici 2050, des dizaines de millions de personnes seront contraintes de quitter leurs terres rendues inhabitables par l'évolution du climat. Mais leur sort reste ignoré des négociations internationales.Vers notre dossier spécial "Planète" (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:32:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/1#item_5 cbe61b160b1a25359e806fb57ad7d24a Le secteur des opérateurs éoliens est en effervescence et n'hésite pas à faire monter les enchères pour obtenir les sites wallons les mieux situés. Si le parc de la société Alternative Green voit le jour à Assesse, la commune devrait empocher 1,3 million d'euros, soit 256.000 euros par éolienne. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:38:09 GMT http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/1#item_6 8706906d22ca2cbb3659f063aea766cd In Times Square, the nation’s most high-octane shopping day of the year began earlier than ever. At the stroke of midnight on Thanksgiving, amid the worst recession since the 1930s, hundreds of deal-seekers began streaming into Toys “R” Us, surpassing last year’s throngs. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 28 Nov 2009 07:11:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/1#item_7 b1eb3becaaf92bcd8297bbb7b54a8a9d Vizioncore vFoglight, ou comment découvrir et résoudre les problèmes de contention dans les infrastructures virtualisées. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 28 Nov 2009 07:55:13 +0000 http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/1#item_8 4c4ef478b0ef0869eab06d60bbc85a35 Want new APIs? This week saw an interesting mix of new entries in our API directory including a service for publishing and accessing location-relevant content, a simple API to get a JSON-formatted list of people you tweet most, a variety of APIs based on Clickatell's SMS services , a video API providing search to over 300 million online videos, ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 28 Nov 2009 06:48:40 GMT http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/1#item_9 385861b8ae35a7a3773232719f03da6b On Black Friday, retailers and their customers used the social networking site Twitter to talk to one another about bargains, problems, purchases and shopping strategies. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:10:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/1#item_10 5dc3805a3f1ddee6b2c9bae8eca26cd6 Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/1#item_11 3c82ce1fff298d2a01dfe7c2fab904a6 Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:10:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/1#item_12 a1e7c0da246d1b8519501179f28692e5 T-Mobile CTO Cole Brodman says at the Open Mobile Summit that T-Mobile will let customers pay for Android applications on their monthly mobile bills starting Nov. 17. On that day, T-Mobile will also launch the T-Mobile Channel on Android Market to recommend some of the Market's apps to T-Mobile customers. Android Market currently hosts 12,000 ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:10:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/1#item_13 474a18e1142a546ebda291b45131bf92 The Force.com cloud computing platform is radically changing the way that IT departments and developers think about cloud computing applications and business application development. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/1#item_14 c213f1a509d4456df191722b89050045 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:35:43 EST http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/1#item_15 1e456e523c7b35482ae9e77b1406898a Researchers at the University of Colorado have teased from what most engineers think of as unwanted "noise" received by antennas of the Global Positioning System a signal that allows them to measure the depth of snow and the level of ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:04:35 +0000 http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/1#item_16 f5d083c54316c384d556aee8595742d7 While consumers around the U.S. are sniffing out Black Friday deals today, sample sale sites have emerged to provide members with serious discounts year round. Online sample sales sites such as Gilt Groupe, HauteLook, Ideeli, RueLaLa and others, have been picking up serious traction in the past year. We've seen a plethora of sites pop up for ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:04:30 +0000 http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/1#item_17 c93c9a1c04c3c96e4e3fe3e8bd375fbb If you're anything like me - and let's for all of our sakes pray that you're not - then your first thought as you stagger back to your desk today, bloated and giddy after Thanksgiving , will likely be "what can I do to kill time until the end of the week?" Actual work is out of the question, obviously. If you're a PC person then there's always ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:52:13 EST http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/1#item_18 8f841ac45e5e19ebb901514d54a18c90 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:52:13 EST http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/1#item_19 a00b0836b2bcc5d4c09c7c5a925960b3 We all know that Psystar is busy bleeding out in federal court, but that doesn’t mean the fun stops. We’ll be dissecting their glorious failure for quite some time. The most recent development: it seems their plan for taking a bite out of Apple’s sales was comically ambitious. How many clones do you think they sold in 2009? ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:15:37 +0000 http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/1#item_20 1d098fb9eed6d9634e4b30bea1a6725d The holiday shopping season has shifted into full gear. But while online retailers are sure to see stronger sales than their offline rivals, the desperate discounts happening across the board threaten to erode any profits they may have once hoped for this season. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:12:45 GMT http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/21#item_1 c2bcc7d9e2cab3a75cef9cabab0a163d Started in 2007 by two Stanford University housemates, the online trouser company Bonobos could have sales of $4 million this year. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-27T20:02:34Z http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/21#item_2 013b03a56518207f83a2e9ef03bb6d88 Le 1er décembre les cafés Starbucks verseront 5 cent par boisson vendue à la lutte contre le Sida, d’où ce logo sur fond rouge . [suite...] (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:00:41 +0000 http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/21#item_3 2dfdeeffe4eb1e16fd7d995d219b8c24 Netbooks, low-cost portable computers optimized for web usage, are continuing to sell at a torrid pace. If you're in the market for one, here are eight tips to help you make a good buying decision. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-27T11:50:05-08:00 http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/21#item_4 accd463366be1d1017395f2a5e0ed160 Eric De PlaceThe evidence from US air pollution markets. Contrary to claims that cap and trade is untested or uproven, there are a half dozen or so... (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:03:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/21#item_5 9dd73c7714ab9abd6d371ee51c7fd313 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-27T10:34:00.000-08:00 http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/21#item_6 664d187a52f7a42f42cb77cded64bd00 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:20:35 EST http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/21#item_7 b2f440c91ad257e5462bc61f7d60a2de Leftovers. Even the word makes me feel full. But in Gilbert, Arizona, Thanksgiving leftovers are being turned into something significantly better than heartburn. For the next week or so, the Gilbert-based company AZ BioDiesel will be collecting waste oil from ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:11:02 GMT http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/21#item_8 f1e4dc738abd84f0e09025d82b50f0f5 (Tradingsat.com) - Archos a grandi et joue désormais dans la cour des grands. Malgré une réelle avance technologique, le spécialiste des tablettes Internet et des baladeurs portables a été niché dans le haut de gamme par Apple et n'a pas pu engranger de croissance. Mais Archos a aujourd'hui retrouvé sa compétitivité. Henri Crohas, le ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:11:02 GMT http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/21#item_9 5ff4c50f84466b875e7a90e7c76bd55a Le fabricant français de produits électroniques grand public lance une augmentation de capital de près de 17 millions réalisée une émission de 7,6 millions d'actions pour restaurer sa situation financière dégradée et développer sa nouvelle offre composée de baladeurs Mp3 et vidéo, de tablettes Internet et de netbooks. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:03:41 GMT http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/21#item_10 860e16ba65f51429d7ebc5c2fb8c52f8 Today's stories on newscientist.com, at a glance, including: the first basic blueprint for bacteria, the high-carbon future, and how the hammerhead got its hammer (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:20:35 EST http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/21#item_11 3743857863e237faba2cc4c056ddbee7 Communications Service Providers (CSPs) are increasingly aware of energy consumed by their network. There are three reasons why energy efficiency matters: (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:11:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/21#item_12 963b19e867609d8c8abe9d9a2c074518 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:06:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/21#item_13 d6b587ae5166a851181b0f1aa43d084f Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:04:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/21#item_14 623fe54fb965af68c8edae8f06322b41 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:12:00 EST http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/21#item_15 8d9fe6182e8775d144da4905c027addb Space shuttle Atlantis and its seven astronauts returned to Earth with a smooth touchdown Friday to end an 11-day flight that resupplied the International Space Station. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:25:09 +0000 http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/21#item_16 1597cc9916a6602cf0ff61ace9a40f0e Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:12:00 EST http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/21#item_17 4aad508cf251ebb89564592de8612447 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:55:52 +0000 http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/21#item_18 54b9dbf9c96269f704fc9a09e00ecae0 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:48:46 +0000 http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/21#item_19 71cc0d04f259735bbd1ff5d81f630771 So it's been nearly 10 days since Foursquare launched its social mobile game 'ground assault' into 50 more cities, including a bunch of European ones. But what I'd like to know is who's actually using it here in Europe? Because, you see, Europeans are already quite well served by location based mobile applications like Qype , the various ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:21:06 EST http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/21#item_20 01d4432f28feaaf3d9458b9098436d8d Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:19:22 EST http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/41#item_1 8fd3e989c62d1f6e0b2cda9456a89522 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-27T14:17:28Z http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/41#item_2 03521491c20566bc08dc838773983d96 L’information était évoquée dans la presse internationale, jeudi 26 novembre, de l’Inde à l’Australie en passant par l’Autriche et, bien sûr les Etats Unis : Carla Bruni a dit oui à Woody Allen, elle va tourner dans un de ses films. Trois exemples. The Independent (Grande Bretagne) - ci-dessus - se demande si “Carla [suite...] (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-27T14:17:28Z http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/41#item_3 53276aacf10f49a7b0a2c38ea3173529 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:54:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/41#item_4 3ad14244bef9c0cc85ef6e5758042866 Around 15,000 suspected pirates may soon get letters accusing them of illegally sharing movies and games and asking for cash. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:54:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/41#item_5 2e54c556c799996613f7702dfaa1beed L'application permet de lire en streaming des vidéos filmées en direct et diffusées sur la plate-forme Ustream.tv. Gratuite, elle fonctionne aussi bien sur le réseau 3G qu'en WiFi. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:30:52 GMT http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/41#item_6 150049ae31ce85abe01210fa2824a6c5 The online encyclopaedia disputes claims that the numbers of people editing Wikipedia are in sharp decline. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:27:26 GMT http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/41#item_7 075f305168e58bbf577326716e763ddf The NHS and other public services must re-organise themselves around the needs of users, say social media activists. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:27:26 GMT http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/41#item_8 32544d156a82390d5d5f4e3033393cb9 This project explores how objects die. Just as the twentieth century was transformed by the advent of new forms of media–the typewriter, gramophone, and film, for example–the arrival of the twenty-first century has brought the phasing out of many public and private objects that only recently seemed essential to “modern life.&# ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-27T10:01:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/41#item_9 7122c8d4f36a3c4cd2f4999561aec10d La fondation Mozilla vient de mettre à disposition du public la dernière version beta de Firefox 3.6. Au programme, la possibilité de faire lancer les scripts de manière asynchrone, le support du plein écran pour la balise HTML5 et des polices de caractère de type WOFF pour la propriété CSS @font-face. On notera de plus le correctif de ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-27T10:01:00+00:00 http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/41#item_10 e1101919d7b69e131a8ce0610a2882c0 La banque Axa n’en est pas à son coup d’essai en terme d’affichage alternatif (la preuve ici, ici et ici). C’est encore une fois un partenariat entre son agence de communication Duval Guillaume et JCDecaux Innovate Belgique qui amène Axa à promouvoir son service bancaire en ligne de manière innovante. Service qui ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:22:39 +0100 http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/41#item_11 44c117c61020040cb88929e02e612ace Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:12:11 +0000 http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/41#item_12 e365eaf79df2f0f9e3d90ad97a4e207a We're keeping things friendly with this latest roundup of fun, new mashups. Do something creative and different with your Facebook friends, like put their mugs on a mug or find a job near them. And there's always some fun to be had with a website scoring tool. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/41#item_13 2becf701c8f52ff0a8ab11ba331210d8 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/41#item_14 38058ad01f8ad1f5cc236547b0eefc5a The single piece of literature that affected me most was Carol Ann Duffy’s Last Post, marking the deaths of WWI veterans Henry Allingham and Harry Patch. When she became poet laureate some doubted whether “public poetry” was possible any more. When I heard this poem read at Westminster Abbey, I knew they were wrong. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/41#item_15 8c30aa4ae954ced8b620b0bef27d0db6 As the new year dawned, the global economy seemed on the brink of collapse. The publishing industry has provided a bridge across the ravine: never have so many books been produced so quickly to explain how the financial world had come to dominate all of our lives. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/41#item_16 a9e863f7efd01d1d3349e86a35473569 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/41#item_17 9bec560c572f1f043e210bc6b247cdfb Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/41#item_18 2ceb50a481f9a01bc57c7879c898e59a Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/denisbalencourt/1259408853/41#item_19 ee6ceab26141b4e60f01708f82c5f6d2 The occasion of a new book by Chinua Achebe—Africa’s most celebrated writer and author of Things Fall Apart, the great African novel—cannot be ignored. It’s been twenty years since his previously published book and more than that since his last novel. Much has happened to Achebe and Nigeria during those years, much of it ... (Read on Source) ]]>