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	<title>Why Travel To France &#187; games/software/tech</title>
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		<title>Apple&#8217;s First Store in Paris</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2009/11/05/apples-first-paris-store/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2009/11/05/apples-first-paris-store/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:53:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ptinfrance</dc:creator>
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From the cult of mac:
Apple today opened the first of a series of stores planned for Paris. The first, located near the famous Louvre art museum, coincided with the release of the Musee du Louvre iPhone app showcasing among other exhibits, Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa.
The Paris store, first reported in 2008, includes a 7,700-square [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The New Banana Republic: France!</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2009/10/14/the-new-banana-republic-france/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2009/10/14/the-new-banana-republic-france/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:07:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ptinfrance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following Sarkozy&#8217;s horribly embarrassing nepotistic naming of his 23 year-old son to the powerful political post inside EPAD, the reactions are numerous. Many college students are requesting to be adopted by Nicolas Sarkozy so they&#8217;ll have a better chance at &#8220;finding&#8221; a good job; people are outraged, defenders are insisting little Sarkozy got elected! Whatever. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paris Metro iPhone App</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2009/09/07/paris-metro-iphone-app/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2009/09/07/paris-metro-iphone-app/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:44:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ptinfrance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From macgamesandmore:
With the 30,000 (give or take 10 to 20 thousand) iphone apps available at the Apple iTunes store, including free, paid and game apps, it can feel no less than overwhelming looking for quality apps. How do you find the needle in a hay stack? Millions of others like you and I browsing the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leave us alone!</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2009/08/19/leave-us-alone/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2009/08/19/leave-us-alone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:34:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ptinfrance</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/?p=2959</guid>
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Some people come to Paris to take photos of the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, Notre Dame and The Arc de Triomphe, but I come here to take photos of game references. I&#8217;m strange that way. I love this &#8220;Leave us alone!&#8221; from the game, Bubble Bobble. If you&#8217;re wondering (I know you are!), this one&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bonus near the Canal Saint Martin</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2009/08/18/bonus-near-the-canal-saint-martin/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2009/08/18/bonus-near-the-canal-saint-martin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:55:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ptinfrance</dc:creator>
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Space Invaders bonus seen in Paris, Canal Saint Martin yesterday. Game is not over.
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		<title>French Twitterati</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2009/06/15/french-twitterati/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2009/06/15/french-twitterati/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:56:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ptinfrance</dc:creator>
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If you happen to be wondering who are the famous French Twitterers or Tweeters or Twits&#8230;you get what I mean &#8211; just take a look at this subjective metro-ish map by Henri Michel. Click on the map to enlarge it.
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		<title>Docteur Maboul</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2009/05/29/docteur-maboul/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2009/05/29/docteur-maboul/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 20:02:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ptinfrance</dc:creator>
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There are few things more fun than wandering around toy stores in France to see what they have here that they don&#8217;t have in the U.S. In most cases, however, I find few original French games; I suppose it&#8217;s much easier to sell games that are translated rather than creating new ones, but that is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>French Town Changing Name Because They Can&#8217;t be Found on Google</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2009/02/25/french-town-changing-name-because-they-cant-be-found-on-google/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2009/02/25/french-town-changing-name-because-they-cant-be-found-on-google/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:07:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ptinfrance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the telegraph:
&#8220;Anybody entering the word &#8220;Eu&#8221; in a search engine is likely to get a number of results, but most will be a reference to the past participle of the French verb avoir (to have), not to the pretty market town in Normandy.
The search also brings up pages related to the European Union.
Accordingly, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apple Stores Coming to Paris and Montpellier One Day&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2009/02/22/apple-stores-coming-to-paris-and-montpellier-one-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2009/02/22/apple-stores-coming-to-paris-and-montpellier-one-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 19:12:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ptinfrance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From appletell:
&#8220;Apple is extending its European reach by confirming the opening of two retail stores in France. One of these we’ve known about for a while, and will be situated in Paris. The other is more of a surprise, as Apple has chosen Montepellier, found on the south coast, as its second store location according [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where on Earth?</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/12/27/where-on-earth/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/12/27/where-on-earth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 08:33:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ptinfrance</dc:creator>
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A game! Find the famous landmark on the map and click on it to get as close to is as possible for the maximum amount of points. Do you know where the Pompidou Center is (aka Le Beaubourg)?
  
Play now
tags: france, french, landmarks, where on earth
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		<title>Paris Apple Expo Cancelled</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/12/18/paris-apple-expo-cancelled/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/12/18/paris-apple-expo-cancelled/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:23:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ptinfrance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following the unexpected and disappointing news that beginning 2010 Apple will no longer exhibit at Macworld, which is THE premiere expo for all mac users who&#8217;ve been making a yearly pilgrimage to San Francisco since the 80s &#8211; show organizers for the Apple Expo Paris announced they&#8217;ve cancelled the 2009 event. 
The latter news is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Le Mir:ror is Here</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/12/04/le-mirror-is-here/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/12/04/le-mirror-is-here/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:17:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ptinfrance</dc:creator>
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Make your everyday objects interactive, smart and communicative with Le Mir:ror. Simply affix RFID Ztamps to them and show them to Mir:ror. Mir:ror is now available in Europe for 45.00 €.  Get it here.
tags: france, french, mirror, nabaztag
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		<title>What is le Mir:ror</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/11/11/le-mirror/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/11/11/le-mirror/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:55:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ptinfrance</dc:creator>
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Remember Nabaztag, the communicating wifi bunny? The same French company, Violet, is getting ready to launch another very fun new gadget called, &#8220;le Mir:ror.&#8221;
With Nabaztag, they achieved what they sought out to achieve, which was to create &#8220;internet objects,&#8221; in this case, rabbits, that could let you know a variety of things with gestures, sounds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Time for the Holidays &#8211; 99€ iPhone 3G in France</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/11/11/in-time-for-the-holidays-99e-iphone-3g-in-france/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/11/11/in-time-for-the-holidays-99e-iphone-3g-in-france/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:57:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ptinfrance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From arstechnica:
&#8220;French iPhone carrier Orange is offering a killer deal on the iPhone 3G for le Noël, according to a sales flyer turned up by AppleInsider. With a contract, buyers can walk away with a new iPhone for just €99 for an 8GB model, and, according to MacBidouille, Orange is offering the 16GB model for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Online Piracy Has Become a ‘National Sport’ in France</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/11/08/online-piracy-has-become-a-%e2%80%98national-sport%e2%80%99-in-france/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/11/08/online-piracy-has-become-a-%e2%80%98national-sport%e2%80%99-in-france/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:40:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From torentfreak:
&#8220;Edging ever closer to becoming law, France’s “three-strikes” proposals have received support in the French Senate which voted overwhelmingly in favor for these draconian measures to deal with piracy. Now, a new report suggests that online piracy has become something of a ‘national sport’ in France.
The online file-sharing debate is really heating up in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SFR Offers Unlimited MP3 Downloads November 19</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/11/01/sfr-offers-unlimited-mp3-downloads-november-19/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/11/01/sfr-offers-unlimited-mp3-downloads-november-19/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 13:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ptinfrance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From billboard.biz:
&#8220;France&#8217;s second largest mobile operator SFR has announced the launch of a DRM-free all-you-can-eat download service from Nov. 19.
The catalog is limited to a few thousands hits exclusively from the Universal Music Group catalog. Subscribers will have unlimited access to only one of three genres (Rap/R&#038;B, Pop/Rock, Clubbing/Electro) in AAC format on their mobile [...]]]></description>
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		<title>After the Sarkozy Voodoo Doll Comes a Sarkozy Booklet of Games</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/10/27/after-the-sarkozy-voodoo-doll-comes-a-sarkozy-booklet-of-games/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/10/27/after-the-sarkozy-voodoo-doll-comes-a-sarkozy-booklet-of-games/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:21:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Monsieur le président must be a money magnet because the same publishers (Pascal Petiot Editions) of the famous Sarkozy Voodoo Doll is ready to release a book of games based on the presidential couple, and their history. In this book of games you&#8217;ll find puzzles and games filled with funny and playful references and anecdotes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>4 French Television Channels Going HD This Month</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/10/27/4-french-television-channels-going-hd-this-month/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/10/27/4-french-television-channels-going-hd-this-month/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:26:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From engadgethd:
&#8220;Apparently all that&#8217;s necessary to get a lagging country to hop on the high-def bandwagon is to talk bad about &#8216;em, or at least that&#8217;s the case here with France. After we heard that the nation wasn&#8217;t exactly rushing out to adopt HD, in comes word that four major French channels will soon be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alsace First French Region to Go all Digital</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/10/21/alsace-first-french-region-to-go-all-digital/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/10/21/alsace-first-french-region-to-go-all-digital/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:33:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[And to think that we JUST got broadband last week. I&#8217;m not kidding. The 2nd to get WIMAX installed in our region &#8211; but it&#8217;s not actually available to the public yet. Anyway. Back to Alsace. They&#8217;ll be the first to switch off their analog tv but all of France is scheduled to do the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New French Cable Box: Le Cube</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/10/18/new-cable-box-le-cube/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 08:16:34 +0000</pubDate>
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The people over at gizmodo find the new cable box, &#8220;le cube&#8221; a lot more &#8220;stylishly French&#8221; than I think it is&#8230; I don&#8217;t find it stylish nor particularly French, except for the fact that it&#8217;s in France. I WANT to like it, but it&#8217;s not working for me. Anyway. More about it below.
From gizmodo:
&#8220;French [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Guy Traveling With His COW</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/10/10/a-guy-traveling-with-his-cow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:31:33 +0000</pubDate>
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Upon first glance, this seems to be a ridiculous attempt to grab attention, but that&#8217;s clearly not the case here.
While those seeking a life changing epiphany take pilgrimages to Lourdes, Santiago de Compostela, Mecca, and beyond, Hadrian Rabouin, an 18 year old Breton (guy from Bretagne), has something else in mind and decided that what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Orange to Rate Environmental Impact of Cell Phones, But What About Health Impacts of Cell Phones?</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/10/05/orange-to-rate-environmental-impact-of-cell-phones-but-what-about-health-impacts-of-cell-phones/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 10:55:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From macworld:
&#8220;Network operator Orange will rate the environmental impact of the fixed-line and mobile phones it sells, it said Friday.
The company will publish eco-ratings for the first 30 products on its French Web-site in mid-October and will extend it to all the products it sells next year, it said.
Orange is the brand used by France [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One Bad Apple: Toxic Mac Pros</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/09/28/one-bad-apple-toxic-mac-pros/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:23:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From gizmodo:
&#8220;One of the croissant-snarfing editors at Gizmodo France passed along this article that alleges the Mac Pro gives off toxic vapors. Translating from the language of lose to the language of guns, soccer moms and hot dogs results in a bit of discombobulation, but the gist is that a CNRS lab researcher got a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paris Travel Guide for iPhone</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/09/04/paris-travel-guide-for-iphone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:53:02 +0000</pubDate>
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Tired of shlepping your guide books around Paris? If you have an iPhone, you might want look into Frommer&#8217;s Paris Guide, which fits nicely on your favorite mobile phone from Apple. This is basically the hard copy guide book, but in a digital and more convenient format.
While we&#8217;re on the subject of i-things, Apple is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dictionnaire Dashboard Widget</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/08/30/dictionnaire-dashboard-widget/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 18:55:06 +0000</pubDate>
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Here&#8217;s a new, ultra-handy, free dashboard widget for Mac users who speak and write French. It&#8217;s a French dictionary that is much easier to use than the tangible leaf through (with your actual hands!) version, as well as even an online dictionary. Install and off you go. Just hit F12 to access your dashboard and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Orange Admits to Lowering 3G Network Speed</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/08/28/orange-admits-to-lowering-3g-network-speed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/08/28/orange-admits-to-lowering-3g-network-speed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:47:18 +0000</pubDate>
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From electronista:
&#8220;French cellphone carrier Orange has admitted to imposing artificial limits on its 3G broadband network, reports say. The confession comes after complaints from a number of iPhone 3G owners, who in testing their download capacity discovered that they were limited to a maximum of 400Kbps, as compared to the 1.8Mbps possible on T-Mobile&#8217;s German [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hog Pop</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/08/13/hog-pop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:56:20 +0000</pubDate>
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I haven&#8217;t given up on my attempts to support indie game and software developers, particularly those in France, so I&#8217;m featuring a small, time waster of the day called, &#8220;Hog Pop,&#8221; just released by Jean-Philippe Sarda, the same guy who brought you that fun yet infuriating Parallel Parking game. 
With Hog Pop, your mission is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One &#8220;I am Rich&#8221; iPhone App was Bought by Someone in France</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/08/10/one-i-am-rich-iphone-app-was-bought-by-someone-in-france/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 19:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of days ago Apple yanked one of the listed iPhone apps from the iTunes store. The app with a $1000 price tag (actually $999.99), brilliant in my opinion and funny to boot, displays an image of a glowing red ruby that would always remind you (and others when you show it to them) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You, Your Cell Phone, Dangers and What to Do</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/07/25/you-your-cell-phone-dangers-and-what-to-do/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:13:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By now, you&#8217;ve probably heard about a correlation between cell phone use and cancer. But geez, you can&#8217;t listen to those things because you absolutely love your cell phone. Who doesn&#8217;t? You were so freakin&#8217; relieved to find out that those popcorn popping celphones were a hoax. Don&#8217;t lie. This love you have for your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New iPhones Sold Out and You Didn&#8217;t Get One?</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/07/19/new-iphones-sold-out-and-you-didnt-get-one/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:40:24 +0000</pubDate>
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The new iPhone 3Gs were sold out within hours of its availability here in France the other day. Oh well. You waited too long, and didn&#8217;t get one? Maybe you can get one of these new, plastic disposable Bic cel phones instead. They&#8217;re really ugly, they radiate a lot of un-heathy microwaves and they&#8217;re very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Glow Takes Inspiration from Paris&#8217; Nuit Blanche</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/07/19/glow-takes-inspiration-from-paris-nuit-blanche/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
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Tonight, the City of Santa Monica in California will launch an interactive light installation / art festival called, &#8220;Glow&#8221; and the pier and beach will literally glow all night long. Think of it as an all night psychedelic light party with media art, performances, music and sculpture installations. I couldn&#8217;t help writing about my old [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New iPhone 3G in France &#8211; July 11</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/06/10/new-iphone-3g-in-france-july-11/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:57:54 +0000</pubDate>
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The new iPhone 3G will be available for purchase in Orange stores across France beginning July 11. It&#8217;s thinner, faster, has a built-in GPS, among other features &#8211; and of course is probably a lot more expensive in France than in the U.S.  (I can&#8217;t seem to find pricing, though.)
More information Apple (English), Apple [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apple Store, Louvre?</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/06/09/apple-store-louvre/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:03:52 +0000</pubDate>
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Kewl. An Apple Store near the Louvre!
From MacworldUK:
&#8220;Apple plans to open its first retail store in France just near to the world-famous Louvre art gallery in Paris.
A report from leading French newspaper, La Tribune, explains Apple&#8217;s application for the store &#8211; to be situated under the pyramid in front of the Louvre&#8217;s grand entrance &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TV Shows Available on iTunes France</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/05/29/tv-shows-available-on-itunes-france/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 16:49:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From applegazette:
&#8220;Apple announced today that television programming is finally coming to iTunes France. Top French networks like TF1, France Télévisions, Arte, Mediatoon’s Dargaud TV and Dupuis TV and US shows from The Walt Disney Company and MTV Networks are all available in the iTunes Store in France now.
Customers can now purchase and download primetime hits [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Travel Tips for Globetrotting Geeks &#8211; A Guide to Mastering the Art of High Tech Travel</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/05/11/travel-tips-for-globetrotting-geeks-a-guide-to-mastering-the-art-of-high-tech-travel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 12:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From wired:

&#8220;So you&#8217;ve decided to leave the comfort of your nerd-friendly lair and head out to explore the larger world. Perhaps a conference in Bangkok beckons, or maybe a Linux gathering in Europe. Even a trip with the family to some deserted isle?
Whatever the case, no self respecting geek goes globetrotting without preparation, research and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google&#8217;s Street View Meets Resistance in France</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/05/10/googles-street-view-meets-resistance-in-france/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 12:03:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From slashdot:
&#8220;Google has begun to scan the streets of Paris as part of its Street View service, but the company may be hindered from publishing them unedited. The reason? French privacy laws. Google may be forced to blur faces or use low-resolution versions of the photographs. The Embassy of France in the U.S. has a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>France Puts Spying on French Residents On Hold &#8211; For the Moment</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/04/27/france-puts-spying-on-french-residents-on-hold-for-the-moment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/04/27/france-puts-spying-on-french-residents-on-hold-for-the-moment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 08:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From yahoo:
&#8220;The French government will &#8220;suspend&#8221; the use of new software for recording the personal habits and affiliations of its citizens in a police database, following an outcry by civil rights groups.
Interior Minister Mich&#232;le Alliot-Marie took the decision Tuesday to suspend trials of the Ardoise software while officials consider how to reconcile privacy rights and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Read &amp; Go: New E-Newspaper / Book Reader in France</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/04/20/read-go-new-e-newspaper-book-reader-in-france/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 14:15:24 +0000</pubDate>
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Jumping on the e-reading bandwagon like Kindle (except without a keyboard), Orange and partners Le Monde, Le Parisien, Les Echos, L’Equipe and Télérama are joining together to offer a wireless, touch screen mobile e-newspaper reader that resembles a flat, black Etch a Sketch (sans knobs). They are still testing the product.
The Read&#38;Go has a storage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Digitizing The Mona Lisa</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/04/19/digitizing-the-mona-lisa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:31:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Lumiere Technology digitized the Mona Lisa and describes the process.
Watch the video
Tags: paris, france, mona+lisa, louvre, art, videos, digitzing]]></description>
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		<title>Carrefour will offer downloadable movies</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/04/18/carrefour-will-offer-downloadable-movies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:20:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From electronista:
&#8220;France-based Carrefour Group will launch a movie download service, the world&#8217;s second biggest retailer announced at the PEVE Digital Entertainment conference in Paris on Friday. The service will allow customers to buy movies or rent movies and rent TV programs. The Group already operates supermarkets, grocery stores and convenience stores that carry DVDs in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Possible Price Cut on iPhones in France</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/04/18/possible-price-cut-on-iphones-in-france/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/04/18/possible-price-cut-on-iphones-in-france/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:49:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From macnn:

&#8220;Apple is in discussions with Orange about lowering the cost of the French iPhone, Les Echos reports. The newspaper cites an inside source, who claims that Apple is putting pressure on Orange to change to a subsidized pricing model, under which the public would have to pay less for the device. At present Orange [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Karma! Sony BMG busted for software piracy in France</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/04/02/karma-sony-bmg-busted-for-software-piracy-in-france/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/04/02/karma-sony-bmg-busted-for-software-piracy-in-france/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:12:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From gizmodo:
&#8220;Ouch, that payback, it can be a bitch &#8212; Sony BMG, distributors of rootkit-installing CDs and litigious foe of P2P users worldwide, has just been busted in France for using pirated software on its servers. And it gets even worse: Windows admin tool developer PointDev says a Sony BMG was caught when an IT [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ma Pomme Tao &#8211; Mixing Apples with Apple</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/03/21/ma-pomme-tao-mixing-apples-with-apple/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do you get when you take my preferred computer platform, Macintosh &#8211; and mix it up with Vietnamese cuisine, a postcard perfect medieval French village and friendly service? Answer: My new favorite restaurant/Mac store in Sarlat!
I&#8217;m not kidding. This is a Mac Store AND a Vietnamese restaurant; yes, all in the same place. (Not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get to Know France Intimately by Playing This Game</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/01/23/get-to-know-france-intimately-by-playing-this-game/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:31:46 +0000</pubDate>
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Oftentimes people will refer to their region&#8217;s department by a number, which totally perplexes me since I just have no idea what they&#8217;re talking about. I just don&#8217;t know them. Also there are numbers on license plates that indicate where the driver is from, so if you know which number represents their corresponding department, you&#8217;ll [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apple Store in Paris &#8211; Coming Soon</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/01/18/apple-store-in-paris-coming-soon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
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According to paris addict, the very first Apple Store will be opening in the gallery of the carousel of the Louvre! This location currently houses the Virgin Mega Store, but I guess they&#8217;re outta there soon. Yay! Now you can easily find that new MacBook Air Apple just released. The ultra-thin MacBook you can fit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merci!</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/01/12/merci/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 12:16:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An insanely ginormous THANK YOU to Martin, who heroically saved this blog from hell (aka a wacky evil bug in WordPress). You are the best, Martin!!
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		<title>A Gift for Travelers</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2007/12/19/a-gift-for-travelers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 06:54:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been doing the last minute shopping thing! I tried not to but, anyway. I thought I&#8217;d mention this GPS as a gift idea. We have an older model but LOVE this thing. We don&#8217;t get lost any more (and believe me, we&#8217;d get lost a LOT.)
Yay. You can use this nifty Tom Tom Go [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kindle and Philippe Starck</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2007/12/16/kindle-and-philippe-starck/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2007 18:17:52 +0000</pubDate>
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Some are calling Kindle an amazing reading device from Amazon, but others, like French Designer Philippe Starck, have some issues with its design. I hate to admit it (seeing that Philippe Starck designed this) but I don&#8217;t find this digital book reader a very pretty designed gadget either.  Watch the video here.
More about Kindle
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		<title>Sorry about the Downtime</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2007/12/15/sorry-about-the-downtime/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2007 21:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why Travel to France is acting a little kooky and will continue to do a  bit more of that today. I&#8217;m in the process of switching servers because I&#8217;m getting so much more traffic on the site than ever before. I&#8217;m not complaining. Thanks, visitors!
While I&#8217;m in geek mode, if you are looking for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yann Arthus-Bertrand Teams up with Google Earth</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2007/12/12/yann-arthus-bertrand-teams-up-with-google-earth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:57:47 +0000</pubDate>
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Here&#8217;s a video with our favorite aerial photographer giving a shout out to Google Earth. (He takes some funky farm animal photos too.)
Download it and you can view 500 photos from environmentalist and French photographer and  Yann Arthus-Bertrand as a layer in Google Earth.

Video &#8211; The Earth from Above (Google Earth)
[via]
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		<title>Apple Store France &#8211; One Day Sale</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2007/11/29/apple-store-france-one-day-sale/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 04:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Don’t miss today&#8217;s special one-day shopping event, Friday, November 30th.* Go to the Apple Online Store for a special one-day-only holiday shopping event. You’ll find lots of iPod, iPhone, and Mac gift ideas.
Go Shopping

*Shopping event is available only at the Apple Online Store on Friday, November 30, 2007, from 12:01 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>iPhone in France 749 euros ($1112)</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2007/11/28/iphone-in-france-749-euros-1112/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2007/11/28/iphone-in-france-749-euros-1112/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From AFP:

&#8220;The Apple iPhone handset, incorporating mobile phone, multimedia access and music functions, was to go on sale in France with a promotional blitz late on Wednesday, following European launches in Britain and Germany.

Apple hopes that global sales from the initial launch in the United States in June to the end of next year will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Well Do You Know Your World? A Game!</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2007/11/26/how-well-do-you-know-your-world-a-game/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2007/11/26/how-well-do-you-know-your-world-a-game/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:02:12 +0000</pubDate>
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Fun game. You&#8217;ll be prompted to find and click on countries, world capitals, cities, famous landmarks &#8211; and it&#8217;ll tell you how far you were from the actual place. I think my good friend&#8217;s 3 year old is better at this game than I am. Oops. Well. I know where France is! And L.A. Sort [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bloggino</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2007/11/24/bloggino/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2007 19:27:19 +0000</pubDate>
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Paris-based developers (2or3things) has just launched a new service (in beta version) called Bloggino. It&#8217;s basically the equivalent of the American Tumblr, where you can &#8220;microblog&#8221; and publish your text, video, and photos via your mobile phone or by chat services like Yahoo, Jabber, ICQ, MSN, GTalk, etc.
Bloggino
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		<title>France Plans to Cut Off Internet Pirates</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2007/11/23/france-plans-to-cut-off-internet-pirates/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2007/11/23/france-plans-to-cut-off-internet-pirates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2007 06:02:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From FT:
Internet users in France who download music and films without paying for them could find their web access shut down by a government body, under a ground-breaking industry agreement backed by President Nicolas Sarkozy.
he plan, which Mr Sarkozy is to endorse in a speech on Friday, will put France at the forefront of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>iPhone in France</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2007/11/22/iphone-in-france/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2007/11/22/iphone-in-france/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2007 16:23:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From MacNN:
Unofficial reports have indicated what French iPhone customers can expect from the wireless plans that Orange will be offering in conjunction with the impending release. MacGeneration (1 &#124; 2) that the data will be virtually unlimited – for services such as visual voicemail, emails and internet – but Orange says that it reserves the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some November Events in France</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2007/11/04/some-november-events-in-france/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2007 06:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
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Plantes, Fruits et Légumes d&#8217;hier et d&#8217;aujourd&#8217;hui / Past and Present Vegetables
Nov 9, 10, 11, 2007, 10am-6pm &#8211; Domaine de Saint-Jean de Beauregard
Domaine de Saint-Jean de Beauregard is well known for its 17th-century château as well as its gardens à la Française. November&#8217;s event celebrates plants, vegetables and fruit from past to present.
Entrance Fee: €11 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The French Bowling Experience</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2007/11/01/the-french-bowling-experience/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remember how I said that everything except flower shops and cemeteries would be closed today, being Toussaint and all? I lied. There were all kinds of places open today, at least in the north. We went out to lunch in Calais, so some restaurants were open, then we went to Cité Europe, a fairly large [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Halloween!</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2007/10/31/happy-halloween-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:41:53 +0000</pubDate>
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In between stuffing yourself on candy corn today, play this time waster game called Bashing Pumpkins!
Play now
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		<title>Game: Chat Noir</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2007/10/25/game-chat-noir/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:23:45 +0000</pubDate>
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It&#8217;s been TOO LONG since the last time I posted a game, soooooo here&#8217;s Chat Noir (Black Cat), a puzzler where you have to confine the cat by clicking on dots (they turn dark when they become barriers).  Ok, it&#8217;s from Japan but the TITLE is French&#8230;
Play Chat Noir

Related: More games by French developers: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Unemployed AOL France Workers Make a Music Video</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2007/10/23/happy-unemployed-aol-france-workers-make-a-music-video/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2007/10/23/happy-unemployed-aol-france-workers-make-a-music-video/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 09:58:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;

Although I didn&#8217;t see it in the news, apparently Paris-based AOL France just laid off more than half of their employees. That obviously made these newly unemployed people very, very, VERY happy &#8211; so much so that they made a video dedicated it to &#8220;any lost love.&#8221;  AWWWWW. And it&#8217;s happy and it&#8217;s cute [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hee! iPhones in France: 945 Euros ($1350)</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2007/10/21/hee-iphones-in-france-945-euros-1350/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2007/10/21/hee-iphones-in-france-945-euros-1350/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2007 11:54:19 +0000</pubDate>
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945 Euros for the iPhone in France? WHAT a steal. This is listed on France&#8217;s Amazon.fr but there&#8217;s no description, really, and it&#8217;s not clear if this is the unlocked iPhone, though I suppose it&#8217;s got to be. That is sort of insane. Will French first adopters want to PAY that much?
See the Listing of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Locked and Unlocked iPhones in France &#8211; Nov 29</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2007/10/17/locked-and-unlocked-iphones-in-france-nov-29/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2007/10/17/locked-and-unlocked-iphones-in-france-nov-29/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:51:33 +0000</pubDate>
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&#8220;&#8230;Orange will sell the iPhone in both locked and unlocked versions for the country, a company spokeswoman says. Béatrice Mandrine, elaborating on yesterday&#8217;s launch date announcement, explains that while a standard version will be tied to Orange and cost €399 ($560), shoppers will also be able to buy an unlocked iPhone for an as-yet unspecified [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Die Like Marat &#8211; in Second Life</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2007/10/13/die-like-marat-in-second-life/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2007/10/13/die-like-marat-in-second-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2007 19:21:46 +0000</pubDate>
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From New World Notes:
&#8220;In 1793, a French journalist named Jean-Paul Marat was taking a cold bath to alleviate his skin disease when a woman allied with his political enemies managed to wheedle her way into the washroom, and knife him in the chest.  As immortalized in the painting by Jacques-Louis David, the place and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook and French Politicians&#8217; Kids</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2007/10/01/facebook-and-french-politicians-kids/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 19:53:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;French government ministers faced embarrassment yesterday from their own children whose entries on Facebook, were aired to the public. French prime minister, François Fillon will be interested know that his son, Antoine, 22, is a member of several “high-brow” chat groups. One, entitled “I am too proud of my poo,” boasts 93 members who spend [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paris Apple Expo: Good for Apples</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2007/09/27/paris-apple-expo-good-for-apples/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:35:41 +0000</pubDate>
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The good things about the Apple Expo, where we dropped by earlier today on our way home from the north, WERE the apples available from the Macgeneration booth. Thank you Macgeneration! [a note: Apple USED to provide real apples at the entrance of the expo for everyone, but no more. Steve Jobs, why are you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Assistive Technologies at the Apple Expo, Paris</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2007/09/25/assistive-technologies-at-the-apple-expo-paris/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:10:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;AssistiveWare will demo its assisitive technology products in the ordiTICE booth ED007-008 of the Education Solutions Centre of the Apple Expo (Paris, 25 &#8211; 29 September).
On Wednesday, a 2 to 3 hours special session on Assistive Technologies for Mac OS X is scheduled in Apple Expo&#8217;s main conference room from 14:00 to 17:00. Organized by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apple and Orange</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2007/09/25/apple-and-orange/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 07:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
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Orange has yet to announce the price structure for the service for iPhone but you&#8217;ll probably have to sign on with Orange (France Telecom) if you buy a new iPhone in France. Of course, there have been some hacks to unlock the service provider&#8217;s exclusivity&#8230;
A related reminder: The Apple Expo in Paris starts today.
[related: New [...]]]></description>
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		<title>France Finds Secret U.S. Spying Satellites</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2007/09/09/france-finds-secret-us-spying-satellites/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2007 12:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I guess they&#8217;re not SECRET, anymore.

&#8220;BROYE-LES-PESMES, France &#8211; A French space-surveillance radar has detected 20-30 satellites in low Earth orbit that do not figure in the U.S. Defense Department&#8217;s published catalogue, a discovery that French officials say they will use to pressure U.S. authorities to stop publishing the whereabouts of French reconnaissance and military communications [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Apple Products</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2007/09/07/new-apple-products/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 11:59:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ptinfrance</dc:creator>
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Today Apple France will be making a announcement to French and European journalists invited to their &#8220;special&#8221; press event. Is it possible that the iPhone will be made available in everyone&#8217;s favorite hexagon, finally? What will the price structure be,  seeing that they just reduced iPhone&#8217;s price by $200 in the U.S.?? (You poor [...]]]></description>
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