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Microsoft is simplifying the processes via which its PC-maker partners will be able to provide “downgrade” rights from Windows Vista to Windows XP for their customers.
Microsoft will implement the first of the policy changes for its Gold Certified (top-tier) OEM partners within the next couple of weeks. The company will streamline downgrade-rights policies and procedures [...]

Tottenham have signed England striker Darren Bent from Championship outfit Charlton for a club record £16.5m.
The 23-year-old passed a medical on Thursday and signed a deal for up to six years, with the transfer fee being paid in instalments.
BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Tottenham Hotspur | Bent makes £16.5m Tottenham move.

The US Supreme Court has narrowly ruled that the race of a child cannot be used to determine where he or she will be sent to school.
The decision, one of the most important civil rights rulings in years, may affect millions of children in the US.
The court’s conservative majority struck down the voluntary programmes adopted [...]

For someone who works at a restaurant, watching a rat try to become a chef might seem like just another day at work.
For movie audiences, a rat with culinary aspirations might be more appealing. Especially if it is a rat that chef Thomas Keller helped teach to cook.
The rat is Remy, the animated French star [...]

A historically diverse field of Democratic presidential candidates — a woman, a black, an Hispanic and five whites — denounced an hours-old Supreme Court affirmative action ruling Thursday night and said the nation’s slow march to racial unity is far from over.
Dems say march to racial unity not over – Yahoo! News.

L’invitation était mystérieuse : Iliad/Free nous invitait à découvrir dans ses locaux tout proches de la Place de la Madeleine à Paris «un nouveau service ». Beaucoup parmi les nombreux journalistes ayant répondu à l’invitation pensaient qu’on aller leur parler de fibre optique, puisque Free avait indiqué il y a quelques mois que la FTTH [...]

Après Dominique Strauss-Kahn, c’est Laurent Fabius qui s’apprête à quitter le bureau national du Parti socialiste. Le député de Seine-Maritime en a fait la confidence jeudi 28 juin. Des départs en cascade qui témoignent de l’exacerbation du climat interne au PS depuis l’élection présidentielle.
Le Monde.fr : Laurent Fabius s’apprête à quitter le bureau national du [...]

think of Hollywood movie premieres and images of red carpets, glamorous celebrities and paparazzi will likely come to mind. Michael Moore had an entirely different idea in mind for the Hollywood debut of his new film “SiCKO.”
Sick of the system- Pasadena Weekly.

The National Air and Space Museum became a temporary red carpet Wednesday, when actor-producer Bruce Willis donated objects from the “Die Hard” action movie series to the Smithsonian’s “Treasures of American History” collection.
ABC News: Willis Gives ‘Die Hard’ Objects to Smithsonian.

After 24 years of secrecy, the much-sought CIA classified files, the joy of many historians and conspiracy theorists, were finally released last Tuesday, bringing back to light a world of assassinations, elaborate plots and political tension typical of the Cold War era. After this period, all the classified data was voluntarily released by CIA director [...]

In late June of 1908, a fireball exploded above the remote Russian forests of Tunguska, Siberia, flattening more than 800 square miles of trees. Researchers think a meteor was responsible for the devastation, but neither its fragments nor any impact craters have been discovered.
Crater Could Solve 1908 Tunguska Meteor Mystery – Yahoo! News.

Le thermomètre flirte avec les 4° à la Plaine des Cafres. Il givre au Maïdo : la saison froide est bien installée. Et pour affronter “la fré”, nombre de familles des hauts doivent encore faire sans électricité, sans chauffage et sans eau chaude.
O degré dans les hauts | Journal de l’Ile de la Réunion, le [...]

Tony Blair stands down as prime minister today after a decade in office, making way for Britain’s new leader Gordon Brown, amid rampant speculation that Blair will be made an international envoy to the Middle East.
Blair to step down as Britain begins Brown era : thewest.com.au.

Chennai, June 27 (IANS) It is raining money for Tamil Nadu box office as ‘Sivaji: The Boss’ is running houseful at all cinema halls. The Rajnikant starrer, released on 17 screens, is recording 100 percent collections.
1. ‘Sivaji’ (Director – Shankar): The most hyped film of 2007 has conquered the hearts of all those who have [...]

« La justice est une horloge que personne ne peut arrêter. » La petite phrase d’un magistrat, pourtant réputé à droite, se vérifie aujourd’hui : dans les prochaines semaines, les juges enquêtant sur les chargés de mission de la ville de Paris et sur les emplois fictifs du RPR devraient entendre Jacques Chirac. Jean Veil, [...]

The judge overseeing Microsoft’s antitrust settlement with the government did not rule Tuesday on Google’s attempt to intervene in the case. But her comments from the bench cast doubt on whether Google would be able to further sway the course of the settlement.
Business & Technology | Not-so-great day in court for Google | Seattle Times [...]