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Le site Web des éditions Le Manuscrit a été victime d'un piratage révélé sur Twitter. Vengeance de stagiaires ? « Il faut être souple pour bien se faire enculer »… Telle a été, pendant plusieurs dizaines de minutes, la devise de la maison d'édition parisienne Le Manuscrit.
Perfect World Entertainment describes Battle of the Immortals as a 2.5D MMORPG that mixes Eastern and Western culture. There are five classes, an auto-navigation system for quests that means you won't be stuck wondering where to go next, and both Player vs. Enemy (PvE) and Player vs. Player (PVP) battle.
Interested? Not sure yet? Don't worry! We've been given some beta keys to give away to our readers so you can play in the closed beta, starting today. Getting a key is easy: simply send an e-mail to giveaways@arstechnica.com with the subject line: "The game didn't need that extra .5D anyway."
Once you have a key:
We have a few thousand keys, so we should be able to hook up everyone who wants one, but please be patient while we dole them out: it could be a day or two until we get to everyone. We'd also love it if you could send a few thoughts on the beta once you've played; we're planning some coverage later and it would be great to include your opinions.
See you online!

On ne peut qu'être admiratif devant le talent de Gérard Depardieu qui a, dans sa longue et riche carrière, incarné, avec une facilité déconcertante, de grands personnages historiques à la perfection : de Danton à Vatel, de Christophe Colomb à Vidocq. Un côté caméléon et une aisance prodigieuse qui pourraient, à eux seuls, expliquer le choix du réalisateur Safy Nebbou de lui confier le rôle de l'écrivain Alexandre Dumas dans son film
Last week, we told you about some unusual issues affecting Nehalem-based Mac Pro models, characterized by abnormal performance degradation and CPU power draw when using on-board audio circuitry. Several sources have told Ars that Apple support technicians are now saying the problem is known, and that the issue is being actively investigated by Apple engineers.
The problem is most glaringly illustrated by merely playing music using iTunes. Though Activity Monitor will report just 1 to 3 percent CPU load, CPU power draw will increase tenfold and CPU temperatures will hover near the safe limits reported by Intel with little or no fan activity. Users were also able to reliably demonstrate a 20 percent decrease in performance, even with something as simple as plugging in FireWire or USB-based audio interfaces.
Users note that the problem can be mitigated by using a PCIe-based audio card instead of on-board audio. So far, the problem has not been repeatable when the same Mac Pro hardware is booted into Windows, suggesting some conflict between Mac OS X and hardware drivers.
One customer was told by an Apple Care support technician that the problem is a "known issue" and that a fix is in the works. Another was told by a senior-level tech that "Apple is investigating the issue." It is believed that the problem may be addressed in the upcoming 10.6.3 update to Snow Leopard.
Readers asked if the issue affects the top-end, Core i7-based 27" iMac. While most believe the problem is limited to Nehalem Xeons and the hardware I/O controller, one reader contacted Ars to let us know that he was experiencing similar issues with his Core i7 iMac, especially when using Logic Studio. His issue has been reported to Apple.
Comme si on avait touché un nerf. La décision du parti d'Olivier Besancenot d'aligner Ilham Moussaïd, une militante portant le voile sur sa liste du Vaucluse pour les prochaines élections régionales n'en finit plus de provoquer des réactions. Ce mardi, ce sont Riwal Ferry, Pierre Haski et Hugues Serraf qui ont souhaité réagir.
MPEG LA has announced plans to extend the duration of no-cost h264 licensing for free Internet video until 2016. This move lifts some of the immediate ambiguity about h264 licensing and will allow the codec to continue to gain broad traction on the Internet.
The patents that cover the various essential principles behind h264 video compression and streaming were obtained by a broad number of companies including Microsoft, Apple, LG, Sony, Samsung, and many other major players in the media and consumer electronics markets. These companies collaboratively pooled the patents through MPEG LA, an organization that sells patent licenses on behalf of its members. The pool makes it possible for users of the codec to obtain many of the requisite patent licenses from one place rather than having to go to each company individually.

When you're creating a game, what type of display do you aim for when optimizing text? We had readers contacting us to talk about their problems reading the text in Mass Effect 2 and, after we wrote a story about it, many more complained of similar issues in the comments. Bioware called the size and color of the text a design decision, and stressed that users should not to get too excited about the idea of a fix. We now have Bioware's final word: the text is staying the way it is.

« Il s'agit simplement de tuer des sangliers. » Pierre Charon, conseiller de Sarkozy, défend les chasses présidentielles de Chambord.
Sur les 108 membres de la délégation française à Vancouver, 21 sont des militaires.
Le groupe devrait annoncer prochainement la construction d'une usine qui produira 50 000 véhicules par an.
Vous êtes un père célibataire et élevez seul votre ou vos enfants. Quelles difficultés particulières rencontrez-vous, par rapport à vos enfants, à la société ? Racontez-nous comment vous arrivez ou non à maintenir un équilibre famillial en nous envoyant vos témoignages. Une sélection de vos textes sera publiée sur Le Monde.fr.
Can you imagine your soul laid bare, every sin and broken promise shown in grim detail to the one you love above all others? "You don't know what it was like!" Dante screams, anguished, as his beloved witnesses a particularly heinous act from his past.
"Yes, she does," Satan replies. "I have shown her."
Dante's Inferno is not for the faint of heart. It's also not exactly true to the source material, using names and ideas more as a jumping off point than as straight inspiration. The story follows Dante, who fans of the original work may be amused to find is a powerful soldier, as he fights to save the soul of a woman. As he travels through the circles of hell, we witness the immoral acts he took part in during his time with the crusades, through both computer-generated and traditional animation. This is a beautiful game, both during gameplay and during the story sections, with a strong sense of both purpose and design.

Au delà de la défaite de la France en Fed Cup, cest bel et bien la manière dont Alizé Cornet a vécu la rencontre qui retient lattention.
Aurélien Rougerie, Benjamin Fall et Luc Ducalcon, blessés, sont remplacés par Alexis Palisson, Julien Malzieu et Jean Baptiste-Poux.
Moins de 100 jours de travail effectif par an et des primes confortables. La Cour des comptes explore le monde à part des contrôleurs aériens.
Google s'apprête à introduire un élément de réseau social dans sa messagerie GMail, tandis que Facebook préparerait un nouveau système de conversation.
Professeur de droit public et président de la Ligue des droits de l'homme, il analyse la nouvelle loi sur la sécurité intérieure.
Les eurodéputés ont accordé leur confiance à la nouvelle Commission européenne, qui va entamer un mandat de cinq ans sous la houlette de José Manuel Barroso alors que l'Europe traverse la pire crise économique de son histoire.
La LFP a souhaité permettre aux Girondins "de préparer au mieux leur rencontre de 8e de finale de Ligue des champions à l'Olympiakos".
Le président de Languedoc-Roussillon joue habilement de l'irritation que provoque chacun de ses dérapages verbaux pour asseoir sa popularité.
We already know that Windows 7 is growing faster than Vista was when it was released, but how fast are gamers adopting it? Pretty darn quickly, according to January 2010 data from Steam, the leader of the digital distribution market. Last month, the percentage of users on Windows 7 eclipsed the number of users on Windows Vista. Windows XP is still leading the pack, but it is under the 50 percent mark:
Data source: Steam
It's also worth noting that Windows 7 is the first version of Windows where gamers are adopting 64-bit faster than 32-bit. In fact, there are more users on Windows 7 64-bit than any other flavor of Windows, except for Windows XP 32-bit. Overall, XP dropped 2.63 percent from the previous month, Vista dropped 2.8 percent, and Windows 7 gained 5.47 percent. At this rate, we would expect Windows 7 to take the crown before the end of the year.
Each month, Steam collects and compiles data about the hardware and software its customers are using so that game developers can ensure they are making good decisions about what technology should take priority in their support plans. If you're wondering, Intel is still beating AMD and NVIDIA is still beating ATI. To check out more details and the rest of the statistics, which are primarily hardware-based, head over to the link below.
A deux jours du 31e anniversaire de la Révolution islamique, que l'opposition a prévu de détourner en journée de protestation, un blog iranien délivre une liste de 19 conseils primordiaux pour que les manifestants de l'opposition puissent protester dans les meilleures conditions possibles...et sauver leur peau.
Last week, an Australian federal judge issued a major ruling—the first of its kind worldwide—saying that ISPs aren't required to take action against subscribers after receiving letters alleging copyright infringement. But lost in most of the discussion of the ruling is another hot topic, net neutrality. If you want a good look at what a non-neutral 'Net looks like, take a gander at Australia.
The judge's ruling discussed the business practices of Australia's third-largest ISP, iiNet, and in doing so reminded non-Aussie readers about a defining feature of Internet life Down Under: bandwidth caps. Such caps are common around the world, but Australian ISPs take the idea one step further by setting up partnerships with entertainment services and music download companies. Any data usage directed at one of these favored services doesn't count against the monthly bandwidth cap.


En vous racontant vendredi l'histoire de cette famille expulsée d'une salle UGC parce qu'elle avait un enfant de deux ans et dix mois avec elle, nous mentionnions l'histoire de ce spectateur viré d'une salle de cinéma à cause d'un sandwich. La vérité est comme toujours plus complexe, nous apprend un riverain présent ce jour-là dans la salle.

L'agence de presse suisse Keystone diffuse des photographies commerciales sous couvert d'images d'information ordinaires. Grogne dans les rédactions suisses.
Alli essaie de relancer le buzz. Ses ventes ont connu une chute vertigineuse ces derniers mois.