Internet giant Google has for the first time showed how its long-awaited operating system, Chrome OS, will work. The 100% cloud computing system will run on netbooks as soon as 2010.
Today on the Net, the Influenza A vaccine causes online debate, while in Italy, the anti-Silvio Berlusconi campaign gets organised on the web. And Olympic champions launch challenges to net users.
Goggle has finally reached an agreement with American publishers. He has made a major concession though. He agreed to limit after Europeans editors had said they were not willing to take part in the matter.
The Web lies at the heart of Barack Obama’s China visit. Also in this edition of webnews, the 20 years of the Velvet Revolution online. And the launch of the first domain name in Arabic.
The clashes following the football match between Egypt and Algeria have shaken the web. The theory predicting the end of the world in 2012 fascinates bloggers.
Co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post, Arianna Huffington has been called "the queen of connectivity". In an interview with France 24, Huffington talks about her influential site and her visions for the future of online news.
In this edition: British net users complain about the bonuses received by civil servants at the MoD; the Web echoes the combat of women against climate change; and videos show the jubilation of soldiers' dogs as their masters return home.
Jimmy Wales, the founder of the free online collaborative encyclopedia, Wikipedia, talks to FRANCE 24 about the future, and how this monster online source of information is looking to expand its base of editors and contributors.
In this edition: French security van driver, Tony Musulin suspected of making off with 11.6 million euros has become a rising star on the web. The blogosphere commemorates the signing of the armistice between France and Germany in 1918.
