http://www.webinfrance.com Web in France, English-language online magazine about France, for Anglophones who love French travel, culture Tue, 13 May 2008 14:45:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en New Google Street View in Paris runs up against French image rights laws in the effort to capture Paris streets for Google Maps. In Paris, it's Spring, which means the people are out in the cafes, kissing on street corners... and being photographed and broadcast all over the Internet by Google. ... http://www.webinfrance.com/paris-google-street-view-512.html Businesses in France as well as tourists and travel agents benefit from the reliability, convenience and professionalism of chauffeur-driven cars in Paris. Every traveller knows all too well about the difficulties of foreign travel today: long security lines, late and cancelled flights, missed connections. But in France, much of the stress ... http://www.webinfrance.com/in-france-chauffered-limo-good-sense-business-pleasure-509.html American travellers looking for a great, comprehensive introduction to Paris and Versailles should look no further than a private tour with an English-speaking guide. With so much to see and do in Paris and nearby, it's hard for someone new to Paris to know where to begin. If your time in ... http://www.webinfrance.com/first-time-visitors-to-france-can-explore-paris-and-versailles-style-with-private-guided-tours-556.html New French passports embedded with biometric RFID technology are launched on a large scale, US security demands cited. New passports in France will be issued with RFID technology (Radio Frequency Identification), embedded chips carrying digital images of the bearer's face and eight fingerprints. Children below the age of 6 will not ... http://www.webinfrance.com/biometric-passports-introduced-in-france-506.html Up to 1200 unauthorized rave participants camp out in Ardeche region of France as doctors and authorities keep careful watch An outdoor rave has taken over a cliff in Montpezat-sous-Bauzon in France's Ardeche region, after having been turned away from its originally planned site in Auvergne. Between 400 and 1,200 people ... http://www.webinfrance.com/rave-in-france-continues-limited-by-french-police-safety-concerns-cited-50.html Poitou-Charentes still enchants visitors to France with its ancient history, rose gardens, seaside and islands. The Poitou-Charentes region of France is in the western center of France, between the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Loire country to the north, Limousin and the Centre regions to the east and Aquitaine to ... http://www.webinfrance.com/poitou-charentes-region-france.html One in two French households are now online, says new media study on the internet in France. 52% of France now uses the Internet, the first time that level has been reached in France, according to a new survey by Mediametrie, a media ratings company in France. The study reports that ... http://www.webinfrance.com/in-france-internet-penetrates-50-of-all-households-502.html D-day anniversary is still celebrated each year as France welcomes back thousands of Americans to Normandy to remember and learn about WWII On June 6, 1944, 150,000 American, Canadian and British troops landed in rough seas along a 60-mile string of sandy beaches on the French coast at Normandy. The liberation ... http://www.webinfrance.com/in-france-americans-continue-storm-normandy-beaches-now-on-deluxe-private-d-day-tours-429.html EU's Galileo project moves forward with second navigation satellite; 30 global positioning satellites planned by 2013 to combat US GPS dominance in Europe Around two and a half years after the European Union launched its first test satellite in the field of global navigation, a second experimental satellite for the EU's ... http://www.webinfrance.com/american-gps-competition-europe-launches-2nd-navigation-test-satellite-428.html French swimmers Malia Metella and Frédérick Bousquet set new records, while Olympic champ Laure Manaudou of France falters. In Dunkirk, France, French swimmers secured their places for the upcoming Beijing Olympics as they beat swimming records in the next-to-last day of the French swimming championships. Malia Metella beat her own ... http://www.webinfrance.com/french-swimmers-break-records-at-swimming-championship-france-425.html