French government bans Blackberrys

It seems that the French government has decided that Blackberrys are a security risk, and has banned their use by government officials. The reason is that all of Blackberry's servers reside in the US and the UK. The French government claims that having the servers on foreign soil is a security risk because sensitive government data is passing through them. Unfortunately the ban hasn't been working very well so far. Reports are coming in that many French officials are still using their Blackberrys in secret. The claim is that the French government has not given them a usable alternative.

BBC News: Blackberry ban for French elite via Engadget

Color WW1 Photographs

Found this site that has a bunch of color photos taken during WW1. Until I saw the pictures on the site, I had no idea that there were any color photos of WW1.
The American and British forces did not use color photography in the first world war. Only the French army used color photography. It seems that the French were using a color photo system called the Autochrome Lumière process, developed in 1903. That system remained the most common method of color photography until the 1930s when color film was introduced.

Check out the site, there are some amazing pictures of soldiers and war damage.
World War I Color Photos