Aurelie Filippetti warned not to visit Dominique Strauss-Kahn in his 'sex den'

A top French politician was warned not to meet Dominique Strauss-Kahn in his Paris apartment because he was said to have attacked other women there, it has been claimed.
Aurelie Filippetti was questioned on Friday by police in France over the allegations, made in emails to the mother of Tristane Banon, who says she was sexually assaulted by Strauss-Kahn in 2003.
Miss Banon, 32, alleges that the former head of the International Monetary Fund tore off her clothes and tried to rape her at the apartment during an interview.
Strauss-Kahn is already facing criminal charges in New York over the alleged attempted rape of a hotel chambermaid in May - allegations which he has denied.
Leaked email exchanges between Miss Filippetti and Miss Banon's mother, Anne Mansouret, which were written shortly after the alleged attack, detail the strength of feeling felt against Strauss-Kahn by women in French politics.
'I wanted to tell you my youngest daughter, aged 24...is about to file a legal complaint against a man in his fifties unfortunately with a PS (Socialist Party) label,' Miss Mansouret wrote.

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Interest in Google+ falling among users

Are users already getting tired of the fledgling social network for Google? A recent study offers data that supports a slowdown in traffic on Google+.

Experian Hitwise released a report today that supports a slowdown in usage of the Google+ social network. According to the analytics firm, total Google+ visits fell by three percent during the week of July 23. The week prior (July 16) saw a traffic increase of 283 percent over the previous week at about 1.86 million visits. User engagement also dropped as Google+ members spent 10% less time on the site. Specifically, users spent about 5 minutes, 15 seconds on the site during the July 23 week compared to nearly 6 minutes during the July 16 week.

Google co-founder Larry Page claimed that users had shared over one billion items on Google+ on a July 14 conference call and comScore reported that the site broke 20 million users last week. It’s possible the waning interest in the social network can be explained by the lack of access to the public. Without friends to populate the network, users are less likely to spend time on Google+ and focus attention on social networks like Facebook.

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‘Battleship’ trailer released, looks absurdly awesome

"Battleship" the movie might seem like a sure-fire flop. But the first trailer, released today, actually shows some promise — if boats, babes and explosive combat with aliens are your cup of tea.

Hollywood has long been criticized for completely running out of ideas. One of the seemingly most obvious examples was the 2009 announcement of “Battleship,” the movie based off of the board game of the same name.

But here it is, 2011, and the first trailer for “Battleship” has officially arrived. And it looks… pretty freakin’ sweet, actually! It has good music (The Black Keys, DJ Shadow), solid cinematography, and a hell of a lot of explosions — exactly the kind you would hope to see from a movie called “Battleship.” Of course, trailers can often be deceptive. This one, however, has a few promising elements — something that’s essential to marketing a movie based on a game that involves pegs and little plastic boats.



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