From MediaLife Magazine: Turn down zee volume, s’il vous pla=EEt. Apple Computer has halted iPod shipments to France for the next 15 days on account of a French law that prohibits noise levels above 100 decibels. Even though the iPod has been on the market for more than a year, authorities have only just now noticed that the product exceeds 100 decibels. Apple says the problem is fixable with a simple software update. Resellers may exchange their inventory for the new version, and customer updates will be available from Apple’s French web site in early October.