Sony has suffered a third data breach with revelations of details of customers who entered a product sweepstake being discovered on the internet.
And in a blog post on the company’s website, Sony’s Senior Director, Corporate Communications and Social Media, Patrick Seybold said its online entertainment arm had been unaware of the extent of the hacking of its site, first revealed a week ago — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Warner Music has been sold to US businessman Len Blavatnik, according to credible reports, in a $3.3bn deal. The company’s $1.9bn debt is also transferred to its new owner, valuing Warner at $1.3bn — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A man and his dog were stabbed in a vicious attack in Melbourne’s south-east this morning.
The 56-year-old old man was walking his dog – an Australian bulldog named Hank – in Greaves Reserve in the Dandenong Showgrounds Park at the intersection of Cheltenham Road and Bennet Street about 9am when the dog approached a man riding a mountain bike.
Police said the man became agitated before getting off his bike and producing a kitchen knife, which he used to stab the dog in the head.
When the owner went to protect his pet, he was stabbed in the forearm by the man, who then fled on his bike — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Italian design/e-commerce platform Stylemylife — who brought us Max Battaglia & Matteo Mochi’s Pratonzolo — is back with Size
, a chair made out of coat hangers — via Core77
Insatiable demand for smartphones, tablets and data-enabled devices is putting telephone networks under so much pressure they are struggling to cope.
Critics suggest mobile phone companies have signed up too many people when their networks are unable to provide the service they are selling. That assertion is almost impossible to confirm, but some industry analysts are convinced it is true — via redwolf.newsvine.com
In a move designed to draw attention to the genocide in Darfur, in 2008 a young fashion student took the decision to juxtapose an image of a starving child with a Louis Vuitton-inspired bag. The French fashion giant responded by sending in their lawyers in pursuit of crushing damages. This week, however, they lost not only the case, but the all-important PR battle — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Undulating, speckled tentacles curl and twirl in a poetic octopus water dance of magic and wisdom.
This original water colour painting measures 22 inches by 30 inches and is delicately painted on a full sheet of beautiful Arches cold pressed water colour paper using high quality Grumbacher water colour paint — via Etsy
No matter how engaging the actors or riveting the plot, sometimes, you’re distracted by something else in a film: a dramatic architectural setting that’s so dazzling, it’s practically a character in itself. We can’t help but drool over Jackie Treehorn’s Malibu Beach manse in The Big Lebowski and covet Mia Wallace’s stylish living room in Pulp Fiction. These 13 (mostly) real modern houses featured in major films are memorable even when the movies are not, despite – in some cases – only appearing for a moment or two — via WebUrbanist
Photo credit: Kate Black
Painting the squid god of truth by the highland — via Molly Crabapple
Primerano has a 1941 Buick on his property that he saved from the crusher at a nearby scrap metal recycler.
He even found a buyer for the antique — but he can’t part with it yet.
A raccoon has transformed the 70-year-old car’s big backseat into a nursery — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Dr Grordbort is pleased to announce the release of the Saboteur 66: a rather stealthy aether oscillator — via Brass Goggles
Bill Nye, the harmless children’s edu-tainer known as The Science Guy
, managed to offend a select group of adults in Waco, Texas at a presentation, when he suggested that the moon does not emit light, but instead reflects the light of the sun — via redwolf.newsvine.com
One of Premier Ted Baillieu’s newly elected MPs, Geoff Shaw, has deeply offended a young gay man by suggesting that his desire to love who he wanted was as illegitimate as a dangerous driver wanting to speed or a child molester wanting to molest — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The FBI might be asking your permission soon to reach into your computer and rip something out. And you don’t know it’s there.
In a first for US law enforcement efforts to make the Internet more secure, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has seized control of a Russian cybercrime enterprise that has enslaved millions of personal computers and may have gained access to US diplomatic, military, and law enforcement computer systems — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Stefan and Erika Svanstrom are just back from a honeymoon from hell. The newlyweds had planned a long trip that would start in Singapore in early December and end in China four months later. With their baby daughter in tow, the Svanstrom’s packed up and prepared to leave on their once-in-a-lifetime journey. But things didn’t go exactly as planned.
They encountered floods, fires, tsunamis and earthquakes along the way — via redwolf.newsvine.com
In Hebei, China, a teenager named Lui Shi Ching, 16 years old, has carried his friend to school daily for the last 8 years. His friend Lu Shao has a congenital disorder which makes it difficult for him to walk — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Punisher Cthulhu mashup. Frank Lovecraft watched as his family was killed by cultists of an ancient god. Driven to the brink of madness he seeks revenge as the Cthunisher… or would it be Punthulhu? — via Shirtoid
Google infringes the copyrights of Belgian newspapers by placing links to and portions of their articles on Google News, the Belgian Court of Appeals has ruled.
As a result, Google is required to remove all articles and photos from all Belgian newspapers in French and German. Google faces a daily fine of roughly $35,500 (25,000 euros) if it fails to implement this judgment — via redwolf.newsvine.com
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