South Korea has installed digital bunkers
to prevent a repeat of the massive distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that crippled parts of the country last year — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The Federal Government has backed away from supporting a test case on equal pay for women, arguing it would threaten the budget — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A few years ago, French photographer Sacha Goldberger found his 91-year-old Hungarian grandmother Frederika feeling lonely and depressed. To cheer her up, he suggested that they shoot a series of outrageous photographs in unusual costumes, poses, and locations. Grandma reluctantly agreed, but once they got rolling, she couldn’t stop smiling — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Sometimes the very oldest climate cooling ideas are best. Ecooler has won a 21st Century green design award for an idea based on a 5,000 year old cooling idea from the Middle East — via Home Design Find
Well, just a matter of days since the Vespa PX was confirmed for a return, another classic scooter brand is back on the market – Lambretta with the Lambretta LN scooter.
This new model is apparently being made in Italy by Motom Electronics Group SPA, a tribute to the original, but very much a new model with a few more squared off edges than original models and a twin-valve, single-cylinder air-cooled engine in a choice of 125 or 150cc models. Plenty of colour options available too for some added individualism — via Retro To Go
New York’s famous City Hall subway station, one of the most gorgeous gems in the world of mass transit, has been closed for decades. Now it can be viewed again by in-the-know riders of the 6 train — via Jalopnik
Our pal, Bonnie Burton, over at StarWars.com proves that banthas can be quite cuddly with this fun felt plush bantha project.
Every Tusken Raider needs a trusty bantha to ride around Tatooine. These elephant-sized creatures with long ram-like horns first showed up in A New Hope. It’s easy to make your own cuddly bantha with some felt, stuffing, thread and a lot of love.
— via CRAFT
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At least seven people have been charged with participating in an international organ-trafficking network based in Kosovo that sold kidneys and other organs from impoverished victims for up to $200,000 to patients from as far away as Israel and Canada, police and senior European Union officials said Monday — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A campaign has launched aimed at improving the online experience for people with disabilities — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Levels of spam have fallen by almost 50% since August 2010, suggest figures — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Caterpillar, the world’s largest construction and mining equipment maker, has agreed to buy Bucyrus International for $7.6bn (£4.75bn) — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A search for frogs believed to be extinct has instead led scientists to discover some new ones.
Three species hitherto unknown to science have been found in Colombia — via redwolf.newsvine.com
India has lost more than $460bn since Independence because of companies and the rich illegally funnelling their wealth overseas, a new report says — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Victoria’s paramedics will begin a world-first study into reducing the number disabilities caused by brain trauma — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A dog credited with saving her owner’s life in Afghanistan, by barking at a suicide bomber, has been put down by mistake in Arizona after straying and ending up in a pound — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The family of a soldier who died in the Battle of the Somme 94 years ago has finally received his war medals — via redwolf.newsvine.com
May beer have helped lead to the rise of civilization? It’s a possibility, some archaeologists say. Signs that people went to great lengths to obtain grains despite the hard work needed to make them edible, plus the knowledge that feasts were important community-building gatherings, support the idea that cereal grains were being turned into beer, said archaeologist Brian Hayden at Simon Fraser University in Canada. Beer is sacred stuff in most traditional societies,
said Hayden — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Arizona drivers were warned of the undead roaming a desert highway near Tucson over the weekend, after a suspected prankster tampered with an electronic road sign, police and news media said — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The best green building innovation in Sweden, and winner of this year’s Nordbygg Gold Medal – these SolTech Energy tiles are engineered to turn the entire roof space into a solar heat farm, renewably harvesting the heat needed for the home heating system from sunshine — via Home Design Find
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