A 25-year-old Adelaide man chopped a cat with a shovel and then set it on fire, a court has heard.
Adrian Pomorski, 25, of suburban Brahma Lodge, was granted bail in the Adelaide Magistrates Court on Tuesday after appearing on one count of ill-treating an animal to cause death — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Australia will move on Wednesday to restrict internet tobacco advertising, preventing retailers from promoting cheap or tax free cigarettes, as part of a campaign to cut smoking rates by 10 percent by 2018 — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A German court has ruled that tattooing a pony with the Rolling Stones’ famous tongue logo would infringe animal rights law — via redwolf.newsvine.com
For 18 minutes in April, China’s state-controlled telecommunications company hijacked 15 percent of the world’s Internet traffic, including data from US military, civilian organizations and those of other US allies — via redwolf.newsvine.com
An analyst at Swiss bank UBS has sent an accidental email that caused the bank to be dropped by a major client, General Motors — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Now you can shop ’til your mouse finger drops after Westfield unveiled its answer to eBay with its own virtual shopping mall — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Legislation to introduce mandatory ISP filtering has now been deferred to the second half of 2013, according to strategy papers issued by the Department of Broadband Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE) — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The Omnipolis administrative building incorporates itself into the previously existing Omnia Campus in Slovakia. Challenged by a rather limiting site, including height restrictions, Hantabal Architekti teamed up with AFR to design a building that is expressive through its rich colors and horizontal repetition. Follow the break for photographs and drawings — via ArchDaily
Free fonts have met their match. Font Squirrel know how hard it is to find quality freeware that is licensed for commercial work. They’ve done the hard work, hand-selecting these typefaces and presenting them in an easy-to-use format
A koala walked into a bar … no, seriously.
And the bartender hopes he’s coming back because he’s good for business — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Chinese doctors saved a girl’s hand by sewing it to her leg.
Ming Li’s left hand was severed from her wrist when she was run over by a tractor in July and was too badly damaged to reattach immediately after it.
Medics decided to temporarily attach the hand to her right calf so it could heal.
Surgeons have now successfully transplanted the nine-year-old girl’s hand back on to her arm and are confident she will be able to use it normally with no long-term side-effects — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Dissatisfied with mass-production wood or metal umbrella handles, Tobiah Adam wanted to carve something a bit more suited to his specific grip (and easy to hold tight during even the worst wind and rain storm), using a stock aluminum-and-black body above — via Dornob
One of the more inspirational and influential architects of the twentieth century, John Lautner was revered in the world of architecture and design throughout his sixty-year-long career. Architects like Frank Lloyd Wright and Frank Gehry give a substantial amount of credit to Lautner, who influenced their designs and minds as architects. As is obvious in his architecture and especially in the Schwimmer House, Lautner valued attention to space, materiality and relationship with the natural environment — via ArchDaily
Watching the debate over the merits of gay marriage, I feel like I am watching a scene from the movie The Castle
where the totally underprepared solicitor for the plaintiff gives as his sole argument: It’s the vibe
.
That pretty much sums up the quality of the arguments being put forward by those opposing marriage equality. While supporters of gay marriage have abundant and cogent arguments about why it is right and fair, its opponents have nothing more to offer than I don’t like it
or that’s what the Marriage Act says
. They put forward no justification because there is no justification — via redwolf.newsvine.com
One of Australia’s biggest real estate firms is distancing itself from the operations of one of its Sydney franchises following the collapse and apparent rebirth of one of its service companies — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Tabs Open Relative makes all new tabs open to the right of the current tab, rather than at the far right of the tab bar
Prosecutors say a rural Wisconsin man blasted his TV with a shotgun after watching Bristol Palin’s Dancing with the Stars
routine, sparking an all-night standoff with a SWAT team.
According to court documents, 67-year-old Steven Cowan became enraged while watching Palin dance on Monday evening. He felt Palin was not a good dancer — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Digital consumer expert Jeffrey Cole gives social networking giant Facebook five years before its audience begins to splinter.
Dr Cole, who addressed a digital marketing forum hosted by Ninemsn in Sydney this morning, predicted the site would be no more successful than MySpace and Bebo at hanging onto the fickle teenage audience — via redwolf.newsvine.com
NSW’s State Records Authority is unable to archive digital records supplied by government departments and agencies due to a lack of infrastructure
, in breach of laws requiring access to public records — via redwolf.newsvine.com
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