Russian police on Sunday freed the son of software tycoon Eugene Kaspersky after a five-day kidnap ordeal, ending one of the highest-profile abduction dramas in the country in recent years. Police officers, agents from the Federal Security Service (FSB) and the special OMON police squad freed Ivan Kaspersky, 20, in the Moscow region, Moscow police spokesman Viktor Birukov told Russian news agencies — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Police in Barcelona say a suspected arsonist started a small fire inside the Sagrada Familia basilica and forced the evacuation of hundreds of tourists. The blaze has been extinguished and no one has been hurt — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Victoria’s economy will receive a $200 million boost with the development of a green data centre in Melbourne’s west.
The Polaris Victoria data centre will be built on a 1.2ha greenfield site in the booming suburb of Derrimut, about18km from the central business district — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Results from cases heard at Birmingham Magistrates’ Court are being put on Twitter by West Midlands Police.
Ch Supt Stephen Armstrong said there had been a decline in court reporting in recent years and the initiative was designed to make the public more aware of the cases police deal with — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Hundreds of dogs being trucked to Chinese restaurants were spared after about 200 animal lovers mobilised to stop them ending up on dinner tables, state-run media said — via redwolf.newsvine.com
More companies that advertise on the Internet in Europe will give consumers the option to turn off advertisements that collect data on their audiences ahead of European Union regulations soon to come into effect.
The Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) Europe released guidelines on Thursday called the OBA (Online Behavioral Advertising) Framework. It details how advertisers can inform consumers of behavioral tracking technologies and give them the option of turning the tracking off — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Another odd-size paper experiment. I doodled this derpy guy at work one day, and couldn’t get him out of my brain until I painted him up properly. This doesn’t happen all that often – inspiration strikes all the time, but rarely is it so insistent. Once I finished the painting, I decided he needed borders, and played with acrylic gel medium and Claybord and La Carte and foam core. Interesting lesson: La Carte can be completely denuded with gel medium. I knew it didn’t like moisture, but I didn’t realize I’d end up covered in a cement-like mix of glue and sand. It was fun.
Bonus points if you can decipher my uneducated attempt at Russian half-hidden in the borders — via CrashOctopus Blog
Economies of scale mean that densely populated cities have generally been the ones to benefit from the roll out of superfast broadband networks, while those in rural areas have missed out. Following Google’s recent announcement that it will build and test 1Gbps fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) networks in selected cities with between 50,000 to 500,000 residents in the U.S. starting with Kansas City, Kansas, Fujitsu has unveiled plans to create a similar superfast FTTH broadband network for five million homes and businesses in rural Britain to bridge the digital divide between city and country — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The number of Australian data breaches reported to forensic investigators has already doubled those experienced in 2010, even though it’s only experienced in 2010, even though it’s only April.
Some of the worst breaches have cost businesses many hundreds of thousands of dollars, and involved significant loss of credit card information and customer information.
Yet it seems that none of the breaches handled by forensic investigators Verizon and Klein&Co have been reported by the media. — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A United Nations special rapporteur on torture claims US authorities refused to give him access to Army Private Bradley Manning, 23, the lone soldier accused of leaking secret files to WikiLeaks.
Juan Mendez, the UN representative on torture, said he had visited numerous other nations where he’d been allowed unmonitored communications with prisoners. The US Department of Defense on Friday, however, denied his request to visit with Manning, saying he may not speak with the soldier unless a government monitor is present — via luckydog.newsvine.com
The Australian Government has a list of software holes that are so sensitive they’re kept hidden from the public. These weaknesses are being used by criminals to steal our money and our data. They may even be a cornerstone to planned attacks on critical infrastructure, like energy, water and transport. But in the murky battle between those that protect us and those who seek to harm, these vulnerabilities are also the bait with which cyber-criminals are caught — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A member of parliament from an Islamic party which promoted anti-pornography legislation has resigned after being caught watching porn in parliament.
Mr Arifinto of the Islamic Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) was photographed looking at the images on Friday.
He said he had inadvertently opened an email link which led him to the images.
Pornography has become one of the testing grounds of conservative Islam’s influence over politics in Indonesia.
For the recent developing media coverage, I apologise to all members of the party and parliament,
Mr Arifinto – who goes by one name – told a news conference — via richardfarner.newsvine.com
Russia’s domestic security service called for access to encrypted communication providers like Gmail, Hotmail and Skype on Friday, saying the uncontrolled use of such services could threaten national security.
The proposal by the main successor to the Soviet-era KGB secret police raised concerns some senior Russian officials would like to limit Internet access to stave off any potential protests ahead of the 2012 presidential election — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Department official Christine Pinto informed Mr Heasley that they were obligated to offer the classes, if approached by an accredited instructor, and that they were forbidden from scheduling alternate classes for students not taking part.
While this seems somewhat wasteful – students not taking part in SRI classes are described in the VCAT complaint launched by Heasley and fellow parents at Hawthorn West as being given free time, which involves playing with Lego, drawing and reading
– I’m more worried about the fact that schools are forced to offer these classes if approached by accredited organisations. I hold concerns about the group responsible for 96 per cent of all SRI classes offered. Furthermore, I’m worried about how little training representatives of this group require to be allowed in front of children — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The United States is funding a Pakistani remake of the popular TV children’s show Sesame Street.
In a new effort to win hearts and minds in Pakistan, USAID – the development arm of the US government – is donating $20m (£12m) to the country to create a local Urdu version of the show.
The project aims to boost education in Pakistan, where many children have no access to regular schooling.
The show is to be filmed in Lahore and aired later in the year — via richardfarner.newsvine.com
Maine lawmakers on Wednesday approved legalizing switchblades for people with one arm, moving close to becoming the first state to make such an exception to laws that ban use of the spring-action knives.
Backers of the measure say legalizing switchblades would eliminate a need for one-armed people to be forced to open folding knives with their teeth in emergencies — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Treasurer Wayne Swan has officially prohibited the merger of the Australian and Singapore stock exchanges — via redwolf.newsvine.com
An elderly Georgian woman was scavenging for copper to sell as scrap when she accidentally sliced through an underground cable and cut off internet services to all of neighbouring Armenia, it emerged on Wednesday — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Google and Facebook are among a group of net heavyweights taking the French government to court this week.
The legal challenge has been brought by The French Association of Internet Community Services (ASIC) and relates to government plans to keep web users’ personal data for a year.
The case will be heard by the State Council, France’s highest judicial body.
More than 20 firms are involved, including eBay and Dailymotion — via redwolf.newsvine.com
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