iiNet applies for .iinet TLD

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12 March 2012
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iiNet will become the first Australian telecommunications company to apply for its own top-level domain (TLD), seeking to obtain the .iinet TLD.

The applications for TLDs close on 12 April, and iiNet has announced that it will partner with ARI Registry Services to get hold of the .iinet TLD.

The initial application will set iiNet back US$185,000, and, if iiNet gets its TLD, it will be required to pay an annual fee of US$25,000. The first TLDs will come into use in 2013 — via redwolf.newsvine.com

Mysterious code stumps researchers

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12 March 2012
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Kaspersky security researchers analysing the Duqu malware have unexpectedly hit a wall, stumped by code that appears to be written in an unknown programming language, and are now appealing to the public for anyone that might recognise it to come forward.

Kaspersky Lab’s analysis has already revealed that Duqu is likely created by the same authors as Stuxnet, by revealing the similarities between the platforms used to create both trojans. However, in their most recent research, security experts Igor Sourmenkov and Costin Raiu have come across code that doesn’t appear to be written in any language they’ve seen before.

The Duqu trojan uses a dynamic link library (DLL) to communicate with a command and control server after it has infected a victim’s machine. This DLL operates independently of Duqu’s other modules and provides the trojan with several vectors through which it can phone home, such as through an HTTP server, via a proxy or through other network sockets.

It also delivers stolen information from the victim’s machine to the command and control server and enables Duqu to spread to other machines on the network — via redwolf.newsvine.com

Silver Eyes / Cafe Racer Dreams

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11 March 2012
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The twelfth build from CRD of Spain shows how: it’s a 2009 Triumph Bonneville with a strong café racer slant. A few well-thought-out tweaks to the Hinckley twin have had a radical effect on its appearance — and desirability — via Bike EXIF

This 14-Year-Old Girl Just Bought A House In Florida

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10 March 2012
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Meet Willow Tufano, age 14: Lady Gaga fan, animal lover, landlord.

One day, she went to a house that an investor wanted to flip. It was filled with all kinds of stuff! Willow says. I was like, ‘I can sell this stuff if he’d want to let me have it.’

That was fine with the investor. So Willow sold the furniture and appliances from the house on Craigslist. She did the same thing with a bunch more houses. After a while, she was clearing about $500 a month, and saving a lot of it.

One day, Willow’s mom, Shannon, saw a two-bedroom, concrete-block home on auction for $12,000 — down from $100,000 at the peak of the bubble. Shannon was telling her husband about the house, when Willow piped up.

I was like, ‘What if I bought a house? That would be crazy,’ Willow says.

Willow wound up splitting the house with her mom. Willow plans to buy her mom out in the next few years, and put her name on the title when she turns 18 — via redwolf.newsvine.com

Bomb Runner / Rough Crafts

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9 March 2012
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The Bomb Runner is the second in a planned series of Guerilla bikes, which will have Rough Crafts‘ signature blacked-out look and components, but different build styles. The base bike is a 2011-model Sportster Forty-Eight 1200, but this time it has a different silhouette, a higher rear shock and tail section, a lightly modified frame, and a more aggressive lean-forward look — via Bike EXIF

Secret of the flashing Amazon jungle Drobo Explained

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9 March 2012
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Drobo, the stylish desktop and small rackable storage box supplier, is finally adding flash drives to its rack-mounted box plus Amazon cloud storage for backup.

Drobo’s B1200i 12-slot, iSCSI SAN product for small and medium business users was announced with SSD support in February 2011. Thirteen months later, it has arrived — SSD qualification is a lengthy process — via redwolf.newsvine.com

Spider army on the retreat from NSW floodwaters

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9 March 2012
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Arachnophobes beware. There is a silent army on the move in flooded New South Wales.

Floodwaters have stirred up what appears to be millions of spiders around Wagga Wagga and the creepy crawlies are heading for higher ground.

Residents taking refuge from flood and spider in the Red Steer pub say you cannot walk down the road without swarms of tiny brown spiders crawling up your legs, and in their escape they have left entire paddocks and trees swathed in silver silk — via redwolf.newsvine.com

727 Suite / Costa Verde Hotel

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9 March 2012
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The Costa Verde Hotel in Costa Rica maybe isn’t your typical luxury hotel. No five stars to hold on, maybe not that much fuss and nodding as in a Palace neither… But the hotel can boast one unique lodging that people around the world come for: a boeing 727. Yes, guests sleep in what used to be the cabin of an old model from 1965 — via RJ TimeouT

Lalique Mascot Collection / Ele Chesney

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8 March 2012
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The success of the 1925 Citroën mascot exposed René Lalique’s unique talent to an entirely new audience. During the next seven years, Lalique created a total of 27 mascots, symbolising energy, speed and motion; religion; individuality and form of nature; and human sensuality and sexuality—each expressing the grace and details of human and animal forms.

The other mascots needed to complete this photographic collection include Sirène (small mermaid) and Naïade (large mermaid). Both were originally offered as paperweights in 1920 and had base sizes equaling those of other mascots. Longchamps (#1152B: horse head — single mane, a variation of longchamps #1152A: horse head — double mane) crowns the collection totaling 30 pieces. These comprise the 1932 Lalique catalogue — via RM Auctions

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