News International has decided that this Sunday’s News of the World will be the last edition of the paper to be published.
It has clearly decided that the brand is too badly tainted to allow it to continue within News International.
But will cutting the News of the World out of the group be enough to allow News International to prosper in the future? — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Some shelves can be reached from a floor, adjacent landing or triangle-shaped spiral stairs, but what about the rest? As it turns out, a remote-controlled chain hoist attached to a bosun’s chair (stable climbing harness) while readers ride up and down to retrieve volumes.
Sallie Trout went fairly far out of her normal interior, furniture, lighting and hardware design experience to create this towering family library right in the centre of her own home — via Dornob
A set of glasses packed with technology normally seen in smartphones and games consoles is the main draw at one of the featured stands at this year’s Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition.
But the exhibit isn’t about the latest gadget must-have, it’s all about aiding those with poor vision and giving them greater independence — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Only around 500 of Australia’s pollution-emitting companies will pay the carbon tax, despite repeated promises by the Government that the 1,000 biggest polluters
will pay — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A Pablo Picasso drawing, thought to be worth £100,000 has been stolen from an art gallery in San Francisco.
Police are looking for a man who walked into the Weinstein Gallery and took the valuable pencil drawing off the wall and then fled in a taxi — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The aviation safety regulator tonight announced it will will seek a court order to keep Tiger Airways Australia grounded until 1 August, due to ongoing safety concerns, dashing the airline’s hopes of a return to the skies this weekend — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The head of a major New Zealand employers’ group has been fired after he caused public outrage by linking women’s productivity to menstruation — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Many people’s idea of squatters will be gleaned from media reports of young people occupying multi-million pound houses in the UK’s most exclusive postcodes. Less frequently, there will be sensational stories about owners returning from holiday to find squatters in their house.
The predominant media image is one of posh, anti-establishment eco-warriors who spend their rent-money on parties and devote their energies to sustainable living. The counter-argument from squatters is that they often endear themselves to neighbours by fixing up derelict properties and establishing cafes, art galleries and workshops in their new homes.
But what is the reality? — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The case against eight former police officers accused of conspiring to mould, manipulate, influence and fabricate evidence
after the murder of a woman who was working as a prostitute has been opened — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A London restaurant has created a high-tech solution for unpronounceable ingredients and tardy wait staff.
Asian-themed restaurant Inamo, in London’s theatre district is projecting images of dragon rolls, black cod, and other dishes directly onto diners’ plates.
Ready to place your order? Just tap the touchpad — your sashimi will be with you shortly — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A metal detectorist uncovered a Viking hoard of silver coins and artefacts in the Cumbrian countryside — via luckydog.newsvine.com
The recent screening of the observational documentary Go Back To Where You Came From on SBS shocked many people by some blunt displays of racist attitudes. The program forced many to consider how some people find it acceptable to admit to such attitudes in a modern society where racism is generally regarded as abhorrent. Why do some people dislike or fear people they have never met but who look different? Is racism learned or have we evolved to distrust the unknown?
Racism, or racial prejudice, is usually a negative attitude towards the members of some group, based solely on their membership in that group,
says a social psychology lecturer at the University of Sydney, Dr Fiona White. Some approaches argue that racism is hardwired and that we have evolved to distrust people from racial groups other than ours. Other approaches argue that racism is learnt though our family, peers and the media.
— via redwolf.newsvine.com
Instead of waiting for your door handle to break on its own, then pulling wrenching it open, this clever grip skips straight to the toolbox for design inspiration.
Tirdad Kiamanesh of Tehran, Iran, envisions simple glossy metal, matte black or coated and coloured finishes for the attachment hardware as well as the rotating hand grip, making them a fit for any setting offbeat enough to handle them — via Dornob
Internode has clarified its position with respect to the limited filtering scheme being implemented by other internet service providers (ISPs), saying it will implement the scheme when it’s forced to by law, but not otherwise — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A 19-year-old from Grafton, New South Wales has found a hole in the mobile broadband networks of both Optus and Vodafone that allows users free access to the internet.
Tim Williams, manager of Black Hat Computers, told ZDNet Australia that he was able to gain free access to any website using an Optus prepaid account, which includes free access to social sites such as Facebook.com, as part of its plan — via redwolf.newsvine.com
My coworkers were happy to give me a rundown of the different nationalities they’d encountered. Britishers get angry,
said Nidhi. Still, they are subtle — they’ll say something sarcastic under the breath.
Americans will just shout at you,
Sube said. Mittu agreed: I have only been cursed by Americans. They are sharp-witted and very articulated and yet very free with their anger.
Most customers are well-behaved, they assured me. Still, each agent had a stockpile of best- and worst-call anecdotes. I remember quite well this guy who just called me up and said out of nowhere, ‘You fucking Paki,’
Arnab told me during a break. We don’t take those things personally; it’s part of the job. So I just said, very calmly, ‘Yes sir, if I am a Paki, then this Paki would be helping you fix your computer.’ By the end of the call, he apologized and gave me a five-star feedback rating
— via redwolf.newsvine.com
Two children were placed in foster care because a social worker feared they would not adapt to northern culture
in Yorkshire, a relative said — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Call it another victory for German design. Researchers in Dresden have set a new world record for the strongest magnetic field ever manufactured at the High Magnetic Field Laboratory Dresden (HZDR). Using a two-layer, 440-pound copper coil the size of a water bucket, they managed to coax 91.4 teslas from their creation for just a few milliseconds, surpassing the previous record of 89 teslas — via redwolf.newsvine.com
More than 800 shopping trolleys have disappeared from an Essex supermarket in the past fortnight.
Police have appealed for information from the general public after the trolleys went missing from the Asda superstore at Eastgate in Basildon — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A study retracing the bananas’ family tree has found their wild ancestors have rarely crossbred in the last 7,000 years, strengthening calls to diversify the popular crop.
The standard yellow banana currently found on most supermarket shelves are mass cultivated as infertile clones and are therefore genetically identical.
But this makes them particularly susceptible to disease, pests and ecological challenges, writes a team of European and Australian scientists in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences — via redwolf.newsvine.com
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