Aussie electronics entrepreneur Ruslan Kogan has warned that billionaire retailer Gerry Harvey won’t stop at getting his way over GST and duty regulations for offshore retailers, but could ask for additional tariffs or subsidies — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The SD Association has announced a new interface for flash memory cards that triples data transfer speeds — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Internet service provider Dodo has copped $26,400 in fines from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) over advertisements for its ADSL2+ Unlimited broadband plan, which the regulator deemed misleading to consumers — via redwolf.newsvine.com
American scientists say stem cells producing the wrong kind of hair could be the root cause of most baldness in men — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Tens of thousands of fraudulent iTunes accounts are for sale on a major Chinese website, it has been revealed — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The motorcycles that grace these pages are usually big-ticket items that have cost thousands of dollars to build, whether in parts or labor. So it’s good to occasionally feature a sharp-looking custom that was built for a pittance—like this 1972 CB750 K2, owned by Dutch student Michiel of the BMW Cafe website. I bought it pretty much as a wreck,
he says. It was an ultra-low budget project that cost me about €500 (US$650), including the purchase price
— via Bike EXIF
The RSPCA is calling on all levels of Government to take pets into account in future flood preparations, as it launches an appeal for donations to feed animals displaced by Queensland’s devastating floods — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Samsung is betting on new transparent liquid crystal display technology to strengthen its top position in the world’s display market — via redwolf.newsvine.com
This modest residential house in Gifu, Japan by Katsutoshi Sasaki + Associates is built to accomodate the site context and weather conditions to provide a comfortable and pleasant atmosphere in the Ogaki House. The house is designed for a family with four daughters, and is spatially distributed to provide open communication between all members of the household — via ArchDaily
Windows only: Your scanner probably came with OCR software. Chances are, though, it’s both awkward and space-hogging. FreeOCR is an slim, efficient app that has just four main buttons, and performs well at converting scanned images and PDFs into edit-ready text — via lifehacker
While writing my recent post about how the Catholic church ordered a hospital to let a pregnant woman die, I came across this letter from the ACLU about hospitals’ legal obligation not to deny life-saving care. And I noticed that the letter mentioned an article in the American Journal of Public Health about religiously-affiliated hospitals denying emergency reproductive care to patients
— via redwolf.newsvine.com
The Microsoft Office Blog details how a combination of the TRIM, CLEAN and Convert to Number
functions in Excel can take numbers that are surrounded by extraneous data and make them usable again. Getting badly-formatted spreadsheets isn’t uncommon, so it’s good to know about these options even if you’ll still need to double-check the results afterwards — via lifehacker
Just yesterday, we mentioned that new consumer laws meant that items sold on a contract should be covered by a warranty for the life of that contract. Proving the point, the ACCC has negotiated a court-enforceable undertaking with Optus that means phones sold on a 24-month deal will be under warranty for that entire period — even for iPhone owners — via redwolf.newsvine.com
American researchers say they have made a breakthrough in the quest for a blood test for Alzheimer’s disease — via redwolf.newsvine.com
An English woman’s grieving process has been made easier by the revelation that the biological child of her sister’s lesbian partner is also her grandchild — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A resourceful baby penguin took advantage of Germany’s wintry weather to give her minders the slip and embark on a tour of the zoo before waddling into the lions’ den — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The height, volume, garage ramp, entrance, bearings and driveway have been defined by the municipal regulations. All these regulations have blurred the interior distribution and organization — via ArchDaily
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay was doused in gasoline and held at gunpoint as he tried to uncover the dark world of illegal shark fin trading for a new TV show — via redwolf.newsvine.com
With its new Maurice Lacroix Masterpiece Roue Carree Seconde hand-wound watch the Swiss watchmaker ones again proves that a wheel doesn’t necessarily have to be round. It can be square, too — via World Watch Review
So you failed to win the auction for Cameron Frye’s Dad’s red Ferrari last year. Now what? Well, if that $1.65 million is burning a hole in your pocket, you could always buy the glassy Ferris Bueller house, recently reduced — via Gizmodo
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