South Africa has got to consider renewable energy, or risk being left behind. This was the message from a seminar held by Greenpeace Africa in Johannesburg on Wednesday morning — via dungbeetlemania.newsvine.com
A former foreign office minister has said the US should not rely on any apparent secret deal to store banned cluster munitions on British territory.
Chris Bryant was responding to a leak on the Wikileaks website suggesting the US could be exempted from the ban. The Labour MP said: If the Americans are relying on that then they were being led up the garden path
— via dungbeetlemania.newsvine.com
The Pomaran? Residence occupies nearly its entire site, and is located between the main train station and the vineyards. The natural grade of the site creates an interesting opportunity. The architects chose to capitalize on the sloped character providing access to the residence at multiple levels, and by automobile and pedestrians accordingly — via ArchDaily
One of HR Giger’s most known series of works is the Passagen collection. Erotic and sensual
, it actually depicts a rear opening of a German garbage truck, the stinky hole where waste bins are emptied into.
While Mr HR Giger was inspired by a garbage truck, the Atelier Morpheus Passagen watch is inspired by Mr HR Giger’s works. And it shows: the watch, which is available either in a black PVD or 18-carat gold-plated case looks like a scale 3D model of a fragment of his Opus Magnum — via World Watch Review
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Although skeletonized black dials are usually a real pain to look at, this one is very legible since all three hands and hour indexes come with luminous coating, which glows brightly in darkness and provides very good contrast at daylight — via World Watch Review
In the early 1900s, the concept of a public library was being adopted by the City of Stockholm in Sweden. Gunnar Asplund was initially hired to help determine the requirements for a public library and then prepare a competition open to all architects. Beginning his research in the United States, Asplund saw first hand examples of the most developed library system in the world. He became very informed and when the building committee realized the strength that he had in his understandings and ideas, they decided he would be the most suitable architect for the job — via ArchDaily
Nixon has released a new chronograph watch in its 42-20 collection. This new watch is unique, as it uses tortoise shell in its construction. The bezel and the centre link of the bracelet are made of faux tortoise shell. The rest of the watch is rendered in black on stainless steel — via Horology Crazy
To make a bowl out of melted army men, it’s very important to get good quality soldiers. Generic ones can sometimes turn black in the over, so make sure you test out one of your army men before beginning your bowl — via Associated Content
The perpetrators behind distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against broadband website Whirlpool have been let off the hook as a sign of good will
— via redwolf.newsvine.com
A chainsaw is just one of the unclaimed items Australia Post is putting up for auction in Hobart — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Signalling a sea change in the debate over Internet privacy, the government’s top consumer protection agency on Wednesday advocated a plan that would let consumers choose whether they want their Internet browsing and buying habits monitored — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Less than three per cent of IPv4 address space is still to be allocated, after two huge chunks were given to American and European ISPs.
ARIN and RIPE, which administer IP addresses on either side of the Atlantic, each received two /8 address blocks in November. A fifth block went to their African equivalent.
The moves leave only seven /8 blocks – 2.7 per cent of the total of 256 – unallocated by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) — via redwolf.newsvine.com
WikiLeaks is no longer mirroring its trove of confidential US diplomatic cables on US-based servers run by Amazon.com, and according to US Senator Joe Lieberman, chairman of the Senate’s Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Amazon agreed to remove the mirrors after complaints from his office — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Vodafone Hutchison Australia’s 3G network continues to struggle under the weight of its customers despite it having claimed that a software fix would resolve issues at the end of last month — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The South Australian Department of Health has bought some 200 Apple iPads and plans to buy more for its 3300 staff after an internal review lauded the security, functionality and return on investment of the devices — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A retired French couple have come forward with 271 undocumented works by Pablo Picasso, estimated to be worth at least £50 million.
Electrician Pierre Le Guennec, who once worked for Picasso, squirrelled away the staggering trove – believed to be authentic – inside a trunk in the garage of their home on the Riviera.
The cache, dating from the artist’s most creative period from 1900 to 1932, includes lithographs, portraits, watercolours, and sketches – plus nine Cubist collages said to be worth £40 million alone — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The Electronic Frontier Foundation and the operator of Torrent-finder.com have separately vowed to fight domain-name seizures by two US agencies in recent days — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The central IT office of Australia’s Federal Government has requested that agencies consider the use of alternative file formats to Adobe’s PDF.
The advice follows a study which found that while accessibility of the Portable Document Format (PDF) has improved over time and remains a popular format for many organisations, it was less accessible to visually-impaired users — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Real estate giant Ray White has moved against one of its largest franchises in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, after a company behind it collapsed owing hundreds of thousands of dollars to some staff — via redwolf.newsvine.com
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