Independent Tasmanian MP Andrew Wilkie has introduced the first private member’s bill of the new Parliament – legislation to toughen protections for whistleblowers and journalists — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Organised criminals are stealing Australians’ identities by plundering the information they place on websites and using it to commit fraud, according to the head of the nation’s elite criminal intelligence agency — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The Book Depository Group is the UK’s largest dedicated online bookseller offering the largest range of titles in the world, available for dispatch within 48 hours, with free worldwide shipping. Founded in 2004 to make All Books To All
we focus on selling less of more
rather than more of less
, differentiating ourself from other retailers who increasingly focus on bestsellers
Mobile carriers would be forced to notify customers before slugging them with excess usage fees and other extra charges under tough new rules being considered by the Australian government and regulators.
The US communications regulator, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has proposed new laws aimed at dramatically reducing “bill shock”. These have been supported by Australian regulators but the mobile industry is already fighting back against any extra regulations — via redwolf.newsvine.com
As WikiLeaks prepares to release 400,000 Iraq war documents, two former government security officials argue that WikiLeaks could have prevented 9-11, if the website had been around in 2001.
The two ought to know: Coleen Rowley, the Minneapolis FBI agent who tried to sound the alarm a month before 9-11, and Bogdan Dzakovic, a special agent for the FAA’s security division, who was a leader of the agency’s Red Team
that was warning officials about vulnerabilities in airport security just before 9-11 — via redwolf.newsvine.com
MoVas stands for movements of Asia
. Currently, all MoVas watches use Chinese movements. there is a very specific reason for this. Sean has no interest in making simple three-handed watches. He likes complications and prefers the less cost intensive route of Chinese movements to experiment with his designs. The movement in this watch has a subsidiary GMT hand, power reserve indicator, and the time. Using a Swiss movement with these complications would raise the price of the watch more than substantially — via A Blog to Read
Blue-Ringed Octopus, Mabul Island, Malaysia, originally uploaded by ronis99.
Octopus, Amsterdam zoo, originally uploaded by Ziuek.
A small piece I did to promote an upcoming group show at the Nucleus Gallery in LA. The show is a tribute to the horror writer, HP Lovecraft. Cthulhu is Lovecraft’s most well known character, and I thought he would be the perfect iconic image to introduce the show. Apart from this, I will be doing another, more substantial piece for the show as well. More details here — via Jeremy Enecio
This 36-inch monster from the deep is sure to spark hours of creative play — via The Big Zoo
This Stephen Douglas octopus ring one is shown in 14kt white gold, .02ct diamond eyes and 8-9mm Tahiatian pearl. Custom made one at a time — via Seawear
US actress, Barbara Billingsley, best known as TV mum June Cleaver in the 1950s sitcom Leave it to Beaver, has died aged 94.
She died at her home after suffering from a rheumatoid disease — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Having recently had surgery, the professor could not be bothered to drop off his backpack in his apartment before first going to the laundry room.
He instead left the bag behind a door in the stairwell, thinking it would be safe for a few minutes.
But when he returned a short time later, the bag was missing, along with the computer, keys, calendar and other documents inside.
The professor was most upset by the loss of his calendar.
It is my life. I have documented everything in it that has happened in the last 10 years and beyond,
he told the newspaper.
He then called the police to report the incident and blocked the credit cards which were also in the bag.
But when he went down to the stairwell a short time later, he couldn’t believe his eyes.
The backpack was there again. With all the papers, calendar and credit cards. It was just the computer that was missing,
he explained.
Unfortunately, I have been bad at backing up my computer
— via carloz.newsvine.com
This is how the US government and American media jointly disseminate propaganda: in the immediate wake of some newsworthy War on Terror event, US Government officials (usually anonymous) make wild and reckless — though unverifiable — claims. The US media mindlessly trumpets them around the world without question or challenge. Those claims become consecrated as widely accepted fact. And then weeks, months or years later, those claims get quietly exposed as being utter falsehoods, by which point it does not matter, because the goal is already well-achieved: the falsehoods are ingrained as accepted truth — via spudpundit.newsvine.com
Just when you thought you’d seen every possible version of Honda’s iconic CB750, here’s another: the super-rare CB750P/K0 Police model. The exquisite bike shown here is a 1970 example owned by a collector in Japan, and it’s a delicate antidote to the overblown style of its Harley-Davidson and Moto Guzzi contemporaries — via Bike EXIF
Spammers and mass-ticket purchasers have outsourced CAPTCHA solving to teams of low-wage workers in places like Russia and Southeast Asia. Many of them don’t even speak English. They don’t have to, according to Stefan avage.
The beauty of most modern CAPTCHAs is that they simply take Latin characters — so they don’t actually need to understand what the words mean — they simply need to be able to look at the symbols and type the appropriate ones on their keyboard,
he says — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The government is urging councils across the country to stop giving hundreds of thousands of pounds in tax breaks to the Church of Scientology.
The communities secretary, Eric Pickles, said a majority of the public did not want the “controversial organisation” to be given the kind of favourable treatment usually reserved for charities and questioned this use of public money — via redwolf.newsvine.com
When we think of tech crime, we tend to imagine hackers cooking up exploits to crack banking systems or spammers launching phishing attacks, but they are only half the story.
While these cybercrimes might capture the imagination of Hollywood script writers, there is a much lower-tech assault taking place on the nation’s IT infrastructure that is more Lock, Stock than The Matrix.
Every night across Britain, old-fashioned robbers take to the streets, looking to plunder an increasingly valuable commodity — copper — via redwolf.newsvine.com
One air traveler says rabbits took a chunk out of his car while it was parked at Denver International Airport.
After a nine day stay at DIA’s Pike’s Peak lot, Dexter Meyer returned from vacation and found that his car would barely start.
The (repair man) called me and told me that rodents had eaten through the wires,
said Meyer. That’s what the VW dealer said was wrong with his brand new Jetta.
You didn’t just pick the car up from the airport did you?
the dealer asked Meyer. And I said, ‘well as a matter of fact I did.’ And he said ‘well we’ve had several problems with people having rabbits eating through the wiring’
— via redwolf.newsvine.com
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