Topic: NEWS english - on January 23, 2007 at 5:25:00 PM CET
Breast Cancer Awareness T-Shirts Raising Eyebrows
The new T-shirts say things like, “If you're going to stare at my breasts... You could at least donate a dollar to save them.”
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Topic: STRANGE - on January 23, 2007 at 5:19:00 PM CET
Even the tiniest London apartment attracts major interest
Almost anywhere else, the tiny dilapidated studio wouldn't attract much more than mice. But this is London and the six-square-metre former storage room - slightly bigger than a prison cell and without electricity - is going for US$335,000.
The closet-sized space in the exclusive Knightsbridge neighbourhood may be only "about the size of a ship's galley, said real estate agent Andrew Scott, who's handling the sale. "But it's permanently anchored to one of the wealthiest neighbourhoods in the world."
canoe.ca myway.com £170k for tiny 'depressing' flatTable-sized room going for £170,000
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Topic: DRUGS - on January 23, 2007 at 5:15:00 PM CET
'Drugs saint' honoured in Mexico
A Mexican family has built what could be the first public shrine in the country to Jesus Malverde, the so-called "narco saint", worshipped by many drug traffickers.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on January 23, 2007 at 5:13:00 PM CET
Storm Trojan gang declare start of World War III
The virus writers behind last week's Storm Trojan outbreak showed off some neat tabloid headline-writing skills in a string of similar attacks over the weekend.
The original attack tried to trick users into executing malicious files containing Trojan horse code, posing as information about the inclement weather. The malware was distributed in messages with subject lines such as "230 dead as storm batters Europe", supplied with attachments containing the Small-DAM (AKA DwnLdr-FYD) Trojan. Attachments may contain one of the following filenames: Full Clip.exe; Full Story.exe; Read More.exe and Video.exe.
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Topic: Space - on January 23, 2007 at 5:11:00 PM CET
China confirms satellite downed
China has confirmed it carried out a test that destroyed a satellite, in a move that caused international alarm.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said a test had been carried out but insisted China was committed to the "peaceful development of outer space".
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Topic: GOOGLE - on January 23, 2007 at 5:09:00 PM CET
Google's anti-phishing plugin leaked passwords
A recent press release from web security provider Finjan Inc. has exposed a security flaw with Google's anti-phishing browser extension for the Firefox web browser. Apparently, the extension accidentally gathered some users' e-mail addresses and passwords. Finjan informed Google of the problem earlier this month before making their findings public, and Google has since released an updated version of their plugin that fixed the problem.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on January 23, 2007 at 5:08:00 PM CET
Cyber criminals move focus to web
Cyber criminals will increasingly turn their attention to the web and away from e-mail security in 2007, according to a new report.
Security firm Sophos found that the US hosts more than a third of websites hosting malicious code, as well as sending more spam than other nations.
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Topic: GOOGLE - on January 23, 2007 at 5:04:00 PM CET
Google Germany goes kaput
Ich hatte meinen domain namen vergessen
Google apologised on Tuesday after its German site disappeared overnight and was replaced by a page from domain holding company Goneo.
The search engine was resurrected at about 7.30am German time, though users still report some problems. The message on the Goneo page translates as: "There are is no content at this domain. Please try again later."
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Topic: NEWS english - on January 23, 2007 at 4:54:00 PM CET
Christie's to go ahead with Greek royal auction, which Greece wants stopped
London-based Christie's auction house said Tuesday it would proceed with a scheduled auction of heirlooms once owned by the former Greek royal family, which Greece is trying to block. A Christie's spokeswoman said the sale would go ahead as scheduled on Wednesday and Thursday in London, as the auction house has not been contacted by Greek authorities.
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Topic: BLOGLIFE - on January 23, 2007 at 4:40:00 PM CET
The power of Boing Boing's bloggers
The power of blogs to influence the attitudes of major corperations is now indisputable, according to the editor of one influential blog, Boing Boing.net.
Boing Boing claims that a recent boycott of Bank Of America by its bloggers resulted in $1m being taken from the bank in closed accounts.
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Topic: DRUGS - on January 23, 2007 at 4:13:00 PM CET
NHS should use Afghan opium
Afghan opium should be used to produce painkillers that are currently in short supply in NHS hospitals, the British Medical Association has said.
Diamorphine, which is produced from opium poppies, is used to relieve pain.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on January 23, 2007 at 4:11:00 PM CET
30 Essential Pieces Of Free (and Open) Software for Windows
Recently, I received a fresh new laptop from Dell. Upon receiving it, I did the traditional “installation of Windows from scratch” on it to remove a lot of the garbage that is preinstalled on Dells. Then I got really busy installing tons of great software that takes care of pretty much every software need I have. Not only was all of the software free, every piece of it was open source, which means that the code is peer-reviewed; no spyware here!
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