December 2011
67 posts
Take A Tour Of The 20 Most Luxurious Streets In... →
An Englishman’s home is his castle, goes the cliche.
Nowadays, of course, that’s a very expensive castle.
Lloyds TSB just released their list of the most expensive residential streets in…
Hacking Group Releases More Stratfor Subscriber... →
NEWS.com.au
Hacking Group Releases More Stratfor Subscriber Data PCWorld By Jeremy Kirk, IDG News Hackers released another batch of data on Thursday…
ANZ Bank acts on Stratfor hacking - The Australian →
NEWS.com.au
ANZ Bank acts on Stratfor hacking The Australian ANZ Bank has asked seven employees to cancel their credit cards after security-intelligence…
'space ball' mystery solved - Sydney Morning... →
Brisbane Times
‘space ball’ mystery solved Sydney Morning Herald The mysterious large metallic ball that fell out of the sky in Namibia, sparking…
Big swell closes Sydney's beaches - Sydney Morning... →
Sydney Morning Herald
Big swell closes Sydney’s beaches Sydney Morning Herald A big swell which has closed up to half of NSW’s beaches today is set to…
Selling Refurbished Goods As New May Be Common... →
Selling Refurbished Goods As New May Be Common Among Australian Retailers Gizmodo Australia With the recent news of one Dick Smith customer finding his “new” 1.5TB…
LHC reports discovery of its first new particle -... →
BBC News
LHC reports discovery of its first new particle BBC News By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent, BBC News The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) on the…
Berkeley Explains Exactly Why It Chose Google Over... →
HOUSE OF THE DAY: A 6-Story Tribeca Loft With An... →
A six-story 1862 limestone TriBeca loft is on sale for $45 million.
Inside the 30,000 square-foot mansion are eight bedrooms, 10 bathrooms, an elevator, a private gym, and half basketball…
Harvey Norman sells online offshore - Sydney... →
Sydney Morning Herald
Harvey Norman sells online offshore Sydney Morning Herald Retail giant Harvey Norman, which has long complained about the rise of…
ACMA warns Vodafone of fines under consumer... →
Brisbane Times
ACMA warns Vodafone of fines under consumer privacy code The Australian Nigel Dews, chief executive of Vodafone Hutchison Australia, in…
iPad2 Cover With Built-In Speakers Boosts Volume... →
Unhappy Christmas: $1120 for an empty box through... →
Sydney Morning Herald
Unhappy Christmas: $1120 for an empty box through eBay Sydney Morning Herald Australian eBay customers lured by ultra-bargain…
iTunes Match Goes Live Internationally [Headlines] →
Apple has launched a new service that allows users to access their music from the cloud
How To Turn Your Tablet Into A... →
Tablets are great entertainment devices, but when compared to a computer they’re hardly as quick and useful for getting things done. But if you want your tablet to be more than just a fun little toy, it’s really just a matter of the right apps, attitude, and configuration. Here’s how you can turn your tablet into a handy, productivity-boosting tool.
4 out of 5 videos are encoded in H.264 →
A full 80 percent of videos are encoded in H.264 and, at least theoretically, could be delivered to an iPad with the HTML5 video tag, according to new data from MeFeedia. That doesn’t mean they will be, or that they are… just that if a video publisher wanted to use the same video asset for distribution on the iPad, it wouldn’t have to re-encode it. It would just have to switch out the video player...
One Great Thing About North Korea's Stagnant... →
In September, Bloomberg’s Paul Allen reported that North Korea was hosting Chinese tourists in an effort to attract desperately needed investment funds from the world’s second largest…
Parliament site zapped by botched IT upgrade -... →
Sydney Morning Herald
Parliament site zapped by botched IT upgrade Sydney Morning Herald The Parliament of Australia website, aph.gov.au, was down from…
Savage Rivale: The Most Amazing Car You've Never... →
Savage Rivale is an ambitious startup based in the Netherlands and working hard on not just a new car, but a whole new segment. That segment, albeit a niche one, is the…
Out with a bang - Sydney Morning Herald →
Sydney Morning Herald
Out with a bang Sydney Morning Herald TELSTRA’S retiring chief financial officer John Stanhope says he loves drumming but is unsure…
Even The Ancient Roman Empire Wasn't As Unequal As... →
Some 1,500 years after the fall of the Roman Empire, the supposedly advanced and progressive United States of America is plagued by even worse income inequality.
Tim De Chant at Per Square…
Prep for Facebook's Timeline Layout: 6 Must-Do... →
USA Today
Prep for Facebook’s Timeline Layout: 6 Must-Do Privacy Tweaks PCWorld By Ian Paul, PCWorld Dec 16, 2011 9:11 AM Get ready for your Facebook…
What’s Gucci My… →
Two iconic Italian (and what some might call unexpected) brands have joined forces,
Lincoln Has A Plan To Recapture The Luxury Sector →
Lincoln has lost its way. The storied brand and iconic name has been trying to find a defined spot in the marketplace for the better part of a decade.
Livery cabs, rental fleets, and…
VDI-in-a-Box 5 is Ready to Order →
Citrix VDI-in-a-Box 5 is the desktop virtualization solution small-to-medium size businesses are asking for – and now you can offer it. Running on off-the-shelf servers, the solution enables IT to deliver centrally-managed virtual desktops to any user, on any device—all for less than the cost of PCs.
Facebook rolls out 'Timeline' feature to all users... →
AFP
Facebook rolls out ‘Timeline’ feature to all users AFP SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook on Thursday began transforming profile pages into interactive digital…
A British Casanova Broke Into A French Villa To... →
A British man trying to impress and American woman on the French Riviera, caused thousands of dollars worth of damage when he broke into a villa that wasn’t his, reports the BBC.
The…
CBA still fixing IT issues after meltdown crippled... →
Brisbane Times
CBA still fixing IT issues after meltdown crippled banking systems The Australian A technical glitch left Commonwealth Bank customers…
Ten Words To Avoid On Your LinkedIn Profile →
Any expression can get worn out through overuse. Business social networking service LinkedIn ran an analysis on its Australian members, and identified the 10 most overused words and phrases in their profiles. The top offender? Creative.
CAR OF THE WEEK: This Lamborghini Countach Is A... →
While growing up, boys tend to keep a bunch of posters on their walls.
Movie stars, girls, comic book characters, and cars are all common sights. But of all the cars, one was always more…
Ex-Middle East adviser: 'We still have time' to... →
CTV.ca
Ex-Middle East adviser: ‘We still have time’ to prevent Iran’s nuclear program Washington Post The Obama administration is committed to preventing…
Microsoft Brings iPad Support to OneNote →
HEY BOOKWORMS: Book Your Next Trip At One Of These... →
Imagine a vacation of true relaxation. A cozy leather chair, a cup of coffee and your favorite classic book.
For all the book lovers out there, a handful of book- and author-themed hotels are…
Privacy fears extend over RailCorp lost items... →
The Age
Privacy fears extend over RailCorp lost items auction The Australian MORE than 2000 mobile phones and a plethora of iPods, cameras, computers and…
Microsoft launches ExcelMashup.com, looks to make... →
These 7 Spy Homes Are For Sale Right Now →
Thanks to the likes of James Bond, the trappings of spy-dom have long attracted jealous eyes and vivid imaginations of many who long for a walk on the wild side of espionage.
All it takes…
Gary Chaplin email: £200k recruitment exec sacked... →
Brisbane Times
Gary Chaplin email: £200k recruitment exec sacked for telling jobseekers to … Daily Mail By Daily Mail Reporter A top recruitment…
WARNING: That Coach Bag You Bought In Chinatown... →
In a McMansion outside Los Angeles, a woman—let’s call her Mercedes—lives a lavish lifestyle sending her three kids to private school, and most likely driving a car with her same namesake.
UN climate talks: key points - ABC Online →
The Hindu
UN climate talks: key points ABC Online UN climate change talks in Durban, South Africa, agreed to a package of measures early on Sunday that…
10 Christmas Presents For The Spoiled Kid Who Has... →
One thing that’s recession-proof? Toys. Although disposable income has decreased greatly in the past year—the average American has $1,315 less per year to spend on extras than he or…
60000 customers in Telstra email bungle - Herald... →
Sydney Morning Herald
60000 customers in Telstra email bungle Herald Sun UP TO 60000 Telstra customers will be forced to change their account passwords…
Telstra separation approval near - Sydney Morning... →
Sydney Morning Herald
Telstra separation approval near Sydney Morning Herald The structural separation undertaking, maps out how Telstra transfers…
'Defensive' rush over .xxx domain - Sydney Morning... →
Web Host Industry Review
‘Defensive’ rush over .xxx domain Sydney Morning Herald The internet’s new red light district is now open for business but URLs…
Here Are The Most Over-The-Top Christmas Lawn... →
Some people feel the need to channel Clark Griswold when decorating their houses for the holidays.
In every neighborhood there’s always that one house that goes overboard.
It’s great to…
Pin Pres →
Pin Pres by OOO My Design is a playful shelf for children that adapts to the shape of the items placed on it. Perhaps this will make cleaning up more enticing to your little one!
PHOTOS: The Graffiti Of Athens' Disaffected Youth... →
Athens is a city covered in graffiti. From the careless squiggle to full on master pieces, the concrete surfaces of the Greek capital are frequently united with spray paint.
Buildings such as…
At Long Last, Flipboard Launches an iPhone App →
The team at Flipboard has done a remarkable job of whittling down what previously occupied a 10-inch screen so that it will properly fit on a smartphone. Not only did they size things down without losing any features, but they redesigned the experience to be more useful in a mobile context, Flipboard cofounder Evan Doll told us.
Bicycle Graph →
Here are a set of four mathematical functions that, when graphed, create a picture of a bicycle.
√(4-(|x|-4)^2)
-√(4-(|x|-4)^2)
(0.5-0.5 × |x+4|/(x+4)) × √(|x+5.8|/(x+5.8)) × (tan(-(x+4.9) × π/2)+35)/10+3 × (0.5+0.5 × |x+3.99|/(x+3.99)) × √(-|x-1.375|/(x-1.375))
-(x-1)/2 × √(|x+4|/(x+4)) × (0.5 - 0.5 × |x-1|/(x-1)) + 8 × (x-1) × (0.5 - 0.5 × |x-1.5|/(x-1.5)) × (0.5 + 0.5 × |x-1|/(x-1))+...
Using the Disney Method →
The Disney Method is a parallel thinking technique which has some similarities with the Six Hats. It is particularly useful as a group analysis tool for an issue and it leads to idea generation and idea review. The team adopts four different thinking modes as outsiders, dreamers, realisers and critics.