Niven mulling Cookie run
Peter Niven has not yet ruled out running Clever Cookie in Friday’s Betway Yorkshire Cup at York.
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WATCH: Argy bargy on the pitch
Things got a little physical as Lewis Hamilton and his Arsenal legends took on a team of Sky Sports pundits at five-aside.
Hermès drives interest via monthly Petit h mystery boxes
Items created for Petit h French leather goods brand Hermès is increasing exposure for its whimsical Petit h line through surprise gifts, available on a monthly basis. The email included a subject line reading, “Lucky you, a lucky dip!” and within the body a rotating image shows Hermès’ signature orange boxes surrounding by question marks. In the beauty space monthly surprise boxes, often consisting of samples, have become very popular and
Luxury celebrates Venice Biennale with art installations, sponsorships
The Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition opened May 9 The 56th Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition in Italy celebrated its opening weekend May 9, and many luxury brands used the opportunity to connect with the affluent consumers who frequent the event. Brands including Marni, Missoni and Jaeger-LeCoultre participated by hosting their own exhibitions and sponsoring artists whose work was on display. Luxury and the arts are closely connected, and it
Breaking Bad TV show and GTA 5 game inspire malware author
A new piece of crypto ransomware with a twist has emerged in Australia, one whose author seems to have been inspired by the popular TV show Breaking Bad. Trojan.Cryptolocker.S was identified by security firm Symantec and shares quite a few things in common with the award winning series. For starters, the author(s) used the Los Pollos Hermanos branding image (and logo) that is featured extensively in the show. Part of
Updated: Google's new Nexus might come with a smaller sibling
Update: Rumours of a second Nexus phone have also leaked out suggesting a smaller 5.2-inch handset made by LG will be revealed at a similar time to the larger handset. The news comes from Android Police’s Artem Russakovskii, who has a good history of getting this kind of thing right, but he does note things change along the way. Original story: Google’s Nexus phone launches have never really followed the
Tor Cloud service stopped after lack of interest, major bugs
At the same time that the Conservatives swept to power in the UK, with the spectre of the Snoopers’ charter looming, the team behind the Tor Cloud project announced that it was discontinued. Tor’s cloud service helped users concerned about their pathway to access an uncensored internet via the Amazon EC2 cloud computing platform. The undertaking reached a dead-end as no one came forward to support and maintain the software
Got a WordPress website? You should read this now
WordPress is by far the most popular content management system (CMS), powering almost a quarter of the whole web. It’s no surprise therefore that it comes under constant scrutiny from hackers and criminals eager to exploit its growing popularity. SaaS (Security-as-a-Service) provider Zscaler reported that a number of WordPress-based websites have been compromised with users trying to login to them being served malicious code as part of the login page.
This laptop drive holds a fifth of the British Library, slips in your back pocket
While hard disk drive vendors have managed to hit the mythical 10TB barrier, SSD manufacturers are not far behind. In fact, a little known Japanese company, Fixstars, has unveiled a 6TB SSD that can fit in some laptops. What makes it so special is that it’s a 2.5-inch model compared to the 3.5-inch drives that are used in traditional computers – that translates into a much higher storage density, in
Chinese smartphone market, world's largest, shrinks in first-quarter: study
China’s smartphone market has reached saturation, according to a new study by industry analyst IDC that carries potentially significant implications for the global handset industry led by giants like Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd . During the first quarter of 2015, smartphone shipments in the world’s most populous country shrank for the first time in six years to 98.8 million, down 4.3 percent from a year earlier, IDC