Rupert Murdoch hints at Page 3 replacement in The Sun. 11 February 2013Last updated at 06:17 ET Samantha Fox found fame through her career as a Page Three model Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has hinted on Twitter that The Sun's topless women on Page Three may be replaced with a "halfway house" of "glamorous fashionistas".
He was responding to a tweet which said: "Seriously, we are all so over page 3 - it is so last century! " Sir Clive Woodward hails 'best ever' Wales win in Paris. Facebook sued over 'like' button. 11 February 2013Last updated at 06:53 ET The widow of a Dutch programmer is seeking damages from Facebook over its use of patented technology Facebook is facing legal action over its use of the "like" button and other features of the social network.
It is being sued by a patent-holding company acting on behalf of a dead Dutch programmer called Joannes Jozef Everardus van Der Meer. Rembrandt Social Media said Facebook's success was based, in part, on using two of Mr Van Der Meer's patents without permission. Facebook said it had no comment to make on the lawsuit or its claims. A lawsuit has been filed in a federal court in Virginia by Rembrandt Social Media. "We believe Rembrandt's patents represent an important foundation of social media as we know it, and we expect a judge and jury to reach the same conclusion based on the evidence," said lawyer Tom Melsheimer from legal firm Fish and Richardson, which represents the patent holder.
Blood & Mud: SHIT/GOOD™ Ratings: RBS 6 Nations, Round Two. Six Nations: Team of Round Two. Day in pictures: 11 February 2013. Switzerland guns: Living with firearms the Swiss way. 10 February 2013Last updated at 19:22 ET By Emma Jane Kirby BBC News, Zurich Switzerland has one of the highest rates of gun ownership in the world, but little gun-related street crime - so some opponents of gun control hail it as a place where firearms play a positive role in society.
However, Swiss gun culture is unique, and guns are more tightly regulated than many assume. Throughout the attack, Anne Ithen kept her eyes shut. "I didn't want to see it. I didn't want those images in my head for the rest of my life... but I remember everything, every detail," she tells me. She drops her head slightly as she takes herself back to the Zug cantonal assembly chamber on the afternoon of 27 September 2001, where she was chairing the council meeting. Then the door burst open and she saw Freidrich Leibacher, a local man, dressed in a police vest and laden with guns. Anne refused to have a gun in the house, even before the attack "I knew immediately what was going to happen," she tells me simply. Japan's incredible shrinking building. Pope Benedict XVI is to resign. 11 February 2013Last updated at 17:10 ET Pope Benedict XVI announces his resignation in a surprise statement Pope Benedict XVI is to resign at the end of this month after nearly eight years as the head of the Catholic Church, saying he is too old to continue at the age of 85.
The unexpected development - the first papal resignation in nearly 600 years - surprised governments, Vatican-watchers and even his closest aides. The Vatican says it expects a new Pope to be elected before Easter. Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger became Pope in 2005 after John Paul II's death. Toy Fair: Our Tour of the Hasbro Showroom with Even More Pictures.
As we’ve already mentioned, ComingSoon.net/SuperHeroHype spent Sunday morning at the Hasbro showroom being given a tour of the upcoming toy lines and although we already posted a lot of stock pictures and the information we were able to get out of the press releases, we wanted to go a little more in-depth into some of the stuff we learned seeing the toys up close.
Our tour started at the “Transformers” line, which we didn’t have too much to talk about the first time, but we were greeted by the absolutely enormous Metroplex, which is rightfully being dubbed the “Biggest Transfomer Ever.” Having been introduced in the “Fall of Cybertron” video game, it is indeed enormous, something which is hard to tell from pictures, but we were told it would be available in the fall for roughly $125. Wales can defend title - Halfpenny. Pope Benedict XVI's Funniest Moments (PICTURES) Adulterous sex site gets big clicks from Parliament. A website that connects married men and women for adulterous affairs reportedly received more than 50,000 hits in seven months from computer users at the Houses of Parliament.
The 'traffic' from the heart of Westminster to the Out Of Town Affairs site, which contains explicit photos of wannabe adulterers and allows them to "read and send filthy messages", worked out at 289 hits a day in one of the months, The Mail on Sunday reported. The newspaper found computers provided exclusively for MPs, peers and their staff were being regularly used to access the site after putting in a Freedom of Information request on web usage at Parliament. The saucy website, which promises "thousands of horny cheaters ready to get some action", received the highest interest in October, with 8,971 page views generated, narrowly ahead of December, which saw 8,457 hits. November produced 7,533 hits, August, 5,174, July, 7,493, June, 6,822 and February, 7,925, the newspaper found. Face-off! Incredible 3D portraits of strangers created from their DNA found in cigarette butts, chewing gum, and hairs snatched from streets of New York.
Information artist Heather Dewey-Hagborg reconstructs 3D images of strangers using only their DNA from discarded objectsSaid finished products bear only 'family resemblance' to actual owner of the DNA By Beth Stebner Published: 00:05 GMT, 11 February 2013 | Updated: 08:12 GMT, 11 February 2013.
Anti-gun campaigners speak out against Playmobil bank robbery toy set. Gun-toting action figures mean four year olds can act out bank robbery Wearing dark glasses, the blonde dolly points her pistol at the smiley bank manager as he happily hands over the cash.
It’s just one of the fun blags four-year-old kids can act out in Playmobil’s Bank and Safe set – and it is getting anti-gun campaigners all fired up, the Sunday People reports. Other scenarios include a gold bullion raid and cash machine heist. A description on The Early Learning Centre website, which sells the toy for £34.99, says: “Watch out. France v Wales 6 Nations 2013: Wales player ratings. Hello, cruel world. IT had to happen one day.
Today I have written for The Times about who I am and why I did... all this. *waves generally at screen* There might be some of you who'd rather I stayed anonymous, and no doubt one or two who'll be thinking: "Oh, that's ruined the fun. " Well, sorry about that. My name is known enough that if I didn't out myself someone else would, and they'd almost certainly make a hash of it. Pro12: Ulster 12-16 Ospreys. Six Nations: Ryan Jones hails Welsh character after victory. Six Nations: France v Wales (Sat) Six Nations: Lock Alun Wyn Jones should start in Italy - Lyn Jones.
Six Nations 2013: France v Wales: player ratings. Stiff task awaits Wales. Defending Rugby World Cup Sevens champions Wales have been drawn in band two for this year's showcase event in Moscow on June 28-30.
Paul John's men stunned the world four years ago when they tore up the form book to claim the coveted crown in Dubai. Wales currently occupy eighth place in the HSBC World Series rankings in this season's campaign and face a stiff task to replicate their stunning feat of four years ago. RWC Sevens 2013 will be staged at Moscow's premier sports venue, Luzhniki Stadium, which has previously hosted the Olympic Games and the final of the UEFA Champions League, while the Pool Allocation Draw will take place on February 28 at Petroff Palace. The men's seeding takes into account the past two full HSBC Seven World Series seasons as well as the events in the current season up to the date of the Pool Allocation Draw.