Tag: ITALY

A 10-year-old Italian boy is lucky to be in one piece today, after falling on to a railway line in Milan. The boy, who was on his way home from school, was engrossed with whatever game he was playing on his Sony PSP, and apparently didn't notice the ledge toward which he kept walking. Luckily, an off-duty policeman named Alessandro Micalizzi immediately jumped in to rescue the boy, and, ...

In the U.S., politicians use Facebook to connect with their constituents, to announce new initiatives, or, in some cases, to recklessly rabble rouse. Political leaders in Italy, however, are apparently more interested in using the social network to publicly humiliate lazy employees. That's exactly what the mayor of Bari did, when he posted photos of public workers who were being particularly ...

Italy's L'Espresso is reporting today that Facebook has signed a secret agreement with Italian police, giving them unfettered and potentially illegal access to user profiles. According to what the paper calls "reliable" sources, the agreement allowed 400 police officers to gather information on Italian Facebook members suspected of identity theft, phishing scams and possession of child ...

Share What happens when a centuries-old crime network meets a transparent 21st-century social network? Bosses get nabbed, and 'Mafia Wars' gets real. Pasquale Manfredi, one of Italy's most wanted fugitives at 33-years old, was arrested this week after police used his network of Facebook contacts to track him down. Manfredi, who, according to the BBC, also goes by the nickname 'Scarface,' is ...

Claudio Agrelli must think that the average Neapolitan is a total scumbag. Why else would he found Partenope City, an online community exclusive to the people of Naples who pledge to live by an altruistic ethical code? The 35-year-old Naples native spoke recently with the BBC, saying that he believes people have forgotten common courtesies like dumping litter in garbage cans instead of on the ...

Blasting away with a laser doesn't seem, at first glance, to be the most logical way to restore an ancient, artistic masterpiece. However, beams have long been a weapon of choice among those who polish old stone and metal artifacts -- far longer, in fact, than they've been used to remove arguably less gorgeous things like tattoos. Now, a group of physicists in Italy have reportedly figured out a ...

It appears the world has gone mad. Everyone is crying foul over China's "Great Firewall" and Iran's iron-fisted censorship, all while Australia and France are considering their own Web-filtering programs. Now Italy has successfully prosecuted its first case in an attempt to hold ISPs and user-generated content sites responsible for the material posted to them. Three former Google executives ...

When does 3-D technology transform from a gimmick into a full-blown trend? No, not when live sporting events are broadcast in 3-D, and not even when 'Avatar' racks-up enough money to make Bill Gates jealous. No, the technology has finally arrived in its full-frontal glory when the porn industry embraces it, and now, that day has come. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Italian director Tinto ...

We told you about one guy who figured out how to make a killing by developing a dirty iPhone application. When you think about it, it's sort of logical that his app sold well. (Scantily clad 3-D girls always equal tons of downloads.) But sometimes, there's just no explaining why an app rises to the top of the download charts. For example, consider the recent success of the new 'iMussolini' ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Apparently, the Android marketing department suffers from a collective case of the munchies whenever it hold its brainstorming sessions. Following Cupcakes, Donuts, and Eclairs, the next Android serving will reportedly be known as Froyo, short for 'frozen yogurt.' [From: Engadget] The U.S. military's Defense Advanced Research ...

If you're lazy, have no friends, and live in Italy, you may have just met your all-in-one solution. The Italian-designed Dustbot is a 4-foot tall robot built to collect your garbage with a smile on its face. The idea is that using your cell phone, you'll be able to call Dustbot to come by whenever you have trash that needs to be disposed of. You select the type of trash you've got -- glass, ...

An Italian seismologist has demanded a public apology from the Italian authorities that suppressed his predictions of the earthquake and resultant aftershocks. The quake and its aftermath have taken over 200 lives and left as many as 17,000 homeless since it first struck near the town of L'Aquila yesterday, according to reports by the Daily Mail and the New York Times. Over a month ago, National ...

If you think the mafia has just been sitting around slowly watching itself sink into irrelevance and letting the world pass it by you'd be sadly mistaken. Need proof? Just check out the Bond-esque weapon found during a Mob related raid in Naples. A four round .22 caliber pistol was concealed within a somewhat dated looking cell phone, complete with dummy LCD screen. The keypad on the ...

While Americans have been lovingly showing off their iPhones since the end of June of last year, Apple fans in Germany, France, and the United Kingdom were only recently given the opportunity to buy their phones this past November. The rest of Europe is still (officially) out of luck. Now, though, it looks as though that's finally about to change, with talk of other members of the European ...