World's most expensive white wine sold for £75,000

A 200 year-old bottle of Château d’Yquem has been bought by a collector for £75,000, setting a new world record for the most expensive bottle of white wine ever sold.The bottle of 1811 Chateau d'Yquem was sold to French private collector Christian Vanneque at the Ritz in London amid tight security.Mr Vanneque will only get to taste his expensive purchase in 2017, when he plans to drink it to celebrate what will be his 50-year career as a sommelier.He will open it at the famous Paris restaurant La Tour d'Argent and share it with his wife, the vendor...

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Product Review: HP TouchPad Custom Fit Case

Product Review: HP TouchPad Custom Fit Case: HP TouchPad Custom Fit Case by HP 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews ( 196 customer reviews ) List Price: $29.99 Price: $20.73 ...

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7 Ways to Avoid Holiday Travel Stress

The hustle and bustle of the holiday season is upon us. And travel by air, which is never easy any time of the year, is especially hard during Thanksgiving and Christmas.  Travelers can expect fewer flight options, crowded seating and higher fares.  Nationwide people are paying an average of 6 percent more for a round-trip airline ticket...

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Hackers 'hit' US water treatment systems

Hackers are alleged to have destroyed a pump used to pipe water to thousands of homes in a US city in Illinois.Hackers with access to the utility's network are thought to have broken the pump by turning it on and off quickly.The FBI and Department for Homeland Security (DHS) are investigating the incident as details emerge of what could be a separate...

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25 Worst Internet Passwords

If  “password” is your password, chances are you’ve been the victim of a hack attack.“Password” is the least successful, according to SplashData’s annual list of worst Internet passwords.The list, notes Mashable.com, is somewhat predictable. Sequences of adjacent numbers or letters on the keyboard, such as “qwerty” and “123456,” and popular...

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Android malware explodes, jumps five-fold since July

Malware targeting Google's Android mobile operating system exploded in the last several months, its volume quintupling since July, Juniper Networks said today.The rash of infected apps aimed at Android owners shows no sign of abating, said Dan Hoffman, Juniper's chief mobile security analyst and a member of the company's global threat center."We're...

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Pentagon tests long-range hypersonic weapon

The US has test-fired a new weapon which can travel at five times the speed of sound, the Pentagon says.The missile was launched from Hawaii and reached its target on a Pacific atoll 2,300 miles (3,700km) away in less than half an hour.The Advanced Hypersonic Weapon is part of a programme to build new high-speed long-range missiles.Its aim is to allow the US military to strike targets anywhere in the world within an hour.A statement from the Pentagon said the weapon had been launched using a three-stage booster system, which had successfully sent...

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Call of Duty enjoys record sales despite retail woes

Activision says Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has broken the global sales record for a videogame, grossing $775m (£490m) in its first five days on sale.The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, released soon after, was close behind. Its publisher said it shipped seven million launch units, worth $450m (£320m).The strong demand offers some respite to retailers...

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Fake Doctor Injected Cement Into Woman's Rear

A woman who wanted to work at a nightclub started searching for someone who could perform plastic surgery at a cheap price to give her a curvier body. Police say what she found was a woman posing as a doctor who filled her buttocks with cement, mineral oil and flat-tire sealant. The suspect -- who police say was born a man and identifies...

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Google Music: 5 Things You Need to Know

Google recently unveiled its long-awaited music store that will offer more than 13 million tracks, instant access to purchased music in your online storage locker and several free music promotions. The search giant also announced that Google Music has graduated from its beta testing period and is now available for public sign-ups...

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Facebook to Porn Spammers: We Know Who You Are

Facebook says it knows who was behind the massive spam attack on the social network this week--although it isn't naming them--and it intends to take legal action against them.In a statement released to media outlets, Facebook said that its dedicated enforcement team "has already identified those responsible and is working with our legal...

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