R3.5 Billion Of Cocaine Found On Luxury Yacht – Biggest Ever – A haul of cocaine with a street value of up to £300m has been found hidden inside a luxury yacht in Southampton, the UK Border Agency has said. Officials found 1.2 tonnes of cocaine hidden in a secret compartment in the £1m yacht two months ago. The 90% pure drugs were so well hidden in the 65ft pleasure cruiser, the Louise, it took six days to find them. [bbc]

Skype For iPad Officially Launched – VoIP service Skype has finally launched its iPad-optimized tablet app in the Apple App Store. “Skype for iPad gives Skype users the best of both worlds for video calling: the large screen and display of a personal computer, but the portability of a mobile phone.” [independent]

Bok Coach Reckons He “Deserves A Medal” – Springbok coach Peter de Villiers told Parliament on Tuesday his team lacked killer instinct ahead of their Rugby World Cup title defence, the Beeld reported. But, he added, he himself deserved a medal. [mail&guardian]

Mubarak Trial Begins From Courtroom Cage – Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has denied all charges made against him on the first day of his trial – as he appeared in court on a hospital bed. In a cage.. The 83-year-old told the court in the capital Cairo he was not guilty of corruption and complicity in killing protesters during the country’s uprising seven months ago. In a cage. [skynews]

Critics Boo Oprah’s Honorary Oscar – Oprah, meet Oscar. On Tuesday the board of governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voted to give Oprah Winfrey an honorary Oscar at the Nov. 12 Governor’s Awards. It’s called the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, given to an “individual in the motion picture industry whose humanitarian efforts have brought credit to the industry.’” But not everyone is applauding the move.. [hollywoodreporter]

World’s Largest Stop-Motion Animation Uses Smartphone Cameras – Just when we had almost given up hope on Nokia, along comes “Gulp,” a promotional stop-motion animation that broke a world record as the largest ever created. The video showcases the Nokia N8 smartphone‘s 12-megapixel camera, using its Carl Zeiss lens to great effect. It’s been confirmed by the Guinness Book of World Records that the 11,000 square foot area used in the video makes this the world’s largest stop-motion animation. [mashable]

Google Bitching About Apple / Microsoft / Android Patent War – The success of the Android OS has inspired “a hostile, organized campaign against Android by Microsoft, Oracle, Apple and other companies, waged through bogus patents,” wrote David Drummond, Google’s Chief Legal Officer, in a blog post. Opponents of Google, on the other hand, claim they’re simply protecting the intellectual property that they spent (a lot of) money to develop. [ibtimes]

Jay Z And Kanye Fighting Over Tour Costs – Rap royalty Jay-Z and Kanye West postponed their upcoming tour yesterday, even after putting on a united front at a packed listening party for their hotly anticipated new album “Watch The Throne” on Monday night. West reportedly wants pricey pyrotechnics and lighting valued at $400,000 at each of their shows, while business-savvy Jay is aiming to keep costs in check to pay back a hefty advance to Live Nation. [thedaily]

South Africa Grants Swaziland $354 Million Bailout – South Africa will give a 2.4 billion rand ($354 million) loan to help ease a crippling financial crisis that has sparked massive protests in Swaziland, officials on Wednesday announced, saying the bailout is conditional on reforms in the tiny kingdom. Swazi union leader Vincent Dlamini called for a new government to manage the funds. Good idea.  [associated]

Boeing Flies Giant ‘747’ Pattern Across United States – It’s nice to see flight test engineers having some fun once in a while. The Boeing 747-8 is making its longest flight to date as part of its extended operations testing. The aeroplane left Paine Field north of Seattle early this morning and isn’t expected back until near midnight. The aeroplane will follow a flight path over the United States that resembles the number 747. [wired]

Biggest Child Porn Ring Bust Ever – U.S. authorities said Wednesday they have dismantled a worldwide child pornography ring that traded illicit images over the Internet using sophisticated encryption. Investigators said an estimated 600 people used a private, members-only Internet bulletin board called Dreamboard to access the graphic images. Federal prosecutors have filed charges against 72 people in what they described as the largest prosecution ever of an online child pornography operation. [msnbc]

The Hilariously Bad Disguises of the German Secret Police – Check out these great cold war-era photos of some totally normal East German citizens, who are definitely not members of the secret police! How innocuous they are, these completely non-suspicious-looking gentlemen, who could not possibly be Stasi officers in disguise, especially not the fellow in sunglasses and the enormous fur coat with the upturned collar. Nope, just some regular guys. [gawker]

Kate Middleton Gets Kidnap Training – Reports suggested the 29-year-old took the intensive personal protection programme recently amid fears she has become a kidnap target. While her new status has led to a legion of new fans, officials fear she could become a target for terrorists, abductors and stalkers. The course, described as “very tough” both physically and mentally, teaches key a range of survival skills. [telegraph]

How To Unlock A Car With A Text Message – Bailey, a senior security consultant with iSEC Partners, said in an interview with CNN at the Black Hat security conference here at Caesars Palace that the same hack he has used to demonstrate unlocking and even starting a car via text message also could be used to attack industrial systems, the power grid and the water system. [cnn]

American Psycho And Taxi Driver Writers Team Up For New Shark Horror – The history of shark movies is littered with the corpses of failed attempts to recapture the majesty of Steven Spielberg’s Jaws, but a new Hollywood combo may offer fresh hope of reviving the genre. Paul Schrader, the esteemed writer of Taxi Driver and director of such offbeat joys as American Gigolo, Cat People and The Walker is to collaborate with author Bret Easton Ellis on new psychological horror, Bait. [guardian]

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