[ITNT:] Ron Perlman returns as "Hellboy: Make-A-Wish"

Hello readers!

Sorry to mislead if it has, but this isn't a sequel of the Hellboy franchise.

Perhaps the most awesome news I have read this week, celebrity Ron Perlman, with his busy schedule in mind, decided to fulfish the wish of a boy who wanted to meet Ron... by wearing the whole make-up outfit and wearing Hellboy look. The company that perform the make up also turned the boy in Hellboy also!

Check out the full story and more photos at: SuperheroHype!

Just wonderful and awesome to read, I had to share it.

-Harish, out.

[ITNT:] Virgin Money buy Northern Rock

Hey reader!

Founded by Richard Branson, Virgin Group subsidiary Virgin Money bought out Northern Rock plc for £747million from the government.

I had to go into this.

Why?

Read on and see the breakdown of the respective companies, and who it affects.

[ITNT:] Facebook In Trouble For Recognising People's Faces

Hey Reader,

So I read on Metro today (which was actually in the news yesterday) how people are going crazy about Facebook being able to recognise who is in what picture using facial recognition software, enough for European privacy watchdogs to look into it as a legal matter.

Now let's think this through. We're on the internet - it's open source, access to all. These photos that can recognise who is in what photo? Interesting idea. It's been around for some time though, it's not new (see Google's 'Picasa'). Why could it be right? Easier to tag people, privacy settings pre-exist allowing who to see you in what pic through your profile. Why could it be wrong? Maybe someone you don't know happens to have your photo and it auto-tags you in. I don't know truth be told, it's just an assumption as I've not seen it in action. However, going solely off what I've read...

In the News Today: Who's Really Retarded?

Secret filming caught patients being
dragged and slapped by support
workers

Hey reader,

Saw an alarming bit of news on the BBC today, which is an excerpt from its undercover TV documentary show, Panorama, which includes footage of the mentally handicapped in an institute, a place created to care for those who cannot do for themselves, being physically abused to terrible levels for amusement, and is paid for by us UK taxpayers.

This all happened at the Winterbourne View, Bristol, UK. Click below for more information on what happened, and to see the footage:

BBC News - Patient abuse caught on film labelled 'torture'

Panorama is airing in the UK on BBC1, 31st May, 2011 on BBC1 at 9pm - see it also on the BBC iPlayer.