News Headlines - 08 July 2011

▽Ex-News of the World editor Coulson arrested - BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14077405
Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson has been arrested by police investigating phone hacking and corruption allegations.

▽Million-core ARM machine aims to simulate brain - ZDNet
http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/emerging-tech/2011/07/08/million-core-arm-machine-aims-to-simulate-brain-40093356/
The bedrock of the SpiNNaker computing architecture is formed of 50,000 or so ARM 968-series multi-core, low-powered embedded processors, which passed their functionality tests "with flying colours", Manchester University said on Thursday.

Yahoo! criticised over e-mail 'snooping' for advertising - BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/14077856
A leading consumer group has accused Yahoo! of scanning through personal e-mails for information to use to sell advertising.

▽Five out of eight tuna species at risk of extinction, scientists warn - Daily Mail
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2012534/Five-tuna-species-risk-extinction.html?ITO=1490
Five out of the eight tuna species are at risk of extinction, conservationists warned last night as they called for urgent action to tackle over-fishing.
Three species are threatened with global extinction, while two more will be under threat without action to help them, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

▽Aston confirms V12 Zagato production - New Car Net
http://www.newcarnet.co.uk/Aston%20Martin_news.html?id=11429
Aston Martin has confirmed the V12 Zagato model is to go into limited production.
Following positive customer reaction, 150 examples of the road car will roll out in 2012.