Wednesday, 27. January 2010

Google Toolbar caught tracking users when 'disabled'


Google has updated its browser toolbar after the application was caught tracking urls even when specifically "disabled" by the user.

In a Monday blog post, Harvard professor and noted Google critic Ben Edelmen provided video evidence of the Google toolbar transmitting data back to the Mountain View Chocolate Factory after he chose to disable the application in the browser window he was currently using.

theregister.co.uk

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Prolific hacker releases PlayStation exploit


On Monday, when we reported that the prolific hacker geohot had successfully penetrated the previously impervious PlayStation 3 gaming console, readers were understandably skeptical.

After all, the 20-year-old readily admitted his hack wasn't reliable, and he provided no evidence he was able to do some of the things modders love to do most, such as run arbitrary code or peel open the device's synergistic processing elements to take a peak at its most prized internal elements.

geohotps3.blogspot.com via

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Winter


winter_01

webpark.ru

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Götz Kauffmann 61-jährig gestorben


Der Wiener Schauspieler wurde durch TV-Serien wie "Ein echter Wiener geht nicht unter" und "Kaisermühlen-Blues" bekannt

derstandard.at

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Test pattern puzzle


test pattern puzzle

swiss-miss.com

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Three Madrid policemen suspended for six months for letting the air out of patrol cars


Three local policemen in Madrid have been suspended without pay for six months by Madrid City Hall, after being found guilty of a serious fault which could have seen them expelled from the force or suspended for upto three years.

typicallyspanish.com

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Wife mistakes burglar for husband, tries to have sex


The woman, Qiu, told police she was sleeping in her Changsha home in the Hunan province last week when she heard someone enter her bedroom, China Daily reports. Believing the burglar to be her husband, Qiu threw herself on the man to make love to him.

app.com

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