A few months ago Joerg (I feel like we're on a first name basis with him at this point, right?) got the idea to try and shoot biscuits out of a pump-action slingshot. It was a fun time, but not as deadly as he would have liked. So round two of the biscuit challenge involves oreo-sized metal washers. Not surprisingly they cause more destruction. Read More >>
Nine months on from the Wall Street Journal spotting a massive Google privacy issue—namely, that it was circumventing cookie privacy settings in Safari—the search giant's fate is now sealed. A judge has approved the US FTC's largest ever fine, in the process rejecting appeals from a consumer-rights group that the sum should be higher, which means Google is set to pony up a cool $22.5 million -- around £14m. Read More >>
Featured comment by chootastic:
"Surely a more effective way of fining theses companies should be: Minimum fine + a % of gross income. That might actually have some impact." More »
Technology blog GHacks reports that YouTube is testing a new homepage design and that anyone can force this new design by adding a cookie to their browser. Here's how to do to so for Chrome and Firefox. Read More >>
Featured comment by rajr110:
"how i would i go about undoing this, it shows me all updates from by subs and i cant seem to find a way to stop this. :S" More »
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