As you can see, my blog is also using the Social Media Widget. However it’s
not version 4.0 which has been considered a SPAM machine. It is said to
add “Pay Day Loan”-SPAM by injecting third-party PHP code, which is
loaded from an external source. The fact that the programmer changed…

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It seems as if Samsung has trouble with almost every bigger company that
seals with electronics. Now it’s LG who has sent inspectors to the offices of
Samsung to search for patent violations. LG states that it is a bit odd that
Samsung is releasing big-size OLEDs nearly at the same time as LG does.

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What sounds like a bad joke or a nerd watching too much SciFi series, is
the hard truth. A guided laser system (LaWS as the US Navy calls it) is able
to seek and destroy potential dangerous flying objects. Tested with a drone
the ship burnt the birdie down into the ocean.

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I really wonder if pain is so alluring that some people switch off their brain
and do silly things, a normal person would never think of, no matter how
spectacular it would be. This guy however is one of those who seem to
destroy their descendant’s future. Oh, and girls don’t like scrambled eggs!

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Ther e are situations when money is needed. And thieves are most creative
when it comes to achieving the goal of filling the hole in the pocket with
money. Some try to break in (and fail), others try to rip out the entire ATM
(and got caught), these guys thought, let’s do a gas station with an ATM!

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One thing we like about Amazon is the uncomplex way of ordering things
on the internet and have them delivered home. No more walking around
in the rain no more waithing at the cash register and easy browse&search
on the homepage for specific items. But in Germany there’s grey clouds.

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CCTV often captures strange  moments in everyday life. This video has
captured a near-death accident not caused by the busdriver but by other
drivers. The scenes you see show how lucky the busdriver was. Thanks to
his quick reaction, he was able to hop off devil’s shovel!

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It seems as if there are some rogue divers around who want to take Africa
offline. The Egyptian coastguard has captured 3 divers who were about to
cut the underwater line connection. As the repair of such a cable is often
very complex and expensive, the avoidance of such incidents is crucial!

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…or when trains fly by with 400 km/h (250 mph)! The red arrow (the
translation for “frecciarossa”) as the new italian high-speed train is called
is supposed to reach 400 km/h albeit the operational speed is 360 km/h.
(215 mph). But as you can see the development never stops.

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So there we have it. The new SimCity didn’t have a lucky start. Time for EA to act
and give all loyal buyers a free game for the initial problems, SimCity was prone
to. Okay, the mail from EA tells it is very easy to claim the free game. Just log in
to origin, launch the “Featured tab” and grab the desired free game.

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Ever wondered how these huge freight carriers, which have a length of more
than 1000 feet, are built and then watered? Then you should watch this 75
seconds timelapse and your question should be answered. Maersk and a
shipyard in Korea have built the largest freight carrier, recording the result.

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This must have been the question of this taiwanese truck driver when he
arrived at the desired spot with a tonload of bamboo sticks and no one felt
responsible to help him unload the truck. So he fund a way to unload the
stuff at the material cost of the back axis of his truck. Thanks to Physics!

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The internet grows, the internet offers much more media than ever before.
Games are no longer delivered on physical media. Programs run off the
cloud service. Everything gets based on the internet more and more. What
sounds good for us, may be bad for users of T-Online. The reason: Cutbacks!

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So iOS 6.1.3 is out for a couple of days and many users have cheered that
the security flaw where you could bypass the lockscreen was fixed. But
now there’s another security flaw which allows access to the iPhone and
it’s contacts and photos. However it ain’t as simple as with the old iOS.

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You asked for it? Then you’ll get it! This female postman from Singapore
has specialized in delivering adverts (or Information?) in a very effective
and efficient way. So when you thing, not having an E-Mail saves you from
SPAM, then you’d better reconsider your thoughts. Incredible!

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Many of you have probably seen Minority Report, an interesting Sci-Fi
movie about police units using future-telling individuals to predict crime
before it happens. What is base for a good Sci-Fi movie in 2006 seems to
become real in Seattle, WA. Predpol, that’s the name of the software used.

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Lions are known to be wild beasts that can rip a fully-gron man into pieces
with ease. But what happens if a lion grows up in a human family and then
released into wilderness after many, many years? This video shows: Even
wild beasts have a memory and remember whom they can trust!

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There are things in life one should remember: Even if someone is “lifeless”
it is no free ticket for teasing him or even annoying him to death. In this
case, a tourist has teased a street performer who made the “still statue”
act. The street performer just waited for the right moment…

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Well… nowadays, servers don’t produce as much heat as their older
pendants which had to be cooled using water. Yet the Microsoft data
center in Ireland hat to stutter when the air flow has shut down for an
unknown reason with a firware update recently successful applied.

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Things you don’t do: A cowfence has not a high voltage but lots of Ampère!
And thus an electric bash of the cowfence still can hurt you. In Physics we
have learned, that our body can be powered with thousands of volts
without any harm… as long as we’re not grounded.

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Ever wondered what the world in 7 miles depth of water is looking like?
With a water pressure of 110’000’000 pascals there should be no life
ever possible. But you’ll be surprised what kind of water animals you’re
seeing down there. Impressive and thrilling also.

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Gaming consoles get smaller and smaller. While the WiiU is currently the
smallest of them all. The new Xi3 Piston seems to be a new goalgetter. Only
equipped with some flash RAM, a decent processor and graphics unit, it
makes use of Steam. With 999 US$ MSRP it is extremely expensive!

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This ain’t good news for Microsoft. Brussels has sued Microsoft for violating
the Browser choice agreement. The main argument was that Mcrosoft has
not shown the Browser Choice windows to all users (which users they are,
is till unknown)! Although I am not a Microsoft Fanboy, this is ridiculous!

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Th esecurity hole where you can bypass the security code by dialling an
emergency call number is boggling Apple big time. This video shows how to
test if your device is also affected by the security issue. Even with iOS 6.1.2
the security hole isn’t fixed and I could reproduce the steps on my 4/4S

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HGST, now a division of Western Digital, has made first tries to save data
on smaller space using Nano-Lithography. While common technologies
allow maximum 4 to 5TB per HDD, the Nanolithography technique allows
doubling the data density. That’s quite some space for today’s demands.

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Well… this BDay has not been of the ones, Justin Bieber wanted to celebrate.
Being in London, he forked out £10.000 for a glamourous party at the
prestige club “Cirque Du Soir”. But when the party was about to start, there
was the first touchdown. Some of his younger friends did not get in.

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In Derweze, Turmenistan, a nature spectacle is burning eternally. In 1971
a drilling company has found a cavern under the drilling site, filled with
natural gas. Since the company feared that the gas is poisonous, the best
idea was to burn it and hope that the fire will extinguis in days.

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If you think of turtles, you may probably think of the cute little shy animal
crawling slowly over the ground and being lazy. When you watch these
videos, you might reconsider your thoughts about these animals as they
can be vicious, too! And I learned today: Turtles can be carnivores!

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If you ever wondered, why some robbers are in prison for strange thefts,
this story tells one of these strange stories. A bar got cracked up and the
robbers wanted to nab the installed ATM. However they took the wrong
machine – and got the jukebox instead. Much effort for almost nothing!

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Being cut in line on the road is a big annoyance, especially
when you drive a bigger vehicle that isn’t capable of breaking
instantly. A bus driver from Zelenograd decides for his
passengers and simply crashes into cars cutting his line.

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New computers are often a bliss. Sometimes it can be just annoying. While
upgrading my computer, I had to install some software from scratch as
important device drivers were just broken. One of the more annoying ones
are these from VIA. Had to manually delete them later as the setup failed.

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Seems as if not only Apple has the trouble when it comes to delivery flaws upon
the release of new hardware. The Surface Pro tablet is also among these gadgets
which are highly demanded but where the manufacturer cannot deliver the item
in time. So it’s simply waiting time for those who want to have a Surface Pro.

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