This question is easily answered: You don’t know what you do and how things
turn into weapons if improperly used. In Singapore a taxi driver and a taxi
user have died in a horrible but also spectacular crash. The driver, a young
rich chinesse guy totaled his rare Ferrari 599 GT… and lost his life too!

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As you may have noticed already, I am also blogging about great technical
achievements. The one I am posting about right now is one of such. In this
case an old building at Zurich main station has to be moved by 60 metres to
make room for more tracks to the main station. This timelapse shows the…

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Tokio now has the second biggest tower in the world! The Sky Tree which
opened its Gates to the public has a total height of 634 metres. However the
observation decks aren’t the highest yet. At 300 and 400m the Sky Tree has
its observation decks. The Toronto CN Tower has them at 357 and 447m!

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It seems as if WhatsApp Has also attracted the attention of hackers. An
Android App called WhatsApp Sniffer allows tapping of conversations
between users on the same network as the hacker is on with his device.
Google has already put down the App from the AppMarket.

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When it comes to Siri, you remember the iPhone 4S introducing this feature.
You can ask Siri any question and most of them are adequately answered.
The question about “Will you marry me” for example is being answered with
“Sorry, but my Terms of use do not cover marriage”.

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Seems as if the Unthinkable gets closer and closer for more and more star
economists. Greece is about to loose the Euro as currency and going back to
the drachm. Seems as if all effort to avoid the expulsion of Greece from the
european currency union has failed.

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Seems as if the german BKA (Federal Criminal Police Office) still has no tool
to tap the encrypted VoIP lines or EMail traffic of Suspects. The trojan horse
“Staatstrojaner” still does not comply with current law specifications and
thus is illegal to use on any private computer yet!

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This is a wonderful example why you shouldn’t use automated patterns to
generate e-mail adresses for example. In this case, a german company has
faced severe problems and moch more worse: The email system there seems
not to accept any changes to that generated addresss…

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I have already posted some videos, how dangerous driving in Russia can be.
This video is no exception and goes one step further. I guess You all know the
zipper scheme when you are on a two-lane intersection. slow down your car,
let the car next to you slip in between. But what happens if you don”t give in?

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I already mentionned, that I like Timelapse videos. This time, it’s from the
construction site of the Freedom Tower in New York where a camera has
recorded pictures of the construction over 8 years. They are now finally put
together into a 2 minutes long timelapse video. The result is amazing!

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What almost sounds impossible, seems true right now. The usually so-secure
Mac OS X seems to have a big security hole allowing hacers to spy on passwords.
It seems as if FileVault has a Debug option that allows writing unencrypted
passwords to FileVault files to the log file. This debug option has been…

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…or: An instruction how to learn to hate the service of Deutsche Bahn. It all
began with a planned trip to Munich from Bern. No problem. Just take the
14:02 train from Bern to Zurich HB and then switch trains to Munich Central
station. 5h42m travel time and less hassle with train switching… WRONG!

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This is amazing. While browsing youtube in my lunch break I stumbled upon
this really nice video. While here one is securing his bike with a heavy lock,
the chinese people seem to use much more “natural” ressources to protect
their transportation device. The follwoing video is self-explaining! Have fun!

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It seems as if the famous portal that has gone stock, seems to have to deal
with problems concerning their balance figures. So it’s only logical that
Groupon now employs a professional finance&economy management team
to get things straight. Possibly to fend off any stock-related issues!

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So it’s official! Five big providers have been forced by the High Court of Great
Britain to lock access to the famous Pireate bay site, a site containing links to
torrent files that allow establishing network links to a specific file among
various clients. An example for de-centralized file distribution.

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The house of Representatives have now agreed to the CISPA with 248 against
168 votes. 15 haven’t been counted. CISPA (aka. Cyber Intelligence Sharing
and Protection Act) allows governmental institutions and businesses to share
private data from persons all over. So if you had ruffle with the CIA, your…

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It looks grim for Samsung’s most actual TV devices that also offer network
capabilities and streaming. It seems as if there’s a way to completely defeat
your TV set or blu-ray player simply by placing invalid chars into a control
data packet from Android and iDevices. The result: A non-working device!

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Seems as if there’s still room for inventions when it comes to the iPhone. But
this gadget is sort of special: It can withstand a pistol bullet with no problem!
I still doubt that one would survive a collision with a Desert Eagle .50 pro-
jectile as the kinetic power that comes from the bullet is extreme!

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Think again! It seems that Flashback has infected 600’000 MacOS-based
systems and made them zombies of a botnet. A new java virus called
Backdoor.OSX.SabPub.a or SX/Sabpab-A is partly based on the flashback code
and executes malware in the backround without the user’s notice.

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Well, Friday the 13th seems to be the horror for quite a lot of people! For
others, it means to be a lucky day. And others again feel sorta invigorated
at especially this day. So what’s the myth behind Friday 13th? Let’s dive into a
bit of history and research understand the different views on this special 13th.

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Well, so there we are. Holidays, and no sun in sight. Typically for when you’re
off work. It cooled down 12 degrees in Bern within the last 12 hours. And
when I woke up I had to notice that snow was falling. At first I thought
“There must be something wrong” – But when I went outside, I felt the cold air.

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As if Yahoo doesn’t have enough trouble and problems right now, it seems
as if facebook is now “repaying” Yahoo for their attempt to sue facebook for
violating 10 patents, Yahoo clamis rights for (read here). Has Yahoo filed
lawsuit against facebook, so is facebook now filing a lawsuit against Yahoo.

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I really like nature videos. One fact is that it’s amazing how nature itself is
dealing with unexprected changes and the other is how tiny little critters
are fightimg a bigh behemoth. In this video you’ll see how japanese bees
are finishing off a big hornet. 30 Hornets can kill 30’000 bees in 3 hours!

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The sun for most of us is nothing more than a big glaring ball in the sky that
spends light, warmth and sunburns. However with the right equipment, you
will see things on the surface of the un that simply is stunning. The satellite
“SDO” has spotted and filmed a firestorm on September 25th, 2011.

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So you think your private data stored on your smartphone is secure? No one
can get access to your phone anyways? You have an antitheft-system active?
Well good to know that you seem to have taken all precautions to stop others
to access your smartphone and it’s data. But did you know that’s not enough?

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There are several signs out in the world that makes you either ask yourself
or trying to figure out why that particular sign has been put up. In a toilet
in Korea, a guide sign has been put up however the pictograms are rather
odd and make you also laugh a bit. One pictogram took my attention!

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Again a setback for China’s #1 telecommunication service provider and gear
manufacturer. Australia has launched a telecom project to attach 93% of
the australian population to boradband internet via cable, staelltie and DSL.
Huawei however is not wanted as premier Julia Gillard states hacking…

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It seems as if Apple takes user complaints serious now. As there are Apps
which seem to misuse the UDID (Unique Device ID) to send unsilicited Ads
and spam, Apple has now updated their privacy policy. So are Apps now
no longer allowed to use the UDID for advertisement mechanisms.

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Although I really appreciate other manufacturers to come up with good alter-
atives to Apple’s new iPad, I still fear that some manufacturers seem to seek
for the thrill of being sued by Apple for design patent violations. The newest
tablet from Huawei, the MediPad FHD seems to make no exception here.

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The new skyline of new york is raising up. But so do the costs of the project.
Originally, the costs have been estimated to a total cost of $11 billion dollars.
While One WTC is growing and finishing it’s raw buildup in mid 2012, the other
towers lack of being rented. So is Two WTC only rented on seven floors!

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Ëver wanted to know how long a famous couple’s marriage will last? There’s 2
formulas that will help yor determine an estimated duration for the marriage
of a certain couple. The formulas look a bit weird however the second one
appears to be more simplified but only regards her attributes no longer his!

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It seems as if german internet users still don’t have to fear a two strikes rule as
it is already applied in France or Great Britain. German ISPs don’t want to spy
on their users and inform them about copyright infringement. This seems to be
a severe Drawback for ACTA. Especially 1&1 as the biggest ISP is against it!

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