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Woman passes 950th driving test

A South Korean woman is celebrating after passing the written exam for a driving licence – on her 950th attempt.After four years of trying, 68-year-old Cha Sa-soon finally managed to secure the 60 out of 100 points needed to pass the test.The grandmother has spent more than 5m won $4,200, £2,600 on application fees for the test.Now Mrs Cha, who lives in Jeonju, 130 miles 210km south of Seoul, must pass the practical test to get on the road.

via BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Woman passes 950th driving test.

Is your blog working?

isurblogworkinIsmyblogworking.com is a useful free online service that is similar to ping services but has more features where in it puts out more details like the speed taken, indexing in Google and bing search results, even whether the blog hosted is up to date or not and many other useful features. Webmasters can a get clear picture of the state of the blog and also speed of the network and host where it is hosted.

Ismyblogworking.com is a useful free online service that is similar to ping services but has more features where in it puts out more details like the speed taken, indexing in Google and bing search results, even whether the blog hosted is up to date or not and many other useful features. Webmasters can a get clear picture of the state of the blog and also speed of the network and host where it is hosted.

Google new search in the works

googleGoogle engineers have been working on a new search engine that seems to be better than the present search engine. Google new search engine aims to increase in indexing speed and accuracy.

You will find this article in mashable very interesting that sheds more light on the subject.

Google engineers have been working on a new search engine that seems to be better than the present search engine. Google new search engine aims to increase in indexing speed and accuracy.

You will find this article in mashable very interesting that sheds more light on the subject.

Extensive tests for User friendly Websites

I always wondered how web designers would check thier websites in all the browsers there are in the market. But then I found this useful article posted in  Amit Agarwal’s Labnol.org website.

Some of the tools are a must have for any web developer!

IE NetRenderer allows you to check how a website is Read more…

Power Grid hacked to cut power to several cities: CIA

Criminals have been able to hack into computer systems via the Internet and cut power to several cities, a U.S. Central Intelligence Agency analyst said this week

Speaking at a conference of security professionals on Wednesday, CIA analyst Tom Donahue disclosed the recently declassified attacks while offering few specifics on what actually went wrong.

Criminals have launched online attacks that disrupted power equipment in several regions outside of the U.S. The goal of the attacks was extortion.

“We have information, from multiple regions outside the United States, of cyber intrusions into utilities, followed by extortion demands,” he said in a statement posted to the Web on Friday by the conference’s organizers, the SANS Institute. “In at least one case, the disruption caused a power outage affecting multiple cities. We do not know who executed these attacks or why, but all involved intrusions through the Internet.”

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