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Facebook's bug bounty scheme: $40K already paid for finding bugs

Wed, 31/08/2011 - 14:15 by NeelamGoswami

Facebook on Monday said it has paid out more than $40,000 to users for detecting and reporting bugs on its social networking site during the first three weeks of its bug bounty program.

Facebook offers hackers $500 for reporting bugs on site

Mon, 01/08/2011 - 15:13 by NeelamGoswami

Facebook is offering a bounty for the detection and reporting of bugs on its website. According to several online reports, apparently too tired of bugs which strike the social networking site often, Facebook has started paying reward for reporting bugs.

Car steering wheel dirtier than public toilet seat--study

Sun, 24/04/2011 - 20:16 by Jaspreet Virk

If you thought public toilet to be dirtiest of all, probably you are wrong, as a new study claims that a car steering is far filthier than a public toilet seat.

Study: Bugs 'shout' by shaking

Fri, 19/11/2010 - 10:24 by Prince damin

Cancun, Mexico -- Insects use plants they inhabit as natural "telegraphs," drumming on leaves or stems or vibrating their bodies to signal other bugs, European researchers say.

Using plants to communicate makes sense, study researcher Andrej Cokl of the National Institute of Biology in Slovenia says.

"Plants are the most natural and usual surrounding of most insects," Cokl told LiveScience.com.

The study was presented Thursday in Cancun, Mexico, at the second Pan-American/Iberian Meeting on Acoustics.

Researchers found insects like stinkbugs and burrower bugs utilized a wide variety of vibration-producing methods, from shaking their abdomens to shivering their entire bodies to tapping their front legs on the plant surface.

Baby formula recall involves 5 million cans--Abbott

Fri, 24/09/2010 - 12:05 by Jamie Anderson

Abbott Laboratories Inc Wednesday announced a voluntary recall of about 5 million cans of its top-selling Similac baby formula over fears of it being tainted with beetles.