Pwn2Own & Chrome

Put your computer hacking skills to use and try to hack Google's Chrome OS in the 2011 Pwn2Own competition for $20K.

"The Chrome prize is only the latest in a string of incentives from Google for anyone who can demonstrate security flaws in its products. In January of last year, it launched a bug-buying program to pay as much as $1,337 for information about critical security bugs in its browser. Within six months, it upped that maximum payout to $3,133.70. (Both numbers contain a coded reference to the word LEET, or “elite” in hacker jargon.)"


So nerdy... but I love it! Read the rest of the Forbes blogpost here.

Google Street View for Art Museums!

What a cool project--Google recently took its street view technology into museums so that people can take virtual tours of museums and see artwork up close. Through this partnership with museums, we the public can arguably get "closer" to paintings via digital means than we could at the actual museum with cordons.

Check out the project at www.googleartproject.com--it's worth it!