Thursday, February 11, 2010

Google $1337 : Google Offers Upto $1337 Reward to find Bug in Chromium Browser

It's a great news for the testing professionals. Now they can earn a lucrative amount thanks to Google. Google has initiated a reward program for the bug tracker of their googlechrome browser.

Chromium browser is already undergoing security testing by group of researchers associated with Google. Now Google has invited external help from research community to make the process more quicker and efficiently bug free. Google is encouraging individuals to participate in Chromium security and scrutinize Chromium's code and behavior.

The program is all about to ensure security of Chromium users. An individual contributing an original and unreported bug will be eligible for rewards. There are several Reward Guidelines.
The base reward for eligible bugs is $500. If the panel finds a severe bug or particularly clever, Google would reward $1337. The panel may also decide a single report actually constitutes multiple bugs.

Everyone is welcome to take part in this ongoing experimental program. But Google has made it clear that it is not going to issue rewards to those residing in Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria due to export restriction imposed by US.

Formula to predict time for love and marriage revealed

MELBOURNE - Released just in time for Valentine’s Day, a new formula predicts the time for love and marriage.

Brainchild of Australian statisticians, the equation works on how old you are when you start looking for a life partner, and the absolute oldest you want to be to tie the knot, reports News.com.au.

“Applying maths to matters of the heart is always a dangerous prospect. In human life when you’re dealing with emotions you have to think much harder,” University of NSW School of Mathematics and Statistics professor Tony Dooley said. “But if you want to work out the right moment to start getting serious, this actually gives you a mathematical framework to think about it.”

The university’s statisticians claim a success rate of almost 40 per cent.

“Romance by the numbers

1 Choose the oldest age by which you want to get married, for example, 39. Call this ‘n’.

2 Decide the earliest age at which you’ll start to consider a potential spouse, for example, 20. This age becomes ‘p’.

3 Subtract ‘p’ from ‘n’ (39 - 20), then multiply the result by 0.368. This equals 6.992.

4 Add this to your minimum age.

Result: 27 is your optimal proposal age.” (ANI)