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94pc of Facebookers hate its latest makeover

94pc of Facebookers hate its latest makeoverSydney, March 21: Facebook has left 94 per cent of its users, participating in a new poll, facing disappointment after making changes to its services.

The social-networking giant received the green signal from only six per cent of nearly 800,000 members who cast their votes.

Facebook had previously announced the makeover on every member’s homepage and changes were being introduced to a small percentage of its expanding 175 million members every day to prevent crashing the system.

Google removes dozens of photos from UK Street View service

Google removes dozens of photos from UK Street View serviceLondon, Mar 21: Google has removed several images from its new UK Street View application.

The firm was forced to pull some of the images from the street-mapping facility following complaints.

It is thought that the pictures removed contained revealing images of homes, a man entering a London sex shop, people being arrested and a man being sick.

"We''ve got millions of images, so the percentage removed was very small," Google''s Laura Scott told the BBC.

Gmail launches ''undo send'' feature

Gmail launches ''undo send'' featureNew York, March 21: All those who

Now, a device to read e-mails out for you while driving

Now, a device to read e-mails out for you while drivingLondon, Mar 20 : Imagine opening your inbox and a female voice alerting you to a new email and even reading it out for you. Well, it has now become a reality, thanks to a new device called iLane.

Designed for a car, iLane features a synthesised female voice, which alerts users when a new email has been received and reads out the message.

The gadget, by Intelligent Mechatronic Systems, even responds to the voice to draft a reply, reports the Telegraph.

‘123456’ is world''s worst password used on the Internet

Melbourne, Mar 19 : `123456' is the most common password used by people on the Internet.

Obscenities, names of fast cars and even ncc1701 - the ship number for Star Trek''s Starship Enterprise, have made it to the list of top 500 worst passwords of all time.

Compiled by Whatsmypass. com, the list features passwords most commonly used by Internet users.

And topping the list of the most common password is 123456, followed by "password" in second place.

Other popular password choices were first names, repeated letters and numbers, pop-culture references.

Even batman, bond007 and cocacola made it to the list, reports the Courier Mail.

Google Earth helped lead-tile thief on runaway robbery spree!

Google Earth helped lead-tile thief on runaway robbery spree!London, Mar 16: A thief stole 100,000 pounds worth of lead from the roofs of buildings – using Google Earth.

By using the popular Internet tool, which shows aerial photographs of towns across the world, Tom Berge was able to identify museums, churches and schools across south London with lead roof tiles.

After the 27-year-old builder found a potential target on his home computer he would scale its roof, take the valuable roof materials and abseil down the side of the building, before selling the lead to scrap metal dealers.

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