Scientists from the University of British Colombia in Vancouver conducted a two -month study in order to determine how vulnerable social networks and their users are in the face of large -scale operations related to the abduction of personal data. During these two months, they managed to “dig” almost 250 gigabytes of information about users of this network using “social bots” - programs created to simulate the behavior of living people, CyberSecurity reported.

The Russians may soon be allowed to save the mobile phone number when changing the operator, since the relevant order of the Ministry of Communications suddenly promised to give President Dmitry Medvedev. Cell operators, who have repeatedly criticized the idea of ​​introducing the principle of tolerance toomers, will now have to spend money on new billing, RBC Daily reports. In addition, in conditions of rigid competition, they will more actively fight for the loyalty of their customers.

The Philippine authorities called the Chinese ambassador to Manila to discuss the incident in the South China Sea. Two Chinese patrol boats prevented the Philippine side to arrest the Chinese fishermen, whose boats were in the waters of the Philippines near the island of Luzon, BBC reports. China and the Philippines dispute the belonging of this territory, known as the RIF of Scarborough. Taiwan claims to this group of islands in the South China Sea.

From January 1, 2013, parking within the boulevard ring will become paid, said Maxim Liksutov, head of the capital's department of transport and development of road transport infrastructure. The preliminary fee is 50 rubles per hour regardless of the area of ​​the Central District, Interfax reports. First of all, the fee will be charged in those parking spaces that interfere with the movement of other transport.

Honda announced that she would bring two completely new concept-cabs to the international motor show in Beijing. These cars will become prototypes of models that will be made for the Chinese market, reports Autonews.ru . The Japanese automaker also published teasers of new products. Judging by the images, the first concept of Honda will be the Chinese version of the Accord sedan. The second car is probably the Chinese version of the Civic hatchback.

Sergey Aleksashenko “The reason for this development of events is completely clear to me: the authorities are afraid that a serious fight against corruption, if it were started, will lead to the fact that Igor Shuvalov with his “pranks” will look like an angel compared to others, and, consequently, to a massive change in the bureaucracy.

Tula entrepreneur Gagik Sargsyan, who killed three armed robbers, acted lawfully, said Vladimir Markin, official representative of the Investigative Committee (SK).

Adobe introduced a new service for users of its products using PDF format. In the new version of Adobe Reader and the Internet service for this package, the possibility of signing electronic documents is implemented. Thanks to the integration of Adobe Reader and Adobe Echosign Esignature technologies, corporate users can currently observe the process of signing documents and track contract statuses.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation refutes the assumptions of Tokyo that Russian military reconnaissance aircraft IL-38 flew over the Japanese Sea because of the Japanese destroyer "Meko", which is in full readiness to knock the North Korean Rocket "Yunh-3" . These events are in no way connected, they assure the Russian military department.

In the Amur Region, investigators opened a criminal case against the employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia "Zeisky" suspected of negligence. This was reported by "Interfax" with reference to the Investigative Committee of the IC of the Russian Federation in the region. "The investigation found that on April 10, a 26-year-old accused of murder, while in the therapeutic department of the central district hospital, asked two escorts to take him to the toilet.

oadam “A couple of years ago I watched some kind of anniversary concert of the Time Machine and, in theory, I should have been filled with nostalgic snot. But unexpectedly, the only song that I really liked was a cover version of one of the stupidest glamorous pop songs of the early 90s – Derzhavin’s “Don’t Cry Alice,” remade, as if as a joke, into a very soft and nice reggae.

The Ministry of Health and Social Development increased the size of the quota for the issuance of permits to foreign citizens for 2012, follows from the order of the Ministry of Health and Social Development, which is published by the Russian Newspaper . In Russia, according to the FMS, 9.1 million migrant workers are currently working. Earlier, the government established for 2012 a quota of 1.746 million foreigners. The quota for 2011 amounted to 1.754 million people.

US cooperation with other partner countries in the development of technology and methods of counteracting cyberosis is faced with problems. This was recognized by the head of the intelligence of the Pentagon Cybercommunications Rear Admiral Samuel Cox. He performed at a seminar dedicated to cybersecurity at the capital's Georgetown University, ITAR-TASS reports.

In Venezuela, in the near future a special unit for the protection of diplomatic mission will be created to ensure the safety of embassy employees accredited in this South American country. This was announced by the Minister of Internal Affairs and Justice Tareka El Aissam. He also indicated that the new department would be subordinated to the National Police.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin spoke in the State Duma with a report on the activities of the government over the past year. In his speech, Putin emphasized that Russia has successfully overcame the financial crisis more successfully, and is now ready to enter the five largest economies in the world in a couple of years.