Hackers beat Google Chrome security

At the Pwn2own competition in Canada, a group of French hackers were able to bypass Google’s vaunted security features to take control of a Windows PC in less than five minutes.

The result is a reversal of last year’s Pwn2own, when Chrome stood undefeated at the end of the competition.

This year it was beaten by Vupen, a French firm controversial in security circles for selling the software vulnerabilities it discovers to government spy agencies.

“We wanted to show that Chrome was not unbreakable,” the firm’s head of research Chaouki Bekrar told ZDNet.

“Last year, we saw a lot of headlines that no one could hack Chrome. We wanted to make sure it was the first to fall this year.”

The hack wins the firm 32 points in the overall Pwn2own competition.

NHS managers 'must support whistleblowers' under constitution

They must "ensure their concerns are fully investigated and that there is someone independent, outside the team, to speak to", according to the Department of Health.

The changes, being announced today by Andrew Lansley, the Health Secretary, will also "add clarity around the existing legal right for staff to raise concerns about safety, malpractice or whistleblowing in the NHS", said a spokesman.

They follow repeated concerns over staff being given 'gagging orders' to stop them raising concerns outside their trusts - in some cases stopping them from doing so with official regulators like the Care Quality Commission and the General Medical Council.

Mr Lansley said: "Today we have made it easier for staff to raise concerns about poor patient care.

"Whistleblowing will play an important part in creating a culture of patient safety, and this is why it has been added to the NHS Constitution."

Michigan woman who won $1M lottery but kept using food stamps loses benefits

A Michigan woman won a $1 million lottery and continued to collect $200 a month in food stamps -- until she boasted about her situation to a local TV station and officials swooped in.

Amanda Clayton hit the jackpot in the "Make Me Rich!" lottery game show in October and, after electing to take a lump sum of $700,000 and allowing for taxes, was left with about $500,000, she told WDIV-TV.

The 24-year-old, who is unemployed, said she continued to receive public assistance.

"I thought that they would cut me off, but since they didn't, I thought, maybe, it was OK because I'm not working," Clayton said. "It's hard. I am struggling."

Apple unveils new iPad with 'Retina' display

The new device, named "new iPad", has what Apple calls a "Retina" display, which offers 3.1 million pixels, which is a higher screen resolution than a HDTV.

It also has a 5-megapixel rear camera, which features the same lens technology as Apple's iPhone 4S, and is capable of recording full 1080p HD video.

Tim Cook, Apple's chief executive, announced the new iPad at an Apple event in San Francisco. He described the device as the flagship among the company's "post-PC" products.

The new iPad will be released in the UK on Friday, March 16, with prices starting at £399 for the 16GB, WiFi-only version, and rising to £659 for the 64GB, WiFi and 3G model. The 16GB iPad will remain on sale at £329.

Tense Sudan, South Sudan Talks Enter 2nd Day

Talks to resolve tension between Sudan and South Sudan have entered a second day, after negotiations Tuesday ended in shouting.

A VOA correspondent at the scene, in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, reports the talks are in a delicate stage as the sides try to resolve simmering disputes over oil, borders, and citizenship issues.

Talks on the status of southerners living in the north turned into a shouting match Tuesday. A participant said those particular negotiations are probably over for now, though the sides continue to discuss the oil and boundary disputes.