Facebook Hacker Cup For Hackers Around The World
Facebook is challenging software geeks around the world to show their talent in the online social networking king’s first “Hacker Cup.” The contest consists of a set of online rounds that kick off in January and a final round in March held at Facebook’s campus in the Silicon Valley city of Palo Alto. Facebook will fund the airfares and accommodation for 25 contestants in the online rounds to come to California for the final stage of the competition.Facebook announced the Facebook Hacker 2011 Cup competition that will offer $ 5000, $ 3000 and $ 1000 for top three.
The movie “The Social Network†showing that facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has also the history of hacking back in Harvard University. He created a site ‘Face-mash’ and filled the site with images of university girls by hacking the university database.
Keep on checking www.facebook.com/hackercup for more details and updates to the event.