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April 12, 2005
Google Malta Suffers From Embarrassing Translation
Malta Today is reporting that the Google Malta home page was hacked.
The search button fittex (search) encountered a momentary metamorphosis on Tuesday evening when the word on the button was changed to the standard Maltese insult of calling somebody a penis in a can.
Note: Feel free to insert quip here about the hacked search button. (-:
According to the article, the Googleplex acknowledges the problem but would not comment on the cause.
Postcript: This blog reports that the problem didn't come from hacking but with the Google program that allows people to translate parts of the Google site.
Posted by Gary Price on April 12, 2005 4:02 PM
