When Google unveiled its instant messaging client yesterday, there was only one problem: Google Talk requires a Gmail account, which has been invitation-only since its beta debut in 2004. This changed on Thursday, however, as Google opened Gmail to anyone in the United States with a mobile phone. Other countries will follow.
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Member since:2005-07-06
No need to bet, its confirmed. The page calls a Javasript file which basically writes to the page and includes the following javascript.
document.write ('var detect = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();n');
document.write ('var OS,browser,total,thestring;n');
and
document.write ('if (!OS)n');
document.write ('{n');
document.write (' if (checkIt(');
document.write ("'");
document.write ('linux');
document.write ("'");
document.write (')) OS = "Linux";n');
document.write (' else if (checkIt(');
document.write ("'");
document.write ('x11');
document.write ("'");
document.write (')) OS = "Unix";n');
document.write (' else if (checkIt(');
document.write ("'");
document.write ('mac');
document.write ("'");
document.write (')) OS = "Mac";n');
document.write (' else if ((checkIt(');
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How about they do a user agent check and change the text to match the user agent of your browser os. I bet it you changed your user agent to be a different os it would show that name.