August 10, 2009
by sjvn01
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After last week’s near-collapse of the social networks, such as Twitter, due to a Windows-based, botnet DDoS attack, I made a modest proposal: Throw Windows off the Internet. Here’s how we can do it. Or, at the very least, force … Continue reading
August 7, 2009
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I thought that the massive DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks that knocked Twitter and other social networks out was because of Iran’s government trying to shut down its protesters. I was wrong. Hundreds of millions of Internet users were … Continue reading
August 6, 2009
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The morning ritual: Get your cup of coffee, open up your e-mail, switch your Web browser to Twitter… ARGH! That was how the morning went for many people when they turned to Twitter only to find that the wildly popular … Continue reading
August 1, 2009
by sjvn01
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Hulu and the other Internet video-on-demand Web sites have a new rival: Microsoft. You won’t see this new Microsoft service, the MSN Video Player in the United States anytime soon though. Microsoft is launching its new service in the next … Continue reading
July 31, 2009
by sjvn01
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Let me give you an Internet history lesson. Less than five-years ago, unless you were one of die-hard Netscape Navigator users or a handful of Opera users, your Web browser choices were Internet Explorer or… ah… Internet Explorer. AOL was … Continue reading
July 29, 2009
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“Brains! Must have Yahoo advertising brains!” That might have been Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s call as he finally made a deal for Yahoo. Sure, it looks like Yahoo still exists as an independent company, but in reality, Ballmer’s bite has … Continue reading