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Twitter Offline Due To DDoS 398

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday August 06, 2009 @11:32AM from the hate-when-that-happens dept.

The elusive Precision dropped a submission in my lap about a DDoS taking down Twitter running on CNet. It's been down for several hours, no doubt wreaking havoc on the latest hawtness in social networking. Won't someone please think of the tweeters? Word is that both Facebook & LiveJournal have been having problems this AM as well.

Comment Re:All that trouble... (Score 1) 848

by kippers on Saturday January 10, 2009 @05:49PM (#26401831) Attached to: Windows 7 Beta Released To Public After Delay

What's Office 2003, Adobe Flash and Thunderbird like?

Windows 7 Beta Released To Public After Delay 848

Posted by timothy on Saturday January 10, 2009 @04:31PM from the join-the-queue-or-ubuntu dept.

Z80xxc! writes "The Windows 7 Beta release is now available for download by the general public, in 32-bit and 64-bit flavors. Microsoft had previously announced availability around 3 PM PST on Friday, but after unexpected numbers of people proved to be interested in the download, had to postpone it to add more servers."

UK Government To Outsource Data Snooping and Storage 114

Posted by timothy on Friday January 02, 2009 @07:40AM from the avoid-conflict-of-interest dept.

bone_idol writes "The Guardian is reporting that the private sector will be asked to manage and run a communications database that will keep track of everyone's calls, emails, texts and internet use under a key option contained in a consultation paper to be published next month by Jacqui Smith, the home secretary. Also covered on the BBC."

Comment Re:Doesn't really matter what WE think, does it? (Score 2, Funny) 412

by kippers on Wednesday December 31, 2008 @11:40AM (#26280333) Attached to: Wikipedia Almost Reaches $6 Million Target

Yet without them everyone and their dog would have an article.

Vietnam Imposes New Blogging Restrictions 206

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday December 26, 2008 @05:12PM from the people-never-learn dept.

GMAW is one of many to mention that the Vietnam government has approved a new set of regulations aimed at bloggers. The new restrictions ban bloggers from discussing certain subjects that the government deems sensitive or inappropriate. Not only are the topics limited, but bloggers are being directed to only write about issues that directly impact their personal lives. "The rules, which were approved Dec. 18, attempt to rein in Vietnam's booming blogosphere. It has become an alternative source of news for many in the communist country, where the media is state-controlled. The new rules require Internet companies that provide blogging platforms to report to the government every six months and provide information about bloggers on request."

Comment Re:Doesn't have a built in update mechanism? (Score 1) 376

by kippers on Thursday December 18, 2008 @12:23PM (#26160999) Attached to: Microsoft Rushes Internet Explorer Patch

But the advantage is genuine! They even told you so...

Why Developers Are Switching To Macs 771

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday November 17, 2008 @05:19PM from the because-we-mostly-can-expense-them dept.

snydeq writes "Programmers are finding themselves increasingly drawn to the Mac as a development platform, in large part due to Apple's decision to move to Intel chips and to embrace virtualization of other OSes, which has turned Mac OS X into a flexible tool for development, InfoWorld reports. The explosion of interest in smartphone development is helping the trend, with iPhone development lock-in to the Mac environment the chief motivating factor for Apple as a platform of choice for mobile development. Yet for many, the Mac remains sluggish and poorly tuned for development, with developers citing its virtual memory system's poor performance in paging data in and out of memory and likening use of the default-network file system, AFS, to engaging oneself with 'some kind of passive-aggressive torture.' What remains unclear is whether Apple will lend an ear to this new wave of Mac-based development or continue to develop products that lock out uses programmers expect."

Comment Re:What a waste (Score 1) 143

by kippers on Monday November 10, 2008 @05:42PM (#25711687) Attached to: U-Turn On UK ID Cards

Passports and Driving Licenses work perfectly well as government issued ID too.

Circuit City Files For Bankruptcy 574

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday November 10, 2008 @02:11PM from the i-bet-their-execs-got-cashed-out dept.

WillDraven is just one of many who writes to tell us that Circuit City, the United States' 2nd largest consumer electronics retailer, has filed for bankruptcy under chapter 11. This news comes as no surprise as the company has been in financial trouble, recently announcing that it will be closing over one fifth of its stores and laying off 17% of its US employees in the process. "Larger rival Best Buy, which is based in Minneapolis, has said it might take over stores that distressed rivals close. Yet a flood of discounted merchandise from liquidating Circuit City stores could hurt Best Buy during this holiday shopping season, said Jefferies & Co analyst Dan Binder."

Comment Re:No Mac version. Less functions than Acrobat. La (Score 1) 375

by Weirdofreak on Monday February 20, 2006 @01:13PM (#14761849) Attached to: Unipage - A PDF Alternative?

Because the individual components haven't all been invented yet.

Comment Re:Pirates (forgetting "50% or more" detail) (Score 1) 1965

by Draknek on Monday October 24, 2005 @12:29PM (#13864616) Attached to: Your Favorite Math/Logic Riddles?

Okay, so in the first situation he votes against it, and the first pirate gets thrown overboard.

In the second situation he votes against it, and the second pirate gets thrown overboard.

But in the third situation, there are only three pirates left (3, 4 and 5). #3 knows that #5 will vote against it, but he only needs two votes to survive. #4 will vote for this proposal whatever he's offered, because he doesn't want to propose something that #5 might reject.

So #3 proposes that he gets all 100 gold pieces. #4 agrees, because he doesn't want to die. #5 rejects it, but it's two votes to one, and he gets nothing.

Whatever he's offered in the first proposal is better than what he would get offered in the second proposal, which is better than nothing (what he would get from the third proposal).

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