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DoS Attacks vs. Social Media

Maybe you heard the sound of the world crashing down and people actually being productive at work yesterday while Twitter was unreachable. It wasn’t long before the full explanation came out—the popular microblogging site was the victim of a DoS attack.

Facebook Tweets That Service Is Restored

Earlier today social media came to a screeching halt, as both Twitter and Facebook were down for long periods of time. This left most people just staring at their screens, there were even reports of some people actually working. Oh the humanity! But in all seriousness, Facebook just sent out the following tweet which explains their downtime:

Blogworld: PR Dos & Don'ts

Lead by Sue Bohle - a few friends on the panel, including Brian Solis and John Earnhardt of Cisco. Eastman Kodak, SAP, PRWeb and BlogAds were also part of the panel.

Homophobic Hackers Hit Gay Gaming Site

GayGamers.net isn't so gay lately. (Look, if you want me to avoid the gratuitous puns, you're going to be severely disappointed.) The site was hate-hacked over the weekend.

ASP.NET: Easily Block DoS Attacks

Denial of Service (DoS) attacks are becoming a more and more common way to bring websites and servers down.

The Law, Microsoft, And ISPs

A couple of legally-tinged topics consider whether Microsoft's pledge not to assert patents against developers as part of its Novell deal actually do what they say, while a British lawyer contends Internet service providers should be liable when a denial of service (DoS) attack takes a website offline.

Google Talk Themes

Ever since the new avatar/themed version of Google Talk came out, people have been creating themes for it, many of them pretty cool. Lets try to run them down.

Romancing The Phone: Txt Luv Dos & Donts

Text messages are the new folded up love notes. You remember 7th grade, heart a-thump as a paper proposal made its way closed up tighter than your throat, hand to hand to her hand. You remember the tornado in your stomach as she sealed a fate irreparable by reading, "Will you be my girlfriend? Check yes or no." It was clumsy, but efficient.

Spam, But Not Spam; 10 Email Mktg. Must Dos

The line between email marketers and spammers is a thin one. But for many legitimate e-business professionals, targeted email is an essential part of the business. The next wave of email marketing is permission-based, and companies are working to differentiate their bulk emails from spam.

The Rigmarole of Norton Internet Security

Notwithstanding the Dell Hell saga of last year, I love my Dell Dimension XPS Gen 5 which I bought in August.