Comment Re:Don't they have (Score 5, Informative) 135
Dude RTFA (I know, I know, shame on me). The backup generators kicked in, but 25% of the machines in data center did not receive power before crashing.
Comment Re:I've Still Yet to See the Code from Them (Score 1) 237
No if it floats like duck, then it's GPL compliant.....or a witch, I am not sure.
Comment Authorize.Net did have a backup (Score 3, Informative) 118
...except it failed as well. From their twitter:
"@gotwww The backup data center was impacted too. Don't have info as to why. The team is solely focused on getting us back up for now."
"@gotwww The backup data center was impacted too. Don't have info as to why. The team is solely focused on getting us back up for now."
Comment Re:MS Updates (Score 1) 578
Updates in Vista uses a seperate contral panel applet, presumably its the same in 7.
You are correct updates appear in a "Windows Update" control panel.
Submission + - Threat from Time Warner Cable that Requires Action (realsoftwareblog.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Take action against a recent threat from Time Warner Cable as they announce plans to introduce bandwidth caps.
Quoting: "Time Warner Cable, the 3rd largest Internet provider in the US, has been testing capping bandwidth in Beaumont, Texas and recently announced that they plan to put these restrictions in place here in Austin and San Antonio, and a few other cities as well. It is only a matter of time before these caps are rolled out to all Time Warner Cable customers around the country."
A Time Warner Cable representative said they will charge $1 for every gigabyte you use over the limit.
http://www.realsoftwareblog.com/2009/04/threat-from-time-warner-cable-that.html
Comment Who needs the constitution... (Score 4, Insightful) 319
...it's just a piece of paper anyways.
New CyberSecurity Bill Raises Privacy Questions 319
Nicolas Dawson points out coverage in Mother Jones of the early stages of a new cybersecurity bill that conveys sweeping powers on the President. Quoting: "The Cybersecurity Act of 2009 (PDF) gives the president the ability to 'declare a cybersecurity emergency' and shut down or limit Internet traffic in any 'critical' information network 'in the interest of national security.' The bill does not define a critical information network or a cybersecurity emergency. That definition would be left to the president. The bill ... also grants the Secretary of Commerce 'access to all relevant data concerning [critical] networks without regard to any provision of law, regulation, rule, or policy restricting such access.' This means he or she can monitor or access any data on private or public networks without regard to privacy laws."
Submission + - SPAM: Twitter Saves A Life? 1
narramissic writes: "If you don't follow Demi Moore on Twitter you might think she's an unlikely target for someone crying out for help. Yet that's just what happened last night when a woman (@sandieguy) started sending out Tweets saying she was going to kill herself. Luckily for her, Demi is routinely contacted asking for help with some traumatic event (an upcoming operation, say) and she'll pass it on so that the person in question ends up with a stream of supportive tweets. But was this cry for help really a cry for more Followers? Blogger Peter Smith notes that @sandieguy's Follower count jumped by 75 in the time it took him to write his post on the subject, suggesting the number was quite a bit lower than that before all the drama. Not ones to fall into the Twitter trap, San Jose police confirm that @sandieguy was in the hospital for evaluation. And Ashton Kutcher is calling his wife a life saver. So let's just go with that."
Link to Original Source
Link to Original Source
Submission + - Google may buy Twitter story sparks blog battle
An anonymous reader writes: NEW YORK-Two prominent technology news blogs clashed on Friday morning over a report one of them issued that said Google Inc. may try to buy Internet start-up Twitter....TechCrunch proprietor Michael Arrington, citing three unnamed sources, said on Thursday night that Google would pay for Twitter in cash, stock or a combination of the two.
Hours after Arrington's blog entry, Kara Swisher reported on her Boomtown blog said the story was inaccurate, citing "a number of sources." "In fact, Twitter and Google have simply been engaged in 'some product-related discussions,' according to one source," Swisher wrote.
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/613030
Hours after Arrington's blog entry, Kara Swisher reported on her Boomtown blog said the story was inaccurate, citing "a number of sources." "In fact, Twitter and Google have simply been engaged in 'some product-related discussions,' according to one source," Swisher wrote.
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/613030
Comment Re:Conflicker (Score 1) 246
How do we know that CADIE is not Conflicker? Maybe she is like Skynet, and is the virius.
Comment Re:Upgrading (Score 1) 858
Ever priced a srick or two of RAM from HP?
Their part store prices a stick of 1 GB "Genuine" SODIMM RAM at $264.86.
Their part store prices a stick of 1 GB "Genuine" SODIMM RAM at $264.86.
Comment Slashdotted? (Score 1) 530
Either the site got Slashdotted, or they discovered the error of their ways:
Server Error in '/SKILLS' Application.
The resource cannot be found.
Description: HTTP 404. The resource you are looking for (or one of its dependencies) could have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable. Please review the following URL and make sure that it is spelled correctly.
Requested URL: /Skills/myskills.aspx
Server Error in '/SKILLS' Application.
The resource cannot be found.
Description: HTTP 404. The resource you are looking for (or one of its dependencies) could have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable. Please review the following URL and make sure that it is spelled correctly.
Requested URL:
