Comment Re: Find better prospects? (Score 1, Redundant) 287
Use MongoDB, it's web scale!
Comment Isn't this what VPS are for? (Score 2) 206
Personally I have a VPS in every country I want to get content from.
I have a US VPSs, for Netflix, Pandora an whatever else. I have a UK VPS for BBC iPlayer, Channel4 and so on.
Cheap as chips generally. I think my UK one cost $30 a year!
Sell the service to my friends, and bingo I've made my money back, and I don't have to worry (too much) about some third party stealing all of my traffic
Comment Not with Amazon's EC2 (Score 4, Informative) 85
Head on over to their monthly calculator to work out how much you'll be spending with them if you decide they are right.
Would you go to do your grocery shopping and only find out how much each item you have bought is at the cashier? I think not...
Comment What a rip off (Score 1) 474
One simple solution to most crapware: msconfig
Stop all the unnecessary from loading at startup!
Teach a man to fish... doesn't stop him installing crap.
Submission + - Skype Video Calling Comes To Android (muktware.com)
muktware writes: Sykpe pushed an update today which brought this video calling capabilities to Android phones. Android phones already have Google' Gtalk service which offer video calling capabilities on phone running Android 2.3.4.
As expected only select phones, with needed hardware, will be able to make video calls using Skype.
The lucky few include Google Nexus S, HTC Desire S, Sony Ericsson Xperia neo and Sony Ericsson Xperia pro. Skype said on its page that support for other phones is coming soon.
As expected only select phones, with needed hardware, will be able to make video calls using Skype.
The lucky few include Google Nexus S, HTC Desire S, Sony Ericsson Xperia neo and Sony Ericsson Xperia pro. Skype said on its page that support for other phones is coming soon.
Comment They obviously didn't use S3 then! (Score 1) 135
Because the hack, and Amazons S3 outage occured at about the same time!
Comment Soon I'll be hoping for... (Score 1) 31
packt loss.
Comment PCI Compliance is basically a cover up. (Score 1) 306
PCI compliance can be a cover up, and a cover story over many troubled companies. I work at one, where I was instructed to be creative when it came to giving answers. Patching was always an annual affair, generally before the auditor came onsite.
As for external pens tests, they can be faked. At one stage we pointed the pen testers at a non-production test system, with a completely different version of software.
Thank god I am out of that sector now.
Sony are liable for costs from the Credit card companies. I was told it was $100 an exposed card number. So they could be liable for billions.
Comment so who else... (Score 1) 414
... has gotten the pretty vague Sneakers reference??? Too many secrets Marty!
Submission + - Gmail outage continues
mysqlbytes writes: "As I sit here not able to check my Gmail, I am wondering how much more of the world is affected. Gmail Help is current stating:
"We are continuing to investigate this issue. We will provide an update by September 1, 2009 2:16:00 PM PDT detailing when we expect to resolve the problem.""
Comment The number one... (Score 1) 194
...marketing slogan that Sun ever waisted money on...
"What can we dot com for you today?"
Submission + - New Google DNS Entry
mysqlbytes writes: For anyone trying to access their Gmail recently, during this outage. Has anyone seen that there is now an DNS entry:
Name: sorry.l.google.com
Addresses: 72.14.205.147, 72.14.205.99, 72.14.205.103, 72.14.205.104
Aliases: sorry.google.com
This outage may last longer than we expect!
Name: sorry.l.google.com
Addresses: 72.14.205.147, 72.14.205.99, 72.14.205.103, 72.14.205.104
Aliases: sorry.google.com
This outage may last longer than we expect!
Submission + - Gmail Inaccessible Worldwide
neural.disruption writes: Publico(European Portuguese Newspaper) has some news about Gmail being inaccessible to most users around the world, since at least 9.30 GMT, with an estimate of 43 million accounts affected only in the US.
Google confirms the problem is worldwide and says they're working on it but don't disclose anything else about the nature or origin of the problem.
I could only find the news on the Portuguese newspaper and could not found it in any of the regular places like CNET or TechNews, but I can confirm that at least I and six other people can't even access Gmail site without receiving a server error notice.
So I ask how is the problem affecting you people?
Google confirms the problem is worldwide and says they're working on it but don't disclose anything else about the nature or origin of the problem.
I could only find the news on the Portuguese newspaper and could not found it in any of the regular places like CNET or TechNews, but I can confirm that at least I and six other people can't even access Gmail site without receiving a server error notice.
So I ask how is the problem affecting you people?
Comment Re:Here in Ireland... (Score 1) 368
Tell me more... I'm a sysadmin who loves a challenge. What else do these guys do? I would love to read their end user license agreement. Probably says something like "WE READ YOUR EMAIL!"
Go to here and see if your ip address always changes, if it does everytime then they are proxying you in a pool of addresses, if it changes everytime you reboot your dsl modem, that's just because it's dhcp. I would be very very surprised if they proxied everything. Plus you can't proxy SSL sessions without breaking them, so things like gmail should act normally if they are doing things they aren't meant to...
What make is the DSL modem?
Submission + - Dell to sell PC's in shops
mysqlbytes writes: Computer seller Dell has signed a major new agreement with consumer group DSG that will see the US giant's products sold through a network of 1,300 Dixons, PC World and Currys stores around Ireland for the first time.
The deal with DSG is part of Dell's major push towards regaining a leading foothold in the global computer market. Hewlett-Packard has already pipped Dell as the biggest seller of computers by offering its products through retail outlets. Dell has retaliated by making its computers available through major retailers such as Wal-Mart and Best Buy. Read more here
