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Submitted by Justen on Tuesday January 15 2008, @04:57PM
Justen writes "InfoWorld summarizes it best: "DreamHost customers woke up to a nightmare on Tuesday after the Web hosting company made a major billing mistake overnight that has resulted in many getting their credit cards charged automatically for hundreds — and even thousands — of dollars." In total, DreamHost says it may have overcharged customers by $7.5 million. The hosting company's two official comments on the snafu have both have been somewhat lighthearted and merry, which is drawing the ire of customers with overdrawn accounts and downed sites. The Register also recommends ignoring DreamHost's advice on the matter: "Dreamhost says customers don't need to contact their credit card company or bank about the billing error — although if facing overdraft charges, we personally would recommend otherwise." DreamHost is the eleventh largest host in the United States (or, at least, it was yesterday...)."
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/01/15/Billing-nightmare-for-DreamHost-customers_1.html
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From feed by nytfeed on Saturday April 28 2007, @01:12AM
Edward E. Whitacre Jr. will be succeeded by Randall L. Stephenson, the company’s chief operating officer.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/28/technology/28phone.html?ex=1335412800&en=7e5cc6ade79d6217&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
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  IT: Big HMO Jolted By Email, System Failures 2007-04-27 09:52

Posted by Zonk on Friday April 27 2007, @09:52AM
from the so-proud-to-have-epic-systems-in-madison dept.
JoanofAlaska writes "The Wall Street Journal is running a front page story about the internal mass e-mail that exposed the failing $4 billion dollar electronic medical record system at Kaiser Permanente, the biggest non-profit HMO in the country. When word of the system's meltdown quickly spread back in November, one reporter obtained a 722 page internal document that showed patient safety lapses as a result of the system's problems. Then in February, the Los Angeles Times had a front page story in which a systems analyst who worked on the project called it 'the worst [technology] project I have seen in my 25 years in the business.' They've created a website to try to rebuild confidence in the project, and they say their goal for system availability is 99.7% (they're currently at 99.2%)."
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  Some Hope During Registerfly's Meltdown 2007-02-19 22:41

Posted by kdawson on Monday February 19 2007, @10:41PM
from the back-doors dept.
hookmeister writes "If you registered your domain at Registerfly.com, then you should know it may be locked, and you are at the moment unable to access it through Registerfly's website (video). You may even be unable to renew your domain because it has expired into a status known as 'redemption' through no fault of your own. By all accounts there are just under 2 million domains at risk here. Enom dumped them as a reseller; their SSL cert has expired; it's a mess. Fortunately the principals in this are trying to restore order. The external website registerflies.com, originally crafted as a gripe-zone and forum for Registerfly users, has gotten inside the ranks of the post-shakup Registerfly management, made some friends and connections, and is creating a back-door problem-reporting form that goes directly to those who can correct a domain problem. The official Registerfly support ticketing system remains clogged with thousands of unanswered complaints."
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  IT: Apple Releases 31 Security Fixes 2006-11-30 10:40

Posted by kdawson on Thursday November 30 2006, @10:40AM
from the more-secure-than-you dept.
Agram writes, "This week Apple has released fixes for 31 vulnerabilities in its OS, although reportedly a number of known flaws remain un-addressed (according to the instigator of the Month of Kernel Bugs, 'Apple hasn't fixed any of the bugs published during [MoKB], except for the AirPort issue'). Earlier this year, in a move reminiscent of Microsoft's past patching faux pas, Apple released a 'fix' the installation of which broke features unrelated to the targeted flaw. With the growing number of low-level flaws, one has to wonder if Apple's 'more secure' argument still stands. Earlier this month, Microsoft released 6 fixes. Linux does not seem to fare much better. Despite all of these fixes, exploits remain in the wild for each platform. Perhaps, security-wise, the OS choice really boils down to a 'pick-your-poison X user-base' equation?"
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Bookmark by Justen on Wednesday November 08 2006, @09:41PM
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2054382,00.asp
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