Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Architecture School Launches Center for Design and Health - University of Virginia




Architecture School Launches Center for Design and Health
University of Virginia
To start, the center will post a list of such existing courses offered by faculty across Grounds on the center's website. Down the road, the center plans to identify and help create new courses and curricula to help strengthen educational opportunities ...

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'Friday Night Lights' 'Perfect Record' Recap - Gather.com




'Friday Night Lights' 'Perfect Record' Recap
Gather.com
Coach Taylor suspects that the Panthers were involved with this information being released and asks the head coach of that team to take the website down. However, the Panthers' head coach denies any involvement with the scandalous website featuring ...

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Usenet: Long Dead & Buried But Not Yet Replaced - The Next Web (blog)




Usenet: Long Dead & Buried But Not Yet Replaced
The Next Web (blog)
With the birthplace of Usenet having taken their server down, one could finally say that Usenet is truly, not just figuratively, dead. As with our own dead, we can still visit the headstone. Google Groups will continue to hold archives for a vast ...

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New Software Could Change How Americans Find Real Estate - Benzinga




New Software Could Change How Americans Find Real Estate
Benzinga
This can increase traffic as Google takes notice of their website down to each individual listing and shoots them up the search engine rankings. Founded in 2010, Advanced Online Strategies is one of the leaders in SEO Software and Services. ...

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Kenya: Airtel Services Hit By Cable Cut - All Africa ICT




Kenya: Airtel Services Hit By Cable Cut
All Africa ICT
MOBILE firm Airtel Kenya has apologized to its subscribers following disruption of services that resulted in network outage on Sunday evening. Customers in the CBD and western parts of Nairobi were cut off communication due to multiple cuts on the ...

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Sony to Testify Before the US House of Representatives Re: PlayStation Network ... - TMR Zoo




TMR Zoo

Sony to Testify Before the US House of Representatives Re: PlayStation Network ...
TMR Zoo
Sony Corporation (ADR) (Public, NYSE:SNE) will finally be sending a high-level executive to testify before the US House of Representatives' Committee on Energy and Commerce's Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, ...

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Monday, May 30, 2011

When the PSN store is coming back & what it means for Sony - Metrowny.com




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When the PSN store is coming back & what it means for Sony
Metrowny.com
While the Playstation Network Outage hasn't fully resolved itself yet, and the Playstation store is still down (supposed to be back tomorrow) it's not too soon to talk about what we all have learned from the experience. How do we feel about the way ...
PSN and PlayStation Store more secure than Xbox LiveProduct Reviews
Microsoft applies lessons from PlayStation Network downtime: don't hunt hackersVentureBeat
Sony makes good, doles out identity protection activation codes for PSN and ...Engadget
Escapist Magazine -The Consumerist -CrazyEngineers VoiCE
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When the PSN store is coming back what it means for Sony - Metrowny.com




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When the PSN store is coming back what it means for Sony
Metrowny.com
While the Playstation Network Outage hasn't fully resolved itself yet, and the Playstation store is still down (supposed to be back tomorrow) it's not too soon to talk about what we all have learned from the experience. How do we feel about the way ...
PSN and PlayStation Store more secure than Xbox LiveProduct Reviews
Microsoft applies lessons from PlayStation Network downtime: don't hunt hackersVentureBeat
Sony makes good, doles out identity protection activation codes for PSN and ...Engadget
Escapist Magazine -The Consumerist -CrazyEngineers VoiCE
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PSN and PlayStation Store more secure than Xbox Live - Product Reviews




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PSN and PlayStation Store more secure than Xbox Live
Product Reviews
Sony and the PlayStation Network outage has been one of the most talked about subjects in the world of gaming over the past month or so and although many gamers have turned their backs on Sony, there are still a lot who have kept their confidence in ...
Microsoft applies lessons from PlayStation Network downtime: don't hunt hackersVentureBeat
Sony makes good, doles out identity protection activation codes for PSN and ...Engadget
Sony Offers PSN Customers a Year of Identity ProtectionEscapist Magazine
The Consumerist -CrazyEngineers VoiCE
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Sponsoring for TYPO3 4.5 LTS



Several companies sponsored or supported Core Team members during the development of TYPO3 4.5.
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Sunday, May 29, 2011

Sony Exec to Testify Before Congress on PlayStation Breach - Kotaku




New York Daily News

Sony Exec to Testify Before Congress on PlayStation Breach
Kotaku
Owen Good —During the PlayStation Network outage, Sony was asked to appear before a US House of Representatives committee to explain the situation. The company declined, sending an eight-page letter instead. Now it will go before Congress, ...
Microsoft applies lessons from PlayStation Network downtime: don't hunt hackersVentureBeat
Sony makes good, doles out identity protection activation codes for PSN and ...Engadget
Sony Offers PSN Customers a Year of Identity ProtectionEscapist Magazine
The Consumerist -CrazyEngineers VoiCE
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Saturday, May 28, 2011

Microsoft applies lessons from PlayStation Network downtime: don't hunt hackers - VentureBeat




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Microsoft applies lessons from PlayStation Network downtime: don't hunt hackers
VentureBeat
(We previously published a timeline for the Playstation Network outage and credit card information theft scandal.) Microsoft General Manager Paul Rellis said the company was working with the teenager to develop his talents for legitimate purposes ...
Sony makes good, doles out identity protection activation codes for PSN and ...Engadget
Sony Offers PSN Customers a Year of Identity ProtectionEscapist Magazine
Sony Opens Up Promised Identity Theft Protection To PlayStation Network UsersThe Consumerist
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Friday, May 27, 2011

Audio from Ray Small's interview with The Lantern - OSU - The Lantern




Audio from Ray Small's interview with The Lantern
OSU - The Lantern
Do you know how long it would take to load something like that online, let alone how it would slow the page/server down? And do you really think anyone would listen to the whole interview? The point was made that what was reported was obviously what ...

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PSN Asia will be back up tomorrow for PS3 gamers in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan ... - Gaming Target




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PSN Asia will be back up tomorrow for PS3 gamers in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan ...
Gaming Target
PSN News: PlayStation Network outage to end after more than a month of being down. PSN will be back online in Asia tomorrow, May 28, meaning PS3 and PSP gamers in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia will ...
Sony makes good, doles out identity protection activation codes for PSN and ...Engadget
Sony Offers PSN Customers a Year of Identity ProtectionEscapist Magazine
Sony Opens Up Promised Identity Theft Protection To PlayStation Network UsersThe Consumerist
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Open-source software offers savings, flexibility — but don't forget the support



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Things That Make You Go Hmmm... Off to the Stanley Cup Finals - Canucks Hockey Blog (blog)




Things That Make You Go Hmmm... Off to the Stanley Cup Finals
Canucks Hockey Blog (blog)
I'm contemplating pulling some of my fellow CHB contributors together for a music video…at the risk of setting new records for website traffic here or single-handedly bringing the website down. :p With the Stanley Cup Finals schedule being released ...

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T3DD11: Get your ticket now!



We're pleased to announce that you can now register for the TYPO3 Developer Days 2011 T3DD11 and buy your ticket.
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Twitchell website down - Victoria Times Colonist




Twitchell website down
Victoria Times Colonist
A website selling sketches of celebrities drawn by convicted killer Mark Twitchell has been taken down. Federal prison officials said Thursday they are investigating whether the website violated any law that prohibits convicted criminals from profiting ...

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Thursday, May 26, 2011

Link Building Company Reveals an Interesting SEO Method - Intriguing Research - The Open Press (press release)




Link Building Company Reveals an Interesting SEO Method - Intriguing Research
The Open Press (press release)
Having low quality or gradually deteriorating links as a part of your link building campaign damages the website repute and brings the page rank of your website down considerably. If yours is a e-commerce website, web page ranking must be numero uno in ...

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Sony breached again, hackers disclose 2000 more customer accounts - USA Today




Sony breached again, hackers disclose 2000 more customer accounts
USA Today
Apr. 26 (9:30 am PT) – PlayStation Network outage for 6 days and still no answers available for its customers Apr. 26 (1:00 pm PT) – Later that same day, Sony says billing addresses, user names, passwords and possibly credit card info belonging to its ...

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Videotron currently having a network outage - MobileSyrup.com




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Videotron currently having a network outage
MobileSyrup.com
Videotron has just posted a note on Twitter that they are having a network outage: “Une panne du réseau mobile affecte présentement nos services. Nous faisons tout notre possible pour rétablir la situation au plus vite.” In English it translates to “A ...

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Skype Crashes Leaving Users In The Dark - ClimbTheNet




Skype Crashes Leaving Users In The Dark
ClimbTheNet
Currently Skype's website is giving server down error messages and even sometime the Skype website fails to load all together. With the recent hacker attack to Sony, it hasn't been ruled out that a distributed denial of service attack is quite possible ...

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Sony makes good, doles out identity protection activation codes for PSN and ... - Engadget




CNET Asia

Sony makes good, doles out identity protection activation codes for PSN and ...
Engadget
Still feeling burned by Sony's record-breaking PlayStation Network outage? Fret not, promised reparations have arrived: a short form on the PlayStation website is now distributing activation codes for a free ...
SONY Offers Debix AllClear ID PLUS To US PSN & Qriocity CustomersCrazyEngineers VoiCE

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Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Case study: Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre invests in business ... - ComputerWeekly.com




Case study: Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre invests in business ...
ComputerWeekly.com
The IT supply and 24/365 maintenance service on hardware worth in excess of £250000 provided by Maindec over the past 10 years has made a dramatic difference for SECC Glasgow in building a robust IT infrastructure and eliminating server down-time that ...

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TYPO3 4.5 LTS: The pagetree



In TYPO3 4.5 LTS a new pagetree based on ExtJS and Ext.Direct was introduced. This article explains the new and changed features that are related to this rewrite.We use TYPO3 in all our web sites.  We think it's the best.  Visit Shapes and Pages to learn more.

FCC proposes network outage reporting for voice over OP and broadband - Lexology (registration)




FCC proposes network outage reporting for voice over OP and broadband
Lexology (registration)
The FCC first adopted outage reporting rules for telephone service in 1992, and in 2004 extended those rules to cover satellite services, some wireless services and “cable telephone” services (that is, traditional telephone service ...

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5 hours of Sony at this year's E3 - TheGamersHub




5 hours of Sony at this year's E3
TheGamersHub
Kieran: I think you have a small error here I just tried to updagte my PS3 and it says it's updated but... wolfking: Sony have already said that you had to of signed up to psn before they took the server down to be qualified... Joe Tyler: I want a disc ...

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http://thegamershub.net/?p=23846 - TheGamersHub




TheGamersHub

http://thegamershub.net/?p=23846
TheGamersHub
... to this entry Kieran: I think you have a small error here I just tried to updagte my PS3 and it says it's updated but... wolfking: Sony have already said that you had to of signed up to psn before they took the server down to be qualified. ...

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Server virtualisation is not enough - Register




Server virtualisation is not enough
Register
Some pretty simple decisions can be made, such as locating data storage as close as possible to associated virtual machine storage, or defining a staggered backup policy that won't bring a server down. However dynamic IT becomes, the private cloud can ...

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Sony Admits Canadian Site Hacked, Thousands of Records Stolen - TIME




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Sony Admits Canadian Site Hacked, Thousands of Records Stolen
TIME
This, after a 26-day PlayStation Network outage, followed by a veritable spree of copycat hacks. Poor Sony, the world's biggest cyber-pincushion. Every time I spy a "hacked again" headline, I think "must be recycled news, they weren't really. ...
Sony Goes Silent As Its Hacking Spree SnowballsForbes (blog)
Sony Canada website hacked in latest security breachT3
Sony BMG Greece Hack Dumps Users' Data OnlinePC Magazine

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http://thegamershub.net/?p=23842 - TheGamersHub




http://thegamershub.net/?p=23842
TheGamersHub
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Sony Goes Silent As Its Hacking Spree Snowballs - Forbes (blog)




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Sony Goes Silent As Its Hacking Spree Snowballs
Forbes (blog)
When the company's unprecedented string of security breaches began last month, a spokesperson for Sony's PlayStation network was tasked with repeatedly thanking users for their patience during the tech giant's network outage. ...
Sony BMG Greece Hack Dumps Users' Data OnlinePC Magazine
Sony websites hacked in Greece and ThailandT3

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Sony Music Website In Greece Hacked - RedOrbit




Globe and Mail

Sony Music Website In Greece Hacked
RedOrbit
Sony shut the Greece website down on Sunday and is investigating the attack. This attack comes on the heels of another attack that forced Sony's "PlayStation Network" system to shut down, affecting over 100 million online accounts around the world. ...
Sony Music Japan and Greece websites hackedGadget Helpline (blog)

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TYPO3 4.4.8 and 4.5.3 (LTS) released



The TYPO3 Core Team announces versions 4.4.8 and 4.5.3 (LTS) of the TYPO3 Enterprise Content Management System.
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Sony Music Japan and Greece websites hacked - Gadget Helpline (blog)




Sony Music Japan and Greece websites hacked
Gadget Helpline (blog)
Rather than stealing any data or taking the website down, the hacker simply edited the source code within the pages of both websites to say “This isn'ta l337 h4x0r, we just want to embarrass Sony some more”. Of course, people will now begin to think ...

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IT Downtime Costs $26.5 Billion In Lost Revenue - InformationWeek




IT Downtime Costs $26.5 Billion In Lost Revenue
InformationWeek
Northrop Grumman, for example, experience bad publicity and had to pay nearly $5 million to the Commonwealth of Virginia for a network outage last summer that lasted a week and affected multiple state agencies. Despite those costs and risks, ...

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Sony Estimates $171M in Losses from PlayStation Network Outage, More from ... - Web Host Industry Review




USA Today

Sony Estimates $171M in Losses from PlayStation Network Outage, More from ...
Web Host Industry Review
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Sony (www.sony.com) is tallying up its losses after the month-long outage of its PlayStation Network, and executives estimate the downtime will cost the company at least $171 million, ...
Sony Estimates Financial Impact Of Network OutagePSX Extreme
Sony's PlayStation Network outage costs $171MVentureBeat
Playstation Network Down Update: Sony Counts The Cost [Sony's Playstation ...TFTS (blog)
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"TYPO3 4.6 - It takes two!"



Moving forward with the development of our next version TYPO3 v4.6, and its goal to Rebase the TYPO3 Core, we will initiate an extended review and bugfixing session for two weeks, starting on May...We use TYPO3 in all our web sites.  We think it's the best.  Visit Shapes and Pages to learn more.

Page load time - the online business killer - The Business Insider




Page load time - the online business killer
The Business Insider
When the site is busy these non-core elements can slow your server down. When you throttle these, you are basically telling them, under certain conditions, to stop chewing resources. This means the data in these blocks may not be up-to-date, ...

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Amazon server down because it was Born this Way - Ubergizmo




Ubergizmo

Amazon server down because it was Born this Way
Ubergizmo
Sorry, I could not really resist the pun in the title above, but the $0.99 price point that Lady Gaga was selling her latest album “Born this Way” for actually sent so many buyers their way, that it resulted in a ...

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Monday, May 23, 2011

Why Operation In Our Sites Is Illegal And Needs To Be Fixed ASAP - Techdirt




Why Operation In Our Sites Is Illegal And Needs To Be Fixed ASAP
Techdirt
Instead, a magistrate judge determined that there was a sufficient probability that it may be infringing, and used that alone to take the website down. Courts would not tolerate such a cursory review in all other areas of free speech law. ...

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