The hacktavist group Anonymous is said to be currently attacking Facebook. This is part of the response to the shuttering of Megaupload, the webs most popular file locker, on January 17 2012. Anonymous has been on a Denial of Service spree these last few days, causing service outages for a number of worldwide government agencies,… Continue reading Anonymous Attacks Facebook (not actually)
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FileSonic closes filesharing | FileSonic Megaupload Alternatives
This afternoon FileSonic, one of the most popular internet file lockers, disabled it’s file sharing functionality. That is, you will no longer be able to access files uploaded by other users or upload new files to be publicly accessed. Individuals who have uploaded files to FileSonic can still access their own files but have to… Continue reading FileSonic closes filesharing | FileSonic Megaupload Alternatives
Anonymous takes down Universal Music, DOJ, RIAA, MPAA and more
In response to both the takedown of Megaupload today and the SOPA/PIPA bills that are being mulled over in the United states the hacktavist group Anonymous has responded by taking down several websites with a distributed denial of service attack. Both the Universal Music and American Department of Justice websites were taken offline by the… Continue reading Anonymous takes down Universal Music, DOJ, RIAA, MPAA and more
Clik app | Clik from Kik
Clik, the new application from the Waterloo Canada Company Kik (which FSB has followed quite closely), had it’s debut yesterday at the University Waterloo. The application lets you pretty much use your Apple or Android device as a remote control/media server or more for your internet connected tv or computer screen. Users only have to visit… Continue reading Clik app | Clik from Kik
Page 4 of 366 – Twitter Trend Explained
The twitter keyword Page 4 of 366 is trending today and there is little explanation on twitter as to what it actually means. Pretty much it’s just a chronicling of days in 2012 as if they were pages from a book (ie today is the 4th day of 2012, so page 4 of 366 days… Continue reading Page 4 of 366 – Twitter Trend Explained
Down for Everyone or Just Me Ironically Down
The one of the most popular web-site downtime monitoring services downforerveryoneorjustme.com is ironically down tonight. Looks like the website was too successful for it’s own good and has garnered enough traffic to go over the server resource limit that was set by Google App engine. The Google App engine provides it’s users with an easy to use SDK… Continue reading Down for Everyone or Just Me Ironically Down
4chan down | 4chan.org down November 16 2011
November 16 2011 12:56PM EST 4chan was up and running from about 10:20PM last night to about 12:20PM today. Though the attacks were tweeted as being over 10 hours ago, it looks like they have recommenced as some requests are timing out or they complete only after a long delay. The attack was previously reported… Continue reading 4chan down | 4chan.org down November 16 2011
KIK for Nokia | KiK moves to Symbian and updates Windows Phone 7
Finally the incredibly light weight instant messaging application has been released for Nokia (Symbian.) Kik gave news of the private beta, available early this morning following the Nokia World conference. The Kik application looks amazing compared to the vast majority of the Ovi Store applications and runs smoothly on what looks to be any symbian^3 device… Continue reading KIK for Nokia | KiK moves to Symbian and updates Windows Phone 7
Youtube Channel Views Reset | Youtube Views Bug
A huge number of youtube videos and channels had their number of views reset earlier today. This was not intentional, it was caused by some sort of bug or misstep when doing database maintenance. The error has not affected all youtube channels or videos. Don’t panic, youtube is systematically restoring channel and video views to the correct… Continue reading Youtube Channel Views Reset | Youtube Views Bug
Kik Update (Simple)
Yesterday Kik Interactive released an update. The new update is code-named simple. Its goals were to provide a simple interface to communicate with friends. It becomes easy to sign up with friends among other things. In the last release Kik also released an API for developers. There have been a couple cool usages. The first… Continue reading Kik Update (Simple)