Just host is down – March 5 2012

All of our sites hosts with justhost.com have gone down. Anyone else seeing similar behaviour with their sites hosted with justhost? We also cannot login to the just host user’s section.. We’ll keep you posted as things progress. No news on the justhost blog yet. http://www.justhost.com/blog/  

Anonymous Attacks Facebook (not actually)

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)

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

Kik Messenger: Want to meet new Kik users? Swap Kik Usernames

Hey a new third party service came out today to meet new Kik users. The web application allows you to see new Kik usernames so that you can add and talk to people. Try it out at: http://swapkik.com/ Also – check out this app to share up to 1GB movies or files on KIK through… Continue reading Kik Messenger: Want to meet new Kik users? Swap Kik Usernames

9gag down | 9gag.com down by 4chan with DDoS attack December 21

The popular image posting website is going down sporadically tonight due to a 4chan led denial of service attack. The login, search registration and voting features are also failing on 9gag.com and no posts posts have been recorded since 17 hours ago. This was presumably to keep 4chan users from uploading obscene images and up-voting… Continue reading 9gag down | 9gag.com down by 4chan with DDoS attack December 21

Try Windows Phone 7 on Android | WP7 for Android

Microsoft has released a pretty sweet demo site that lets you try our WP7 on your Android phone. It’s surprisingly responsive and enough to trick a few of your friends. I don’t think I’d be installing a windows phone 7 port to my android phone any time soon.. Try this link on your android phone:… Continue reading Try Windows Phone 7 on Android | WP7 for Android