Microsoft and Yahoo have confirmed that they have joined the Open Book Alliance, a newly formed group opposed to the Google Book settlement. Amazon also reportedly joined the coalition, which is expected to make an announcement next week. Amazon, however, declined to comment. The Open Book Alliance is a distinct organization from the Open Content [...]
Monthly Archives: August 2009
Students stand a chance to win Rs. 1 lakh Google Doodle – Google doodle is the artistic, funny graffiti you see on the Google Logo on its homepage on special occasions, dates or even birthdays of famous personalities. Ever wondered what goes behind the scenes and who designs those in the first place? Well, that’s [...]
What is DDoS attack?
07-Aug-09Denial-of-service attack A denial-of-service attack (DoS attack) or distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS attack) is an attempt to make a computer resource unavailable to its intended users. Although the means to carry out, motives for, and targets of a DoS attack may vary, it generally consists of the concerted efforts of a person or persons to [...]
A Thursday denial-of-service attack that took down Twitter and caused disruptions for Facebook and LiveJournal was reportedly a coordinated attack on a single blogger. The target is apparently a Georgian blogger known as Cyxymu, according to Mikko Hyponnen, a researcher with F-Secure. The attacks affected Cyxymu’s Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, and LiveJournal accounts, and also resulted [...]