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Aug 8 2009   4:58PM GMT

Online services under DDoS Attack!



Posted by: Raj Perumal
DDoS, attacks, hacking, Google, Facebook, Twitter, attacks on Twitter, Georgia, Russia

So unless you have been asleep all this time, you would have seen the latest in the news from the online community. It seems there has been a DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service Attack) launched against Twitter, Facebook, and Google’s Blogger.

This attack has been hitting so hard that the online services are still dealing with it. Twitter even had to disable some features in it’s platform in order to survive against the attack. These attackers are taking advantage of chinks in their online armor and are really giving them grief.

Rumour has it that these attacks are a direct result of people trying to quiet a blogger from Georgia. By taking out these social networks they’re hoping he won’t be able to spread his message. In my opinion, this is not the way to be doing this. Resorting to illegal attacks on these social networks to affect one person is absolutely ridiculous! Time to batten down the hatches and ratchet up the security! I hope the authorities find the people behind this soon!

You can read more about it here.

-RP

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Apr 29 2009   3:27PM GMT

Twitter for your BlackBerry!



Posted by: Raj Perumal
Twitter, BlackBerry, TwitterBerry, http://orangatame.com/ota/twitterberry/, RIM

So with Twitter getting more and more popular I finally caved in and decided to try it out. My honest opinion? It’s like Facebook without all the extra stuff. Basically like doing Facebook updates. Having said that, I have tons of friends on Twitter so I finally decided to use it. Also their are many web sites out there that publish RSS feeds through Twitter as well and it’s a neat way to keep up to date.

So where am I going with this? BlackBerries of course! There is an application for Blackberries called TwitterBerry and it’s quite easy to use! Just download the application from here directly from your BlackBerry and install it and then when you launch it enter your username and password.

From there you can update your Twitter status on the fly right from your BlackBerry without having to browse to the Twitter web page. You can also get your friends list updates and see what all your buddies are doing. A very small but convenient app for the BlackBerry!

Now if only someone would make an application that crosses over your Facebook and Twitter so if you update one it auto updates the other and syncs the status. That would be great!

-Cheers, RP

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