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Web is mobile now.
Mobile devices have increased rapidly in the last few years and the numbers are increasing exponentially as time goes by. Ad network chikita has reported that here is a 10% decline in windows web browsing from aug 2011 to feb 2012 . iOS has surpassed Mac OSX .
Source: http://techcrunch.co...-past-6-months/
Twitter Ad Sign-Ups
With the recent actions of goolgle prioritizing Google+ results over more relative Twiiter and facebook results. Twitter was rumored to be starting an internal search engine . I guess this is one more step towards it . this self-serve model may go live in march.
Source: http://techcrunch.co...ter-self-serve/
Download Histories deleted
On the wake of the seizure of rnbxclusive site by SOCA , many similar sites have deleted their download histories . SOCA refused to revel the methods used to accuse the website but it is clear that they have also broken the rules by using Trojans. SOCA readily admits that the scare message it showed visitors to the taken-down site was written 'with input from industry.'
Source: http://www.zdnet.co....ories-40095058/
US Gov scaring web business out of US .
Just what I thought when Megaupload was seized on copyright infringement. Us government is shutting down websites without any prior notice . even though it was a mistake by the government , people are beginning to think that US is not safe for startups.
Today's sysadmin todo list:
0. Get corporate membership with EFF.
1. Identify all applications with user-generated content.
2. Move all associated domains to a non-US based registrar.
3. Migrate DNS, web serving and other critical services to non-US based servers.
4. Migrate yourself to a non-US controlled country.
Source: http://www.techdirt....ng-out-us.shtml
Ethical Hacker Jailed
Glenn Mangham of UK was jailed for 8 months for misusing computer. His crime was he found a security vulnerability in facebook . Even though he did this in past with yahoo and they have rewarded him with $7000 , he was hoping a similar situation but now he ended up in jail . Facebook spent $200,000 (£126,400) dealing with Mangham's crime, which triggered a "concerted, time-consuming and costly investigation" by the FBI and British law enforcement.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk...kshire-17079853
Click here to view the article
Mobile devices have increased rapidly in the last few years and the numbers are increasing exponentially as time goes by. Ad network chikita has reported that here is a 10% decline in windows web browsing from aug 2011 to feb 2012 . iOS has surpassed Mac OSX .
Source: http://techcrunch.co...-past-6-months/
Twitter Ad Sign-Ups
With the recent actions of goolgle prioritizing Google+ results over more relative Twiiter and facebook results. Twitter was rumored to be starting an internal search engine . I guess this is one more step towards it . this self-serve model may go live in march.
Source: http://techcrunch.co...ter-self-serve/
Download Histories deleted
On the wake of the seizure of rnbxclusive site by SOCA , many similar sites have deleted their download histories . SOCA refused to revel the methods used to accuse the website but it is clear that they have also broken the rules by using Trojans. SOCA readily admits that the scare message it showed visitors to the taken-down site was written 'with input from industry.'
Source: http://www.zdnet.co....ories-40095058/
US Gov scaring web business out of US .
Just what I thought when Megaupload was seized on copyright infringement. Us government is shutting down websites without any prior notice . even though it was a mistake by the government , people are beginning to think that US is not safe for startups.
Today's sysadmin todo list:
0. Get corporate membership with EFF.
1. Identify all applications with user-generated content.
2. Move all associated domains to a non-US based registrar.
3. Migrate DNS, web serving and other critical services to non-US based servers.
4. Migrate yourself to a non-US controlled country.
Source: http://www.techdirt....ng-out-us.shtml
Ethical Hacker Jailed
Glenn Mangham of UK was jailed for 8 months for misusing computer. His crime was he found a security vulnerability in facebook . Even though he did this in past with yahoo and they have rewarded him with $7000 , he was hoping a similar situation but now he ended up in jail . Facebook spent $200,000 (£126,400) dealing with Mangham's crime, which triggered a "concerted, time-consuming and costly investigation" by the FBI and British law enforcement.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk...kshire-17079853
Click here to view the article
