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Archive for May, 2008

Revision3 Sends FBI after MediaDefender (Ernesto/TorrentFreak)

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
Revision3 Sends FBI after MediaDefender  —  The CEO of Revision3 - Jim Louderback - was quite surprised when he found out that MediaDefender was the source of the attack that took down their entire network this weekend.  He found out that MediaDefender used the Revision3 BitTorrent tracker …

Dell delivers: Is a turnaround in sight? (Larry Dignan/Between the Lines)

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Dell delivers: Is a turnaround in sight?  —  Dell’s fiscal first quarter results topped expectations courtesy of strong growth in its commercial and consumer businesses.  —  On Thursday, Dell reported net income of $784 million, or 38 cents a share, on revenue of $16.07 billion, which was up 9 […]

Why Did Facebook Give Up on Beacon? (Nick O’Neill/All Facebook)

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Nick O’Neill / All Facebook:
Why Did Facebook Give Up on Beacon?  —  When speaking at the D6 Conference out in Carlsbad California, Mark Zuckerberg emphasized that Beacon was a big mistake.  While I was personally a big critic of the system due to the inability to opt-in and the default setting of opt-out, I […]

Infineon warning hints iPhone delay, analysts say (Andy Space/9 to 5 Mac)

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Andy Space / 9 to 5 Mac:
Infineon warning hints iPhone delay, analysts say  —  Apple’s 3G iPhone launch plans may have seen a slight delay, at least, reading between the lines of today’s profit warning from mooted chip supplier, Infineon.  —  What has occurred?  Infineon today warned its profits and sales …

Time-shifting the Ad Industry: Tom Rogers, President and CEO, TiVo (John Paczkowski/D6 Highlights)

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

John Paczkowski / D6 Highlights:
Time-shifting the Ad Industry: Tom Rogers, President and CEO, TiVo  —  Tom Rogers, a well-rounded media executive, has had his work cut out for him at TiVo, the iconic but often-struggling pioneer and leader in the digital video-recorder market.  Before coming to TiVo, Mr. Rogers was chairman …

Tom Rogers, President and CEO, TiVo (John Paczkowski/D6 Highlights)

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

John Paczkowski / D6 Highlights:
Tom Rogers, President and CEO, TiVo  —  Tom Rogers, a well-rounded media executive, has had his work cut out for him at TiVo, the iconic but often-struggling pioneer and leader in the digital video-recorder market.  Before coming to TiVo, Mr. Rogers was chairman and CEO of Primedia …

Inside the Attack that Crippled Revision3 (Jim Louderback/Revision3 » blog)

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Jim Louderback / Revision3 » blog:
Inside the Attack that Crippled Revision3  —  As many of you know, Revision3’s servers were brought down over the Memorial Day weekend by a denial of service attack.  It’s an all too common occurrence these days.  But this one wasn’t your normal cybercrime - there’s a chilling twist at […]

Mozilla “Download Day” - Are you in or out? (Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/Hardware 2.0)

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / Hardware 2.0:
Mozilla “Download Day” - Are you in or out?  —  Mozilla are organizing a “Download Day” to promote Firefox 3.0 and set a Guinness World Record for the most downloaded software in 24 hours.  Are you in or out?  —  Maybe it’s me and I’m feeling a little cranky today […]

Comcast Hacked in BitTorrent Throttling Payback? (Enigmax/TorrentFreak)

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Enigmax / TorrentFreak:
Comcast Hacked in BitTorrent Throttling Payback?  —  When you’re as large as Comcast, you can’t please all of the people, all of the time.  Although it has done so in other ways too, Comcast managed to annoy a large portion of its customer base with its throttling activities …

Akamai Releases State of the Internet Report (Allen Stern/CenterNetworks)

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Allen Stern / CenterNetworks:
Akamai Releases State of the Internet Report  —  Akamai is out today with their first “State of the Internet” report.  The report is well worth a read as it covers a variety of topics including: security, connection speeds, geography, network access, and Internet penetration.  Some of the interesting stats include: