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Monday, July 5th, 2010
** Hate to start a holiday-weekend column with a rant, but a recent ride down I-495 to the Cape reminded me of a few of my pet peeves, as heard on sports talk radio.
Posts Tagged ‘Holiday Weekend’
Don’t Lose Your Domain Name!
Thursday, September 10th, 2009
“BRETT! WHERE IS MY WEBSITE!!!! OMG!!!!!!!! MY WEBSITE IS GONE, MY WEBSITE IS GONE!!!!! THE SKY IS FALLING!!!!!!!!!! FIRE IN THE MOVIE THEATRE!!!!!! OH THE HUMANITY!!!!!!!!!!!!! SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE… ITS PEOPLLLLLLLLE!!!!!!!!!” These fun emails or voice mail messages (okay, some are movie quotes) delivered desperately, loudly, frantically and usually on a holiday weekend, come in far more often than I would like. Mostly because someone has ignored an email from the Domain Registrar Com
Labor Day Special – Web Hosting Discount of $50!
Friday, September 4th, 2009
What are your plans for this Labor Day weekend? I am willing to bet that web hosting didn’t have anything to do with your last barbeque of the Summer, or final trip to the beach, however after checking out Lunarpages web hosting special for the holiday weekend, I bet web hosting will be a BIG part of your weekend events. Lunarpages is providing $50 off any new 12+ month Basic, Business, Windows, Quicksite, VPS or Dedicated plan orders. What do you have to do to get the discount in que
What is a “Brute-Force” , “DDoS” Cyberattack?
Thursday, July 16th, 2009
"There's no way to prevent future cyber attacks similar to the one that has been targeting dozens of Web sites in the U.S. and South Korea since the July 4 holiday weekend, experts say. Called directed denial-of-service attacks, or DDoS, they are easy to carry out, and the method is simple: Bombard the servers hosting a particular Web site with so many requests for information that the servers become overwhelmed and the site goes offline. "There is no way currently known that can prevent these k
Federal Web Sites Knocked Out By Cyber Attack
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009
WASHINGTON – A widespread and unusually resilient computer attack that began July 4 knocked out the Web sites of several government agencies, including some that are responsible for fighting cyber crime, The Associated Press has learned. The Treasury Department, Secret Service, Federal Trade Commission and Transportation Department Web sites were all down at varying points over the holiday weekend and into this week, according to officials inside and outside the government. Some of the sites wer
