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[Update] “Was not an Outage” ConnectWise Outage Denial of Service Attack to Blame?
(Update) – According to an email received from Jeannine Edwards Director, ConnectWise, LabTech & Quosal Communities clarifying the situation ConnectWise did not experience an outage, instead experienced a DDoS. The Connectwise North American Cloud suffered an outage today that affected a number of its customers. Users took to twitter and facebook looking for updates regarding [...]
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Amazon Outage Has Shoppers Contemplating Leaving their Homes, Yeah not likely…
Shoppers had to leave their homes for a brief period of time to get their shopping done today, while the mega-retailer Amazon experienced a roughly 45 minute outage. Some savvy shoppers however found it easier to choose other online retailers that were not experiencing an outage to purchase their wares. The outage only seemed [...]
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Gmail Down for Many Massive Outage Hits Email Giant
Users across the Internet are reporting a severe outage affecting Gmail. Some are reporting being completely down, others are having intermittent issues, and while some state they can only get to it from mobile devices. Reports started pouring in to Downrightnow.com around 11:38EST that certain users were experiencing an outage. There has been no confirmation [...]
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Mass Account Password Reset was Unintentional Says Twitter
As we reported yesterday in “Has Your Twitter Password Been Compromised and Reset?”, the social media site had users scrambling to reset passwords after sending out an email requiring users to do just that. The email, which had many thinking it was a phishing attempt from outside parties to gain access to their accounts was [...]
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Has Your Twitter Password Been Compromised and Reset?
A recent security breach on the popular social site Twitter has many wondering if an email sent to them from the company is just another fishing attempt. The email states that the account may have been compromised by a website or service not associated with Twitter. The email is an official email from Twitter and [...]
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Blackberry App World hopes to Entice Developers and Users with REO Speedwagon?
RIM’s annual Blackberry Jam developer event has kicked off in San Jose California with a slew of information coming out about a hopeful Blackberry future. Though an official release of Blackberry’s potential saving grace operating system BB10 has not yet received an official launch date, the company behind the once famed device is touting its [...]
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Tales from the Cloud – Episode 29
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Apple’s OSX Mountain Lion Debuts and Just $19.99! But Wait there’s more!
Apple has just released its latest version of OSX named Mountain Lion. The feature rich update to the MAC lineup brings with it over 200 new features, productivity tools, applications, iOS integration, and all for just $19.99, even a late night infomercial couldn’t pack this much value into twenty bucks. The latest release is bringing [...]
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Tiny Bits: 60 Second Catch-up for the Week of June 18-22
Microsoft announces Surface Tablet –New tablet will run Windows 8, has a larger screen than iPad, includes usb port, keyboard built into the cover, and HDMI port. No set price as of yet and early reports are wifi only at launch. “On the Surface Microsoft Just Might Have a Winner” Microsoft Announces Windows Phone 8 [...]
