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18 Aug 2009 12:23

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U.S.: Twitter’s abuzz with talk of “Crossfire” icon Robert Novak’s death

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18 Aug 2009 10:50

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Tech: Here’s your long-character antidote to Twitter, Woofer

Woofer
  • We recommend that this arrogant jerk from TechCrunch use this service. Because Devin Coldewey’s reasons for not using Twitter totally sound like the ramblings of someone who wants you to get off his lawn.source
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15 Aug 2009 19:53

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Tech: Hah! Yahoo thinks Twitter users have mojo. LOL.

Know Your Mojo!
  • We admit that this Tweet analyzer amused us because it’s so novel, but it serves no useful purpose other than telling us we please crowds because we use a lot of hashtags. Either way, it’s a fun diversion to prevent you from doing actual work.source
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13 Aug 2009 22:48

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Sports: Twitter’s ablaze with Michael Vick news. Here’s the latest.

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12 Aug 2009 10:55

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Tech: Yes, Twitter getting DDOSed again. Who do we need to kill?

  • You inconsiderate bastards. Have you considered that people besides you (or the people you’re trying to attack) use this service? That this social networking stuff is actually a resource, not a toy? That these tools have wide-ranging uses beyond your limited scope? Admittedly, we shouldn’t simply be upset at those distributing a denial of service attack. Twitter has some significant scalability issues that make it vulnerable to attacks like these. But still, jerks. Screw you. The internet isn’t your toy. source
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10 Aug 2009 21:51

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Tech: More Facebook news: Their search is just like Twitter’s now

The new, expanded Facebook search makes a lot of sense for the service, but it lacks the trending topics lynchpin that makes Twitter so awesome. source
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09 Aug 2009 22:11

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Tech: tr.im gets whiny, shuts down their URL shortener, blames Twitter

  • What is the point? With bit.ly the Twitter default, and with us having no inside connection to Twitter, tr.im will lose over the the long-run no matter how good it may or may not be at this moment, or in the future.
  • A message posted on the tr.im blog • Saying that despite the site’s popularity, they don’t feel like the service will succeed and they’re going to shut it down. The post attacks other targets besides Twitter and bit.ly – including TweetMeme. They feel that they can’t sell the statistical information because everyone else has it. Nobody wanted to buy the service. And it just wasn’t worth it anymore. Twitter is now gonna be a graveyard of useless shortened links. Great. • source
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07 Aug 2009 12:31

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Tech, World: To silence ONE GUY, Russia had to take down Twitter

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  • The lack of logic and high level of selfishness here (on Russia’s part) is atrocious. Russian authorities tried to silence Cyxymu, a.k.a. “George,” for his stance on the Georgia conflict. (The timing was political.) But instead, Russia tried to shut down every major social network, causing the guy they wanted to silence to have an even bigger voice. Genius, Russia. Just genius.source
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06 Aug 2009 21:46

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Tech: Why was Twitter down so long due to the DDOS attack?

  • It’s unusual to see an attack on a site lasting that long. Generally there are procedures in place in case of such an attack, but unfortunately Twitter has a long history of security-related issues and this really shows that they are not very mature in this area yet.
  • Kaspersky Lab malware researcher Stefan Tanase • About the attack, which nailed a number of other big social media sites besides Twitter (Facebook, YouTube and LiveJournal) but only gave Twitter sustained fits and starts. Why did it happen in the first place? One researcher, Bill Woodcock, suggests that social networking got caught between the Russia/Georgia conflict: “One side put up propaganda, the other side figured this out and is attacking them.”  • source
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06 Aug 2009 11:45

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Tech: First we were mad at Twitter. Now we’re mad at whoever’s DOSing them.

We’re sorry we were so mad at you this morning, Twitter. Our apologies. Denial of service attacks suck and help nobody, jerks. source
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