Amazon EC2/EBS DDoS drills hole in Bitbucket
Amazon's EC2/EBS cloud infrastructure isn't invincible against distributed denial of service attacks, it seems. Code hosting service Bitbucket blames its recent 19+ hours of downtime on an Amazon DDoS. Offers harsh feedback to Amazon's support organization.
- http://blog.bitbucket.org/2009/10/04/on-our-extended-downtime-amazon-and-whats-coming/
- http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/45891
AVG fights back against Microsoft's free AV with version 9
AVG's free product is an important route to market for the company. Microsoft's Security Essentials is a threat. Version 9's enhanced link scanner and claimed performance improvements should help counter it.
- http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/05/avg-launches-newest-free-antivirus-suite-as-microsoft-crashes-its-party/
- http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/avg_9_faster_smarter_linkscanner_identify_theft_protection.php
Vonage app. for iPhone and BlackBerry
Important VoIP provider enables access from important smartphone platforms. Perhaps surprising that Apple allowed this, but FCC investigation into Google Voice refusal motivates Apple to be seen to play fair.
- http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/05/vonage-releases-calling-apps-for-iphone-and-blackberry/
- http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9138954/Vonage_offers_iPhone_BlackBerry_app_for_making_Internet_calls
All major smartphone platforms to get full-featured Adobe Flash, except iPhone
Flash isn't just for video and silly games. It's also a serious cross-platform development tool. Apple would probably wait until hell froze over to allow it on its platform, as the App Store is a strategic control point.
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