4chan Down Due to DDoS, Who’s Responsible?
According to 4chan’s status blog, they are down due to a DDoS attack. Site is down due to DDoS. We now join the ranks of MasterCard, Visa, PayPal, et al.—an exclusive club! If you recall, a group calling themselves Anonymous launched similar attacks against those who refused to work with Wikileaks. Sites included Paypal, MasterCard, [...]
Read MoreBlack Web 2.0 Update: Hip-Hop Word Count
Earlier this year, Black Web 2.0 covered Hip-Hop Word Count, an app comprised of over 50,000 rap songs spanning from 1979 to present day. Aside from counting the amount of words in any given song, the app also provided a method to analyze the education level needed to understand each song, the artistic level of [...]
Read MoreThird-Generation Kindle Bestselling Product in Amazon History
Amazon.com announced today that the third-generation Kindle is now the bestselling product in Amazon’s history. In just five months, the new Kindle took the title of bestselling product from “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7).” Amazon also shared that customers ordered more than 13.7 million items worldwide across all product categories on its [...]
Read MoreSamsung Will Showcase Galaxy Player at CES 2011
One of the goodies expected to be featured at CES 2011 is the Android-based Galaxy Player. The 9.9mm thick Galaxy Player (YP-GB1) will be running Android 2.2 Froyo and is inspired by the successful Galaxy S phones. It will also look good next to the 7″ Samsung Galaxy Tab, which launched in September and has [...]
Read MoreTech Week In Review 12-24-2010
Your Apps May Be Snitching For an increasing number of techies and non-techies alike, smartphones are becoming a central part of life. It’s no wonder that these devices store some of our most personal secrets and information. While the relationship with our smartphones seems intact, it looks like the apps we run on those phones [...]
Read MoreGoogle and NORAD Let You Track Santa Again
Google and NORAD (North American Aerospace Defence Command) have teamed up to bring you realtime coverage of Santa’s sleigh-ride around the world. You can follow Santa as he travels the world sliding down chimneys, dropping off presents, and eating entirely too many chocolate chip cookies. NORAD has confirmed that Santa and his fully-loaded, reindeer-powered sleigh [...]
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