GoDaddy Attacked by Hacker

Weihome Magazine : LONDON - Thousands of web sites listed in the web hosting site GoDaddy suffered damage from being attacked by hackers "Anonymous". Anonymous members responsible for the attack is a hacker with the Twitter account AnonymousOwn3r. As a result of the attack, millions of websites the world down.

These sites are down does not only occur in those who have hosting on the web. Even sites that register their domain through GoDaddy, too get affected. This is because the attack was targeting the DNS connecting domain links to a server hosted by GoDaddy.

As reported by the BBC (9/11), GoDaddy's webhosting then stated on its website will be back online after the attack. The company which is the domain of the millions of sites around the world also apologized for the panic some customers.

Meanwhile, on behalf AnonymousOwn3r hacker claimed himself as the "leader" of the group. But he also said in his tweet that the attack was be done alone and not on behalf of the organization. GoDaddy is a hosting company in the world and claims posted revenues worth USD 1.1 billion in sales in 2011.

Twitter Can Predicts "When We Will Be Sick"

Twitter once again to make many people amazed. Research conducted by Adam Sadilek and his team at the University of Rochester in New York, United States, has found a way to predict when someone will get sick.

Only with the passing of tweets that are sent by users of twitter, it can be done. They can predict the 8 days before the risk of contracting the disease to its users, even in areas where the virus is spreading.

Sadilek and his team analyzed 4.4 million tweets a GPS location data with more than 60,000 users for more from a month in the year 2010 in New York with 90% accuracy of the results. This study uses a machine algorithm that can ignore the healthy tweet from 'tweets that are being affected by symptoms of the disease.

But unfortunately, this study is limited because not everyone is tweeting about the disease problems that were suffered. In addition, factors that can make a person stricken with the disease are not described in detail in a tweet.

For those of you who are curious about the project being developed by Adam Sadilek and his team, you can directly access from the site Corpora.io

Facebook Can Eavesdrop On Conversations Users

Facebook began using technology that can "peek" of all conversations (via inbox, status updates, and the messenger) to its users. If found to be suspicious conversations, Facebook can report it to the police.

This scanning technology to monitor conversations word for word or phrase, such as the planned crime, crime, terrorism, or vulgar words. If found the words "appropriate", the system will issue a warning message.

We do not want to send our staff to monitor private communications lines, so it's important for us to use technologies that have a low chance of error in the scan," said the Facebook, told Reuters.

Facebook employees will not see the conversations of suspected unless the scanner technology to send notification of the exchange of personal information. Furthermore, Facebook employees will then examine whether the police should be informed about the existence of such communications.

However, Chester Wisniewski, Sophos senior security expert, argues, "The news about Facebook can be very scary and shocking."

As quoted from the Security Watch, Chester said, "The majority of communications service providers tend to keep the conversations on the material to its users. Because, according to the rules of the Safe Harbor, is not to be one of the service provider when it turns its users utilize social networking to act against the law. "

"If the company began to analyze charges outstanding, then the company might be guilty if they do not stop the crime," he said.

Online Grave For Facebook Users

Who knows the fate of mankind in the future? Although we are the people who have different characters, different face shapes, hair, skin color, etc.. Either have brains, poor, stupid, rich, evil, or whatever it is, we all would die.

Facebook, who is not familiar with this worldwide name. The world's leading Social Networking and User has almost 1 billion users.

Yesterday, Facebook officially released "Online Grave for those people who died in FB".

It sounds strange and foreign. Many pros and cons as well with the new feature Facebook. you also have separate perception of this application.

"This Facebook feature is useful for preventing other people to login to the Wall of people who've died," said the founder of Facebook through the Employees named Max Kelly.

But if I notice, first impressions of Facebook that release a new feature that is because we know, each of the decedent must have had a distinct impression for us. Moreover, if the decedent for it is our Beloved, the person who we love.

Facebook alone claims. Will not close the account or delete the Account decedent. Facebook will continue to keep all the data, because Facebook believed, even though the person is already on the sidelines for the Almighty. But there are still people in this world who would remain and the longing to see all the Wall, Photos, and the video was when he / she was still there.

The changes that occurred in the Account Features "Grave Facebook" is:

• Facebook will remove any contact that person, be it email, messages
• Login button is removed
• turn off the chat feature and replace it with new features in the form of wall to write memories of that person as long as he/she is alive ..!

It sounds, this feature really good, right? Due to respect for who've died in Facebook.!

Wikipedia is Having Identity Crisis

More than a thousand Wikipedian, the designation for Wikipedia contributors, from 87 countries met at George Washington University to discuss the crisis of identity on the site that it was 11 years old.

"One thing we really noticed the pattern and the health community to ensure that we continue to welcome the contributors and they are not excluded when editing for the first time," said Wikipedia founder, Jimmy Wales, as quoted by The Washington Post.

President of the Wikimedia Foundation, Sue Gardner, said Wikipedia has lost a number of active editors in recent years.

Some officials also worry that the site has articles in 275 languages ​​of the world began to wear out.

One of the problems facing the site with 35 million active members around the world that is Wikipedia to be "home, awkward, and the work of the hand," said Gardner impact on the difficulty in attracting new contributors.

That site is operated by relying on the donations it has launched a simple editing software.

6 tips using facebook timeline

Activity in cyberspace is not inevitable, almost every day its very rapid development of the virtual world, whether through social media and other news portals. Some time ago to see a "facebook timeline" without any coercion facebook users are free to use it or not.

Here are 6 tips about Facebook Timeline.

1. Photo

One thing that is interesting, Timeline lets you put a picture of a large cover. Tips, attach your best photo because photo coverage will be immediately visible once people open up your profile page.

2. List of activities

List of activity (activity log) lets you see everything ever posted on Facebook. For example, an image or status. Only users who can view the activity log and from there they can decide what to see or hide.

3. share a story

You can fill in the Timeline with the special moments in life. It's easy, just click the life event, and add a photo of a baby, the first car, graduation, engagement, wedding, new home or other photos that you think are special.

4. Remember or forget

Some uniqueness of Timeline 'lies in its ability to store that you want to remember and forget that you want to remove. This facility can be used by clicking the pencil marks or stars.

5. privacy control

To maintain the security of the data or images, you can change the privacy on the Timeline. Members can set who can see. The result, only certain people can see your life story.

6. Add an application

You can tell a more complete by adding a new experience on the profile of the Timeline. For instance, listen to new music or movies that have been viewed via the application.

Funny Pictures of Internet and Programmer

Funny photos about software developers. On Monday morning, I would like to invite you to laugh so you can work in the spirit for the first day of this week. Here are the pictures that relate to software developers and Internet. Have a nice LAUGH.

Digg.com Sold for $ 500,000 After Rejecting $ 200 Million From Google

In the year 2008 ago, Google reportedly make an offer to buy social sharing service popular site Digg for U.S. $ 200 million.

But social sharing sites is surprisingly sold at prices much lower at U.S. $ 500 thousand, a very small value for a site that was once popular and marks the beginning of the era of sharing in social media.

Technology development company from New York, Betaworks, buy Digg on Thursday (12/07) in a deal that includes the remaining assets.

Launched seven years ago, namely in 2004 by Kevin Rose (27), Digg became known as an aggregator of content online, making it the most visited website on the Internet.

This site allows users to give their vote or post a link, a method currently used Facebook and Twitter to spread their content.

The sale occurred after the majority of Digg engineering staff leave the site in May to the Social Code, a subsidiary of The Washington Post.

Digg website will continue to exist, and Betaworks will soon launch a new version of Digg.

Matt Williams, Chief Executive Digg said in his blog posting: "Digg has always been a site built by the community, and for the community."

"Believe it or not, has been seven years since Digg launched. Until now, we've had more than 350 million Digg, Story Submissions 28 million and 40 million comments. We are very proud to have helped pioneer socially vote on the web.

After Yahoo!, Now Apple is beaten by Hacker

Weihome Magazine: If yesterday (03/12) there is the news that Yahoo! Voice successfully disabled by hackers and resulted in more than 450 thousand of critical data including the ID and password are widespread on the internet, now the next victim of hacking is Apple.

It was reported that Russian hackers managed to fool the system of online payment procedures at shopping sites such as Apple's App Store or the Apple iTunes App Store. Hackers calling themselves ZonD80 is find a way to download applications or games on Apple's online sales site without having to pay a dime.

ZonD80 explained in a video uploaded to YouTube that the hacker only uses IOS-based devices that have not been tampered, or non-jailbroken. The hackers also explains step by step how he fooled the Apple online payment procedures at sites I-Ekb.ru.

It's never safe in the internet world. As tough as any securities of a site, the hacker can eventually break into the security side. Until now, Apple still has not confirmed the breakdown of one of their online sales system.