Ookla has Pingtest.net for testing network quality
Ookla is already well known for their Speedtest.net web service which enables you to check your internet connectivity speeds by connecting to various servers located around the world.
The company now has a new service named Pingtest.net which does something similar.
Pingtest.net performs three tests to determine the [...]
Nmap updated to detect Conficker
A new version of Nmap has been released which is capable of detecting Conficker on a network.
This new edition features a parameter which can be used to scan a network for the worm…
The command to be used is:
nmap -PN -T4 -p139,445 -n -v –script=smb-check-vulns –script-args safe=1 [targetnetworks]
This new updated [...]
DISNEY acquires assets from Canadian company Kaboose
US based media giant Disney has announced their decision to acquire some of the assets of Canadian company Kaboose.
Disney gets the ownership of several web properties through this deal.
These include: Kaboose.com, Babyzone.com, AmazingMoms.com, Funschool.com, Zeeks.com and ParentZone.com.
The company did not reveal whether they plan to retain the company [...]
Facebook has twice the traffic of MySpace!
Market research company comScore has stated in its latest report that Facebook is now drawing twice the web traffic compared to MySpace.
MySpace is considered to be the dominatant player in the social networking market online.
However, Facebook has been pretty steadily catching up.
The report claimed that Facebook drew [...]
Warner Music Group to use Cisco EOS social platform
Networking industry giant Cisco has just launched their Eos platform which is basically a set of online tools which can be added to an existing website to make it more social.
Warner Music Group is one of the first companies to announce their plans to use this platform [...]
LiveJournal and WordPress.com faces network based attacks
LiveJournal and WordPress.com users have faced some downtime on the service as they were facing online attacks.
LiveJournal confirmed in a statement: “We can confirm that LJ experienced two episodes of downtime due to network-based attacks.”
it is not confirmed whether attacks on both the blogging networks were similar in nature. [...]
Ning deploys OpenSocial
Social networking tools provider Ning has announced that they have now deployed OpenSocial on their services.
They had announced support for the OpenSocial project when it was announced last year.
OpenSocial was started by Google but is now an independent organization.
Ning is for now providing as many as 30 applications which can be used [...]
Livejournal said to be blocked in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan web users are reporting that they can no longer access the popular blogging service Livejournal.
The ISPs in the country have responded by claiming that they have no applied any kind of block on this web based service.
Livejournal too has confirmed that they are not locking out any [...]
Network admins unhappy with Apple Safari auto installation
Sometime back Apple decided that the users of their iTunes and QuickTime applications would like to get a taste of their Safari web browser on the windows platform.
So, the company decided to deliver this product through their Auto Update program utility.
However, this auto delivery has now become [...]
Google OpenSocial to challenge services like Facebook
Google now aims to challenge Facebook by allowing third party developers to code applications for their services.
Their new OpenSocial system would provide standardized tools to build applications which would work with several of their services.
This would prevent a situation where the developers have to code same application again and [...]
