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News: Weekend Blog
Contributed by Rick DeVan on August 8, 2011 at 12:00 am ET
The PW2 Web Blog will begin being updated on the weekends at 00:00 UTC on Saturdays (8:00 p.m. Friday Daylight Savings Time on the U.S. East Coast) starting August 13, or August 12, depending.
This move is in the interest of walking the thriv’ability walk. It will save a few resources in the form of time and clicks and help focus attention span for both you and I. That is what it is all about. Plus, your boss will be happier, or at least less unhappy.
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Statistics: News Audience Goes Online (Pew Research)
Contributed by Rick DeVan on May 13, 2011 at 9:29 am ET
Resource: News Audience Goes Online via Pew Research.
In 2010, the internet was the only news sector to see an increase in its audience.
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News organizations — old and new — still produce most of the content audiences consume. But each technological advance has added a new layer of complexity — and a new set of players — in connecting that content to consumers and advertisers.
Just my observation here… going online for news is much more effective than watching television news. I only needed to see the tornado hitting Tuscaloosa once to get the story and understand the impact. On television, I would have seen it thirty times in an hour. For me, at least, the repetition on television does not increase the impact. In fact, it may dull it.
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Back Online
Contributed by Rick DeVan on March 2, 2011 at 10:43 am ET
I am back online and getting caught up after unexpectedly being off for a few days.
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Ongo Digital News Service
Contributed by Rick DeVan on January 26, 2011 at 2:50 pm ET
Resource: Ongo
OnOngo is a personal news service that redefines how digital news is read, discovered and shared by bringing together the best content from a variety of sources — all in one place.
$6.99 US per month. Has the time arrived for Ongo?
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Network Stable Following DOS Attack On Verio Servers
Contributed by Rick DeVan on January 11, 2011 at 12:14 pm ET
Verio has reported that a DOS (Denial of Service) attack on servers at the Virginia data center occurred this morning at 14:01 GMT (10:01 EST). Network stability was restored at approximately 14:46 GMT (10:46 EST/ 7:46 PST). This attack affected some PW2 Web-hosted accounts but did not compromise the security or affect data on the server. The accounts were inaccessible from the Internet during that time.
DOS (Denial of Service) attacks are caused by sending a massive amount of data towards one particular server. Such large data floods usually involve a malicious party hijacking multiple insecure machines across the Internet for use in relaying data.
There is a possibility that these attacks may continue to occur.
Thumbs-up to the staff at Verio for quickly restoring the network! Their expertise and professionalism have helped keep PW2 Web a customer for many years.
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