One common method of attack involves saturating the target service with external communications requests, such that it cannot respond to legitimate traffic, or responds so slowly as to be rendered effectively unavailable. Basically, somebody did a blatant attack on the two services and I’m sure it will happen again. Mark Zuckerberg seems to be making a lot of enemies as he grows his company.
Also, did you see the Teen Choice Awards?
I have a couple of photos as well as a link to see more. Click here onTeen Choice to see them. Twilight captured a lot of the awards, you should check out the entire list of Teen Choice Awards winners
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Ok, I’ve received a bunch of emails asking about when my next video show will be finished. I’m planning on shooting something and having it up for this weekend. The end of summer has been crazy as I went on a cruise with a friend to the Caribbean for a week, I went to Germany with my family for two weeks and then I was in New York for another week. So, it’s been a really fun summer, but my video work has been lacking, so I apologize. I’m going to get back on to a regular schedule.
Denial of Service.Is that the words you hear from the salesgirl when trying to buy more clothes on your credit card? No, but if you ask Twitter or Facebook what it means, they will know.They were both victims of DoS (denial-of-service) attacks this past week.
According to Wikipedia A denial-of-service attack (DoS attack) (DDoS attack) is an attempt to make a computer resource unavailable to its intended users. Although the means to carry out, motives for, and targets of a DoS attack may vary, it generally consists of the concerted efforts of a person or people to prevent an Internetsite or service from functioning efficiently or at all, temporarily or indefinitely. Perpetrators of DoS attacks typically target sites or services hosted on high-profile web servers such facebook, and twitter
One common method of attack involves saturating the target service with external communications requests, such that it cannot respond to legitimate traffic, or responds so slowly as to be rendered effectively unavailable.
In general, the goal of a DoS attack is to overwhelm a computer resource by hitting it with excessive amounts of service requests, thereby denying the services to legitimate users. DoS attacks require the concerted efforts of several people plus a bunch of technology. Or, it could be a virus somebody wrote specifically for Twiiter.This actually happened twice in the past week, so I guess Marc Zuckerberg should watch out who he lays off at his company. Too many smart tech people out there who can be motivated by revenge
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All Teen Tech fanatics like everything there is about the web, especially information about celebrities who got their start on the web. This is another of my multipart series on past internet celebrities and what they are doing now.
Kent Nichols and Douglas Sarine: “Ask a Ninja”
A ninja with knowledge changed Kent Nichols’ and Douglas Sarine’s lives forever. The comedy duo’s “Ask a Ninja” Web site, in which a ninja answers all sorts of e-mail queries from viewers, took off in 2005. No matter the question — such as ‘Why is three the magic number?‘ — the outfitted ninja always seemed to have an answer related to his singular passion. (You know…ninja-ing.)
Nowadays, the ninja is doing just fine. The initial buzz may have died down, but Nichols and Sarine have built a full-time business from their crazy idea. They produced a book that’s available in stores: “The Ninja Handbook.” “The book is awesome,” Nichols says. “It’s a full parody of the ‘Boy Scout Manual’ and guides the non-ninja along the ninja path to enlightenment.”
The technology of the web allows anybody to become a star. Some catch on and others burn out. This is another update on past stars that some of us may have seen and were interested in what they are doing now.
Jennifer Ringley: “JenniCam”
For a girl who used to be on-camera around the clock, Jennifer Ringley has done a great job of disappearing from the public eye. Not even the gossip magazines or websites follow her now. Jenni shot into the spotlight in 1996 when her JenniCam Web site introduced the new concept of a 24-7 webcam. Still images captured Jenni in any activity — lying around her room, reading, having sex — with shots taken and updated every three minutes. The “show” lasted for seven years.
Since turning off her camera in 2003, Jenni returned to private life in Northern California — and rumor has it, she is either as a social services worker or as a computer programmer, depending on whom you ask. She shuns media attention, though, and rarely pops up in formal interviews.
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I was looking at some of the top viral videos, and thought, where are the internet stars who achieved fame through this viral videos. Is there longevity to their web career? What are they doing now?
Internet Stars: Where Are They Now?
The Internet has given many people their fifteen minutes of fame, whether they deserved it or not. Some rise to the top and stay there, while others have the time ticking down on their fifteen minutes as soon as the second hand hits the quarter mark. The internet has turned all types of video into something people have to watch. You have a cell phone and witness somebody falling falling off the stage at school….oh yeah, a YouTube hit in the making. From crazy guys singing about their favorite music star (Britney) or finding creative ways to mix electronics in a blender, the ideas are unlimited. Some people have one great idea while others keep coming back with more, and they usualy have the longevity.
So, I wanted to see what some of them have been doing since their big moment in the sun. Over the next couple of days, I’ll update you on some of my favorite and where they are now.
Coke and Mentos
Two unexpected pairings led to an explosion of success in 2006 — a lawyer and a professional juggler coupled with Diet Coke and Mentos candy. The duo of Fritz Globe and Stephen Voltz first brought fizzing fun to the mainstream. Rumor has it that they made about $30,000 from their crazy video experiment, which involved dropping discs of the minty candy into the cola, and then manipulating the resulting sprays.
They are still doing off the wall experiments. The duo’s latest experiment, which premiered on ABC Family, involves a quarter-million sticky notes.
“We’re constantly experimenting with things you can find down at the corner store to see what surprises are there to be found,” Globe says. “It’s been an amazing ride, and we never expected this kind of attention.”
My thoughts: Smart guys with a good chance of longevity.
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This is my episode of Teen Tech Show from early June. This weeks show talks about Arnold Schwarzeneggers attempt to put censorship on video games. This is something we can’t let happen.
I also have the latest news on the possibility of Twitter and Facebook putting advertising on their sites. Will they really do it? Will they let us have some of the revenues if they are on our page? This is something I will keep an eye on.
Also, I have some of the finale to American Idol. My choice, Kris Allen, won and all us teens really like him. Adam Lambert has great talent but Kris really hits it with us teens. Let me know who you think should have won.
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I’m sure every teen out there was shocked at the news that pop star Michael Jackson suddenly died on Thursday due to a heart problem. Although he hasn’t been on tour or had a lot of musical appearances in the last couple of years, we are all still familiar with his music and know the impact he had on the music world.
Recently, he has been more famous for his strange behavior than he was for his musical talents. I think he was just a big kid and heart and never really grew up. Having that much fame and money at such a young age kept him in his own bubble world where he never had to act like anything other than a kid. Who wouldn’t buy an amusement park like Neverland Ranch (which is now sitting in ruins), watch cartoons, shop till you drop and travel the world if we could!
My dad was lucky enough to have met him when Michael was at the peak of his career. He said they went on some rides together at Disneyland and Michael was a really nice guy who enjoyed life and had a kid like curiosity about everything. So, all you Teen Tech fans out there, go out and download some Michael Jackson music on Itunes and enjoy some music from a type of star that we will probably never see again. A man that made history in everything he did and changed the face of music as he did new things. He will be missed.
Google has announced the unveiling of Google Voice by a limited public invite only. Google (Nasdaq: GOOG)
They say the application is available by invitation only, but anybody can sign up to receive an invitation and then wait for a go-ahead from Google.
Asking for an invitation to participate in the limited roll-out is easy.
Here is how you do it. Go to google.com/voice and click on the Get an Invite’ link, you’re then added to the wait list
Google will then get thru the list by sending out invitations to people on the list.
Invitations will be sent out on a first-come, first-served basis.
Currently, the service offers tools for call transcription, SMS , conference calling, integration with the Goog411 directory service, and low-cost international calling. In April, Google added an archiving capability to Google Voice. In June, it released keyboard shortcuts and search operators for the service.
The service is free except for international calling.
Here’s the tech info and what you can do with Google Voice.
Google Voice is a VoIP (voice over Internet protocol) service that provides users one number for all calls and SMS messages; call screening; a listen-in feature that lets users listen before they take a call; call blocking; SMS; and free calls to anywhere in the U.S. It also lets users pick up calls on any of their phones.
In addition, it provides phone routing, letting users key ring tones to different callers, similar to the capability offered in most cell phones. Users can also add phones to the service and set which ones should ring.
Other capabilities include voicemail; voicemail transcripts; notifications; personalized greetings; conference calling; the ability to record calls; the ability to switch phones during a call; and checking directory assistance at Google 411.
Google 411 is similar to most telephone companies’ directory assistance services except that Google’s is free. Directions for use are available on the Google 411 Web site.
Users call 1-800-4664-411, state their location or type in a ZIP code, state the name or category of the business they are looking for, and they are automatically connected to the business.
So, a lot of cool stuff to try. I urge all Teen Tech viewers to go sign up and see if you can get to try this cool program.
Many teenagers have also seen the turmoil with their paranets as they are getting laid off from their jobs in records numbers. The kids of today no longer associate financial security with big corporations, Fenn said.
There have been numerous surveys with people from ages 8-21 and they all seem to come back with almost half saying they would like to start their own business in the future. The Internet may be the best route to take for teenagers’ and their entrepreneurship. The ability to start a business online has allowed for easy entry to self-employment for young people–you need only a domain name and a Web site to set up shop and are largely anonymous to customers, who never have to know your age, said Alan Lysaght, co-author of “The ABCs of Making Money for Teens.”
There is also an abundance of information online about starting a business. Laura Durst, 18, a recent high school graduate in Woodstock, Conn., said that there were so few jobs for teenagers there that two years ago she began setting up a Web-based business, WorkInMyRoom.com. It provides teenagers with information and online resources to find jobs that can be done from home. Durst said she was inspired by her mother, who also is an entrepreneur. “Seeing her work from home, where she could be her own boss, I liked the idea of that,” she said. Durst’s revenue comes from advertising. She uses Google Ad Sense–which displays relevant Google ads on her site–and earns money when users click on them. She says she is making about $250 a month.
Teenagers start a wide range of businesses, Lysaght said, from selling art, jewelry or collectibles online to Web site creation and design. “They also do non-Web-based things like yard work, house cleaning, dog walking, pool care, tutoring and party planning,” he said.
In addition to the money they are earning, teenagers say entrepreneurship has made them more mature. Max O’Dell said he could now relate when his father talked about his own work, and Borden said she has learned how to speak to adults as an adult. Most feel starting their own business is getting them ready for the real world.
Since all of us teens spend a lot of time online, maybe it’s time to think about putting these skills of ours to use. It could prove very helpful to use in earning a living and getting ahead of the older people we will be up against for jobs. My recommendation to all out there is to start thinking about how to start a business with your online skills. The internet, online businesses and social media will not be going away and we are all at the time in our lives when we can keep learning and have a huge step up others when beginning our careers.
If any Teen Tech viewers have any suggestions for online companies to start, feel free to leave me a comment. Don’t forget to check out my show on TeenTechshow.mevio.com
