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Safari 4 Beta (tl;dr: meh)

By Liam, February 24, 2009

So I come home this afternoon to find that all the blogs are abuzz with the glee of new software. Naturally, I approach (with far more dignity, I might add (because of how dignified I am (I am awesome))) the source of this kerfuffle to discover that, surprise surprise, it’s about Apple.

“Whoop de doo,” I thought, “another session of Apple blowing their own horn over something that really doesn’t need it.” And I was right. Mostly. Safari 4 contains the following new features:

  • A slight extension of the browser epenis that is JavaScript rendering speed
  • The speed dial feature of Opera except now it’s on a concave surface and you can rearrange the sites
  • The entire top interface of Chrome in its entirety
  • More instances of Coverflow being run directly into the ground (experts predict that we will have depleted our Coverflow reserves by 2015 in optimistic estimates)
  • The fact that they finally understand that no one cares about their Mac-looking interface when it’s not actually on a Mac
  • A few rendering engine enhancements that will have come to every other browser by the time people other than Apple actually use those features in web design
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4chan.org’s Popular Board /b/ Taken down

By Jay, January 10, 2009

In wake of the DDOS attack on /b/ that I reported on a few minuets ago. It has taken only twenty seven minuets for the moderators at 4chan to take down /b/. At 7:27PM EST /b/ was reported as 404’d.


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4Chan.org Threatend By Internet War Against Boxxy

By Jay, January 10, 2009

While browsing one of my favorite sites I found that the internet war between 4chan.org‘s Anonymous and a young, quite annoying girl from youtube named Boxxy has began to reach what a sociologist would call ”Critical Mass.” There is a large movement amoung 4chan.org users to perform a DDOS attack on the site at 7:00PM EST tonight. If you also brows the website be sure to expect delays or even a total server crash from 7PM onwards tonight.

The group of users are calling the attack under two codename: Operation Valkyrie and Operation Clampdown. The goal of the attack is to, according to the boards at 4chan, “stop the spread of the boxxy cancer.”

I will keep you updated on this situation as it develops throughout the night.

UPDATE 6:45PM EST: Just fifteen minuets before the attack an image is found of DDOS program aimed at 4chan.org. It appears to be a program commonly used called Low Orbit Ion Cannon. The interesting thing from the screen shot is that the programs are set to broadcast a message to the 4chan.org mods to destroy boxxy or else it seems the attack will be endless. More information to come.
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Mac Heist 3 Begins

By Jay, January 6, 2009

They are offering Process, normally $39USD, for free

Mac Heist three began today. They are offering Process, normally $39USD, for free just for logging in. Beware, the web server is buckling under the load of people. So it may take a long time to get anywhere.

Head over to www.macheist.com to join the fun!

UPDATE: It appears that the next piece of loot is MacDust


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My two-day iPhone bill

By Nick, December 10, 2008

Or, how to time your cell phone purchases to save some money.

On December 1, I broke down and bought an iPhone after drooling over one since the beginning of time (or June 2007, at least). It’s a great device, and after having it for only a week and a half, I already discovered that it’s a really useful thing to have. Yes, I’ve become an iDrone.1.

At any rate, today I got my first bill--a mere week and a half after getting the phone. It turns out AT&T billed me $123 ($79.99 + activation fees) for a two-day billing period. Do the math, and that’s over $60 a day.

Personally I think it’d make more sense for AT&T to simply count those extra days as part of the next billing period, but so it goes. The moral of this story? Before you buy a new cell phone plan, check with the carrier to see when the billing period starts, and make your purchase on the first day of a new billing period so you don’t end up with a two-day bill like I did.

1They’re all over downtown San Francisco. It’s pretty ridiculous.↩


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