web traffic tuesday
Google says sorry for Gmail's two-hour outage: Blames 'miscalculation'
News The problem was caused by a classic cascade in which servers became overwhelmed with traffic in rapid succession. However, the twist this time was Google had made some changes to the routers that direct Gmail... [02 Sep 2009]
'Completely unworkable': The plans to track your web habits
News Government proposals to monitor all web communications are technologically unworkable, according to the organisation that switches the majority of web traffic for the UK. The dynamic... [05 Aug 2009]
BlackBerry maker RIM unleashes new developer tools
News Both plug-ins include BlackBerry smartphone simulators for application testing, together with application profiling for checking on the data traffic and load time implications of web content used in the... [29 Jul 2009]
Web snooping plans unworkable, say critics
News The Interception Modernisation Programme (IMP) calls for internet service providers to record the traffic details of all web communications. The problem is made more complex by the blurring of boundaries... [18 Jun 2009]
Webwise re-Phormed with 'discovery engine'
News If the user is opted-in, their dynamic IP address goes onto a whitelist, and their traffic goes into the Webwise system. Burgess said the Phorm system ignores certain types of traffic data in the... [03 Jun 2009]
Nokia's Ovi servers groan under launch day weight
News The Ovi team subsequently blogged that Nokia's servers had experienced "extraordinarily high spikes of traffic that resulted in some performance issues for users accessing store.ovi.com and store.ovi.mobi". [26 May 2009]
Calls for gov't Phorm investigation rejected
News Phorm intercepts user data traffic to anonymously profile people and serve them adverts based on their web-browsing behaviour. However, Marc Burgess, senior vice president of technology at Phorm, told... [21 May 2009]
Gov't denies mass surveillance tech
News Lots of black boxes have been rolled out to CSPs, to pick up communications traffic data. Clayton said that communications traffic data could be used to establish exactly who was communicating with whom,... [06 May 2009]
Facebook slams gov't snooping plans
News We think monitoring all user traffic is overkill," Kelly said. There is legislation to allow law enforcement access to traffic data [of suspects]. Coaker said the EU Data Retention Directive, which... [25 Mar 2009]
Phorm defends 'traffic-analysis' methods
News Nicholas Bohm, the FIPR's general counsel, said last week "the illegality stems… from the fact that the system intercepts internet traffic". The Home Office] gave an opinion, not a legal opinion, of their understanding... [11 Apr 2008]
BlackBerry blackout: Is RIM overreaching itself?
News The other data centre, located in the UK, handles email traffic in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Gene Signorini, vice president of enterprise research at the Yankee Group, said: "Anytime you have a situation where... [19 Apr 2007]
Microsoft issues largest patch batch to date
News Bitle said: "These [vulnerabilities] take advantage of two listening services that run on the host and listen for traffic coming in through ports that are frequently utilised. Qualys is also suggesting IT managers should... [14 Jun 2006]
Symantec grabs IMlogic
News IMlogic provides software which promises to safeguard public and corporate IM networks while providing companies with a means to monitor and archive IM traffic. In November, hosted email and web security... [04 Jan 2006]
Wednesday is webnesday
News Monday is the second highest day for web traffic, with 15.8 per cent of all visits, followed by Tuesday with 15.3 per cent, then Thursday with 14.9 per cent and Friday with 14.1 per... [17 Aug 2005]
Google profits rocket 300 per cent
News Excluding $494m in traffic acquisition costs, the portion of revenue shared with partners, Google posted revenue of $890m, beating analyst estimates. Profits at search engine giant Google's have jumped more than 300 per... [22 Jul 2005]
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