Microsoft will soon stop the development of its new browser, Internet Explorer 9 and offer a version RTM (Release To Manufacturing).
According to rumors, Microsoft is readying the release of a version of RTM-escrow , and would solicit beta testers to find the remaining bugs.
According to inside information-the RTM escrow precedes by less than a month the RTM version. Consider leaving the launch could take place on March 14 next, which is the date of announcement of the team of IE 9 .
Apple is negotiating with major record labels to allow iTunes customers to access with more flexibility in their music.Apple is currently in discussions with record labels Universal Music, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music and EMI to allow iTunes customers to access more flexible and more terminals to the music they have purchased, said Bloomberg . A deal could be announced mid-year, the agency said.
Apple as the record companies are seeking in effect to maintain demand for downloading music, in a context where the popularity of streaming music services like Pandora, usable on all devices is growing. If this deal goes ahead, iTunes customers should have a permanent backup purchased music to where their originals are damaged or lost. It would also be possible to download the iPad, iPod and iPhone connected to the same iTunes account. One step closer to universal access to content stored on the Internet.
The platform blog hosting suffered the most violent storm since its inception. The founder of the reasons mentioned "political".Blow to the platform blog hosting WordPress , Automattic published by the company. Yesterday, she suffered the biggest attack by distributed denial of service (DDoS) since its inception in 2003. One immediate consequence was the unavailability of 18 million blogs hosted in three data centers (Chicago, San Antonio and Dallas), including those in the VIP WordPress.
This includes online media such as the Financial Post, National Post and TechCrunch.
According to a message published by Automattic, the assault has attained the infrastructure because of "several gigabits per second and tens of millions of packets per second. " Limit the effects of such an attack is usually complex and takes several hours. Indeed, denial of service attacks are designed to overwhelm Web sites queries, to make them available.
The attacks have dealt a level of complexity far more important to fight them, because they may come from a wider variety of networks and hosts. WordPress focused on its customers 'VIP' then its platform shared hosting (wordpress.com). Technical teams, aided by the operators used by the company, will set nearly two hours before beginning a gradual return to normal. Immediately after the attack, Matt Mullenweg, founder of the platform open source content management system, suggested in an e-mail that he suspected political motives behind these attacks.
They would be directed against blogs "non-English speakers" but would not be able to prove that.
In March 2010, the French host OverBlog who was under a similar attack. It lasted several hours before a restoration of access to blogs. A settlement of accounts was behind the attack. A complaint was filed and the case is still pending.
