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Monday, December 19, 2011
Update: FTP Outage and Denial of Service Attack
Topic: Tech News
Hi everyone -
 
My name is Chris, and I'm the general manager for Tripod and Angelfire. As some of you are aware, FTP is currently unavailable. I wanted to explain what's happened, why, and what we're doing next.
 
Tripod was hit by denial of service attack early yesterday morning. Thanks to security measures we have in place, no member accounts were violated, and no Tripod sites were harmed. However, the force of the attack did cause us to take certain parts of Tripod offline, including FTP, which was the main focus of the attack.
 
We've been working through the night, and will continue working today, to restore full service to everyone. Thank you for your patience as we restore service, and for your patronage. 
 
As soon as we have an ETA on restoring full service, we will let you know.
 
Sincerely,
Chris Cummings
General Manager

Posted by team-blog at 7:07 AM PST
Friday, August 12, 2011
Happy Birthday, PC!
Topic: Tech News

August 12, 1981 the IBM PC was born. Throughout the PC's life, it has had a Benjamin Button-type facelift from year to year, seemingly getting "younger" and more modern looking as the years progressed. What started out as a giant hunk of plastic, metal, and green pixels has transformed into the PCs that we know and love (and can easily carry around) today.

 


Image from IBM.com.

 

Check out IBM.com's virtual timeline at their site: IBM's History of Progress. While IBM's construction of personal computers dates back to the '70s, the first model of the PC we know and love today was released with the intention for use in businesses and homes in '81. Of course, the PC had a hefty price tag - up to $6000 which in today's terms could top out at around $15,000! 

 

The progress of the PC has enabled us to do wonders with technology - both on the Internet and off - so thanks IBM and again, Happy Birthday, PC!


Posted by team-blog at 10:39 AM PDT
Updated: Friday, August 12, 2011 10:40 AM PDT

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