Twitter blocked in China
Unconfirmed reports suggest that Twitter co-founder Evan Williams said on Saturday that he has been informed that his microblogging site has now been partially blocked in China. The reports haven’t been confirmed as yet.
On being asked for the official word on the same, Williams said, “That’s what I’ve been told.” He further added that the company hasn’t received any direct or official confirmation.
Williams remarked that China could use a firewall to block access to its service.
When asked about media reports that Twitter was developing ways to get around the firewall, Williams said “We’re not actively developing any way to get around it.” He however stressed, “We’re for the free exchange of information.”
Twitter disables widgets over security flaw
Popular microblogging site Twitter has temporarily disabled one of the features on its website following a security researcher’s warning of a programming flaw, leaving the login details of the users vulnerable to hackers.
Biz Stone, Twitter co-founder, announced that his company had temporarily cut off access to a feature that lets users display Twitter updates on their websites by using Flash technology. “Our team has disabled the Flash widget while we look into the problem,” Stone said in an email.
A senior security analyst with Foreground Security of Orlando, Mike Bailey, said that the problem exploits a widely known vulnerability in Adobe Systems Inc’s Flash programming language. This was first discovered in 2006 but by and large it has been noted that the operators of many websites have failed to respond to those warnings.
Twitter, with millions of users including celebrities across arenas, is a soft target to hackers looking to spread malicious software.
Recession knocks at Technology’s epicenter - Silicon Valley
It’s being talked about in every corner of the globe. And now, even in the technology’s hub, Silicon Valley. The global recession has now begun to impact the Technology’s Mecca, and worst, it’s likely to stay longer.
When John Donovan, chief technology officer at Dallas-based AT&T Inc., said “Consumer technology changes so fast that any company that tries to pause is likely to be overrun by its competitors”, it was strongly felt that the pace of the technological developments is least likely to slowdown fearing recession.
However, tech giants like Intel Corp and Microsoft Corp, Hewlett-Packard Co., Yahoo! Inc., Adobe Systems Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc. and Palm Inc. are amongst the many firms who have decided to trim their staff by many thousands. This move from the tech world comes as an effort to cope up with the financial meltdown which has forced the industry to hack their advertising and investment expenses.
Silicon Valley, the corridor of office parks stretching between San Francisco and San Jose, is the headquarters of many world renowned technology companies. It has lost an estimated 11,700 jobs last year and the analysts say that this is just the tip of the iceberg!
Going by the official figures, California’s unemployement rate hit a 14-year high of 9.3 % in December 2008, 2.1% above the national average of 7.2. And also, any further increment in the figures should not be surprisig for anyone.
Believing the Goldman Sachs Group Inc., the global expenditure on computers and softwares is expected to slip by another 8 percent in the financial year 2009-10 in the U.S., Western Europe and Japan.
Andy Miedler, a senior technology analyst at Edward Jones, feels, “Layoffs and cost-cutting are unfortunate, but companies have to make tough decisions in a rough economy to preserve their own financial position.
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