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The Worst Malware Ever (and What It Teaches Us About Malware of the Future)

The Realtime Report

In 2003, experts estimated that the worm caused between $950 and $1.2 The lesson from SQL Slammer is one of updates: Microsoft released a patch that would have prevented much of SQL Slammer’s success in the year prior to the attack, but too many network administrators failed to download and apply the patch. Operation Aurora.

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The Worst Malware Ever (and What It Teaches Us About Malware of the Future)

The Realtime Report

In 2003, experts estimated that the worm caused between $950 and $1.2 The lesson from SQL Slammer is one of updates: Microsoft released a patch that would have prevented much of SQL Slammer’s success in the year prior to the attack, but too many network administrators failed to download and apply the patch. Operation Aurora.

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Every Social Network is Different: Here's What You Need to Know

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

For example, just the other day I stumbled upon an Apple press release from 2003. Using one or two of these methods may work in getting your news, but I’d say that a healthy combination of blogs and these social networks ends up giving me what I want. Sorry, guys, it’s five years later. Lots of interesting stuff.

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Are Blog Comments Dead? | Justin Levy

Justin Levy

RSS and email subscriptions, site traffic and social sharing may all be continuing to increase. These are tracked through a variety of tools and even popular commenting system Disqus scours social networks to find blog posts being shared and displays those as “interactions&#. Thomas I like comments.

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Five Reasons Why I Love Wordpress

Firebelly

. | Main | Stop tweeting about the # of followers you have » October 23, 2009 Five Reasons Why I Love Wordpress WordPress was originally made as a blog publishing application but has now evolved into a huge content management system (CMS). As of September 2009, Wordpress is used by 62.8 This is a very big misconception.

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Social media and the rise of fantasy sports

Sprout Social

million in 2003. 61% read more about those sports (online, on social media, blogs, on ESPN, etc.). 61% read more about those sports (online, on social media, blogs, on ESPN, etc.). And what did social media and fantasy sports? So in early 2003, we’ve got over 15 million people playing fantasy sports online.

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The History of Social Media in 33 Key Moments

Hootsuite

Unfortunately, the site’s spike in popularity in 2003 caught the company by surprise. Myspace: “A place for friends” (2003) Friendster rival Myspace (originally styled as MySpace) quickly became the go-to site for millions of hip teens. This moment essentially marked the beginning of social media influencers.