The total cessation of operation of a computer system or network. A system meltdown can be caused by hardware or software. A network meltdown can be caused by hardware, software or excessive traffic.
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- The Simpsons? 14.1.37 (Mobile)
- Visit Springfield for an amazing adventure with the Simpsons. Guide Homer in a race against time as he tries to prevent a meltdown at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. Along the way, interact with Bart, Mr. Burns, Apu and more of your favorite Springfieldians. Avoid hazards like burning tires and...
- Software downloads 2009-11-10
- U.S. unemployment rate highest in 26 years, at 10.2%
- Misinterpreted numbers..."In October, the number of unemployed persons increased by 558,000 to 15.7 million."That's not 190,000. The 190,000 is non-farm payroll decrease, which doesn't include farm workers or self-employed persons who have hung it up.Maybe we need a NEW "New Deal?"Remember the 3 R's of Franklin Roosevelt's "New Deal?"...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-06
- Ubuntu, SUSE, Fedora Linux updates prepped as Win7 release nears
- another nail in M$ coffinThe upcomming failure of windoze 7 and M$ going under will not leave the users exposed.Linux is here to save the day!Wrong Answerhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/21/windows-7-breaks-amazon-uk-pre-order-volume-record-ousts-harry/DesperationGuess it shows how desperate Vista users are to get onto Win7Windows 7 a failure?Didn't it already surpass Linux's market share? BEFORE it's GA?Failure...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-21
- Antitrust: Time to break apart the phone companies -- again?
- In the global meltdown of the economy, corporate earnings are the bellwether of survival. The old adage that the strong get stronger and the weak.... they just collapse. But some corporations now control significant market share that some believe borders on antitrust violations in the U.S. by Doug Hanchard
- Blog posts 2009-10-21
- Future ERP
- Brian Sommer's provocative post that juxtaposes SAP's technology thinking around the 'old' and 'new' worlds provides insights into something SAP was talking about last year - the two speed world of ERP. At the back end there is still plenty to do, hardening applications, winkling out recurring bugs...
- Blog posts 2009-10-19
- AutoVirt 3: Storage management control
- In the wake of T-Mobile's virtual storage meltdown for Sidekick users, it would be wise for organizations to re-examine their virtual storage solutions. AutoVirt 3 might be a useful addition for mid market companies. by Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-10-13
- In the aftermath of the T-Mobile Chernobyl
- T-Mobile's Sidekick/Danger Inc. meltdown has far-reaching implications for wireless carrier data integrity responsibilities way beyond any immediate remediation the company may need to offer its customers. Yesterday, T-Mobile notified all of its Sidekick device customers that a failure which occurred on Microsoft's Danger,...
- Blog posts 2009-10-12
- Kayne West Influences Enterprise Social Business Strategy
- Business ToolsI recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don't know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.Patriciahttp://dataentryjob-s.comdude, you can't even spell his name rightits KANYE...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-14
- eBay names Sun veteran head of data center strategy
- EBay has appointed Dean Nelson, a Sun Microsystems veteran, to be in charge of its data center strategy. Nelson will be senior director of global data center strategy, architecture and operations. Nelson is founder of Data Center Pulse, a non-profit data center industry group. ...
- Blog posts 2009-09-08
- News to know: SOA, Google Voice app; Twitter bots; Google Wave; Clunkers
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Joe McKendrick: More SOA tools emerge in the cloud Jason Hiner: Forget the iPhone app, Google Voice coming as...
- Blog posts 2009-08-10
- Major meltdown
- What is it with you and spelling????Thromostat?Come on. How can anyone take you seriously when you can't write nor think critically about your positions?You, sir, should learn to write and maybe learn something about that which you write.RE: Major meltdownThe rest of the world has been telling the USA about...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-08
- Major meltdown
- And we thought the economy was a serous meltdown. Now comes more evidence from the U.S. Geological Survey that glacial meltdown continues. This recent study cites glacial melt on in Washington State and Alaska. Somebody check the thromostat? by Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-08-08
- Government is killing Silicon Valley innovation
- Who cares?'m tired of this struggle for capitalism, I'm off to Galt's Gulch.Wah, wah, wah!Americans like Franklin, Westinghouse, Whitny, Kilby, didn't need fake "incentives"!Massengill Satchel"I don?t want to come across as a crying venture capitalist " but..............Sickening. Self-centered VC story. Complaining about access to talent, h1b's etc. No mention of...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-07
- News to know: Twitter DOS attack; Cisco and IBM, Clunkers, Win 7 chart; Murdoch; CTO
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Ryan Naraine: Twitter knocked offline by DDoS attack; Koobface returns with a twist Larry Dignan: Cisco CEO Chambers: IBM...
- Blog posts 2009-08-07
- Facebook and Twitter down: Social networking meltdown
- Facebook and Twitter down: Social networking meltdownOnly noticed it when I realised my phone hadn't zzz'd in a while......then tried to Tweet and got connection failed. So hopped over to Facebook to find out what had happened, sure enough a couple of my friends statuses informed me that it was...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-06
- Facebook and Twitter down: Social networking meltdown
- Updated: 22:44 BST. Twitter came under a co-ordinated denial-of-service DOS attack earlier on today which left the site paralysed for a good hour or so. At roughly 7am PST the site was attacked in a co-ordinated fashion, and the entire network was down for at least 30...
- Blog posts 2009-08-06
- FCC: We'll be relentless for competition, consumers, innovation and investment
- FCC: We'll be relentless for competition, consumers, innovation and investmentAs if ...we coult count on them. It comes from the same government that over the years has promised to regulate and prevent crap like Enron, Madoff, Fannie & Freddie and Wall St. meltdown from happening. Now they want to regulate...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-04
- FCC's more proactive stance: Should we cheer or worry?
- FCC's more proactive stance: Should we cheer or worry?Regulation is not micromanagement"At some point, the FCC meddles in free markets. It will micromanage."Clearly you think more about business than you do about government. Or maybe you're just conservative, politically, and ideological to a fault.This is about the public's interest...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-03
- 101 WRIF Radio 1.0 (Mobile)
- With 101 WRIF Radio you will have instant access to WRIF, everything that rocks home of Mike in the morning, Trudi news, Arthur Penhallow, and Meltdown. it is Rock Radio 101 WRIF from Detroit. RIFF2, Made In Detroit. Detroit Local 101 for breaking local bands, The Loading Zone for gamers,...
- Software downloads 2009-08-03
- Has the U.S. already lost green tech to other nations?
- Is it too late for the green tech boom in the U.S.? Is the nation now second-rate technologically? Did the eight years of aerobics during the Bush Administration leave the U.S. one lap behind nations actually in the running? There are certainly lots of folks counting on a...
- Blog posts 2009-07-08
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