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- Sites With Government Seized Domains Are Moving On, On Twitter
| WikLeaks Reports It Is Under A Denial Of Service Attack | Top |
| @wikileaks WikiLeaks We are currently under a mass distributed denial of service attack. about 1 hour ago via web Retweet A lot of people, including many governments, have problems with WikiLeaks , the site dedicated to publishing sensitive and often classified documents. (Read more background on the controversial organization). The site is currently under a distributed denial of service attack, according to a Tweet from the WikiLeaks account. The site seems to be withstanding the attack so far. It is up right now . The DDOS attack comes just as WikiLeaks is preparing to release another set of U.S. government documents—this time diplomatic cables which may prove so embarrassing that the State Department decided to warn foreign governments ahead of their release. But WikiLeaks reports via Twitter that even if the site goes down, newspapers around the world will publish excerpts from the cables: @wikileaks WikiLeaks El Pais, Le Monde, Speigel, Guardian & NYT will publish many US embassy cables tonight, even if WikiLeaks goes down 54 minutes ago via web Retweet So who is behind the DDOS attack—government spy agencies, the Russians, 4chan? It is obviously a conspiracy. Different people will have different theories, including that WikiLeaks itself is behind the “attack” to draw attention (and sympathy) on the eve of its latest big leak. But let’s give them the benefit of the doubt for now, until proven otherwise. CrunchBase Information WikiLeaks Twitter Information provided by CrunchBase | |
| From The MAD TechVentures Conference 2010 In Kuala Lumpur: 22 Pitches From Malaysian Startups | Top |
| Earlier this month, I attended the MSC Malaysia MAD TechVentures Conference 2010 in Kuala Lumpur, a two-day tech and web industry event organized by local company MAD Incubator and MSC Malaysia . The launch pad was one of the first of its kind in the country whose Internet and mobile population has been growing rapidly in recent years. (TechCrunch contributor Vivek Wadhwa , coincidentally in town, delivered the opening speech.) TechVentures is essentially a platform for Malaysia’s startups to demo their services on stage to an audience and a panel of judges, both of whom selected a handful of companies (out of 22) as winners. The nine lucky companies received advertising and marketing prizes valued at a total of 1.5 million Ringgit (US$500,000). Here are thumbnail sketches of all 22 companies that presented during the MAD TechVentures Conference 2010: MAD TechVentures Conference 2010: Winner of the Grand Prize Xilnex by Web Bytes Xilnex is a Saas-based retail management solution specifically developed for SOHO, small and medium-sized companies, startups, small and medium chain retailers and franchise retailers. The solution can be used for customer and service management, point of sales management, inventory control, services tracking etc. Xilnex also integrates an e-commerce solution (items in the inventory can be automatically pushed to online catalogues) and a number of reporting and marketing tools. MAD TechVentures Conference 2010: Panel-selected winners Aiyo!CONNECT by Terato Tech (winner of the category: Mobile and Communication) Malaysia-based iPhone, iPad and Android development company Terato Tech ( iTunes ) showed Aiyo!CONNECT , a publishing engine that makes it possible to convert printed material (magazines, books, brochures etc.) to the iPad “in seconds”. Users can then edit content directly on the iPad through a special editor. Here ‘s a sample magazine Terato themselves created with the engine. Math Quest by HezMedia Interactive (winner: Games and Creative Content) Math Quest is an online edutainment game designed to teach mathematics to children aged between 9 and 12 through avatars, quests, mini games and other elements. The RPG-like game is created in Flash, entirely playable in the browser but also available (in Malaysia) on CD-ROM. Maker Hezmedia is currently preparing an MMORPG version that’s due out in 2011 and for which the startup is looking for international business partners. ooView by e-Trifecta Solutions (winner: Business Applications and Productivity) ooView is an augmented reality framework designed for desktop (ooView Suite), web (ooView Extended) and mobile (ooView Pocket) applications. The platform supports both object- and marker-based tracking methods, with maker e-Trifecta offering solutions in a variety of fields, including digital marketing, events, education, or training. Techsailor Community Connect by Techsailor Group (winner: Community and Social Networks) Social media consultancy and online marketing company Techsailor presented Techsailor Community Connect , its white-label social platform for enterprises. Community Connect enables companies to “turn any website into an online customer engagement tool” through different social networking modules such as user profile pages, friend linkages, a messaging system, forums, media sharing functions, etc. Here are two examples for sites built on top of Community Connect (more here ). Capsuco (winner: Subscription and Commerce Marketplace) Capsuco is an online art and graphics store offering customizable products (mainly T-shirts at this point) from artworks submitted by independent artists (who earn a share from each sale of any product featuring their artwork). Online payment is still a big hurdle for e-commerce in South East Asia, which is why the startup is planning to offer pre-paid “Capsuco Cards” in selected brick-and mortar retail stores in Malaysia. Capsuco, which launched in July 2010, is based out of Kuala Lumpur but plans to move to other markets in South East Asia soon (beginning with Singapore). Xilnex (the winner of the Grand Prize) also won the MAD TechVentures prize in the Cloud Computing, SaaS and Web Applications category – as judged by the panel. MAD TechVentures Conference 2010: Audience-selected winners MyMall by Convep Mobilogy (winner: Mobile and Communication) Kuala Lumpur-based Convep , which develops mobile applications for a number of platforms, presented MyMall at the event, a suite of apps, which are available for the iPhone ( iTunes ) and Blackberry. Each app helps users navigate through a different shopping mall in Malaysia, for example by providing maps, store directories, different search functions, electronic coupons, event information etc. Trosworld by Scandic Corporation (winner: Subscription and Commerce Marketplace) Trosworld is a B2C online mall that offers Malaysia’s 60%+ small- and medium-sized businesses that are still offline a simple CMS to bring their products to the web. Subscribers to Trosworld’s so-called VIP Store solution can get their own domain name and hosting on the platform, list up up to 4,000 products, use the integrated order and inventory system, let buyers pay through multiple payment gateways, etc. Trosworld provider Scandic offers offline guidance for VIP Store merchants, for example workshops in the real world or phone support. JustSAMit by ISA Innovation (winner: Cloud Computing, SaaS and Web Applications) JustSAMit is a cloud-based IT Asset Management solution specifically geared towards small- and medium-sized businesses. The service not only keeps track of what kind of hardware is being used in a given company but also helps to control software usage on computers that are in the asset list. JustSAMit, which currently requires an invitation , also wants to support clients to keep up-to-date by benchmarking their IT equipment with relevant industry vertical trends by location. The three panel-selected winners Math Quest , Techsailor Community Connect and ooView also won the audience awards in their respective categories. Here are the 13 other startups that made it to the MAD TechVentures finals but didn’t quite make the cut: mobile augmented reality platform by Clarify Consulting mobile content platform Happy Ring Ring monetization solution for social games Sogamo by ZelRealm Interactive knowledge management system Qryos by BCZ IT Solutions GPS tracking solution by bBat tree maintenance system TREEMAIS by Urban Headline SaaS based business activity management solution KPIMatrix by Suzerein sports portal Hooha Asia real-time, location-based sales and promotions platform GetTodo by Aveniq e-commerce website solution HanWebFusion by Hanventure Worldwide Joomla-based website builder for businesses Joomware by Juzit task management solution TaskTwister by KH Software Services wimax network performance analyzer by Syndes Technologies MAD Incubator and co-organizer MSC Malaysia already expect to have another TechVentures Conference in Kuala Lumpur next year. To keep up-to-date about Malaysia's web scene, head over to the Entrepreneurs.my blog or follow the Twitter account of Kuala Lumpur-based mover and shaker Daniel Cerventus . For more South East Asia-related information, have a look at the e27 and SGEntrepreneurs blogs or download the This Week In Asia tech podcasts. CrunchBase Information Terato Tech Information provided by CrunchBase | |
| Sites With Government Seized Domains Are Moving On, On Twitter | Top |
| Last week while everyone was waiting for the COICA bill to move through Congress, the US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agency one upped the Attorney General and seized domain names from a group of over 70 copyright infringing websites . A visit to the blacklisted domains now results in the ominous looking message from Homeland Security below. While the graphic is pretty scary, Market Ticker’s Karl Denninger points out the websites themselves and the servers they run on have not actually been seized , just the domains. “That’s a lot of staff attorney time and trouble to get a big fat nothing out of it, which is exactly what they get going down this road. Why? Because all they can do is redirect the domain pointers which will do exactly nothing when the sites re-register under a top-level domain not under the US Government’s jurisdiction – and there are lots of them.” Domains under US jurisdiction currently include anything controlled by Verisign which puts .com site owners in a legal relationship with the United States. According to Denninger, all afflicted site owners need to do is move to a non-US controlled top level domain in order to dodge further ICE seizures. Some have already started to migrate to other domains, though it’s likely choices like .net won’t be any safer. Torrent-Finder owner Waleed Gad El Kareem said he switched his site over to Torrent-Finder.info the moment he saw the ICE message on Torrent-Finder.com, posting the new site’s address on Twitter. @gadelkareem Waleed GadElKareem Torrent Finder is now http://www.torrent-finder.info November 25, 2010 11:49 pm via Digsby Retweet Hip hop site RapGodfathers has aggressively followed suit with its own .info address, using Twitter to get the word out about the move and asking people to retweet as well as @replying fans with its new domain. @RapGodFathers RapGodFathers.info Everyone please retweet our new link, lots of people still don't know about it. http://www.RapGodFathers.info #RGF about 17 hours ago via web Retweet Onsmash seems to have not made the move over, but is soliciting emails from fans on Twitter who oppose the domain name seizure as well as tweeting out stuff like “THEY CAN NEVER STOP US!!!” I’ve emailed them and sister site dajaz1.com about possible plans to move to a different domain and am waiting to hear back. @HofOnSMASH Hof // OnSMASH ARTISTS: If you oppose the seizure of @ OnSMASH pls send an email to gmail .com”>freeonsmash@ gmail .com & express why. Your participation is appreciated! about 17 hours ago via web Retweet Even the counterfeit sites have caught on, an email I sent to www.2009Jerseys.com was met with the following auto response, “Notice: The original Domain Name has been suspended, please visit the new domain name www.2009Jerseys.net, We apologize for the inconvenience. If there is new information, we will first time inform you.” The people behind Dvdcollects.com have decided to focus all their energy on the yet unfettered Bestcollects.com according to their Facebook page. If it really is that easy to pick up and move on its hard to believe that the other 70 or so sites won’t find friendlier domains on which to land, rendering ICE’s efforts ultimately futile. If anything, the seizures serve as lesson to all possibly infringing sites — Steer clear of the .com top level domain. | |
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