Another attack hits Twitter
Twitter's servers were on the fritz again on Tuesday, with members receiving server timeouts and third-party applications unable to access the microblogging service. This appears to have begun around 11:45 a.m. PDT.
Twitter posted an update to its status blog when the servers had been in flux for about 10 minutes: "Responding to site downtime. We're working to recover from a site outage and will update as we learn more."
The service was back up about a half hour later. At 12:17 p.m. PT, Twitter confirmed that it was an attack. "We're back up and analyzing the traffic data to determine the nature of this attack," the company said.
Outages used to be commonplace at Twitter when the small start-up's servers were unable to keep up with the massive amount of data flowing through them. They gradually became less and less frequent. But this one's particularly notable because it happens as Twitter is still reeling from a denial-of-service attack last week that targeted a Georgian activist blogger but ended up knocking Twitter's servers offline for several hours. Other services, like Facebook and LiveJournal, were also affected by the attack.
More updates when we hear them...last updated at 3:57 p.m. PT.
Caroline McCarthy, a CNET News staff writer, is a downtown Manhattanite happily addicted to social-media tools and restaurant blogs. Her pre-CNET resume includes interning at an IT security firm and brewing cappuccinos. E-mail Caroline. 
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We're doomed.
Maybe there'll be one less driver on the freeway texting while changing lanes.
All I can say is "get a life" to the people that do this.
1. Twitter is as dumb and useless as Google because it's a valuable search tool!
2. Twitter is dumb as the Facebook statuses you write or read your friend's statues. FB copied Twitter.
3. Twitter is dumb because it tells you the news as it happens, not an hour later. As it breaks!
Overall, it seems there are tons of ppl who still have not got it. Twitter needs to do better in this regards!
1. Twitter is as dumb and useless as Google because it's a valuable search tool!
Like it or not 95% of Twitter is useless stuff. And for 5% ... I think Twitter is getting way too much attention than it really should be getting.
2. Twitter is dumb as the Facebook statuses you write or read your friend's statues. FB copied Twitter.
Twitter is a blogging (micro I might add) site. Novelty YES ... New Idea NO
3. Twitter is dumb because it tells you the news as it happens, not an hour later. As it breaks!
You must have stopped reading online news sites or watching the TV. They are eqaully fast (if not faster) and provide rich content (well there is no comparision actually)
Using Twitter is fun ... but its just another Internet fad. Here today gone tommorow (MySpace anyone...)
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- by blusky08 August 11, 2009 10:27 PM PDT
- Twitter, Twitter, Twitter--It seems as if that's all we hear about continuously. Perhaps that's a good thing as the tweeting moronic masses may tire of it more quickly. Really, are grown adults truly so bored as to waste their time on such drivel?
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