GoDaddy outage due to "corrupt router tables", not hackers

An outage to popular Internet registrar GoDaddy.com that took thousands of websites offline for several hours Monday was the result of internal network events, not a malicious hacker, the company said on Tuesday.


The incident, which lasted from shortly after 10 a.m. PDT to 4 p.m. PDT, was due to a corruption of network router tables, said interim CEO Scott Wagner. 

How smartphones make us superhuman

 

Editor's note: This story kicks off an in-depth CNN series, "Our Mobile Society," about how smartphones and tablets have changed the way we live.

Microsoft tells Google searchers to 'Bing it on'

Redmond's latest push to improve Bing's search share involves a new ad campaign and contest.

Microsoft is launching a new campaign in the U.S. today that it hopes will convince searchers accustomed to Googling that Binging is better.

Apple aims to produce updated iPad Retina, says DisplaySearch

Apple may update the Retina iPad in the coming months with a version that addresses thickness and weight.

Apple could be aiming to refresh the third-generation iPad to reduce weight and make other improvements, CNET has learned.

Spam from 'friends' is actually result of Facebook hole

Facebook has fixed the problem and says spammers are using friend lists they scraped before the fix to send new e-mails.

 Are you getting spam that has a Facebook friend's name listed as sender but was actually sent from an unknown e-mail address? Me too.