Skyway Recommended March 25th to April 1st

Each Monday we’ll pass on links to articles we thought were well worth reading from the previous week, for those who live where we do (British Columbia, Canada), work like we do (high speed business internet), and think about things we do (internet trends, internet privacy, internet censorship, cutting-edge technology, etc.). If you don’t want to wait ’til Monday, we usually tweet and link to these as we come across them…

Atlantic Wire | This is Probably the Facebook Phone

The tech blogger masses are treating the leak to the Android Police as the real deal version of Facebook’s forthcoming phone, and since the social network hasn’t been particularly secretive about the launch, it’s safe to say this is probably a legitimate look at the gadget in some stage or another. Read More…

New Scientist | Huge Online Attack Exposes Internet’s Vulnerability

It was the largest online attack ever reported. Over the course of the past week, servers belonging to an international non-profit company called The Spamhaus Project, which fights email spammers, were inundated with up to 38 gigabytes of traffic each second. That’s about 10 DVDs’ worth of data. The company ground to a halt, and another firm that tried to come to Spamhaus’s online aid was also drawn into the battle. News reports suggested the onslaught was so big that the internet itself slowed down during the worst of it. Such accounts may have been overblown, but in the aftermath it has become clear that the attackers can exploit vulnerabilities in just about anything – from software to the infrastructure of the internet itself – to devastating effect. Read More…

Remember to Backup | World Backup Day: March 31st

Don’t be an April Fool. Backup your files. Check your restores. Read More…

Site Pro News | Internet Slows Worldwide Due to Largest Cyber-Attack in History

An online battle between a spam-fighting group and a Web hosting company has slowed the Internet around the globe today, security experts told the BBC, describing the incident as the most significant cyber-attack of its kind to ever occur. Read More…