Rush Limbaugh rushed to Honolulu hospital with chest pains (Washington Post)

Most of the island’s focus over the holidays has been on President Obama, who is vacationing with his family and a group of friends in a residential waterfront neighborhood.

But Limbaugh has been staying a short distance from the Obamas, at the Kahala Hotel & Resort, according to local news accounts. The conservative radio host was spotted on a golf course next to his hotel earlier in the week.

KITV reported that Limbaugh was taken Wednesday afternoon from the resort in serious ..read more

Vandals stay in state to tangle with Falcons in Humanitarian Bowl (The Sports Network)

Boise, ID (Sports Network) – As the second-most improved team in the Football Bowl Subdivision in 2009, the Idaho Vandals were rewarded with an invitation to the 13th annual Humanitarian Bowl versus the Bowling Green Falcons in nearby Boise on Wednesday afternoon.

Idaho, which defeated Southern Miss in this event back in 1998 as its only previous postseason endeavor, has made a remarkable comeback this season after posting a 1-11 mark in 2007 and just two wins in 12 ..read more

DDoS Brings Down UltraDNS, Amazon (The Inquisitr)

Category: Technology Author : Duncan Riley Posted: December 23, 2009 Tags : amazon, amazon down, ultradns

A DDoS attack on DNS provider UltraDNS took down Amazon and other major sites Wednesday afternoon US Time (December 23.)

Amazon users on Twitter reported problems starting on the site at around 5pm PST (noon AEDT Thursday.) Reports note that the issue also affected Amazon web services including S3 and EC2. Walmart and Salesforce are also believed to have ..read more

DDoS attack hobbles major sites, including Amazon (CNET)

People flocked to Google Wednesday evening to figure out what was happening with the UltraDNS service, which suffered a DDoS attack at the height of the last-minute shopping season.

(Credit: Screenshot by Tom Krazit/CNET)

An attack directed at the DNS provider for some of the Internet’s larger e-commerce companies–including Amazon, Wal-Mart, and Expedia–took several Internet shopping sites offline Wednesday evening, two days before Christmas.

Neustar, the company that provides DNS services under the UltraDNS brand name, confirmed an attack took place Wednesday afternoon, ..read more