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mIRC.net Down Due to Hardware Failure

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

The regulars of this website are probably also regulars of mIRC.net, another old-timer when it comes to IRC websites. And if you are indeed so, you might probably also have noticed that mIRC.net has been down for a while already.

IRC-Junkie got in contact with the admin of mIRC.net magic. “We had a HD crash, I managed to recover the files but not the database, and it happened the evening before I left for xmas vacation” magic explains.

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Tags: IRC, Software
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IRSeeK: Bless or Curse?

Monday, December 3rd, 2007

An Israelian startup company named IRSeeK has started a debate in the IRC community. The company started to log IRC chats and make them available through a search engine on their website.

In the past the logging of IRC channels without the consent or approval of the channel owners and visitors caused great discussion several times. Most often the motives behind these logging bots were to monitor the channels for illegal filetrading, carding and similar criminal offenses.

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Tags: IRC, IRSeek
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mIRC(.com) Gets a New Face

Sunday, December 2nd, 2007

I can’t remember the logo of the most popular IRC client to ever had an upgrade or restyling. It happened now however, not a radical change, but one into an extra dimension making it 3D.

In 3D with a few gradients it got itself an update. The program itself also got an update to version 6.31. “For scripters, we hope you like the changes to the script editor. The interface has been improved, it is now cleaner and easier to read, we added Check Bracket/Sort Variables items to Edit menu, line numbers to the margin, and enter/home key indentation support. The editor also no longer flickers when resized”, the website reports. Speaking of, the website got an overhaul as well and matches the new design.

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Tags: IRC, mIRC
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AbleNET Renews its Website

Friday, November 16th, 2007

“We recently released our brand new network website“, AbleNET’s Anthony said to IRC-Junkie. “It mixes social networking with IRC to merge the two ideas together.”

Other changes include a new blog section (“we were the first network to institute one 4 years ago”), image galleries, community groups, forums, games, a quote database, friends tracking and IRC integration with the website.

“We’re really proud of it and it is very advanced and unique when compared to other IRC network websites,” Anthony continues. “This is part of our bounceback from the ISP problems were were having a couple months ago and is a result of almost a year’s worth of labor.”

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Tags: AbleNET, IRC, Network Addons
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Dronerunner Akamai Attack Charged

Saturday, October 27th, 2007

John Bombard, a resident of Seminole, Florida, has been charged for his alleged attack on service provider Akamai two years ago. Several big companies were affected in the attack, such as Microsoft, Yahoo!, Google and Symantec, the owner of SecurityFocus.

Bombard allegedly commanded the modified Gaobot botnet from an IRC server hosted his own domain f0r.org.

If found guilty, Bombard faces 2 years for each charge, and a fine of up to $400,000 USD.

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Tags: Botnets, DDoS, Hack, IRC, Scum
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