In addition, the Instawallet website - where people store Bitcoins - is offline indefinitely after an attack.
Politics, entertainment, sex, mass media, crime and commerce are being reshaped by a population as online as it is offline.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg envisions a more personalized, humanized Web, where our network of friends, colleagues, peers, and family is our primary source of information, just as it is offline.
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The other thing these low-bandwidth vector maps enables is offline caching of maps, specifically your most frequently visited locations, and entire trips that have been routed in Navigation, including potential reroutes.
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Although the Me.ga site is now offline, Mr Dotcom is still providing information about his plans at an alternative site, at which he appeals for hosting companies in other countries who might support the service to get in touch.
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The idea that (envy-inducing) information is considerably less visible offline is interesting.
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Its website, which is now offline, says its 530 workers made up to 960, 000 pieces of clothing a year.
If and when the promised power is taken offline, Enernoc gets paid again, at a market rate per kilowatt-hour, sharing that with clients, too.
This would be why only the trailer is being taken offline, while there is no word on the actual modding project being shut down.
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DDoS attacks are among the most common attacks to take place between cyber punks with an axe to grind, and involve overloading a target site with so much traffic that it is taken offline.
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On the other hand, if your application is mainly used offline, a native app will offer a better user experience.
To get around the always-on requirement, some players have tinkered with the game's computer code to trick it into thinking it is connected when it is being played offline.
The PSN is being left offline in Japan for instance until the government gets more information about the new security measures that are in place to prevent something like this from happening again.
Privacy offline is a different matter.
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The distinction between online and offline cards is often blurred because most cards can be used in both online and offline capacities.
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In a category where third-party distribution is not going away anytime soon, the missed opportunity online to drive customers to offline retail is even more disappointing.
Online advertising is already far more accurately targeted than the offline sort, but there is scope for even greater personalisation.
The offline mode is expected to become available for Android devices within a few weeks.
Finding prior art in the traditional, offline way is often very costly, not least in researchers.
The company is working on expanding offline presence of its payment services to drive future growth.
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Their tech DNA sure will come handy as advertising is migrating from the offline world to the online universe.
His offline identity is revealed, along with details about his family and wife.
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Linking the online and offline worlds is an aim that many businesses dedicate a considerable chunk of their time to.
But, if offline access is key, you'll also be able to download the misadventures of the Griswold family for later viewing.
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If for any reason the Internet connection is lost, Synapse will automatically shift into offline mode, and peripheral use is uninterrupted.
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