Here are the most clicked-on links that I shared on Twitter during the week ending August 8. You can receive Weekly Almighty Links as an email or add it to your RSS reader or custom home page.

Twitter and Facebook DDoS Attacks Targeted One Man: Mashable reblogs tho news after Facebook security chief tells CNet that one person was the target of technological attacks that impaired social networks including Twitter. [Most of his tweets were in Russian. Here is an English translation of his tweets]

RGMP 15: Maintain and update your skills: Mindy McAdams gives helpful advice to journalists who find difficult to learn and multimedia skills. Tips include prioritize, overcome your fear and learn to fail.

News Corporation F4Q09 (Qtr End 06/30/09) Earnings Call Transcript: ”Quality journalism is not cheap.” That quote from News Corp CEO Rupert Murdock traveled throughout the blogosphere, but rarely linked with a link to this transcript of the call during which he spoke those words.

The Seven Laws of Journalism – This Semester: Professor Danna L. Walker distills her definition of journalism into seven bullet points. Her third point seemed to be particularly popular, often shared in retweets.