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Monster.com website hacked

Monster Worldwide’s database has suffered a breach of data. The attackers gained information such as people’s names, phone numbers, and email addresses. The famous job search website has alerted its members to urgently change their passwords. The company has experienced a similar issue back in August 2007, when a computer virus targeted its members and […]

Fans will pick Godaddy’s superbowl commercial

It is up to the fans of GoDaddy to choose which one of the two commercials that the company shot in December will air during the Superbowl. Both commercials feature Danica Patrick, a GoDaddy girl and Indycar racer. As of last Wednesday, the ad titled “Shower” had a slight edge over “Baseball”. Previous versions of […]

Does GoDaddy practice what it preaches?

HTML clipboardIt’s Super Bowl time, and that means it’s time for another raunchy installment from domain registar and web hosting company GoDaddy. GoDaddy’s inappropriate and sexually implicit commercials during the Super Bowl are really cringe-worthy, especially if you’re sitting next to your parents. Of course, sex sells, but what exactly is sexy about web hosting? […]

DemoWolf releases new tutorial series

DemoWolf, an online tutorial provider, has released nine new tutorial series. These include 185 new tutorials and four Parallels Plesk series. The Parallels Plesk series are designed for the upcoming Parallels Summit 2009 which takes place at the Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada., from February 2 to February 4.

Microsoft’s web platform installer released

A tool that installs the entire Web Platform of Microsoft has been released by the company. The tool installs softwares such as .Net Framework, SQL Server 2008, and Internet Information Services. It can be run on Vista RTM, SP1, XP, and Server 2003 and 2008. Their own blogging platform Oxite is not included in the […]

Heartland Payment Systems was hacked

Heartland Payment Systems, a company that processes 100 million payment transactions per month, admitted that their payment processing operations at Princeton, New Jersey was hacked. It is possible that tens of millions of credit and debit card transactions were compromised. The company created a website 2008breach.com to provide advices and further support for cardholders who […]

Child prodigy offers to host your website

Gone are the days of lemonade stands and paper routes. Today’s youth are selling domain names and hosting business websites. Enter 16 year old Host-Monkey CEO Will Perkins. Host-Monkey started up on January 1st, 2009 with the aim of providing shared hosting at affordable prices. While I understand the internet is a great equalizer, and […]

IPv6 taking over IPv4

More providers of virtual data center services are implementing native IPv6 technology. Its biggest selling point – it is capable of providing many more addresses than the “old” IPv4. With nearly all IPv4 addresses taken, IPv6 will soon become the forerunner in the fields of managing API and address ordering. IPv4 uses 32-bit addresses while […]

.tel domains open only to trademark owners until 3rd of February

Various domain name registrars have been actively trying to encourage trademark owners to apply for their own .tel domains before the landrush date which is February 3 at 3:00 p.m. GMT. The sunrise period began on December 3 when trademark owners were allowed to register for a non-refundable fee that costs $399.

Webhost.uk.net launches Webhosting.uk.net

One of Europe’s fastest growing domain registration sites Webhost.uk.net has launched a sister site Webhosting.uk.net providing UK clients with hosting services. This is a pretty obvious solution aimed at offering related additional services to new and existing domain registering customers. The new site will provide on-demand hosting with dedicated servers and VPS, supported by local […]