March 7, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider and domain registrar Tiger Technologies took a jab at Network Solutions, and a stab at notoriety, Friday, offering to rescue domain names searched by unsuspecting users and held by Network Solutions.

March 7, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Pipex Communications announced on Friday it has renamed the company to FREEDOM4 Communications as the company shifts its focus towards offering business-strength Internet services and hosting solutions.

March 7, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider CrystalTech Web Hosting announced on Wednesday that it is sponsoring Sandbox-in-the-Sky at Microsoft MIX08, held March 5 to 7 at the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

March 7, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Data center and hosting support provider Bobcares announced on Wednesday it is a Gold Partner of the WebhostingDay-2008, the largest European Web hosting conference and tradeshow.

March 7, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Data center owner and operator 365 Main announced on Wednesday that its Oakland, California data center is participating in “Savings by Design”, a program sponsored in part by Pacific Gas & Electric to reduce energy consumption.

March 7, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Telehouse, along with Windward IT Solutions and virtualization software provider VMware announced on Thursday that its next Breakfast on Broadway seminar will be held on March 20 at the Broadway Center in Manhattan, New York.

March 7, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider Qwest Communications International announced on Thursday that monitoring and reporting services provider Fat Spaniel Technologies has transferred its data center operations to a Qwest Communications CyberCenter.

March 7, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — This week’s Web hosting news was most notably about networks - the buying up and building up of facilities and connections, and in some cases the services those networks are intended to support.

March 7, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Mobile TV provider MobiTV has set its sites on shutting down mobile phone discussion forum HowardForums after posters discovered some supposedly secret information on the MobiTV website.

March 7, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer vowed that the software giant is determined to gain market share against competitor Google in the lucrative field of online advertising and Web searching.