Archive for March 25th, 2008

DemoWolf Adds Outlook Tutorial

March 25, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Online tutorial provider DemoWolf announced on Tuesday it has added a new tutorial for its “Configuring Email” series for Outlook 2007, bringing the series’ total to 11 tutorials.

Facebook Bug Exposes User Photos

March 25, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — A security hole discovered in Facebook made it possible for strangers to look through users’ personal photo albums, despite unveiling new settings last week to give members more ways to restrict access to their personal profiles.

NaviSite Lands New European Partner

March 25, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Managed hosting provider NaviSite announced on Tuesday that an unnamed online European gaming operator has chosen NaviSite to provide colocation services representing more than $10 million of total contract value over a 10-year period.

Mozilla CEO Criticizes Apple Move

March 25, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — News that Apple will offer the latest version of its Safari Web browser on Windows machines has upset John Lilly, CEO of Web browser rival, Mozilla.

Parallels Offers APS Program

March 25, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting software provider Parallels announced on Tuesday it is offering service providers an Application Packaging Standard certification service, which is administered by the independent firm Tier 1 Research.

Emerson Electric Co. Buys Aperture

March 25, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Data center software provider Aperture Technologies announced on Tuesday that electrical products manufacturer Emerson Electric Company has completed its acquisition of Aperture, which was first proposed by shareholders on February 25.

Cats Halt Data Center Project

March 25, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — The Los Angeles County has halted plans on Monday to build a $68 million data center facility because 150 wild cats live in the property in mind.

Netflix Website Suffers Outage

March 25, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Online DVD rental website Netflix suffered a significant technical problems Monday, leading to an outage of more than 11 hours.

Ctrl S Plans Four Indian Data Centers

March 25, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Hyderabad, India-based data center firm Ctrl S Data Centers announced on Tuesday that it is planning to invest 250 million dollars to open four data centers in India in next two to three years.

Yahoo Denies Running Wanted Poster

March 25, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Yahoo announced over the weekend that it did not post images of Tibetan rioters on its website, despite reports from several news sources of a “most wanted” poster being spread across the Yahoo China homepage.