Archive for March 26th, 2008

Screencast and WordPress 2.5 RC2

2.5 is coming along thanks to the fantastic feedback you guys provided on RC1 (over 580 pingbacks and counting), and we’re now ready to show you a bit more of a peek with a short screencast covering the new dashboard and uploader and Release Candidate 2. First here’s the screencast, which is also available embedded [...]

PowerServe Buys 7th Street Media

March 26, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web design and software company PowerServe announced on Monday it has acquired Augusta, Georgia-based Web hosting and design provider 7th Street Media from Morris Communications.

GroupSPARK Offers SharePoint 3 SP1

March 26, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Microsoft Exchange hosting reseller groupSPARK announced it is now offering Windows Service Pack 1 for hosted SharePoint 3.0, which includes new enhancements and upgrades.

FBI Botches Child Porn Research

March 26, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — An internal audit of the US Justice Department has revealed discrepancies in the number of child pornography websites or Web hosts shut down in FBI investigations, reports The Blog of Legal Times.

Comodo Secures Obama ‘08 Site

March 26, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — IT security solutions provider Comodo announced on Wednesday it has been chosen by campaign organizers of Democratic candidate Barack Obama to secure its Obama’08 campaign website with SSL certificates.

MaximumASP Opens Chicago Facility

March 26, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider MaximumASP announced on Wednesday it has opened its new data center in Chicago, Illinois.

IBM, Schools Launch Cloud Initiative

March 26, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — IBM says it will collaborate with two of America’s leading academic institutions on an initiative to develop new autonomic technology for cloud computing, the company announced Wednesday at a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Atlanta, Georgia.

SIDN says .nl Domains Hijacked

March 26, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — The official registry for the .nl domain name, SIDN announced on Tuesday that it has taken a closer look at the results of its landrush for numerical domain names in February following some alleged irregularities in the process.

.Asia Registration Goes Live

March 26, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — DotAsia Organisation announced on Tuesday that it has launched the ‘Go Live’ phase of its .Asia registry, marking the beginning of first-come-first-served registrations.

ISPs Angered by Traffic Throttling

March 26, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Canadian Internet service providers say they are facing a predicament as telecommunications provider Bell Canada recently announced it has implemented a new plan to “manage” the Internet traffic passing through its network.