March 28, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Connecticut’s attorney general has ordered Craigslist to heighten its screening process for posting ads, following this month’s arrest of a woman who allegedly advertised prostitution services on the site.

March 28, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Internet infrastructure services provider VeriSign announced on Friday it will increase the registration fees for both .com and .net domains by $0.40 starting October 1.

March 28, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — IBM announced on Friday that it has completed construction of a data center for Egypt-based telecommunications provider Telecom Egypt.

March 28, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider Network Solutions says it was just following standard protocol earlier this week by taking down the website promoting a Dutch politician’s film that is said to criticize the Koran.

March 28, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Messaging security provider Cloudmark Authority announced on Friday it has been selected by Australian Web hosting provider Melbourne IT to protect its email subscribers from messaging abuse.

March 28, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Norwegian Web hosting provider WebDeal recently announced it has opened an American division located in San Francisco, California.

March 28, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Amazon has further delved into the hosting market by expanding its Elastic Compute Cloud service to include Elastic IP Addresses and Availability Zones.