August 15, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Chicago-based managed hosting provider SingleHop has announced its new Supercharged Harpertown server series sold out in less than 48 hours of their release.

August 15, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — While this week was a little short on earth-shattering news, there were several general ideas that connected some of the week’s more notable stories, including the growth of green hosting partnerships, and the launch of data centers.

August 15, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Online attackers are now targeting their malware to breech fixed, mobile and social networks, putting pressure on service providers to review security policies to counteract the growing threat of attacks spanning multiple mediums.

August 15, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Domain registrar and web hosting provider Go Daddy announced on Thursday that it now holds a 20.5 percent share of the SSL market, according to a recent study conducted by web analytics firm Netcraft.

August 15, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Level 3 Communications announced on Thursday that the Shriners Hospitals for Children has selected Level 3 to provide network connectivity between that company’s data center, hospitals and disaster recovery site.

August 15, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Managed, dedicated server provider HostMySite is now offering Hyper-V hosting as either a standard or customized solution based on the the latest in virtualization offering from Microsoft.

With 2.6.1, we’re continuing our trend of releasing a maintenance release shortly after a major release in order to get fixes for the inevitable “dot zero” bugs into your hands without a long wait.  If you’re happy with 2.6, however, keep on using it.  You need not upgrade to 2.6.1 if 2.6 is getting the [...]