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It's not all about Adwords anymore Google is trying to get advertising agencies to warm up to it after years of not being their favorite entity. After all, think of all the marketing dollars spent on search engine advertising (and SEO campaigns for that matter) that agencies missed out on because of a certain search giant. Google Shows Off Stephanie Clifford at the New York ...

Company announces that it now has 7 million domain names. The Public Interest Registry, the registry for .org domain names, today announced that it now has 7 million domain names. The company claims that this makes it the third largest generic domain — after ".com" and ".net". When the Reston, Va.-based Public Interest Registry took over the domain registry in January 2003, “.org” ...

3Tera, Inc ., the leading innovator of cloud computing technology and utility computing services and DNS Europe Ltd , a London-based pan-European hosting and outsourcing business announced today the launch of Grid Hosting services powered by the AppLogic Grid OS from 3tera Inc. DNS Europe's dual-facility grid hosting services will provide customers across Europe with the choice of UK or ...

Interxion, a leading provider of carrier-neutral data centres, has announced it will be a Gold Sponsor of this year's Hosting Transformation Summit North America, the premier global forum for executives in the hosting, IT services and Internet infrastructure sectors. In addition to the sponsorship, Phil Collerton, Interxion EVP Operations, will represent the company during a panel session...

Integrated risk analysis tools, DecisionTools Suite 5.0, enhances informed decision-making Risk analysis specialist, Palisade Corporation ( www.palisade.com ) continues its drive to help organisations make informed decisions with the launch of DecisionTools Suite 5.0. The new offering is an integrated set of tools that enable users to perform a wide range of sophisticated risk analysis ...

Server Intellect ( www.serverintellect.com ), a leading Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and provider of advanced Dedicated Server solutions, today introduced Microsoft SQL Server 2008 on its entire line of Windows Dedicated Servers. Microsoft SQL Server 2008 is a major upgrade to the previous 2005 version. It offers an array of new and advanced features such as a new Resource Governor, ...

Flux Services, Inc. ( www.ultrawebsitehosting.com ), a website hosting company, has introduced its new Ultra Unlimited hosting plan. Flux Services, Inc., a website hosting company, has introduced its new Ultra Unlimited hosting plan. The Ultra Unlimited allows for the hosting of unlimited websites with unlimited traffic under a single hosting account for a monthly cost of only $9.95 a ...

Nearly half of American consumers (46%) admit to having concerns about their free email provider scanning personal emails for advertising purposes, according to research released today by GMX. GMX offer a free email service with more than 11 million active users. From those that use a free email service, an alarming 30 percent did not know that it was common practice for large email ...

Security experts are warning of a high risk of phishing operations connected to Hurricane Gustav. The US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-Cert) and security firm Sans issued warnings about a rise in the registration of domains connected to relief efforts for the storm. The hurricane hit the US Gulf Coast on Monday after tearing through the Caribbean. Researchers say the ...

Flux Services, Inc. a leader in value based web site hosting services has been selected by WebHostDir.com, a top leading industry review site, to receive the Top Budget Web Hosting award for the month of September. Every month visitors at Webhostdir.com vote for the top web hosting providers in each of the web hosting categories. At the end of each month, Web Host Directory's awards ...

Install Web, Standard, or Data Center Edition of Windows Server 2008 on any Cirrus Tech Dedicated Server. Cirrus Tech Ltd, a leading Canadian Web Hosting Company, is now offering the latest version of Windows Server for their dedicated server hosting plans. Clients can choose from several versions of Windows Server 2008: Web, Standard, and Data Center Edition. Ordering Windows ...

New Release Provides Intelligent, Layered Approach with Built-In “Defense in Depth” Against DNS Cache Poisoning Nominum, the leading provider of network naming and addressing technologies, today announced the availability of a comprehensive new security release for its Vantio caching DNS server platform. The latest Vantio software release provides multi-layer intelligent defenses that ...

Intel has unveiled the processors that will form the core of its product line from 2009 onwards including Core i7 (Nehalem). The chips will appear in laptops, desktops and servers and with them Intel aims to boost processing ability, cut power use and improve graphics. "Nehalem will be the backbone of Intel for years to come," said Intel fellow Rajesh Kumar. Turbo power "It ...

Following last month's much-discussed Amazon S3 outage, most of XCalibre's FlexiScale cloud went dark on Tuesday, and nearly two days later, the UK-based hosting outfit has yet to restore service. According to XCalibre CEO Tony Lucas, the outage has affected "a vast majority" of businesses relying on FlexiScale for on-demand storage, processing, and/or network bandwidth. Lucas won't ...

Self-checkout systems in UK supermarkets are being targeted by hi-tech criminals with stolen credit card details. A BBC investigation has unearthed a plan hatching online to loot US bank accounts via the checkout systems. Fake credit cards loaded with details from the accounts will be used to get cash or buy high value goods. The supermarkets targeted said there was little chance ...

Google is launching an open source web browser to compete with Internet Explorer and Firefox. The browser is designed to be lightweight and fast, and to cope with the next generation of web applications that rely on graphics and multimedia. Called Chrome, it will launch as a beta for Windows machines in 100 countries, with Mac and Linux versions to come. "We realised... we needed ...

1&1 Internet Inc., the world’s largest web host by known servers, revealed an appealing offer that equips all new business hosting plans with RatePoint, a highly effective website reputation management tool. From September 10th until October 30th, all new Business Web Hosting packages from only $9.99/month, Professional eShops from $24.99/month and Managed Servers from $99/month, include...

Single Certificate secures multiple Web Sites, IP Addresses, Intranets, Unified Communications GlobalSign Inc ( www.globalsign.com ), a specialist in SSL Certificate security, today announced a "secure everything / multi-domain" option for its SSL Certificate range - by using SANs (Subject Alternative Names), it allows a single Certificate to secure dozens of domain names, subdomains, IP...

Security experts are warning of a high risk of phishing operations connected to Hurricane Gustav. The US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-Cert) and security firm Sans issued warnings about a rise in the registration of domains connected to relief efforts for the storm. The hurricane hit the US Gulf Coast on Monday after tearing through the Caribbean. Researchers say the ...

Flux Services, Inc. a leader in value based web site hosting services has been selected by WebHostDir.com, a top leading industry review site, to receive the Top Budget Web Hosting award for the month of September. Every month visitors at Webhostdir.com vote for the top web hosting providers in each of the web hosting categories. At the end of each month, Web Host Directory's awards ...