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GeoCities: Fall from Grace
Purchased in 1999 by Yahoo! GeoCities was one of the largest free web hosts in the world. However, GeoCities has closed its doors. No fanfare, no large announcements, GeoCities went down without so much as yelp.
Cybergangs, Botnets, and Automation
In their blog, security firm Finjan discusses how a single team of cybercriminals are able to control one of the largest botnet networks on planet. The botnetwork is over 1.9 million computers and continues to grow. 1.9 million computers!...
Hackers Grabbed More than 285M Records in 2008
Even by tapping into computers of low-level employees who don't handle sensitive data, hackers can get a toehold for installing more malicious software that scans the network traffic and looks for vulnerabilities in other computers. Data breaches are getting more severe because criminals are using sophisticated, custom-designed programs. ...
Off Topic: Sleep Mode, the Bane of My Existence
If I could boil down my long list of grievances towards various software and hardware companies it would probably be the sleep key on my keyboard and what it does to my desktop....
Security: The Insider Job
It is an interesting thing, security. You know security use to mean you have yourself a firewall and anti-virus software and you are fine and dandy. This might have worked a decade ago when tons of sensitive data such as personal records, credit cards and the like was not up for grabs....
Twitter wrestles with fourth worm attack
Another worm attack early Monday on Twitter kept the microblogging Web service chasing down infected accounts and deleting rogue tweets....
10 Practices for Achieving SEO Success
Search Engine Optimization covers a broad range of topics and is one of the essential parts of getting traffic to your web site. For business and e-commerce sites this can be the crucial step between making a profit and having to close down your doors....
Enterprises: Top 5 Reasons not to use Cloud Computing
With the way conferences this year seems to be themed it would seem that everyone is jumping onboard the cloud computing bandwagon. And why wouldn’t they? The ability to have your data hosted from multiple points allows for the perfect fail safe. If one area dies another is there to pick up the slack, if one server farm gets attacked by hackers, relax there are many more....
Web 2.0: Google's Ambition Beyond The Cloud
In a wide-ranging discussion at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, Google VP of engineering Vic Gundotra said that the company plans to offer a whole suite of offline-enabled applications....
The NoFollow Tag Conspiracy
Do no-follow tags actually help or hinder your search engine efforts?...Web 2.0 Expo: Five Companies To Watch
When it comes to pressure, Launch Pad is not for the squeamish. You have to be willing to expose your company's soft underside in 5 minutes. So, who are this year's chosen five at Web 2.0?...
Recommending a Web Host
Of all the Web Hosting topics you can find in forums, on the net, or even in my inbox, none is equal to that awe inspiring request of can you recommend a Web Host....Author info
David Dunlap
David Dunlap has been both a Web host industry analyst and commentator for the past eight years. Prior to his active writing career, David was a network and communications technician for four years. He currently is the Editor-in-Chief for WebHostMagazine.com