Gawkwire: Web Hosting and Internet News Resource: Gawkwire Staff The Whir Temporarily falls to Hackers ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 30 June, 2008 03:35:00 When will it end? Even secure and notable websites such as thewhir.com can be vulnerable to hackers nowadays. As of 3:30 PM Central Time, clicking any link at the popular web resource site, will get you a quick redirect to www.jukez.com and lots of headaches for visitors. The Planet Completes SAS 70 Type II Audit ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 30 June, 2008 01:40:00 The Planet, the world’s largest privately held dedicated hosting company, today announced it has successfully completed the Statement on Auditing Standards No. 70 (SAS 70) Type II audit. ICANN and IANA Sites Hacked, Redirected ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 29 June, 2008 03:32:00 "You think that you control the domains but you don't! Everybody knows wrong. We control the domains including ICANN! Don't you believe us?" NetSuite Appoints New Chief Marketing Officer ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 27 June, 2008 01:38:00 NetSuite Inc. announces that David Downing, a global technology marketing executive with more than 25 years of experience, has been named NetSuite's new Chief Marketing Officer. Enterprise Software Marketing Executive David Downing to Lead Global Up-Market Expansion of NetSuite's On-Demand Business Management Software. Facebook Outage Affects Multiple Countries ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 25 June, 2008 04:17:00 The social networking site Facebook suffered a period of short outages yesterday. Sitemasher Launches Comic, Illustrates Website Pains ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 25 June, 2008 03:55:00 Sitemasher's "Web of Pain" addresses struggles with traditional website design and content management systems. Host.net to Acquire WV Fiber ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 26 June, 2008 01:39:00 Host.net, a leading provider of colocation, network transport and transit services, announced today that it has agreed to acquire WV Fiber, a global IP transit and MPLS transport company based in Nashville, Tennessee. eBridge to exhibit and participate in marketing panel at HostingCon 2008 ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 26 June, 2008 01:33:00 After sponsoring HostingCon for the past three shows, eBridge Marketing Solutions will have an exhibit in this year’s show. The Planet Begins Construction on Dallas Data Center Expansion ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 24 June, 2008 06:20:00 Features Energy-Efficient Design to Accommodate Up to 10,000 Servers WebaZilla Opens Web Hosting and Collocation Dallas Datacenter ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 23 June, 2008 08:14:00 WebaZilla announces the opening of its Dallas, Texas, datacenter. The Web hosting company opened its third location to ensure that customers worldwide have access to high quality hosting and collocation services. DiscountASP.NET Launches SQL 2008 Hosting Beta Program ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 23 June, 2008 08:12:00 Innovative windows hosting leader, DiscountASP.NET announces launching a free SQL Server 2008 hosting beta program available to all their customers. Apple, Dell and Others in Infringement Suit ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 23 June, 2008 08:04:00 Apple Inc. and 9 Others Added to Greatly Expanded Dell, Inc. Patent Infringement Suit Brought by Typhoon Touch Technologies, Inc. Verio Forms New Marketing & Communications Team ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 24 June, 2008 06:01:00 Announces Additions of Senior Director of Marketing and Communications and Director of Marketing Senior Talent to Aid in Addressing Evolving SMB Solutions Marketplace Lunarpages Offers $775 in Bonus Rewards ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 23 June, 2008 07:32:00 Lunarpages Web Hosting adds Parallels Workstation, RatePoint, The Logo Creator, Visitorville, Photo TurboBackup, WinSettings, Gafana, BidVertiser, DMXReady, SiteScout, and LinkWorth FREE to their award-winning web hosting plans. ServerBeach YouTube Farewell ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 22 June, 2008 04:57:00 When you have a slow news day, you always fall back to the archives for juciy items. This video was produced Jan 2008 after YouTube was aquired by Google and pulled their accounts from ServerBeach. Tough a little redundant, it has some entertaing moments. FreeBSD Technologies in New Firefox 3 Browser ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 22 June, 2008 03:54:00 Mozilla this week released the highly anticipated Firefox 3 browser. The FreeBSD Project congratulates the Mozilla project on a multi-year effort that culminated in a product that is both faster and more secure than its predecessors, with innovative new features. New ShoePhone, the Walk of the Town ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 22 June, 2008 05:24:00 While other spies hide their cameras and surveillance devices in pens, cigarette cases and lighters, Maxwell Smart cleverly hides a telephone in his shoe. Soon, the most famous prop in television history will come to life if Matt Potts, founder and president of ArchPortTM Shoes, has his way. SecureMac Security Advisory for Apple OS X ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 20 June, 2008 01:33:00 New OS X Trojan Horse Found in the Wild AppleScript.THT Trojan Horse CloudCamp San Francisco to Forecast Future of Cloud Computing ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 20 June, 2008 01:21:00 Agenda and Sponsor List Announced for Community-Driven "Unconference" and Party HostingCon 2008 Features Microsoft Keynote Speaker ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 19 June, 2008 03:11:00 Web hosting industry event to include keynote from Mark Rogers, one of Microsoft’s cloud services experts on the evolution of this new market and the latest technologies. SPAM Costs Colorado Man $6 Million ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 18 June, 2008 03:37:00 MySpace.com proves that spam does not pay, unless it is for damages to thousands of MySpace users. EvoSwitch Announces Opening of Newly Expanded Green Data Center ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 18 June, 2008 03:20:00 High Density Hosting: Power Capacity 5 to 20 kW per 19-inch Rack Deluxe to Acquire Hostopia.com ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 19 June, 2008 01:12:00 Acquisition Provides Web-Hosting Capabilities for Small Businesses NetDepot Deploys Top Layer Networks IPS 5500 ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 17 June, 2008 10:56:00 NetDepot Deploys Top Layer Networks IPS 5500 to Extend Intrusion Prevention to its Data Center Customers ViUX Systems Features SmarterMail for its Customers ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 17 June, 2008 10:54:00 ViUX Systems, Inc. announced today the complete adoption of SmarterMail 5.x Enterprise Edition across its line of dedicated, virtual, and shared hosting services. China Antitrust Investigation Targets Microsoft ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 18 June, 2008 03:40:00 Under a new law coming into effect in China, their government is considering suing Microsoft over the cost of their software products. groupSPARK Named 2008 Microsoft Partner of the Year ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 18 June, 2008 02:36:00 groupSPARK Named 2008 Microsoft Partner of the Year for Advanced Infrastructure Solutions, Hosting Solutions. Leading Private Label Hosted Exchange Provider Selected from Among an International Group of Microsoft Partners as Partner of the Year and Proudly Accepts Award As Premier Provider of Hosted SaaS Solutions. Secure, High-Tech Data Center Coming to Columbus ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 17 June, 2008 04:10:00 Operating under the company name of Data Cave, Inc., the company will invest more than $7 million to construct a two-story 78,000-square-foot high-security data center adjacent to Analytical Engineering's facility in southern Columbus. Pinnacle Cart Releases New Software − Pinnacle Cart 360 ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 18 June, 2008 01:37:00 Pinnacle Cart announces the release of their latest ecommerce software solution, Pinnacle Cart 360. Designed from a marketing perspective, this tremendously successful shopping cart application is designed to increase website sales, average sales amount and organic traffic. Microsoft Announces Acquisition of Navic Networks ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 18 June, 2008 01:34:00 Navic enables Microsoft to work with industry partners to optimize the delivery and placement of television advertising. Exabytes Partners with SmarterTools ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 16 June, 2008 02:26:00 Exabytes Network Pvt Ltd, the top web hosting company in Malaysia announced that they have recently become official partners with SmarterTools, the IT management software company that offers solution to everyday business operations. Time Warner Telecom to Present at Investor Conference ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 15 June, 2008 04:50:00 Time Warner Telecom Inc., a leading provider of managed voice, Internet and data networking solutions for businesses, will present at the Wachovia 18th Annual Equity Conference HostMySite.com Data Center Awarded Strategic Grant ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 16 June, 2008 02:40:00 Governor Ruth Ann Minner and HostMySite.com Founder and Chief Strategy Officer Lou Honick announced today that the Internet technology company will continue to expand its operations in Delaware, creating 75 new high-wage jobs over the next three years. Yahoo! Announces Microsoft Talks Have Concluded ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 16 June, 2008 02:32:00 Microsoft representatives stated unequivocally that Microsoft is not interested in pursuing an acquisition of all of Yahoo!, even at the price range it had previously suggested. SnapNames Live Auction at Domainer Meeting Paris June 20 ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 16 June, 2008 02:29:00 Premium Eurocentric Domain Names – European.com, Hotels.eu, RockMusik.de – Available at SnapNames Live Auction at Domainer Meeting Paris June 20 SSL Vulnerable to OpenSSL Flaw on Debian ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 15 June, 2008 04:25:00 Netcraft's June SSL Survey has found that a significant number of SSL certificates are affected by the Debian OpenSSL vulnerability, including Extended Validation SSL certificates and certificates belonging to banks. First Australian Web Site to Auction ".au" Domain Names ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 16 June, 2008 02:17:00 After the recent auDA (au Domain Administration) decision to allow the sale, purchase and trade of ".au" domain names, the anticipated .au property boom has begun. The need for a well structured, affordable venue, advertising domain names for sale in Australia, has been realised by the creation of the Domain Shed Web site Domainshed Jivox Closes $10.7 Million Series A Financing ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 16 June, 2008 01:56:00 New investor Helion Venture Partners joins Opus Capital and other investors to fund fast-growing online video ad start-up; company reports strong advertiser and publisher growth since March launch Canada's Going Green "Big Time" ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 11 June, 2008 12:34:00 Canada's Largest Green Data Center Being Built by gigaCENTER With Help of IBM 360 Enterprises INC. Acquires HybridSEM.COM ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 10 June, 2008 04:34:00 The acquisition reinforces 360 Enterprises' rapidly growing leadership in the Internet Marketing space and strengthens 360's brands as the industry's leading organic marketing companies. Opening Keynote at HostingCon 2008 by Serguei Beloussov ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 10 June, 2008 04:30:00 Parallels CEO, Serguei Beloussov, to deliver opening Kaynote and HostingCon Leader of automation and virtualization company will discuss the future of hosted services. DiscountASP.NET Adopts SmarterStats for its Customer Base ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 10 June, 2008 02:48:00 SmarterStats provides an in-depth understanding of keywords and visitor navigation trends with on-demand Website statistics, custom reports, data mining, geographic mapping, and much more. Microsoft Goes After Software Pirates ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 10 June, 2008 02:17:00 Microsoft Helps Protect Consumers by Addressing Repeat Offender Software Pirates Company calls attention to tools to help consumers receive genuine software. The Planet Appoints Walters as GM, Storage & Backup ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 08 June, 2008 07:12:00 The Planet announced the appointment of Robert Walters as General Manager to lead its newly formed storage and backup business unit. Hosting.Com Becomes Green Energy Champion ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 09 June, 2008 02:39:00 More Than 1,500 Tons of Carbon Emissions Will Be Offset Annually SmarterTrack Software Integrated into Parallels APS ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 09 June, 2008 02:27:00 SmarterTrack Customer Service Software Integrated into Parallels APS Global Collection Of Premium Domain Name Auction Goes Live ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 09 June, 2008 12:45:00 Celebrity photographer Fernando Escovar auction to benefit Make-a-Wish Foundation®. Online at http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220244298945. Level 3 Advertising Distribution Sells for $129 Million ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 05 June, 2008 03:51:00 Level 3 Completes Sale of Advertising Distribution Business for Approximately $129 Million in Cash Comodo Firewall Pro Named in Top 10 Free Security Programs ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 06 June, 2008 01:48:00 For the second year in a row, ComputerWorld recognizes Comodo Firewall Pro as a top performing firewall with sophisticated technology and features. Register.com and Snapnames.com Renew Exclusive Agreement ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 06 June, 2008 01:45:00 Industry-leading registrar Register.com will list its expiring domain name inventory exclusively with SnapNames Search Engine Industry Leaders Sponsor Pay Per Click Summit ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 06 June, 2008 01:43:00 Pay Per Click (PPC) Summit San Francisco, the premier internet marketing workshop would like to thank search engine marketing industry leaders for sponsoring the two day educational event connecting more than 150 business and marketing professionals with online sales success strategies. IHOST, LLC to Sponsor OpenForce '08 Connect in Orlando ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 06 June, 2008 01:40:00 DotNetNuke hosting provider will present benefits of the open-source platform to community members DNN allows sites to be future-proof Railo Goes Open Source on JBoss.org ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 06 June, 2008 01:39:00 Swiss software company Railo announced today plans to release an open source version of the Railo CFML engine hosted at JBoss.org, the website of the leading provider of open source Java middleware. John J. Swift Joins Webnames.ca Inc. Board of Directors ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 05 June, 2008 01:40:00 Webnames.ca® Inc. today announced that Vancouver Lawyer John J. Swift has been appointed to the Board of Directors of Webnames.ca. EstHost, Inc: Telepat Electronic Wallet Management Applied ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 05 June, 2008 01:37:00 EstHost, Inc., a US-based hosting provider enables Telepat electronic wallet as a new management option for WebMoney payment system. Telepat is a widely known electronic money transfer system which is popular for its instant and reliable payments transferring services. From now on EstHost, Inc customers can manage their virtual payment operations simply with mobile or desk phone. Yidio.com Launches Online Video Search Engine ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 04 June, 2008 05:27:00 With online video growing exponentially, a new service from 2ten Media LLC has launched that allows users to search for any video on the internet from a single location. Yahoo Responds to Employee Threats ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 05 June, 2008 01:22:00 Yahoo! Inc. Responds to Carl Icahn’s Letter of June 4, 2008 VIZIO Comments on MPEG-2 Lawsuit By Electronics Competitors ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 05 June, 2008 01:19:00 A group of electronics brand competitors contend that VIZIO has infringed on their patents for MPEG-2 video compression VIZIO is confident that the lawsuit will not materially impact its business Wachovia Capital Partners Acquires HostMySite, Inc. ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 04 June, 2008 07:55:00 Wachovia Capital Partners partnered with experienced industry executives Art Zeile and Joel Daly earlier this year with a goal of acquiring and building a leading managed hosting company. With this acquisition, the executives will assume the roles of CEO and COO of the company. Firefox gets Hotter in July ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 03 June, 2008 04:14:00 As reported by Net Applications, Mozilla Corp’s Firefox browser has a possible target of 20% of the browser market-share by July 2008. Yahoo – Microsoft; Today They May, Tomorrow They May Not ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 04 June, 2008 01:28:00 Various Industry news outlets are reporting that Yahoo Inc President Sue Decker admits that talks with Microsoft are continuing and that “There are many ways” working with Microsoft can be beneficial. DiscountASP.NET Launches SQL 2008 Hosting Private Beta Program ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 04 June, 2008 01:08:00 Innovative Windows hosting leader, DiscountASP.NET announces launching an invite-only SQL 2008 hosting private beta program. Cryptek Launches New SSL VPN Appliance for Service Providers ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 04 June, 2008 01:06:00 ION™ SA500 service access point sets new standard for affordability and ease of deployment. Acer Presents New Digital Device ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 03 June, 2008 01:18:00 Acer Presents the Aspire one Your New Mobile Internet Device Softlayer Packs Green, Eliminates Waste ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 03 June, 2008 12:53:00 SoftLayer Reduces Server Packaging by 80%; Eliminates 100,000 pounds of waste product from shipping per year Hosting Website Relaunched by HostMySite.com ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 02 June, 2008 02:09:00 Customer-focused web hosting firm, HostMySite.com, has relaunched its website at: http://www.HostMySite.com with a strong emphasis on managed dedicated servers and VPS hosting. The website is the culmination of several months of effort involving both internal and outsourced design talent and writers. Online Advertising Technology Company to Present at Search Marketing Expo ================================================================================ GW_Staff on 02 June, 2008 02:05:00 Search Marketing Expo Advanced in Seattle invites ClearSaleing's Adam Goldberg to present on Tracking Online Advertising Leads