October 31, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — The regulating body of China’s Internet policy called for the shutdown of 10 online video websites on Tuesday, and warned 17 others, as it resumes its aggressive stance against such sites after a fairly relaxed summer.
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Google Delays Oklahoma Data Center
Posted in October 31st, 2008
October 31, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Google is stalling its long-awaited Oklahoma $600 million data center construction because of the current economic situation according a Wednesday report from Tulsa World.
EstDomains Let Go From ICANN
Posted in October 31st, 2008
October 31, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Domain name regulation body ICANN has terminated suspected Estonian malware host EstDomains from its list of accredited registrars based on its former president’s convictions of credit card fraud, money laundering and document forgery.
Cyber Gang Steals 500k+ Accounts
Posted in October 31st, 2008
October 31, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — The RSA Fraud Action Research Lab research team recently found out that a cyber gang has stolen over 500,000 bank and credit card account numbers using trojan software, making it one of the largest stolen data caches ever recovered.
DiscountASP.NET Offers IIS Tool Beta
Posted in October 31st, 2008
October 31, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Microsoft partner DiscountASP.NET announced this week that the company had teamed with the software giant to offer a beta sandbox hosting environment for the Web Deployment Tool.
Hosting Sales and Promos Roundup
Posted in October 31st, 2008
October 24, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Most of this week’s sales and promotion news revolved around hosting providers offering discounts on certain products or packages, as well as new launches of various services.
Sprint-Nextel Severs Link With Cogent
Posted in October 31st, 2008
October 31, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Amidst litigation hearings, a heated dispute between carriers Cogent and Sprint-Nextel boiled over this week when Sprint-Nextel severed its Internet connection to Cogent Thursday afternoon.
FlexiScale Suffers 18-Hour Outage
Posted in October 31st, 2008
October 31, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Cloud storage provider FlexiScale, a unit of UK-based web hosting provider Xcalibre, has been hit with its second outage in two months, leaving some customers without access to their servers for more than 18 hours.
Proposed Australian Law Causes Uproar
Posted in October 31st, 2008
October 31, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — In response to the government’s intentions to crack down on online illegal material using a nationally mandatory filter, many Australians including Greens party Senator Scott Ludlam questioning the implications on legitimate users.
The Web Host Industry Week in Review
Posted in October 31st, 2008
October 31, 2008 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — This week saw an increasing amount of news related to the hot hosting topic of the “cloud,” with several cloud-based products introduced, and a major malfunction at a well-known existing operation.