Microsoft Worries About the Google-Yahoo Search Ad Deal

 15.07.2008 11:17   searchenginejournal.com

Finally Microsoft issued a formal statement regarding the Google-Yahoo search ad deal. Brad Smith, Microsoft Corp. senior vice president and general counsel, questioned the legality of the deal before the Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommitte on Antitrust and the House Judiciary Committee Antitrust Task Force. Mr. Smith also emphasized on the damage that the said deal [...]

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Web Hosting Industry Event, HostingCon, Acquired by iNET Interactive

 15.07.2008 11:17   thehostingnews.com

Dayton, Ohio - (The Hosting News) - July 15, 2008 - Web hosting industry trade show, the HostingCon event conference, has been acquired from Interjuncture Corp., by iNET Interactive, to be effective July 31, 2008, immediately following the close of HostingCon 2008. While Interjuncture Corp. will be responsible for all aspects of HostingCon 2008, iNET Interactive's staff will be on-hand to address any questions from attendees and exhibitors, and to discuss the details of HostingCon 2009. Troy Augustine, President and CEO of iNET noted, ''We are excited to be able to add HostingCon to iNET Interactive. HostingCon - the world's largest physical gathering of hosted services professionals - is a perfect complement to Web Hosting Talk - the largest online gathering of hosting services professionals.'' Founded in 2005, HostingCon is the world's largest conference and trade show serving the hosted services industry. This year's event, to be held July 28 - 30 at Navy Pier in Chicago, is expected to draw over 1,500 hosted services professionals and nearly 100 exhibitors. The event features keynote addresses from Serguei Beloussov, the Chairman and CEO of Parallels, and Mark Rogers, the Director of Cloud Computing Services at Microsoft. The addition of HostingCon is a natural extension for iNET Interactive, further strengthening its position as the leading media company serving the hosted services industry. The iNET Interactive portfolio also includes Web Hosting Talk, the largest online community serving the hosted services industry, HostingCatalog, the industry's only pay-per-click ad network, and various specialty hosted services directories. HostingCon was founded by George Roberts, the CEO of Interjucture, and Frank Spaulding, Interjucture's COO. The pair will remain involved in HostingCon as members of its advisory board. George Roberts remarked, ''Although Frank and I will remain involved as advisors, we are very excited to hand over the reins to iNET Interactive. We have complete confidence that iNET Interactive will continue to grow and develop HostingCon with the same passion and commitment that Frank and I have applied.'' HostingCon is the world's largest conference and trade show serving the hosted services industry. Founded by George Roberts and Frank Spaulding in 2005, the annual event has grown to over 1,500 attendees and nearly 100 exhibitors from more than 30 countries. Founded in 2002, iNET Interactive embraced social media before the term was coined. iNET Interactive operates some of the most prominent online communities, including Web Hosting Talk and HotScripts.com, designed for technology professionals and technology enthusiasts. Its vertically-focused communities incorporate user-contributed ratings, reviews, and discussion augmented with professionally-produced content. For more information about HostingCon, please visit: www.hostingcon.com. To learn more about iNET Interactive, please visit: www.inetinteractive.com.

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San Francisco to test wireless parking sensors, cause rat races to momentarily open spaces

 15.07.2008 11:14   engadgetmobile.com

Filed under: Misc We dig the idea in theory, we really do, but we can definitely see this causing more harm than good. Starting this fall, San Francisco will begin a trial involving wireless parking sensors in 6,000 of its 24,000 metered spaces, enabling antsy drivers to be alerted via street signs or cellphones when a spot becomes available. Only one problem -- give 50 anxious motorists the same message that a single spot is unoccupied, and you've just created a bona fide mess. Though it'd probably be fun to watch from the sidelines, wouldn't you agree?[Via Core77]Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

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Kingston Adds 8GB microSDHC Card to Mobile Memory Line

 15.07.2008 11:13   i4u.com

The demand for mobile memory cards is increasing with each new music player and smartphone that is released. Many of the hottest items on the market are now including microSD card slots for memory expansion. Kingston has added a new 8GB microSDHC card to i...

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EA and id Software Team Up for Rage

 15.07.2008 11:13   i4u.com

id Software is one of the most legendary game studious around with some of the most iconic game franchises anywhere to its credit like Doom and Quake. EA and id have announced that EA will be the publisher for the next huge franchise from id called RAGE. ...

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One Million iPhone 3G Sales In First Weekend

 15.07.2008 11:11   trustedreviews.com

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Eurosport HD launches on Sky

 15.07.2008 10:18   digitalspy.co.uk

A HD simulcast of Eurosport International formally launches as part of the Sky HD package today.

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Microsoft: “Our Proposal Did Not Include a Change of Yahoo Governance”

 15.07.2008 10:18   searchenginejournal.com

Microsoft issued a statement clarifying that their proposal last Friday, which Yahoo rejected on Saturday, did not include a change of Yahoo governance. Interestingly, Microsoft also said that their proposal was “solicited” by Yahoo’s Roy Bostock due to Carl Icahn’s attempts to engage Microsoft and Yahoo on a search transaction that will be favorable to [...]

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Domain Age: How Important Is It for SEO?

 15.07.2008 10:18   searchenginejournal.com

One SEO related question which is often asked throughout webmaster forums is how much domain registration age is important for SEO. The points behind this question include: well-established sites have old domain names, so by reverse logics, an old domain should mean that the site is well established; spammers register and drop domains quickly, thus logically spamming [...]

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Rackspace Managed Hosting, Unveils Comprehensive PCI Compliance Solution

 15.07.2008 10:18   thehostingnews.com

San Antonio, Texas - (The Hosting News) - July 15, 2008 - Web hosting company, Rackspace Managed Hosting, has released a suite of hardware, software and professional services, designed to assist with the achievement of Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance. Instead of having to assemble various pieces of a PCI solution individually, Rackspace is providing a PCI toolbox that will assist customers in becoming compliant to the PCI Data Security Standard (DSS). The PCI Data Security Standard (DSS) is a comprehensive set of security requirements developed by the payment card industry and applies to all businesses that accept process or store credit card information. Rackspace's PCI Toolbox offers technical components customers need to help achieve compliance with PCI DSS in one simple bundle or sold individually for customers that need solutions for specific PCI compliance requirements. Building an in-house offering can be costly and frustrating, Rackspace's PCI Toolbox makes the process simple, allowing customers to stay focused on their business. Jeff Reich, CSO, Rackspace Hosting noted, ''PCI DSS is not law, but it is strictly enforced by banks through contractual penalties or sanctions. We want to make it easy and affordable for our many e-commerce customers to reach compliance with the help of this bundled security solution. The PCI Toolbox allows customers to focus on their business.'' As with all Rackspace products, the PCI Toolbox is backed by Fanatical Support which offers 24x7x365 and access to a dedicated team of security experts. This team of experienced security professionals is available as a resource for customer security and PCI issues and stays up to date on upcoming changes and additions to the PCI compliance regulations. As the requirements change we intend to modify the Toolbox offerings accordingly, to assist customers in more easily maintaining PCI compliance year after year. The full PCI Toolbox solution includes the following components: - Anti-virus Protection - Customer Network Scanning Services - File System Integrity Service - Firewall Services - Intrusion Detection Services - Log Management Service - Patch Management Services - Physical System Security - SSL Certificates - VPN System Management Access Dan Boblit, Vice President at BigBadToyStore noted, ''Like Rackspace, our business is built around providing our customers with excellent service. Rackspace has removed another burden for us with its suite of PCI Compliance tools. Now, not only do we rely on Rackspace for hardware support, but PCI support as well, giving us the ability to provide our customers with the best and most up-to-date credit card processing options.'' Rackspace delivers a diverse suite of enterprise-class hosted IT services to businesses of all sizes. Customers choose Rackspace for its hosting specialization and expertise, backed by the company's award-winning Fanatical Support. By integrating the industry's best technologies and delivering them as services, Rackspace serves as an extension of its customers' IT departments. Because Rackspace removes the burden of infrastructure maintenance and management, customers can focus on their core business. Rackspace's portfolio of companies also includes the Mosso cloud computing platform and Mailtrust (www.mailtrust.com) a provider of business-class hosted email solutions. To learn more about Rackspace's PCI Compliance Toolbox, please visit: www.rackspace.com/solutions/security/pci.php. For more information about Rackspace Managed Hosting, please visit: www.rackspace.com.

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Web Hosting Application, Ensim Unify, Automates CRM OnTarget Infrastructure

 15.07.2008 10:18   thehostingnews.com

Santa Clara, California - (The Hosting News) - July 15, 2008 - Collaborative infrastructure and web hosting application, Ensim Corporation's Unify Enterprise, has been chosen to deploy and manage the existing Microsoft applications with several new hosted services, of CRM OnTarget. As a provider of Hosted Microsoft Dynamics CRM, the Company will use Ensim Unify, to support its existing Dynamics CRM and Hosted Exchange offering, while easily delivering other popular services, such as BlackBerrry and SharePoint. Randal Southam, practice manager at CRM OnTarget noted, ''Unify's support for Microsoft CRM has given us the ability to continue delivering on our core competency, while opening the door to providing other new revenue-generating services. Moving all of our applications under one umbrella makes it a snap to manage and leaves us free to focus on scaling our business. By leveraging Ensim Unify, we've saved months in developing our own in-house solution, and are now launching a number of new services both directly and through our resellers very quickly.'' CRM OnTarget, which specializes in providing hosted Microsoft CRM to clients in the United States, Ireland, United Kingdom, and United Arab Emirates, is using Ensim's award-winning Unify platform to manage its hosted infrastructure, applications and customers. The following hosted services are currently available to CRM OnTarget's customers: · Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 · Microsoft Exchange 2007 · Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 · BlackBerry All applications are managed via Ensim Unify, providing a single interface to CRM OnTarget's operations, its resellers and customers. Francois Depayras, Vice President of marketing and alliances at Ensim Corporation remarked, ''CRM OnTarget's support for Dynamics CRM is the best in the business hands down. With Unify, they can easily extend their expertise in delivering excellent service for a host of new applications and gain complete operational control over all of them through a single portal, while creating an infrastructure that allows them to ramp up resellers and launch new customers quickly.'' CRM OnTarget will demonstrate Ensim Unify and its hosted solutions at this week's Microsoft 2008 Worldwide Partner Conference in at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas. Resellers will be able to launch new services immediately by signing up directly at the CRM OnTarget booth. Ensim will also be demonstrating its Unify solutions in booth #1039. For more information about the conference, visit: https://partner.microsoft.com/global/trainingevents/wwpartnerconference. CRM OnTarget was established by TriVenture in 2003 to address the evolving need in the market for CRM software on demand. By early 2006, CRM OnTarget was a pioneer in the Microsoft Partner community rolling out new SPLA licensing models, building out the backbone of two Microsoft HMC1 Class A data centers, and providing a balance of services with software to ensure each client succeeds. CRM OnTarget serves clients in the United States, Ireland, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, and users on every continent. Founded in 1998, Ensim Corporation is the leading provider of user provisioning and access control software. Ensim products are used by service providers and enterprises worldwide to accelerate and enable deployment of integrated solutions, simplify and automate secure management of complex environments, and increase user and IT productivity. Ensim is Microsoft Gold Certified, and maintains strategic partnerships with many leading infrastructure vendors including Research In Motion (BlackBerry), Hewlett-Packard, Accenture, Siemens and BroadSoft. To learn more about CRM OnTarget, please visit: www.crmontarget.com. For more information about Ensim, please visit: www.ensim.com.

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Hosting Provider, DataPipe, Secures $75 Million in Equity Financing

 15.07.2008 10:18   thehostingnews.com

Jersey City , New Jersey - (The Hosting News) - July 15, 2008 - Managed hosting and security services company, DataPipe, has secured $75 million dollars in combined credit and equity financing, led by Goldman Sachs. Robb Allen, CEO and Founder of DataPipe remarked, ''We're very pleased to be fully funded for future growth. This funding will enable us to expand our data center facilities and enhance our service offerings globally; it's great news for our clients.'' DataPipe will immediately begin an expansion of its Somerset, New Jersey campus, which has the potential for 60,000 square feet of data center space. DataPipe is also pursuing significant expansion opportunities in London and China, according to the Company. DH Capital, LLC served as exclusive financial advisor to DataPipe for this transaction. Gene Yoon of Goldman Sachs noted, ''We've been impressed with DataPipe's expertise in the managed hosting market and look forward to pursuing additional growth opportunities in partnership with Robb and the DataPipe management team.'' DataPipe has been in the managed services business since 1998, providing management of servers and applications, with predictable costs, reliable results and guaranteed service levels. DataPipe helps companies realize technology assets, enhancing ROI by enabling IT resources on demand extension. DataPipe's Managed Security Services start with a comprehensive assessment of business security requirements, to protect hosted architectures. To learn more, please visit: www.datapipe.com.

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3's new Skypephone clears the FCC -- to be called IM2?

 15.07.2008 10:16   engadgetmobile.com

Filed under: Handsets, Others, Hutchison 3 So it turns out Skype was more than a mere experiment for 3, apparently, seeing how the FCC just approved its rumored new Skypephone -- though contrary to what we'd heard, the documentation indicates that the candybar might end up being called the IM2, not the S2. Crucial difference, we know. Anyhow, the phone sports a 3.2 megapixel cam, HSDPA (up from the original's mere UMTS), and features a rather attractive brushed metal backing, not bad for a phone that's theoretically designed to save you cash by routing calls over the internets. Still no launch details for the thing just yet, but at least we now know we'll be able to use it in the good ol' US of A without drawing the FCC's ire.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

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EA to Launch SimAnimals in January

 15.07.2008 10:14   i4u.com

EA announced at E3 that in January 2009 it will be launching a new Sims franchise called SimAnimals. The game will be exclusive for the Nintendo Wii and DS systems. EA says the game establishes an all new category of animal games. Using the Wii controll...

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LG S510, R510 and R410 Intel Centrino 2 Notebooks unveiled

 15.07.2008 10:14   i4u.com

LG Electronics announces three new notebooks that are based on the new Intel Centrino 2 platform that was also just announced by Intel. The new LG notebooks include the LG X-Note S510, R510 and R410 models. The LG X-Note S510 series features a 15.4-in...

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