Jan, 2016 : Windows 10 Now Installed on Over 200 Million Devices

📅 Jan 5, 2016 - Amazon Fire Competition Announced from Host Surf UK - Host Surf UK Ltd., a hosting provider in the United Kingdom, has announced a new competition with an Amazon Fire tablet going out as the top prize. The company offers many hosting products including both VPS and dedicated server hosting. The competition is open to any United Kingdom or United States customers placing a new server order.

This competition comes after the company announced big changes to their services. They no longer offer shared or reseller hosting and have decided to rebrand the company as a UK Server Provider. ...

📅 Jan 5, 2016 - Switch is Switching to 100% Renewable Energy - Switch, a colocation service provider, recently announced all the SUPERNAP data centers they own will now be powered by 100% renewable energy. The company has more than 1,000 clients using colocation services at their Las Vegas facilities.

New solar facilities operating in Nevada will provide the renewable energy for the data centers. The company actually constructed Switch Station 1 and Switch Station 2 with a partnership with NV Energy to make this ...

📅 Jan 4, 2016 - Free Website Hosting vs. Shared Hosting - Should you go with a free website hosting for your company or pay for shared web hosting? What is the difference between the two? Isn't it better to get something for free if it can save your business some money? The first thing to do when you are trying to choose your hosting plan is to look at the differences between the options and choose the one that fits your brand the best.

For some, a more expensive hosting plan makes the most sense because it offers more enhanced security, better performance, and a better chance of increased traffic. A free or cheap option may have more chances of downtime and losing visitors to poor performance. Here is a look at why you are wise to stay away ...

📅 Jan 5, 2016 - Shared Hosting Complaints: What’s the Truth? - Have you ever gotten upset with your hosting provider? When you look at everyone's complaints and problems with hosting companies, it's easy to start seeing some trends and commonalities. Even the biggest brands in the world of hosting have their flaws.

When you're trying to choose a hosting provider or you simply aren't sure who to go with for the long-term, it's easy to narrow it down based on the common complaints of shared hosting services. Looking at the complaints of companies like HostMonster, HostingPad, JustHost, iPage, and more, here is a look at the truth behind the most common complaints such as issues with speed and a lack of flexibility.

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One of the common ...

📅 Jan 6, 2016 - Next-Gen Wi-Fi Launced by Wi-Fi Alliance - The Wi-Fi Alliance has recently launched Next-Gen Wi-Fi to help support Internet of Things. It will enable lower power, long range devices to connect to the Internet of Things and they are calling it HaLow. HaLow is a 802.11ah standard operating below one gigahertz for connected cars, smart homes, smart cities and digital healthcare.

HaLow has the ability to extend Wi-Fi into the 900 MHz range. It supports many new devices and uses less electrical power. Even though this new Wi-Fi uses less power, it generates a range of about twice the previous ...

📅 Jan 6, 2016 - Unauthorized Access Forces Linode to Ask for Password Resets - Linode, a web hosting provider, has forced all customer passwords to expert and require resetting due to a detected unauthorized access to the credentials of their users. They released a post on Tuesday stating all users will be prompted to create a new password on their next login.

After a security investigation was conducted by Linode, they discovered two sets of user credentials on external machines. The table found contained email addresses, usernames, securely hashed passwords and encrypted two-factor ...