The January 2011 issue of WHIR magazine; the annual Hottest Hosts directory The WHIR joins Web Hosting Talk and HostingCon to Form Three Complementary Media Properties under a Single Umbrella (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — iNET Interactive ( www.inetinteractive.com ) has announced today the acquisition of the Web Host Industry Review ( www.thewhir.com ), the leading news and analysis source for the hosted services industry. For more than ten years, theWHIR.com has provided its readers with daily industry news, feature coverage, expert opinion and analysis.

SoftLayer® Named the 2010 Best Web Hosting Company Wednesday, February 02, 2011, 6:18:56 AM SoftLayer Technologies® , the innovative on-demand data center services provider, today announced that it was named Best Web Hosting Company in the 2010 Annual Web Hosting Awards by HostReview – The Web Hosting Guide . The Annual Web Hosting Awards are a global recognition of innovators and market leaders, set up to reward outstanding contributions within the web hosting industry. Commenced in 2006, the Annual Awards have grown to be one of the most prestigious web hosting awards of its kind.

Couple of months ago,Facebook bought from Farm Bureau the FB.com domain name.Back then,neither Facebook nor Farm Bureau wanted to disclose the actual sum of the domain name sale. However,Farm Bureau announced recently ,at their annual meeting in Atlanta that the organization earned $8,5 million by selling some domain names. Even though rumors said back then that FB.com domain name was bought by Facebook,Mark Zuckerberg announced the purchase on Novemeber 15,2010

Black Hat reflects a changing industry, says founder In the 13 years since its inception, Black Hat has emerged as one of the premier conferences in the security industry. Each year, Black Hat attracts thousands of security researchers, security practitioners and government types to its annual events in Las Vegas, Tokyo, Amsterdam and Washington. On the eve of the annual conference in Vegas, Black Hat founder Jeff Moss talks about the show and how it has evolved.

Google Leaders Say Competition With Apple, Facebook A Good Thing Google’s leadership says they are not afraid to compete for business with the likes of Apple and Facebook.

Nominet has begun the non-executive director election process and posted papers for its papers for their Annual General Meeting to be held on 6 July. Writing in The Register, Kieren McCarthy says there are seven candidates for two positions, “but despite efforts to revitalise the organisation after several years of infighting, voters will be disappointed to see a cast of the usual suspects on the ballot. Five of the seven candidates were members of Nominet’s recently wound-up Policy Advisory Body (PAB) — whose insider culture eventually caused it to implode.” McCarthy examines the background to the candidates and looks at some of the issues that have come up involving candidates

Associated Cities , the organization that stages the annual GeoDomain Expo , has taken care of some major business at the 2010 Expo that is closing this evening in New Orleans .