iiNet and Microsoft aim virtual server deal at small business By Stan Beer Thursday, 17 February 2011 18:38 IT Industry – Strategy Australia’s self proclaimed “number two” ISP has sought to capitalise on the growing cloud services market for small business by announcing a deal with Microsoft to provide virtual private servers for businesses that want to host their applications online. The deal will involve iiNet providing the storage infrastructure and broadband services using Microsoft’s web server software and is clearly aimed at the small business market

An image from the report, illustrating Firefox’s malware warning graphic (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Website malware scanning and security firm Dasient ( www.dasient.com ) issued a report this week, examining the Web 2.0 structure used by many of the world’s most popular websites, and how the popularity of third-party widgets popular targets for malware, because of their potential as a kind of back door into popular websites.

An image from the report, illustrating Firefox’s malware warning graphic (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Website malware scanning and security firm Dasient ( www.dasient.com ) issued a report this week, examining the Web 2.0 structure used by many of the world’s most popular websites, and how the popularity of third-party widgets popular targets for malware, because of their potential as a kind of back door into popular websites. The report, titled “The Widgetization of the Web” discusses the threat. It is available for download (in the form of a 19 page PDF) from the Dasient website .

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Firefox More Popular Than Internet Explorer Wednesday, January 05, 2011, 12:07:32 PM Analytics company StatCounter has released figures today that insist Firefox is used for frequently in Europe than Microsoft’s Internet Explorer web browser. The data suggests that Firefox hold a 38.11% share of browser usage opposed to IE’s only just slighter 37.52%. It is thought to be the first time that Internet Explorer has been dethroned from its reining position over the browser market

Various browsers that show websites protected by DigiCert’s SSL certificate (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Authentication and encryption provider DigiCert ( www.digicert.com ) announced on Thursday that it has launched its new EV SSL Wildcard certificate.

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12|10|2010 1:27 pm EDT NamePros.com Gets Outed In Browser History Sniffing Fiasco by Adam Strong in Categories: News – 7 Comments In a story on ZDNet this week, adult website YouPorn.com is being sued for “browser history sniffing” .  ZDNet points to a study conducted by University of California, San Diego of the global to 50,000 sites on the internet. In the study the researchers claim to have “confirmed that 46 websites used browser (history) sniffing to see which sites users visited before they arrived, and noted 326 sites they deemed “suspicious” in history tracking practices.”  Of the 46 sites mentioned, Namepros.com was one that the researches found to be engaging in this ‘suspicious’ browser history sniffing and “actually doing history hijacking”

Google.com reveal Chrome OS Cr-48 Notebook Wednesday, December 08, 2010, 10:40:31 AM In the last 24 hours, Google (GOOG) have made significant announcements regarding Chrome OS. The Cr-48 Chrome Notebook, the first notebook to feature the operating system will be released to a selection of applications for beta testing this month.

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