When you work in the web hosting industry, it is very simple to sometimes become overwhelmed by everything there is to do.  You might have a dozen or two tasks staring you in the face this very morning that you are dreading.  Here are a few quick and easy ways to regain yourself motivation and conquer the day. Take a Break If you feel like you are being over taken by all there is to do, take 5 minutes or so to walk around the house.  You might also be able to think things over, once you are away from your PC monitor to find a new way of taking down that problem or problems that are stressing you out. Try a Different Approach If you don’t feel like one way of doing thing is the best way to get the job done, try looking at the task at hand from another point of view.  One thing I like to do is break jobs down to simpler tasks, and then prioritize them via to-do lists.  So you are getting the same work done, you are just doing it in a way that causes you to freak out a little less during the day.

Having a web hosting account is handy at times.  It allows you to practically upload anything you want to share with friends, or to store online.  This is a blessing and also a curse when it comes to the web hosting business though.  While it is handy to be able to upload anything to a web hosting account, it is not always practical.  Sometimes, it might even be against the rules. There are a lot of different file types out there, and here are three that you should make sure you do not ever upload to your own hosting account: Personal Documents or Files A lot of the time I see people trying to upload backups of personal documents and files to their web hosting accounts.  Not only may this be against your web host’s terms of service, it also might not be the best way to store your data.  The question you should ask yourself isn’t will be server have a security issue, it is when will my server have a security issue.  Out of date scripts, server flaws and everything else will give you trouble on the shared hosting account you are on – so uploading personal documents to store there is not too safe.  The better solution would be to go with a company that specializes in off site backups, such as Carbonite . Website Backups Another type of file I see people keep or upload to the server is a website backup.  Now, you might think you need to keep your website backup handy, so storing it on the hosting account might make a little ‘bit of sense.  Actually, just to be blunt – this is as intelligent as keeping all your money under your mattress, then complain that your broke after your house burns down.  The last place you want to store your website backups is the place you are hosting those files from.  I would recommend downloading a local copy to keep on your personal computer – then burn the files to a DVD or save them to another hard drive.

Big US networks to block Google TV Thursday, November 11, 2010, 9:25:29 AM Four major US TV networks are now planning to block Google TV from airing its shows to viewers. CBC, ABC, NBC and now Fox have confirmed they are refusing to air their programmes on the new platform by Google.

CHICAGO – If one looks at the spine of a Criterion Collection release, he will see a number that indicates the order in which films have been inducted into the most important DVD /Blu-ray series in history. With over 500 films in the collection (this week’s “Paths of Glory” is #538), one might wonder where it all began

Analyst says iPad is fastest adopted consumer electronic device ever Derided by some at its launch as a device with no market, Apple’s iPad has now proven to be one of the most successful consumer electronic device launches ever, according to Bernstein Research retail analyst Colin McGranahan. He expects the device to have a sell through rate to be about 4.5 million units per quarter. This is far faster than the iPhone, which sold one million units in its initial launch quarter, and far ahead of the 350,000 DVD players sold in its first year, CNBC reported Tuesday

You may have heard rumors that virtualization , cloud hosting , VPS services, and other “virtual” solutions are more expensive, unreliable, slower, have a complex migration, and are difficult to manage. However, all of these could be far from the truth.  What is certain is that with virtualization you will be spending more time and energy on your business and improving your offerings than on worrying about datacenter issues and downtime. Virtualization is a loosely used term for too many offerings and solutions that today’s web hosting companies are trying to sell you.

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Denver – Aug 26, 2010 Phoenix – Sept 23, 2010 Washington, DC – Oct 21 Five Most Recent Posts News: Domain Registrar Tucows Donates freddiemercury.com to Legendary Rock Star’s Estate News: Web Hosting Sales and Promos Roundup – June 25, 2010 News: ICANN Board Approves Chinese Language Internationalized Domain Names News: Port80 Software Launches ServerDefender Application Security Tool (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Domain registrar Tucows ( www.tucowsinc.com ) has donated the domain freddiemercury.com to the estate of legendary rock star and gay icon Freddie Mercury. According to a post on the Queen Online ( www.queenonline.com ), Bill Sweetman, general manager of Tucow’s YummyNames division, and his team gave the domain as a gift as a way to preserve “Freddie’s musical legacy.” The Queen Online blog post reads , “In a recent act of fantastic generosity, domain registrar company Tucows Inc. secured the domain name FreddieMercury.com and donated it free of charge to Freddie’s estate.” The domain is currently forwarded to loveroflifesingerofsongs.com, a site promoting the Queen CD and DVD of the same name released in 2006