According to an upcoming  report by EdisonResearch.com , entitled, The Infinite Dial 2011: Navigating Digital Platforms, more than 50% of all Americans ages 12 and older are on Facebook. The study, fielded in January of 2011, indicates that 51% of all adults 12+ have profiles on Facebook. “We have been tracking the growth of Facebook since 2008, and have watched it go from 8% usage just three years ago , to 51% today.

As the 1st .Nxt show in came to a close in  San Francisco today, Juan Calle the CEO of the .Co registry took the stage and spoke on the future of domain names and the opportunity that new gTLD’s will bring. Mr

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Denver – Aug 26, 2010 Phoenix – Sept 23, 2010 Washington, DC – Oct 21 Five Most Recent Posts News: Connectria Consolidates REDPLAID Managed Hosting Division News: Web Host The Planet Completes Safe Harbor Self-Certification Articles: Want To Establish An Online Business? Learn How To Find The Best Web Hosting Articles: The future cloud should fend for itself News: “Billy the Human Billboard” Changes Name to “Hostgator Dotcom” (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Managed hosting provider Connectria ( www.connectria.com ) announced on Monday it has consolidated its REDPLAID Managed Hosting Division under the parent brand, Connectria Hosting.

After moving The Planet to Houston four years ago, investors are considering moving the company back to Dallas as part of a possible merger with a related web hosting company.

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Denver – Aug 26, 2010 Phoenix – Sept 23, 2010 Washington, DC – Oct 21 Five Most Recent Posts News: Anti-Piracy Investigation Results in the Shutdown of Four Bulgarian Sites Articles: How Web Development Has Shaped the Growth of E-Commerce Articles: Find the Best Dedicated Hosting Articles: Brand protection and abuse: Keeping your company image safe on social media Articles: 6 cool innovations for the data center (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web services firm Web.com Group ( www.web.com ) announced on Tuesday it has completed its acquisition of domain registrar Register.com ( www.register.com ). Web.com previously announced in June it would acquire Register.com , which is said to increase Web.com’s subscriber base by more than 400 percent, create cross-selling opportunities, and generate cost synergies and more than $10 million in annualized pre-tax cost savings. In accordance with the terms of the acquisition agreement, Web.com acquired privately-held Register.com for $135 million

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Denver – Aug 26, 2010 Phoenix – Sept 23, 2010 Washington, DC – Oct 21 Five Most Recent Posts News: Anti-Piracy Investigation Results in the Shutdown of Four Bulgarian Sites Articles: How Web Development Has Shaped the Growth of E-Commerce Articles: Find the Best Dedicated Hosting Articles: Brand protection and abuse: Keeping your company image safe on social media Articles: 6 cool innovations for the data center (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Authentication solutions developer Scorpion Software ( www.scorpionsoft.com ) has developed the AuthAnvil Management Pack for the LabTech managed services platform, offering a suite of management scripts to help LabTech administrators automate the deployment, management and monitoring of AuthAnvil log-on agents. According to the Tuesday announcement from remote monitoring, management, and automation solution developer LabTech Software ( www.labtechsoftware.com ), AuthAnvil will help keep administrators notified of security tampering, and let them quickly leverage LabTech’s automation functionality to deliver agent updates, setting changes and even overriding password revisions with the click of a button. “With the new management pack, administrators not only have the ability to secure their LabTech administrative console using AuthAnvil as before but they can now use LabTech to administer AuthAnvil in the field as well,” LabTech chief executive officer Matt Nachtrab said in a statement.

The Rocky Road to IPv6 The Internet is slowly but surely running out of IPv4 addresses. The day the last one is used, though, won’t be the day that the growth of the Internet tragically grinds to a halt. A new system is waiting in the wings: IPv6