A screenshot of Microsoft’s WebMatrix tool (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) —  UK managed hosting provider Titan Internet Limited ( www.titaninternet.co.uk ) announced on Thursday that it has launched a range of four hosting packages especially designed to support Microsoft WebMatrix.

Regional extension of Web Hosting Talk brand launches to serve emerging Brazilian web hosting market West Chester, OH (PRWEB) January 17, 2011 iNET Interactive, a social media company serving Internet professionals and technology enthusiasts, today announced the launch of Web Hosting Talk Brazil , an online community focused on web hosting for the Brazilian marketplace. As part of the iNET Interactive network, Web Hosting Talk Brazil joins Web Hosting Talk Australia as a region-specific extension of the Web Hosting Talk brand. A Portuguese-language site, Web Hosting Talk Brazil is the only member of the Web Hosting Talk family of sites with content in a language other than English, a first for iNET Interactive

PoundHost First UK Microsoft WebMatrix Host Friday, January 14, 2011, 11:20:24 AM Today, dedicated hosting specialists PoundHost are launching a new product, the WebMatrix VDS. In collaboration with Microsoft, PoundHost have launched the new product to coincide with the launch of the WebMatrix development tool

Mac App Store & Twitter App Released Today Thursday, January 06, 2011, 7:04:58 AM Apple-blogging specialists Razorianfly.com reported yesterday that a new Twitter app will be introduced today alongside the launch of the Mac App Store. The application, simply called Twitter For Mac, comes from the developers of Tweetie, the Iphone Twitter application and reportedly features native retweet support, real-time updates and drag-and-drop tweeting capabilities. The brand new Mac App Store is due to go live at 12 noon EST today, 6th January

On Wednesday, we ran the results of a WHIR reader poll on WikiLeaks Every Friday, WHIR editor in chief Liam Eagle assembles some notes on stories from the web hosting industry this week that you might have missed or that might, for one reason or another, be worth revisiting. (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — While the attention has faded a little bit in the mainstream press, the big story in the technology news world remains the ongoing saga of WikiLeaks, as the politically-motivated attack activity continues, and the details of the legal battle of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange continue to emerge

ICANN has delayed, once again, the introduction of new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) at its meeting in Cartagena, Colombia. At the board meeting on Friday that traditionally concludes the week-long meeting, the board directed staff to make amendments to the Draft Applicant Guidebook based on the economic analyses (the New gTLD Economic Study Phase II Report) and the final written proposals regarding issues affecting morality and public order, and make revisions to the guidebook as appropriate comments received during the public comment period and also on comments.

It took close to two months for .CO to reach the significant half million active registrations when it became available for general registration following its relaunch in July of this year, but it only took eight days for the Russian Cyrillic domain .РФ (.RF – Russian Federation or Российская Федерация in Cyrillic) to pass the same mark.

Apple teases ‘exciting’ iTunes announcement for tomorrow On Monday, the front page of Apple.com changed into a full-page message that teases an “exciting announcement from iTunes” at 10am EST tomorrow, November 16. ITunes has received a significant number of updates since version 10 of the popular cross-platform music software debuted in September.

The familiar Facebook login screen may soon become a destination for email users (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — According to several reports published this week, social networking giant Facebook is planning for the Monday launch of a web-based email service the company is referring to internally as a “Gmail killer.” In a TechCrunch story posted late Thursday night , the technology blog reported it has heard from sources that a Facebook special event scheduled for Monday will include the launch of the company’s secret Project Titan – reported to be the mail client – on which TechCrunch first reported in February. The launch, it says, will be accompanied by personal @facebook.com email addresses for users of the social networking site.

Google Buzz Settlement Includes $8.5M For Privacy Education Google reached a settlement in a lawsuit regarding its Google Buzz service, which launched last February. In the class-action suit, several Gmail users alleged that Google automatically enrolled them in the Buzz service, a social media tool that lets Gmail users share updates, photos and recent activity with their contacts