Apache has held the top position in Netcraft’s Web server surveys since 1996. This month, Apache hostnames increased by 10 million

Apache has held the top position in Netcraft’s Web server surveys since 1996. This month, Apache hostnames increased by 10 million

Bing Overtakes Yahoo In Search Microsoft Bing is now the nation’s number two search engine, as it surpassed Yahoo in terms of total share in August, according to new numbers from market watcher Nielsen.

09|14|2010 4:33 pm EDT GoDaddy Sells Dirt(.com) For $100,000 USD by Frank Michlick in Categories: Domain Sales – 0 Comments Top 20 Aftermarket Domain Name sales at GoDaddy over the last 30 days. GoDaddy was so kind to provide us with their top 20 sales over the last 30 days. Top domain in this month was DDirt.com, which sold for $100,000 USD.

Dell exec says 3Par loss won’t affect enterprise strategy Dell may have lost out to Hewlett-Packard in the bidding war for storage vendor 3Par earlier this month, but the computer maker wasn’t pained by the decision to walk away. “At some point, winning is losing

Google scoops up its 5th company this month Google has made its fifth acquisition since the start of August, this time scooping up SocialDeck, a company that develops games that people can play against friends using iPhones, BlackBerry devices, or via Facebook on a PC. Most of Google’s recent acquisitions have been related to social networking and games, fueling speculation that the company plans to release a new social-networking service, potentially centered on games, to compete with Facebook. …

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Phoenix, AZ – Sept 23, 2010 Washington, DC – Oct 21, 2010 Vancouver, BC – Nov 4, 2010 Five Most Recent Posts News: CA Technologies to Acquire Online Authentication Firm Arcot Systems for $200M News: Infinitely Virtual Adds Juniper Firewall Perimeter Anti-Virus News: Equinix to Build $60M Data center in Hong Kong News: Web Host BurstNet Opens Europe Headquarters News: Microsoft Co-Founder Sues 11 Online Brands for Patent Infringement (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — IT management software and solutions provider CA Technologies ( www.ca.com ) has agreed to acquire online fraud prevention, authentication and electronic document security services firm Arcot Systems ( www.arcot.com ) for $200 million in cash.

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Denver – Aug 26, 2010 Phoenix – Sept 23, 2010 Washington, DC – Oct 21 Five Most Recent Posts News: Web Hosting Sales and Promos Roundup – August 13, 2010 News: Q&A: Imad Mouline, CTO of Compuware Division Gomez News: Dell Denies Keeping Evidence Related to AIT Lawsuit News: Spam Volume Grows 10 Percent from May to July: eleven Email Security Report (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — For the week ending Friday, August 13, 2010, there have been a number of sales and promos including domains from SharkSpace, a HackerProof subscription from Comodo, dedicated servers from Exabytes Malaysian ringgit, “combo” plans from Bobcares, and pre-packaged bundles from CoreLink Data Centers. SharkSpace Keeps  Domain  Pricing Low  In contrast to many other domain registrars who intend to raise their domain pricing, Web host SharkSpace ( www.sharkspace.com ) will keep its registration price at $8.95, and domain transfers into the SharkSpace registry will only cost a dollar.

Microsoft: Record number of bug exploits expected Microsoft has warned customers this week that a record number of just-patched bugs will probably be exploited in the next 30 days. Of the 35 vulnerabilities that Microsoft has patched this month, it assigned 32 an exploitability rating, a score that quantifies the company’s take on whether reliable attack code will appear.

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Denver – Aug 26, 2010 Phoenix – Sept 23, 2010 Washington, DC – Oct 21 Five Most Recent Posts News: Web Host Hostican Upgrades Network with Addition of $470,000 Cisco Firewall News: Interoute Attains ISO 27001 Certification for Stockholm Data Center News: SoftLayer Sponsors Next Week’s European Game Developer Conference News: Apache Gains 6.7M Hostnames in Netcraft August Server Survey News: Google Not Powering Data Centers with Wind Energy Anytime Soon (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web analytics firm Netcraft (www.netcraft.com) recently reported that Web server Apache saw the greatest increase in the August 2010 Web Server Survey , with a gain of over 6.7 million hostnames. The firm received responses from 213,458,815 sites this month.