A screen shot of Greenpeace`s Dirty Energy report page (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) –- Environmental organization Greenpeace ( www.greenpeace.org ) announced on Thursday it has released a new study that highlights the rapidly growing environmental footprint of the online world and evaluates both good and bad energy choices made by top IT companies such as Facebook, Google, Apple, and Yahoo!. Titled “How Dirty is Your Data?,” the report details the large amount of electricity required to power cloud offerings

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An image of the notice posted in place of the shut-down Poker sites as of publishing (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — As has been extensively reported over the weekend, the US government shut down three of the world’s largest online poker sites, in a massive case alleging billions of dollars in money laundering and bank fraud. According to several reports appearing over the weekend, payment processing firms involved in the transactions may have been involved in helping federal prosecutors build their case

An image of the notice posted in place of the shut-down Poker sites as of publishing (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — As has been extensively reported over the weekend, the US government shut down three of the world’s largest online poker sites, in a massive case alleging billions of dollars in money laundering and bank fraud. According to several reports appearing over the weekend, payment processing firms involved in the transactions may have been involved in helping federal prosecutors build their case. Over the weekend, it was widely reported that the websites of Full Tilt Poker, PokerStars and Absolute Poker, three of the largest online poker sites, had been seized by the US Department of Justice, along with bank accounts (74 of them, in 14 countries) belonging to the companies and their founders

Google Video To Shut Down April 29 Monday, April 18, 2011, 5:58:51 AM In an email sent out last Friday Google (GOOG) announced that it has finally given up the ghost and will be shutting down Google Video as of April 29. Although the service stopped allowing video uploads way back in 2009, the service powered on despite competition from Google’s own investment YouTube.com. Purchased for $1.65 billion just one year after its inception in 2005, popular video service YouTube currently dominates the online video industry, supporting users from all over the world

Web Hosting – Lenexa, KA – In celebration of Arbor Day and Earth Days in April, Codero a dedicated hosting and cloud computing provider , is inviting its associates, their families and customers in the Kansas City area where the company is headquartered, to participate in EarthWalk on April 16, 2011 . The three-mile walk is a fundraiser for Bridging the Gap, an organization connecting business leaders, government agencies and citizens on environmental issues. In addition, Codero recently initiated two endeavors to further reduce its environmental footprint

A screenshot of a video describing the Mozy service features, at the comapny’s website (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Online backup service firm Mozy ( www.mozy.com ) announced this week that it had successfully completed the SAS 70 and ISO 27001 certifications, both of them serving as validations for the company’s standards around data security. The SAS 70 certification is the popular auditing standard developed by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, verifying that an organization has been through an audit of its control objectives and activities.

A screenshot from the online demo of 4PSA’s Domain Manager tool (WEB HOST INDSUTRY REVIEW) — Hosting and cloud computing software 4PSA ( www.4psa.com ) announced on Wednesday that it has released the latest version of its DNS Manager software, adding new functions and features to its multitenant tool for delivering DNS services to service providers and businesses. Version 4.0 of the DNS Manager software, says the company, simplifies the management of DNS zones, and provides more control to system administrators.

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FiberCloud’s three Washington-based data centers (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) –- Web hosting provider FiberCloud ( www.fibercloud.com ) announced on Monday it has launched new online backup software to increase its disaster recovery and data protection solutions. FiberCloud is adding the new online backup software, which includes Windows, Mac OS X workstations, and Linux and Windows Server backup, as an expansion of its existing backup and recovery solutions. Along with FiberCloud Online Backup, FiberCloud provides the tools needed for a comprehensive data backup and disaster recovery plan.