The Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation and Deputy Prime Minister Maxime Verhagen officially opened the website de25jaarvan.nl to celebrate 25 years of the .NL (Netherlands) ccTLD at a launch ceremony in The Hague in February.

Typosquattng is moving into a new phase with the popular use of social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter. By registering domain names such as facebok.com and twitr.com, unscrupulous typosquatters are using the sites to “display advertisements or fraudulent promotional offers … in the [hope] that misspellings will draw traffic – and victims,” according to a report published on MSNBC

Thawte SSL Certificates Greatresponder.com – 2011-03-03 – Dotster.com launches its corporate website security solution under the Thawte SSL Certificates. Two types of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protection under Thawte are introduced to provide added protection in big corporations’ e-commerce websites. Now, Dotster.com can offer security solutions in their domain registration and website hosting

A chart illustrates benefits of Easyspace’s privacy solution Whois (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Web host and domain registrar Easyspace ( www.easyspace.com ) announced in February that it now offers its Whois Privacy service with .co domains to protect customers’ personal details.

Web Hosting News – Vancouver, WA – Dotster.com, a leading global domain name registrar and security solutions specialist, today introduced a corporate class website security solution built around Thawte® SSL Certificates. By offering two types of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protection from Thawte, a globally recognized certificate authority, Dotster can offer its domain registration and website hosting customers a range of security solutions for both large corporations and up and coming ecommerce websites. Thawte’s quick yet robust authentication allows companies to easily secure their websites without the hassle typified by other SSL providers.

A screenshot of Thawte’s website illustrating the use of its Trusted Site Seal (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Web hosting provider and domain registrar Dotster ( www.dotster.com ) announced on Monday that it has launched a enterprise-level website security solution built around Thawte SSL certificates ( www.thawte.com ).

Virtual Private Servers: best idea ever or one more sign you’ve squeezed too much into your intertube?

Web Hosting News – NUREMBERG, Germany – Open-Xchange announced today tighter integration with the latest industry-standard control panel Parallels Plesk Panel 10.1, enabling hosting customers and resellers to choose their favorite WebMail application.

February 21st, 2011 By: THN News ( The Hosting News ) – Many people know about Go Daddy’s reputation for racy Super Bowl commercials, but few know the world’s top Web hosting provider is also a powerhouse when it comes to keeping people safe on the Internet – blocking more than 100 million attacks every day. Last night, the company was recognized for having the IT industry’s “Best Security Team” at the 14th annual SC Magazine Awards in San Francisco. The Go Daddy IT Security Team helps protect more than 46 million domain names under management, more than 8.8 million customers and is the authoritative DNS for one-third of the Internet, ensuring a safe online experience for users across the globe

A plucky BBC fan has set about the task of archiving almost 200 Beeb websites before distributing them online in a single torrent file. The BBC plan to cull some 172 of their websites in a massive cost-cutting measure, citing increasing server fees as the reason. While some of these websites are linked to unpopular, long-dead shows such as VideoGaiden , more valuable destinations such as the personal memories of war survivors at WW2 People’s War will also face deletion