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Microsoft Offers Azure Cloud Hosting Credits to Y Combinator Startups
Thursday, February 12, 2015
Microsoft is slashing costs for Y Combinator startups by giving away $500,000 worth of Azure cloud hosting. The new enterprises will also receive three years of Office 365, access to Microsoft developer staff, and one free year each of CloudFlare...
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TelecityGroup and Interxion Merge into Major European Data Center Provider
Thursday, February 12, 2015
UK-based TelecityGroup and Netherlands-based Interxion are merging in a $2.2 billion deal creating one big European data center provider. Telecity will structure the deal as an offer for Interxion, with London, UK acting as primary home base.
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Web Host SingleHop Launches Premium Security Service to Combat DDoS Attacks
Thursday, February 12, 2015
Hosted private cloud and managed hosting provider SingleHop has launched a new set of premium security features designed to help enterprises identify and combat online threats including Distributed Denial of Service attacks....
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Government Sites at Dutch Web Host Prolocation Taken Offline by DDoS Attack
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Government sites in the Netherlands were taken offline by a DDoS attack on Tuesday. Unfortunately for the Dutch government, backup plans were ineffective and members of parliament and government were forced offline. Police, healthcare and other...
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Host Europe Group Partners with DIY Web Optimization Platform MarketGoo
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Host Europe Group has tapped MarketGoo to offer web optimization to its small and medium-sized customers.
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Facebook Launches Program to Encourage Cyberthreat Information Sharing
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Facebook launched a cybersecurity threat information sharing platform called ThreatExchange on Wednesday. ...
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Swiss File Hosting Site RapidShare to Shut Down Next Month
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Popular file hosting site RapidShare announced on Tuesday that it will shut down at the end of March, and accounts will be automatically deleted on Mar. 31, 2015....
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Legal Changes Give French Police Power to Take Down Porn, Extremist Sites without Court Order
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
French police can order Internet service providers to take down websites without a court order on child pornography or terrorism accusations as of Tuesday. The legal changes follow a statement late last week by President Francois Hollande that...
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Microsoft Issues Security Updates Addressing ‘JASBUG' Vulnerability in Windows
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Microsoft has issued updates that address a critical vulnerability known as "JASBUG" that affects all current versions of Windows and allows an attacker to take complete control of an affected system....
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Hosting Software Provider Ubersmith Names iWeb Tech Lead CTO
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Billing and help desk software provider Ubersmith announced last week that it has named Dominique Archambault chief technology officer. At Ubersmith he will be responsible for guiding product strategy and development. Read More...