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Web Hosts and Customers Prepare for Looming PCI DSS 3.0 Deadline
Tuesday, December 23, 2014
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard version 3.0, the latest major update to the standard for handling payment card information, formally goes into effect starting Jan. 1, 2015....
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Mac Hosting Provider MacStadium Raises $1 Million in Series A Funding
Tuesday, December 23, 2014
Atlanta-based Mac hosting provider MacStadium announced on Monday that it has raised $1 million in Series A funding from a private angel investor, according to a report by the Atlanta Business Chronicle....
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North Korean Internet Down Amid Sony Hack Accusations
Monday, December 22, 2014
The Internet in North Korea is down on Monday after intermittent outages throughout the weekend, according to several reports on Monday.
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Total .EU Registrations Up 4.7 Percent in Q3 2014: Report
Monday, December 22, 2014
Total registrations of .eu domains were up by 4.7 percent in the third quarter of 2014 compared to Q3 2013, according to a report last week by .eu registry EURid....
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Former Bitcoin Foundation Exec Sentenced for Black Market Cash Exchange on Silk Road
Monday, December 22, 2014
Charlie Shrem, a former Bitcoin Foundation executive, was sentenced to two years in prison on Friday. He pled guilty earlier this year for aiding and abetting an unlicensed money transmitting business. In 2102, Shrem indirectly helped send one...
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Tor Project Warns Users of Possible Attempts to Take Down Network
Monday, December 22, 2014
The Tor project may face attempts to take down its network this week through the seizure of specialized servers, according to a report by IT World on Sunday. Read More...
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Report: Telstra Mulling Pacnet Acquisition
Monday, December 22, 2014
Telstra, Australia's largest telco, is in negotiations over a potential acquisition of Pacnet, which owns and operates and extensive submarine cable network in Asia Pacific and has a big data center services business in the region....
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ISIL Hackers Could be Locating Syrian Activists Through Online Attack: Report
Monday, December 22, 2014
Members of "Raqqah is being Slaughtered Silently" (or "RSS"), a Syrian advocacy group that has been documenting human rights abuses in the Islamic State-occupied city of Ar-Raqqah, Syria, have been recently targeted in a digital attack aimed...
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Web Hosting Sales and Promos Roundup - December 19, 2014
Friday, December 19, 2014
In the week ending December 19, 2014, there are many hosts offering discounts just in time for the holidays. Cloudways is offering up to 65 percent off cloud hosting, while AIT is running its 12 Days of Christmas promotion. Read More...
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Researchers Say Decentralized BitTorrent Client Prevents Shutdown A La Pirate Bay
Friday, December 19, 2014
A group of researchers from Delft University of Technology have launched the latest version of Tribler, a BitTorrent client that doesn't rely on central servers and offers anonymous downloading....