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February 8, 2012 -- Security researcher Moxie Marlinspike is calling on the support of browser developers to participate in his new open-source project that is designed to authenticate a secure sockets layer certificate's credentials, according to a re...
February 8, 2012 -- Digital certificate authority Trustwave admitted via a blog post on Saturday that it issued a SSL certificate to a private company to spy on SSL-protected connections within its corporate network. This move has caused some in the Mo...
Pets and Policies Last week’s WHT Insider focused a bit on SOPA and PIPA as consumers and the web hosting community came together to get those bills off the table. I mentioned OPEN as a bill we could possibly support. And we’ll try to keep you updated on these items as things develop. Don’t forget [...]
February 8, 2012 -- Julie Samuels, a laywer for the Electronic Frontier Foundation talks to the WHIR about the organization's work to help legitimate Megaupload users recover data lost when the company's servers were seized last month.
February 8, 2012 -- Major Internet service providers, home networking equipment manufacturers, and web companies around the world are participating in the Internet Society's upcoming World IPv6 Launch where they will permanently enable IPv6 for their p...
February 8, 2012 -- Non-profit environmental organization Greenpeace released the results of its fifth Cool IT leaderboard, a list that ranks 21 IT companies on clean energy use and green policy advocacy. Its latest report finds Google to be the top gr...
February 8, 2012 -- Data center operator Digital Realty Trust announced on Wednesday it has acquired a 10-acre development site in Dublin, Ireland. The move follows last month's acquisitions of data centers in San Franciso and Atlanta. Located 9.3 mile...
February 7, 2012 -- DDoS security provider Prolexic released on Tuesday data it collected from Q4 2011 global attacks against its clients that showed a significant rise in packet-per-second volume, a trend it predicted in its previous attack report rel...
February 7, 2012 -- Web hosting provider Webzilla announce on Tuesday it has received the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard data security standard, having successfully undergone an audit and received version 1.2.1 certification. The company ...
February 7, 2012 -- Interconnection and interoperability solutions provider Inteliquent announced on Tuesday it has formally rebranded Neutral Tandem and Tinet as Inteliquent. As a result, the company's shares is now trading under its new name and sto...
February 7, 2012 -- Interconnection and interoperability solutions provider Inteliquent announced on Tuesday it has formally rebranded Neutral Tandem and Tinet as Inteliquent. As a result, the company's shares is now trading under its new name and sto...
February 7, 2012 -- Open source web server NGINX announced on Tuesday it is now offering commercial support options for companies using its open source web server, marking its first commercial offering. Designed for small, medium or large-scale commerc...
February 7, 2012 -- Web hosting provider SingleHop announced on Tuesday that it recently donated $10,000 to Kentucky medical camp The Center for Courageous Kids. The year-round camp, located in Scottsville, Kentucky, provides a camping experience for c...
February 7, 2012 -- Web hosting provider HostGator announced on Tuesday that it now offers online website builder BaseKit to its small and mid-size business customers. With BaseKit, users can choose from more than 100 professionally designed templates,...
February 7, 2012 -- Web hosting provider Datapipe announced on Tueday it has named Jim Holtzman as chief financial officer, where he will oversee the company’s finance, accounting and investor relations functions. The appointment comes at a time of s...