So, I’ve been having all sorts of problems with windows and Internet Explorer lately.
Vista would freeze when I was in the middle of anything intensive. XP IE7 was freezing whenever I tried to type something into the address bar. It would intermittently freeze when I was switching between windows. Someone had me look at their […]
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If you look at this netcraft.com domain name registration graph, you will see a clear exponential pattern.
Total Sites Across All Domains August 1995 - November 2007
There are two lines here. In blue you have the number of domain names registered. This is the total number of domains people are snapping up. In red you see […]
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Microsoft is claiming that Open Source software violates 235 of its patents. The article says that Microsoft is claiming that the Linux kernel violates 42 of Microsoft’s patents, and the user interface violates 65. I guess Microsoft has come a long way since they stole the look and feel of Lotus 123. Microsoft is certainly […]
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Google released a report that states that 10 percent of websites are dangerous.  Â
 First of all, I would like to say that Google is doing some great work. This is the second major news that I have seen based on reports from Google. These reports show that Google is using its position as the search leader […]
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This article claims that most of malware (spyware and such) comes from a very few Web Hosting providers. The top four being:
Number of infected sites:
iPowerWeb                    11,000
Layered Technologies 2500
ThePlanet.com              2000
Internap                          1400
The report puts China far behind with their top ranked malware hosting provider being at 800. This part of the study is somewhat surprising. I think most people in the industry would guess […]
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I’m a bit late with this. Registerfly.com, that I talked about in a previous post, has been given the boot by ICANN for non-compliance. It looks like they haven’t pulled the logos off the site yet. Not surprising, they probably can’t login to them to do it. They have until the 31st before ICANN pulls […]
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We’re starting to see some serious grumblings from Registerfly.com users, as well the news media. There is something major going on over there, and they may well go down in flames. It’s not certain at all what is happening. It appears their CEO might have been stealing money and using it for liposuction? But the bottom line […]
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