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Sometime in early 2004, as Mark Zuckerberg was furiously coding the first iterations of The Facebook in his Harvard dorm room, the Internet passed what then seemed to be an impressive milestone: 750 million people worldwide had become connected. The exact birthdate of the Internet is difficult to pin down, but it’s fair to say

Microsoft is revamping its Bing search engine to include advice from Facebook and other social media platforms. The move involves the introduction of a new sidebar which seeks to connect users with friends and other enthusiasts who can provide help. The firm says it is based on the fact “90% of people consult with a

LinkedIn just announced plans to buy SlideShare for $119 million. It will be 45% cash and 55% stock. SlideShare allows users to upload documents to the web and have them embedded all over the place. How does it fit at LinkedIn? Here’s what CEO Jeff Weiner said in a press release explaining the move

Transaction Expands Equinix Presence in China to Support Demand for Global Expansion into High-Growth Economy REDWOOD CITY, Calif. and HONG KONG — May 1, 2012 — Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), a provider of global data center services, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire certain assets and operations of Hong Kong-based

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Let’s learn how to implement core security measures to better protect WordPress against common attacks and maintain a sense of confidentiality, integrity and availability via 8 proven security methods. 1. Update WordPress, Regularly Update WordPress, seriously. Currently, we stand at version 3.3.2, which includes a slew of security fixes that patch XSS vulnerabilities and various security holes in

Seems there is a bug with the default cPanel install script on fresh cPanel Servers and VPS. When running the normal sh latest the script, the cPanel installer automatically opts for the RELEASE tier and is failing . cPanel technicians carefully mentioned that there may currently be an issue with the installer which they are

Equinix has commenced a $US50m expansion of its third Sydney data centre (SY3) – which opened in August 2011 – at a cost of $US65m – six months ahead of schedule

Yesterday Joomla published a security releasefor Joomla 1.5.This release (Joomla 1.5.26) addresses one High Priority and one Low Priority security issues in Joomla 1.5.25 and all earlier versions. We recommend that all Joomla 1.5 users upgrade to this version immediately.  Further Reading Official Joomla 1.5.26 Announcement Details – High Priority security issue (20120305) Details –

Following recent customer feedback, we’ve implemented a Service Alerts mailing list for Server Announcements currently posted in the “Service Announcements” section in the Online Client Area (http://online.ausweb.com.au). Service Alerts/Announcements will include all events (such as network upgrades, planned maintenance and server downtime) that warrant an announcement as per AUSWEB’s SLA. You can sign up for

On Thursday the Joomla project released version 2.5.3 to patch two serious security vulnerabilities affecting all Joomla 2.5.2 and all earlier versions including Joomla 1.6 and 1.7. It is CRITICAL that all Joomla instances — version 1.6, 1.7 and 2.5 — upgrade immediately to version

POP and IMAP are different methods that your computer or device can use to communicate with your email provider. This guide highlights the main differences between connecting to your email via POP or IMAP as well as why most business/personal email users should be using

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By partnering with Ausweb you will be able to refer customers to our industry leading infrastructure and gain some serious financial rewards. This video will give you a rundown on how the AUSWEB Partner Program works as well as how to add it to a CMS (WordPress in this case)

In the opening of John Chamber’s keynote at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, he stated that “Cloud and Mobile will change the service

[wired.com]: Google announced on Monday that it would pay $1 million in cash awards to anyone who can hack its Chrome browser during its Pwnium security challenge next week in Vancouver at the CanSecWest conference. Read the full article on Wired here

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Dodo’s chief yesterday confirmed that the ISP played a big role in the outage affecting millions of fixed and mobile internet connections across the country midday yesterday. “What it looks like has happened … is a very minor hardware failure on one of the routers that has caused some big issues between ourselves and Telstra

Since approximately 2pm AEST, Telstra has been experiencing a nationwide transit issue causing major routing table changes throughout the network. Telstra @Telstra (Twitter) (Service Update) As you have noticed some of you may be experiencing intermittent internet access. this is being investigated as a priority. UPDATE (3:15 AEST): Telstra have announced that the issue has