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Matt Mullenweg, the founder of Automattic and one of the creators of the blogging platform WordPress, announced recently that his company had become a fully accredited registrar (#1531). This means that it can now register domains on its own without a middle man, such as GoDaddy-owned Wild West Domains, their previous partner in such matters. [...]

Most people who get a brand-new VPS or dedicated server soon realize that they have way more hosting account than they really need, at least on a day-to-day basis. That means room to spare to your friends and family, right? So, without a second thought, you agree to take a few of them on your [...]

We’ve talked before about easy ways to save money while looking for hosting but the truth is that hosting companies usually make it much easier to overspend than to save money. The reason is quite obvious: hosting is a business and hosting companies are going to do everything they can to maximize what they get [...]

When it comes to domain names, most people are familiar with all the popular top level domains (TLDs), including .com, .net and .org. They are literally everywhere on the Web. Then there are the more rare but still-common TLDs such as .us, .ly and .to that most people will see regularly. And let’s not forget [...]

When sex columnist and blogger Violet Blue registered the domain “vb.ly” she didn’t anticipate too many problems. Though she was converting the domain into a “sex-positive” URL shortener, one where users could post NSFW links (though didn’t have to), it didn’t seem like that serious of a deal. She was already well-experienced in hosting adult [...]

Keeping a site going for a long period of time can be very difficult; getting it shut down can be all too easy. Though most Web hosts, especially ones you pay for, are going to do what they can to keep you on as a customer, there are many ways that you can earn yourself [...]

In a recent blog post, Google announced that it has made several improvements to Google Webmaster Tools (GWT), Google’s tool suite for site administrators. Though the changes might not be enough to help webmasters unlock the Da Vinci Code that is Google, it can certainly help them track and understand what is working and what [...]

Cryptome, a site dedicated to whistle-blowing and leaking sensitive documents on the Web, was hacked this week. Its front page was defaced (there’s a NSFW image here) and, according to the site’s administrators, some 7GB of data was deleted from the server, including all of the leaked files. According to reports, at least two different [...]

I’ve talked before about how a host/client relationship is a partnership. As customers, we spend a lot of time dreaming up ways our hosts could treat us better (faster, more reliable hosting with good service and fair pricing), but have you ever spared a second to consider what your host thinks of you, the customer? [...]

An .xxx top level domain (TLD) is on its way according to ICM Registry, a domain registrar similar to GoDaddy or Tucows. Earlier this summer, after several rejections, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), approved the new TLD. ICM say they’ll be selling domains with the “.xxx” extension sometime in early 2011, [...]