Anti-piracy company tells Congress it can eliminate College P2P
SafeMedia Corp challenged colleges and universities to work to eliminate illegal P2P file-sharing of copyrighted material on campus networks in testimony before the House Committee on Science and Technology.
The House Committee on Science and Technology held a hearing today called "The Role of Technology in Reducing Illegal File-sharing: A University Perspective" which focused on the experiences of universities that have implemented technological measures to reduce P2P sharing on campus networks.
In his testimony, SafeMedia Corporation CEO and Founder, Safwat Fahmy, challenged
Host Gator, Dedicated, Reseller Web Hosting Firm, Moves to Houston, Debuts Blog
Houston, Texas - (The Hosting News) - June 8, 2007 - Shared, dedicated and reseller web hosting firm, Host Gator, has completed the relocation of its headquarters in Houston, Texas. In addition, Host Gator has debuted the launch of a new corporate blog, in prepration for the next stage of the company's growth.
The new offices are located a few minutes from downtown Houston, where the company has purchased a 4-story, 30,000 square foot building for $2.4 million. This state-of-the art facility features high levels of security, monitoring and expanded infrastructure to support Host Gator's customer service operations. The new location already houses 100 employees, and has the capacity to accommodate the company's plans to eventually expand its headcount up to 300. To date the new headquarters is currently handling hundreds of phone calls, thousands of tickets, and about one thousand live chats a day.
Included in the new staffing will be system administrators and webmasters of all technical levels. On the employee lifestyle side, Host Gator looks to keep its staff as happy as its customers with a casual work environment, including a gym, showers and assorted games such as a pool table, air hockey and ping pong. Pizza is free for staffers on Monday and Friday.
Brent Oxley, Chief Executive Officer of Host Gator remarked, ''We are extremely pleased to announce this major milestone. Host Gator has been growing at a rapid rate in the last few years. We felt moving to a major metropolitan area was the best way to meet all our staffing and infrastructure needs.''
Host Gator was previously based out of Boca Raton, Florida. A key reason for moving to Houston was the need to attract qualified staff. The high cost of living in Boca Raton discourages the type of young and technically knowledgeable employees Host Gator requires from living in the area. With the new headquarters, the company is already finding the right hires and is in the process of moving all remaining remote workers to Houston, most of who are now willing to relocate due to the more reasonable housing and living costs.
Pictures of the new offices can be seen on Host Gator's new blog ''Gator Crossing.'' The blog is designed to provide news and updates on the latest happenings at the company, while giving customers insight into its unique culture.
Mr. Oxley continued, ''The new blog is not a promotional tool, but rather a way for us to reach out and communicate with our valued customers and anyone interested in hosting. The Internet has changed how news is distributed, with sites such as Digg.com empowering the community to determine what is considered newsworthy. We hope to use these alternative channels to broaden the reach of our communication efforts.''
Host Gator is a provider of shared, dedicated and reseller web hosting services focused on the consumer and small business markets. Founded in 2002, Host Gator has become a leader in reseller hosting, assisting over 11,000 businesses become web hosting companies. Host Gator is home to 60,000 customers and over 600,000 web sites. Host Gator has offices in Houston, Texas and its data center operations are co-located out of The Planet's facility in Dallas, Texas, enabling it to access Tier-1 backbone providers such as UUNet, Sprint, Level 3, Global Crossing, Verio and AT and T. HostGator's shared hosting plans are supported by HostGator's 24/7/365 phone support, and comes with a 99.9% uptime and 30-day money-back guarantee.
Host Gator's new blog can be found at blog.hostgator.com.
For more information about Host Gator, please visit: www.hostgator.com.
SEO Chat Forums - My SEO is bad in Google, great in everything else!
Date: September 23rd, 2007 03:29 AM - sensei - Untitled Post: If you are doing multi-keyword attack then it can take a bit of time to see your work. I've seen this lately, I have several sites which wehere targetting 2-3 keywords with the homepages and just now, after more than 1 year, they star...
AMD Phenom 9600 Vs. Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600: Fight!
AMD Phenom 9600, ASUS M3A32-MVP, benchmarked, reviewed and rated.
Belkin adds desktop Skype phone
Belkin today introduced its new Desktop Internet Phone for Skype, which has an embedded Skype client for calling without needing a computer. Plug it into an Ethernet port on your Internet-connected LAN and you're ready...
eBay Changes Feedback Policy For Sellers
Online auction site eBay has begun to introduce changes in the feedback that sellers can leave about buyers. The changes were first announced in January.
Sellers on eBay are no longer allowed to leave neutral or negative comments about buyers on the site. eBay has also changed the way it calculates a member's positive feedback percentage score.
Commissioner Staples Travels To DC To Help Kick-Off 2008 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
The 42nd annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival celebrates some of the best of Texas this summer by featuring Texas winemakers and grape growers who will share their stories about the culture, spirit and personality behind the Texas wine industry. (PRWeb Jun 23, 2008)
Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/06/prweb1020654.htm
UNCIVILIZED CANDOR
'I SUPPOSE I am his mistress. It's wonderful, isn't it?" So said Britain's Marjorie Wal-lace, speaking about her relationship with The Earl of Snowdon. (I know - you thought it was Madonna, fessing up on A-Rod.) The Earl was not amused by his...
New Xbox 360 3D Dashboard Revealed for Fall Release
Microsoft today confirmed that the Xbox 360 will gain an entirely new 3D interface and dashboard via a downloadable system update available this fall. The system is set up like a 3D photo album, with large channel icons that include your Gamerscore, the disc tray, etc. A column of options inclu...
My Childhood Inspirations
Amy’s post about Captain Planet reminded me that I had some notes lying around for a post about my own childhood inspirations. They’re not all things that led to science, but one of them very obviously is, and the rest also contributed to who I am today, so you get them all. I grew [...] (Read on Source)
Meru Networks 'RF Barrier', pioneering first in securing wireless perimeter
... on peer-to-peer applications such as Skype, as well as application flows within end-to-end encrypted VPN tunnels Location-based policy enforcement, which implements security decisions based on the location from which ...
Intellicom Partner Discusses Communications Market
) Gold Partner and provider of outsourced technology solutions in Central Nebraska. Their services include server installation and support, complex network engineering, helpdesk, phone systems and ...
Archos' HSDPA-enabled PMPs set for unveiling
French consumer electronics maker Archos is getting set to unveil its sixth-generation portable media players (PMP), including the 606. The company has been developing the 3G data network capable PMP as part of the range for about six months now, and has reportedly hosted a press event in July that was believed to feature the new device....
Google outpaces search market growth
In July, U.S. searches rose 3 percent to 8 billion over the last year, according to Nielsen. But Google's searches in the U.S. increased faster at 16 percent.
Stay Remains in N.Y. Judges' Pay Lawsuit, Panel Rules
The stay of a June court order that gave the New York Legislature and governor 90 days to raise the pay of the state's 1,300 judges will remain in effect, a state appeals court has ruled. However, the Appellate Division, 1st Department has established an expedited schedule for its consideration of . The lead attorney for the four judges who sought to compel a raise called the expedited schedule a "very positive development."
Medizin: Jahrzehnte von Entdeckung zur Anwendung
Wenn ein Wirkstoff mit hohem Potenzial entdeckt wird, dauert es dennoch durchschnittlich 24 Jahre, bis er tatsächlich in der Behandlung von Patienten eingesetzt wird. Die Zeitspanne ist nicht nur deswegen so groß, weil langwierige Tests vor dem Einsatz am Menschen nötig sind, sondern auch, weil Erkenntnisse oft nicht zu den ma& ... (Read on Source)
Lenovo Launching Linux Netbooks
Lenovo clarifies its desktop Linux strategy, and reveals plans for Netbook sub-notebooks with Linux preinstalled. Netbooks are now the hot PC platform, and most Netbook vendors are betting on Linux. Here's why.
New Drug Arrests Alcohol Addiction in Rats
More than 15 million Americans drink too much, according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. New research on rats may help them curb that addiction. [More] (Read on Source)
Antitrust status conference on tap for Microsoft (CNET)
CNET - Microsoft and antitrust regulators will be back in federal court on Thursday, for a regularly scheduled status conference on the software giant's compliance with the final judgment order stemming from its historic consent decree.
Web Design Company: - How to Find The Right Web Design Company?
Web site design, should be such that it renders the site almost maintain ace free. It should also be user-friendly, with the most basic navigational concepts instilled and an interface that keeps brin...
Warum Trampelpfade vergesslich machen
Wer hat das noch nicht erlebt: Man möchte noch schnell zur Post, vergisst aber auf dem Weg zur Arbeit darauf. US-Forschern zufolge hat das mit der Konkurrenz zweier Hirnareale - Hippocampus und Striatum - zu tun. (Read on Source)
Oil falls over 4 percent as economic gloom darkens
LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices tumbled on Tuesday as a slide in global stock markets refocused attention on the prospect of widespread recession, which is likely to cut deep into oil demand in many developed economies.
U.S. food agency detains Chinese imports for testing
Products from China that contain milk will be held at the border until tests prove that they are not contaminated.
Estonian ISP Cuts off Control Servers for Srizbi Botnet (PC World)
PC World - An Estonian ISP that temporarily hosted the command-and-control servers for the Srizbi botnet, responsible for a large portion of the world's spam, has cut off those servers, according to computer security analysts.
Cisco's 'Medianets' Bank on New IP Video Apps
As video continues to grow in the enterprise and among consumers, Cisco coins a new term and a new architecture.
Mumbai's attacked hotels to reopen this weekend
The two five-star Mumbai hotels that were attacked and held under siege last month are taking reservations and will partially ...
Facebook Wants to 'Connect' to Your Blog (PC World)
PC World - Blogging just got more social: Facebook has launched its Connect Plugin Directory in addition to its Connect program. If you're a blogger, that means you can let your visitors comment on your site using their Facebook credentials. If you're a reader, once you comment using your Facebook details, you can have the comment automatically published on your Facebook newsfeed.
Small Molecules, Large Effect: How Cancer Cells Ensure Their Survival
Scientists have identified a molecular mechanism used by cancer cells to "defend" themselves against chemotherapeutics in an attempt to ensure their own survival. Both the messenger substance nitrogen monoxide (NO) and the protein survivin play a role in this.
The Wii Scream Heard Round the Blogosphere (PC World)
PC World - What is it about the Wii and video games and screaming kids that fascinates us? I'd sure love to ask the 108,911 folks who've viewed the YouTube clip below.
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