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Web hosting is an absolute must for any website that wants to be visible to others on the internet. But of course, web hosting is not always plain sailing. It is not unheard of for the web hosting provider or the customer to experience some problems.  Read more...

I’ve met many people, both in the real world and via my online socialising, that have been fooled by this misconception that a proxy server can provide you with some privacy. Although I say it is a mistake, there is some small element of truth, perhaps just enough to be dangerous.

For let’s remember what a proxy server is and then examine the real attacks on your privacy.

Repairing computers can be incredibly high-priced. Everybody periodically faces problems that call for the support of an expert. However, there are some steps you can take to lower the cost of your impending repair.  Read more...

Every website owner must look for web hosting as it is a crucial part of any online business. Although there are some factors which should be avoided so it is important to be on the lookout. You can better avoid the many common mistakes that are made if you know what they are.  Read more...

We’ve been seeing little hints about the Samsung Instinct HD over the last month or two, and now there’s a little more: Accessories have begun arriving at Best Buy. We expect the handset to launch within a few days. [Engadget]

Read the whole story on Gizmodo

It’s been a busy year for Canon. Take the gorgeous new Digital IXUS 120 IS. Look familiar? If so, that’s because it’s visually almost identical to its predecessor, the IXUS 100 IS, which was launched in Canon’s spring collection just seven months ago.

While “the boring stuff,” — permitting and siting solar plants and transmission lines — might cause the biggest hurdles for Oakland, Calif.-based solar thermal startup BrightSource, the company doesn’t seem to have any trouble bringing in big backers. According to the New York Times, BrightSource will announce on Wednesday that the finance arm of construction giant Bechtel has taken an equity stake in the company’s first group of solar thermal plants called the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System. Bechtel will provide the construction and engineering for the solar projects, which will sell solar power to California utilities Pacific Gas & Electric and Southern California Edison.  Read more...

The week that took us from August to September was one for the books over at BoomTown, especially if you’re 12.  Read more...

A federal appeals court yesterday provided much-needed succor to Microsoft in its high-stakes legal duel with Canadian firm i4i. The latest judgement temporarily suspends the permanent injunction on the sale of Microsoft Word in its current patent-violating avatar. Microsoft’s Canadian adversary was granted the injunction last month by U.S. District Court Judge Leonard Davis. The Judge had found Word’s default file format, Office Open XML, to be in violation of i4i’s US patent number 5787449.

Microsoft has launched a Windows 7 sweepstakes on Twitter. Throughout the next seven weeks, @mswindows will be giving away various types of prizes somehow based on the number seven (seven pizzas, seven pounds of candy, and so on). The whole thing ends on October 22, 2009, when Windows 7 becomes generally available.  Read more...