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NameCheap Blocks Domain Name Registrations that Include “Coronavirus: or “Vaccine”
NameCheap, the domain registration portal, has now banned registrations for domains containing “Coronavirus” or “Vaccine”. Related words that were banned include “COVID” or “COVID19” or other variations. The reason that NameCheap has banned domains with vaccine or COVID in the title is ...
Cloudflare’s Bandwidth Alliance Providing Free Services for All
In the midst of the coronavirus, the cloud hosting provider, Cloudflare, is offering its services free of charge. It has created a new hub with the assistance of Microsoft, Cisco, Google, GoToMeeting, and others for this purpose. It is called OpenForBusiness.Org. The mission statement ...
HahuCloud: The Leading Web Hosting Service in Ethiopia
According to a local survey taken in Ethiopia, HahuCloud has now become a leading web hosting service in the nation. It has been emerging as such for some time now due to its great speed and quality service. A lot of different plans have been made available by the web hosting service provider to ...
Rackspace Expands Its Presence to the Middle East; Terms It “Easy” Move
Rackspace is one of the biggest cloud hosting providers in the world. It’s certainly one of the oldest and most well-known ones as well. The company has decided to expand beyond its offices in Asia, Europe, and Australia to the Middle East and Africa. Simon Crawley-Trice, VP Global Solutions ...
Daniel’s Hosting – a Dark Web Hosting Provider – Shuts Down After Hack
Daniel’s Hosting, one of the most popular dark web hosting providers in the world, has been shut down. The shutdown entailed the deletion of 7,600 dark web portals after the second hack in 16 months. The hacker apparently deleted the entire database of the web hosting portal, which resulted in ...
GoDaddy’s Uniregistry Acquisition Shakes up the Investor Landscape
In February 2020, GoDaddy acquired Uniregistry for $196.9 million. It was one of the largest deals in web hosting history. Also included in the acquisition is the South African startup Over, which mainly deals in social content, as well as Frank Schilling’s domain name portfolio. These ...
Microsoft Releases Azure Sphere to the Public
In a recent blog post, Microsoft announced the availability of Azure Sphere – a secure IoT platform – for the public. The Azure Sphere platform focuses on three specific areas, which include microcontroller units, secure OS and cloud security services. The OS is Linux-based and the cloud security ...