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Peer 1, a web hosting company, has launched in the UK today, hoping to cater to the demands of small and medium businesses. Peer 1 is the number one hosting firm in Canada, and is among the top five in the US. 
 

Peer 1 outstrips its rivals in the web hosting industry because of its own network. UK managing director Dominic Monkhouse, said "If you have a high-performance web site running...

Managed hosting provider Rackspace has launched a new web site designed to answer enterprise customers’ questions about cloud computing. The firm’s Cloud Clinic features FAQs, news and articles, video presentations and a ‘top 10 cloud myths’ section, among other resources.

Rackspace chief strategy officer Lew Moorman explained that some customers need to be taught that cloud storage is perfect for large files such as videos and photos, but not for databases or when super high-speed access is essential; similarly,...

In the largest cybersquatting judgment ever, a federal court in the Northern District of California has awarded Verizon $33.15 million (£22.5 million) from an Internet domain registration company that registered hundreds of domains using Verizon trademarks.

OnlineNIC, a company based in San Francisco, had registered at least 663 domain names in its campaign against Verizon. Some were identical to Verizon brands, others were close enough to potentially confuse customers or anyone who...

Google has reaffirmed its commitment to net neutrality, following reports last week that it had been seeking preferential treatment from broadband providers to generate an internet ‘fast lane’ for its own content.
The reports implied that Google had offered large US phone and cable companies money in return for privileged network access. The revenue gained by the broadband providers would help them cope with the growing cost of internet traffic, according to the reports.

Richard Whitt Google’s head...

Well-known brands are flocking to snap up .tel top level domains, according to registry operator Telnic.
The company said that it has already received thousands of applications for domains in the mobile-optimised contacts directory for the internet.

"Trademark owners have obviously got the message that .tel is a huge departure from .com-type domains that host web content, and is instead an innovative platform for communications. We are delighted to see applications from such a breadth of businesses and categories worldwide," said Khashayar Mahdavi,...

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has opened its online database service for public beta testing and said a certain level of usage will be free, at least for now.
Amazon SimpleDB, a Web service providing core database functions such as indexing and querying, will be free for at least the next six months under the public beta that started Monday, the company said.

AWS also reduced the price for structured data storage through...

A campaign to persuade more young people to enter the IT industry was launched today with a particular focus on getting more girls to consider a career in the sector. The BigAmbition project is the brainchild of IT skills body e-skills UK and is sponsored by the South East England Development Agency (SEEDA).
Karen Price, chief executive of e-skills UK, explained that there is a disconnect between students loving technology, gadgets...

Google is underwriting a conference in Silicon Valley on October 10, also known as  BarCamp Africa, which centers on Africa’s IT advancement. The event is anticipated to deliberate on way to aid Africa and how to provide Americans greater awareness on the continent.

BarCamp Africa will be publicly aired involving virtual participation through tweeting, blogging, streaming, photos posted on Flickr, video and audio recording, as well as a conference wiki. A question-and-answer portion...

US court papers have told us what we already know Facebook is not worth $15bn. Papers released today confirm the social networking site to be worth $3.5bn. Microsoft who valued the business at $15bn when they made thier $240million investment for 1.6%.

The owners of ConnectU have accused Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg of stealing their idea, and in March, the two firms reached a secret agreement involving cash and shares. But ConnectU later backed...