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Business hosting provider LeaseWeb, in collaboration with Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), has announced a new low-cost dedicated hosting service targeted at small and midsize businesses. LeaseWeb Dedicated Windows Express Server allows customers to be online within 24 hours with a proprietary start-up server and broadband package. Dedicated hosting -- as opposed to shared -- offers companies a complete system without the threat of negative performance caused by other users. The Windows platform guarantees continuity of the solution through upgrades. LeaseWeb's network has been shown to have a realized uptime of 99.99 percent, according to a WatchMouse study in 2006. LeaseWeb is based in the Netherlands with offices throughout Europe and in New York. « Back to Critical News « Get more advice every month.
Host Color Adds ModX Ajax CMS to Web Hosting Plans
Host Color (http://www.hostcolor.com), a global web hosting provider, announced today it has added MODx, an Ajax based CMS to its web hosting services. The CMS is now part of "PowerTools", companys branded website service package which includes 20 useful software applications. The web hosts customers can activate any of them with a single click in their hosting control panel.
MODx is an open source based content management system (CMS) which allows site owners to organize and control their online content with convenience. Developers say that MODx is 100% buzzword compliant and makes childs play of building content managed sites with validating, accessible CSS layouts - hence Ajax CMS".
"Weve added MODx to hosting plans because it is a truly great tool. Using this CSM anyone can build elegant and functional Web 2.0 site.
Del Norte seeking reliable Internet
A study for rural broadband connectivity is making its way to Crescent City, which could quell service disruption problems. Redwood Coast Connect is inviting the public to attend a meeting on making broadband more accessible to Del Norte from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Thursday in the Cultural Center. There will be a short presentation before the meeting opens for public comment. Redwood Coast Connect is conducting a study to see where broadband services are needed and wanted in Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino and Trinity Counties. The project's purpose is to identify opportunities for broadband development in the rural counties. California Emerging Technology Fund, with a consortium of regional funders, awarded Redwood Coast Connect $500,000 to determine supply and demand. Redwood Coast Connect will also be handing out paper surveys and doing random phone surveys this month.
West Coast Conference Tournament Preview
Omar Samhan is a beast down low at both ends of the floor. The Gaels have a lot of offensive options. Contender: If Gonzaga or St. Mary's don't reach the final, San Diego is the team most likely to dethrone them. The Toreros have won 10 of their last 12 games, and their three losses in WCC play were all to the Bulldogs or Gaels. One more thing: the conference tournament is San Diego, which immediately gives the Toreros an advantage. Brandon Johnson is one of the best guards in the conference, and Gyno Pomare is a very good scorer and rebounder down low.Sleeper: Considering no one outside of the aforementioned three finished above .500, the pickings are slim for a legitimate sleeper. However, Santa Clara could potentially be a threat. The Broncos lost four of their last six games, but they have one of the best big men in the country in John Bryant.
The Chronicle Local News Blog
Henry K. Lee is liveblogging the Hans Reiser murder trial. See all his Chronicle articles on the case here and all his blog entries here. 4 p.m. Hans Reiser has finished his third day on the stand. We won't be back in session until Monday, March 17 (St. Patrick's Day) because of Judge Larry Goodman's previously scheduled vacation. The judge wished the jurors well and gave his standard admonition for them to avoid all media accounts and to not conduct any independent investigations. Until then, check out the blog of former Alameda County Public Defender Jay Gaskill, with detailed legal analysis of the case, David Kravets' Wired reports on the trial and TruTV's (formerly CourtTV) "In Session" discussions about the case. 2:13 p.m. Judge Larry Goodman welcomed the jury back from lunch.
Virtual Assistant Operates on a 'pay as you go' Basis
For a growing segment of professionals who are building a small to medium sized business, work means never having to set foot in an office or utter a single face-to-face hello to their colleagues. From a home in Stalybridge, Cheshire, and from other homes throughout the UK, hundreds of people, including Helen Byrne, are helping businesses throughout the world as a virtual assistant, also known as VA.
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Machete gang attack leaves man with severed hand
ESSEX police are urging parents with children who might have returned home covered in blood last night to contact them after a man's hand was almost severed in a machete attack. The 27-year-old man was attacked by a group of teenagers who chased him and one of them attacked him with the machete. The incident happened late on Friday night on Eastham Estate in Brentwood The teenagers are described as white, in their teens and wearing hoodies. .
What's new for travelers in Germany, Scandinavia
In June, several Swiss and Austrian cities, including Zurich and Bern, will host the Euro 2008 soccer championships (see schedule at www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/index.html). Expect crowds.
Zermatt's former Alpine Museum, now renamed the Matterhorn Museum, has been rebuilt as a glass-dome-covered quasi-archaeological dig, featuring old buildings of Zermatt's past. (If you ever need to say "glass-dome-covered quasi-archaeological dig" in German, that's "Glaskuppelverdecktquasiarchaologischeausschachtung.")
Lausanne's funicular, connecting the lakefront with the upper part of town, should be finished by the end of 2008 (until that time, a bus covers the route).
Scandinavia
In Copenhagen, Denmark, the helpful Use-It tourist information center is closing, leaving visitors at the mercy of the for-profit "Copenhagen Right Now" franchise (which deceptively presents itself as a tourist information service).
Masdar Institute of Science and Technology appoints academic leader as ...
The Masdar Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) is a key element of the Masdar Initiative, Abu Dhabi's multi-billion dollar, multi-faceted response to the need for a global focus on alternative energy and sustainability. MIST will be the first graduate-level, research-driven scientific institution in the region, and its role within Masdar will make it unique in the global academic community. The MIST campus will be a centerpiece of the Masdar Zone Development located in the heart of the integrated 'green community' near the Abu Dhabi airport. The Institute will offer master's and doctoral-level degree programs focused on the science and engineering of advanced energy and sustainable technologies. MIST is being developed in cooperation with the world-renowned Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), which will leverage its broad international experience to assist Masdar in establishing a sustainable, homegrown academic and scientific research institute.
Last Call: Tessera up on lawsuit update
The patents relate to chip packages, which carry electrical signals between chips and computers and protect the chips from contamination. The stay was granted at the request of the respondents, which include Motorola Inc., Qualcomm Inc., Freescale Semiconductor and ATI Technologies, a unit of Advanced Micro Devices Inc. Tessera shares added $1.59, or 11.5 percent, to $15.41 in afternoon trading. Over the last year, the stock has traded between $11.11 and $46.43. Copyright 2007 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. .
Party like it's Day 366
Advance tickets are available at Freestone's City Grill, 41 William St., or can be reserved via e-mail at jarradnunes@gmail.com. Did you know that New Bedford's Medal of Honor recipient, Sgt. William H. Carney, was a Leap Day baby? The Martha Briggs Educational Club Inc. is hosting a Black History Month event to celebrate his birthday from 8 to midnight tonight at the YWCA Southeastern Massachusetts' Levi Standish House, 20 S. Sixth St., New Bedford. Sgt. Carney was born a slave Feb. 29, 1840, in Richmond, Va. He and his father escaped to New Bedford via the Underground Railroad, later buying the remainder of the family out of slavery. Carney served as a sergeant in Company C of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry and fought in the assault on Fort Wagner in Charleston, depicted in the movie "Glory." Sgt.
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