by: Chris Hudson
10 July, 2009
NO, there is NO LIMIT on the number of domains you can host on your Intrahost web host account.
In practice, there is a limit to the disk space provided with each account and as each web site would take up more space eventually you would run out of space.
However, you can simply upgrade to a web hosting package offering more disk space when you need it.
But please note that, for example, even our ”value” Linux cPanel account comes with a generous allowance of 1.5Gb (1500Mb) of hard disk space.
by: Chris Hudson
8 July, 2009
H2O Networks have begun the installation in Sheffield of a city-wide, fibre-optic network in city’s sewers.
The fibre-optic network will total over 15km in length in a ring around Sheffiield and provide the South Yorkshire city with broadband speeds of up to 100Mbps.
H20 Networks merely provide the superfast infrastructure, ISPs will act as agents to deliver the actual broadband connections to the consumers of Sheffield.
The network should be complete by September. However, no ISP provider has yet been appointed.
Sheffield is one of five cities in the UK with a data centre where Intrahost has server colocation facilities.
by: Chris Hudson
7 July, 2009
According to Sedo, the internet domain name auction company, the average domain name sale price has increased from £1,282 to £1,757 in just twelve months.
Nora Nanayakkara, director of Business Development at Sedo, is quoted in the UK’s Daily Telegraph saying,
“With the credit crunch many customers are looking to save money and are turning to the internet and price comparison sites. Buy buying up domain names – especially catchy names – companies are trying to garner the audience online that they have lost on the high street.”
“Domain names have fared very well, compared with asset classes, especially property. They are a good investment for some people.”
The cost of registering a domain name through Intrahost is merely £7.99, but Sedo specialise in the domain name “aftermarket” where existing domain names are bought, sold and auctioned.
The value of these domain names to businesses and investors (a practice known as domaining) depends on many, many factors, from the age of the domain, the number of letters in the domain, the TLD, right through to the sound, or visual appeal of the domain name (think, Bing, Google and Zing!)
Domains may have value because of a celebrity sharing the name (often called cybersquatting) or because of breaking news - within a couple of days of the death of Michael Jackson over 3400 domain names featuring the words “Michael” or “Jackson” were registered. Many would be by fans looking to create a tribute website but many would also be looking for domain names which may cash in on the singer’s celebrity and early death.
Not all websites will be valued at over £100 let alone £1757 but if you do your homework and read around the topic of domaining money can still be made. The most valuable and competitive market is in the .com domain names, with over 85,000,000 registered.
The obvious, single-word .com domain names have long since been registered and now command top dollar prices, especially if commerce-related. The average value of domains sold are boosted by these occasional one-off sales such as candy.com ($3,000,000) and toys.com (5,100,000) which both occurred in the last year.
I will be bringing you an article featuring some of the top websites for getting inspiration for domain names next week but even without those you can still use your imagination and some simple rules to come up with ideas.
You can order your domain name with Intrahost; don’t worry you don’t have to create a website just because you bought a domain name as an investment (though it may enhance its value if you did). If you buy a domain name through Intrahost it will host a standard webpage showing that your domain name is registered with them
Ready to give domaining (investment) a go?
Here are some basic rules: choose .com as a preference, then .org and then .net; keep it as short as poss (all two, three, and four-letter domains have gone), try to 
avoid hyphens and numbers. Search for your domain name here.
Don’t worry if you can’t fulfill all the above rules, I was offered £850 for a .co.uk domain name with three numbers in it. The value of a domain name, like the value of any commodity, is the price that someone else is willing to pay for it.
If you want a domain name for your business rather than investment and it is aimed at UK customers then choose .co.uk names as a preference. Remember you can own more than one domain name for your business and alter the records to have them all point to the same website.
by: Chris Hudson
Palm have chosen O2 as their Palm Pré carrier for the 2009 launch in the UK.
Their choice appears to have been influenced by the fact that Telefónica, who own O2, have the rights to the Pré in Ireland, Germany and Spain.
As O2 are the exclusive carrier of the Apple iPhone in the UK it seems strange that Palm would have chosen a company to carry its smartphone that must have be subject conflicting interests. It is difficult to serve two masters.
O2 have been the subject of criticism from UK iPhone users over the recent release of the iPhone 3GS.
Their response to a request for an upgrade path from 3G users was to “pay up your existing contract in full”.
In the US Apple announced that the exisitng 3G phone would immediately cost just US$99, but O2’s price for the old technology remained unchanged at US$154 on an eighteen month contract.
Presently, there is no pricing available for the Palm Pré, either on monthly contracts or pay as you go. But as O2 has both contracts there is little incentive to differentiate in price between the two products.
In the US, Palm chose Sprint and Apple were already with AT&T. The iPhone is about US$20 a month more expensive on similar contracts in the US and so we await with interest to seem whether Palm’s UK exclusive deal will “benefit” UK consumers.
The Palm Pré will be released in the UK in late 2009.
Here are a few basics of the Palm Pré:
by: Chris Hudson
6 July, 2009
Twitter have admitted that they have accidentally suspended a number of twitter accounts and they have also taken the unusual step of exonerating the 3rd party service Tweetlater from any complicity in the mistake.
Unsubstantiated reports are saying that as many as 100,000 accounts may have been affected, including a number of high profile accounts which are already back online.
Here’s Twitter’s statement:
“Earlier today, we accidentally suspended a number of accounts.
We regret the human error that led to these mistaken suspensions and we are working to restore the affected accounts—we expect this to be completed in the next several hours.
One additional note: some the accounts suspended were using the third-party site Tweetlater. However, Tweetlater is not to blame for these suspensions nor is it in violation of our Terms”.
If you don’t want to rely on Twitter automatically unsuspending your account you can contact Twitter through either their Twitter Spam account (if you have access to another account or create one) or by sending a request through their Customer support system.
by: Chris Hudson
If your Apple iPhone 3G or 3GS has been misbehaving during the recent sunny weather it may be because you’ve been using it in temperatures of over 95°F (35°C).
The iPhone can be stored in temperatures a little higher, up to 113°F (45°C) but beware, temperatures in cars can easily reach 140°F, even in the UK.
If you do use your iPhone at or above these limits you will find battery-life shortened and the iPhone may stop working altogether.
This is normal were the temperature inside the iPhone has gone beyond these limits; the iPhone will attempt to regulate its internal temperature to protect the components of the phone from damage.
Symptoms of these attempts include:
If you think your iPhone is affected then simply turn off your iPhone and put it somewhere cooler, away from direct sunlight.
Think ahead, if you place it on a desktop in the shade remember the sun moves and it could end up back in direct sunlight again! Don’t put it in a drawer, the heat will be trapped and it will take longer to cool down. Find somewhere open, where the air can get to your iPhone, away from the sunlight.
Although the iPhone can be stored at -20°C we don’t recommend sticking in the freezer for half an hour!
An important point - even if you get the “iPhone needs to cool down before you can use it” message you may still be able to make emergency calls.
by: Chris Hudson
3 July, 2009
The developers of Facebook for iPhone 3.0 have announced that it is about 98% complete and due for release to the App Store very soon.
The developers say that this major update to their popular iPhone app includes:
1. A new News Feed
2. Ability to “Like”
3. Events with the capability to reply to the invite
4. Pages
5. Notes
6. Ability to create new photo albums
7. Upload photos to any album
8. Zoom into photos
9. Easier photo tagging
10. Profile Pictures albums
11. A new home screen for easy access to all your stuff, search, and notifications
12. Add your favorite profiles and pages to the home screen
13. Better Notifications which link to the comments so that you can reply
14. Quickly call or text people right from the Friends page
15. Messages you are typing will be restored if you quit or are interrupted by a phone call.
The only disappointment for fans is their confirmation that Push Notifications will not make it to version 3.0. However, it will be in the 3.1 update which is also planned for this summer.
The free download of the current version 2.5 of Facebook for iPhone is still available
by: Chris Hudson
2 July, 2009
Microsoft has today pulled the Internet-only ad, featuring Dean Cain, designed to emphasise the advantage of Internet Explorer 8’s private browsing feature (called InPrivate Browsing).
Why?
One of the world’s biggest companies, with millions of dollars in their advertising budget, brought together top advertising creative minds and thought that a woman puking on her husband would make IE8 just an unmissable experience…
And they say Apple has all the cool ads!
Well here’s the ad (known as O.M.G.I.G.P.), see what you think…
Despite being directed by comedian/actor Bobcat Goldthwait, frankly, it is so amateurishly bad even Superman couldn’t save that one…
It also seems to imply that if you’re aware that your husband likes to download porn so revolting you can’t bear to look at it then you need our product! Exactly what market research came up with that target demographic?
Maybe it is so bad that the InPrivate Browsing (soon to be know as Honey, I’ve Hidden the Pornography From The Kids) feature will become the best known aspect of IE8?
by: Chris Hudson
Mozilla announced yesterday that it already has plans to release the first patch for Firefox 3.5 in mid-to-late July.
Firefox 3.5
Mozilla similarly produced a quick bug fix for Firefox 3.0 within a month of its release.
The Firefox 3.5.1 patch will fix both bugs and, what Mozilla call, “topcrashes”.
Topcrashes are the most often recorded crashes reported to it thorough the built-in reporting system.
Remember the dialogue box that appears on screen when Firefox crashes - that’s where the “topcrashes” come from.
You can download British Firefox 3.5 for Mac, Windows and Linux if you are a new user, or if you are an existing user of Firefox 3, just go to the “Help” menu item and select “Check for updates” from the frop down menu.
