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UK VPS hosting and Dedicated Server specialist, (www.ServerChoice.com), has announced a new offer to allow customers to switch from any shared hosting package to Virtual Private Server (VPS) hosting with no risk. The company will offer the first three months on any VPS hosting product for free, in addition to free setup on all VPS accounts.

GoDaddy.com, the world's dominant Web hosting domain registrar, is now competing in the online retail space with Go Daddy Marketplace. This virtual mall affords vendors a simple pricing structure - a flat fee commission and affordable lifetime membership. This means vendors don't have to calculate different revenue formulas, deal with shifting fees or renew spiraling membership dues.

Pride Hosting (www.hostwithpride.com), a new UK web host specialising in affordable ecommerce and professional web hosting, has launched today, offering 20GB of diskspace, unlimited bandwidth, the ability to host unlimited domain names and email accounts, 60 free software applications, and a free domain name, all for £7.95 (or about $11.50) a month, as well as the chance to win a free Nintendo Wii.

Google has launched Google Ventures, a new venture capital fund that will invest in innovative startup companies, including health care, IT, consumer Internet products and biotechnology firms, Healthcare IT News reports. Rich Miner - co-founder of Android, a mobile platforms company acquired by Google in 2005 - and Bill Maris, who founded Web hosting pioneer Burlee.com, will serve as Google Ventures' managing partners. Miner and Maris, wrote on the Google Blog, "This is Google's effort to take advantage of our resources to support innovation and encourage promising new technology companies." They added, "Economically, times are tough, but great ideas come when they will. If anything, we think the current downturn is an ideal time to invest in nascent companies that have the chance to be the 'next big thing,

The provider of quality VPS Hosting (http://www.hostcolor.com/vps) Host Color said to web hosting media that it has increased the features of all Virtual Private Servers. The web host also announced that it has launched a coupon - VPS2009 - that offers 1 free service month with all virtual private servers. The coupon is valid until April 30 2009.

Proving the old proverb about March, "in like a lion, out like a lamb," the final week of March has been rather quiet in terms of sales and promotions, with a few exceptions. ResellerClub has chosen this week to cap off its birthday promotion, WebhostGIANT announced a half-off promotion, and Host Department is offering 20 off its shared hosting for Easter. ResellerClub Announces "Big Birthday Bash" On Wednesday, one of the world's largest registrars, ResellerClub (www.resellerclub.com), announced the start of its annual "Big Birthday Bash" promotion, running through the month of March until the 15th of April. Celebrating its third birthday, ResellerClub is offering .in domains for $3.99, .tel for $9.99, .mobi for $6.99, and .biz for $3.99 annually.

Nottingham, 7th Mar, 2009- IWI Hosting, a well known company in the field of web hosting offers web based services like web hosting, offshore software development and marketing on the Internet. This UK based leading web hosting outsourcing company's aim is to spreading its business all over the world. IWI Hosting.com, as the best web hosting provider has started affordable web hosting services, by keeping in mind the basic needs as well as the common concerns, which are faced by several online business units. The main purpose of this company is to define all the problems and resolve them with web-hosting services.

Drive Headquarters, Inc. (http://www.DriveHQ.com/), the leading Online Data Storage, Sharing, Backup, Synchronization and FTP Server Hosting service provider announced a new version DriveHQ FileManager 4.5, the flagship product for Online File Storage, Sharing and Folder Synchronization.

Data center and managed services provider Hosted Solutions (www.hostedsolutions.com) has completed more than $6 million in enhancements to its Boston data center in response to growing customer demand throughout New England.

Fasthosts Internet Ltd., home to more websites than any other UK provider, today rolled out an offer that provides 'Buy One, Get One Free' on domain names registered until 31 May 2009. Customers who register a .com domain, will receive a free .co.uk registration for 2 years. Fasthosts' offer, with no catches or ties, is a great opportunity for small businesses and organizations to expand their visibility online and better protect their brand identity for free.

The week ending April 9, 2009 was a diverse week in the world of web hosting offerings, with promotions ranging from Hivelocity using its Twitter feed for announcing giveaways, to LogicBoxes packaging free software with its platform, to Fasthosts giving away a free .co.uk domain with every .com purchase.

Celebrating its first birthday, Google App Engine (appengine.google.com) presented Java runtime support as a gift to developers, combining the simplicity of Google App Engine with the power and flexibility of the Java platform.

Web hosting domain registrar, GoDaddy.com, has been named 2009's "Best of the Best" technology company by Ranking Arizona, awarding Go Daddy as the "best" Manufacturing and Technology Company doing business in the state.

After taking credit for a deadly March 25 attack on coalition forces, a Taliban website claiming to be the voice of the "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan" was found to be hosted by Texas web host The Planet (www.theplanet.com).

Internet services company, Netcraft, has named Acens, Hosting 4 Less, ReliableServers.com and Swishmail as the most reliable hosting company sites in March 2009, with each site failing to respond to only two of the requests made by Netcraft's performance collectors

Dana wrote to the Gripe Line with a tale of woe regarding a Web hosting company. "I administer the Web site of a hair salon in Manhattan," she explained. "One year ago, the salon's domain name registrar - Mapname.com - demanded $80-per-domain renewal for the two domain names the previous site administrator had let lapse. The company claimed that the domain renewal itself was $7.95, and that the balance of the $80 was a 'late fee.'

"Web hosting is a rapidly changing technology. What that is available today will be in some other form tomorrow. Staying updated with the technologies of web hosting is an uphill task. With the introduction of Webhosting-Blog you don't have to climb uphill for knowing the updates in the web hosting world. All the updates, reviews and comparisons of the different web hosting plans will be available right in your finger tips", says Mr. Radu Antohi of Webhosting-Blog.com.

HostSearch.com provides unbiased information about web hosting providers and the web hosting industry. The site maintains the largest database of information about web hosts available and continually upgrades its service to ensure the information it provides meets the requirements of its visitors. The latest HostSearch version is a complete overhaul of the site, incorporating an entirely CSS-structured design that offers an intuitive, easy-to-use interface that guides visitors to the information they are looking for.

Web hosting domain registrar, GoDaddy.com, recently participated in the St. Petersburg, Florida Honda Grand Prix, for the third season in a row, sponsoring Danica Patrick. Ms. Patrick is the IndyCar Series' most popular driver. She was recently featured in Sports Illustrated's famous Swimsuit Edition for the second consecutive year. She also made history last year as the first woman to win an IndyCar Series race after taking the checkered flag in Motegi, Japan.

The three most reliable hosting websites over the past month have been named in a recent release from Netcraft. Acens, Hosting 4 Less, ReliableServers.com and Swishmail were the winners in the new survey.