http://www.mediamechanic.net/webhostblog_view.php Webhosting News provided by Media Mechanic en-us 2010-02-09 19:09:46 Over the holidays, Media Mechanic installed a new project environment to better suite our client needs. We have upgraded our Live server, added an additional Development server, added new development stations and better integrated them all. 2009-05-15 13:15:11 Media Mechanic is pleased to announce our new Authorize.net payment gateway is fully installed and ready for business. Now when you sign up for hosting, purchase a domain name, or pay an invoice for web development services, you can select Authorize.net to insure a secure credit card transaction quickly, securely and easily. We accept Visa, Mastercard, Discover and AMEX. 2009-04-29 15:42:30 We are in the process of installing a brand new payment gateway to Media Mechanic. This will allow you to purchase domain names through our site as well as pay with a credit card via Authorize.Net.

We will announce when the install is complete. Thanks! 2008-12-31 18:39:49 The mobile device will be the primary access point to the internet by 2020, according to a new study from the Pew Internet & American Life Project. The shift will impact nearly every industry that relies on the web for business growth, interactive marketing notwithstanding. 2008-11-18 11:20:38 We will be performing scheduled maintenance on our server on November 18th @ 8:00 PM PT. During this time we will be upgrading our Apache web server to version 2.2.10 (from 1.3.4x). We will also be upgrading the operating system from CentOS 4.7 to CentOS 5.2. 2008-07-09 16:28:13 The Media Mechanic server is being upgraded to PHP 5 (versus currently running version 4) effective immediately. Click READ MORE to learn how this will impact you as a client of Media Mechanic. 2008-06-29 13:35:01 Calls it an Internet milestone
By Mike Sachoff

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has voted to approve lifting restrictions on the classification of domain names, allowing for new customized Web addresses. 2008-06-12 00:01:45 By Josh Quittner/San Fransico

"Take what man makes and use it,
But do not worship it,
For it shall pass."

An anonymous wit scratched those lines on the side of a junked car door and lugged it to a trail near my home in Northern California. The middle of a pristine, ancient redwood grove is the wrong place to find a rusted-out car door, but the words magically transformed the thing from an aggravating piece of junk into art. 2008-04-01 09:03:37 By Abby Prince - Mon, 03/31/2008 - 3:50pm.
Wow. Is it really happening? Are we really going to run out of IP addresses? The answer is yes, but the outlook isn't as bleak as it appears. 2008-03-20 12:27:09 The problem with the modern Web is that it's insecure and fixes may be a long time coming. 2008-03-20 12:23:48 33 million new domains were registered in 2007. Did you get one? 2008-03-20 12:22:23 It took several hours for Microsoft to get users of its Windows Live ID service back online. 2008-03-20 12:21:09 DNS gets scaled for the challenge ahead, as the Internet infrastructure giant works to similarly ready its other systems. 2008-02-19 08:43:29 Responding to an urgent e-mail about your compromised bank account is tempting, almost involuntary. That's exactly what phishers are counting on when they link you to a false site and pump you for personal details. 2008-02-01 10:22:07 High-technology services across large tracts of Asia, the Middle East and North Africa were crippled Thursday following a widespread Internet failure which brought many businesses to a standstill and left others struggling to cope.

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