Month: August 2008

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Top 3 Hosting Picks

1. MediaTemple

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  • php 4 and 5
  • mysql (mysql 5 coming soon)
  • 1000 imap / pop email accounts
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  • 100 GB storage
  • host up to 100 sites on one account (grid server)
  • Cool Feature: Redundant hosting (not shared)

2. LunarPages

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  • 24/7 phone support
  • php 4 and 5
  • mysql 4 and 5
  • imap / pop email accounts
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  • host unlimited sites on one account
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3. Dreamhost

  • Starts at $10.95 per month (as low as 5.95 if you utilize current 10 yr promotion)
  • 24/7 Email support
  • php 4 and 5
  • mysql 4 and 5
  • imap / pop email accounts
  • 5,000 GB bandwidth
  • 500 GB storage
  • host unlimited sites on one account
  • Cool Feature:WebDav

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Back Up a Web Server

So you’re a good little monkey and you have a backup strategy for all your local PCs. Perhaps you use rsync, Time Machine or similar backup software mirroring your files to external drives on a regular basis. That is some safe thinking that deserves a nice big pat on the back. But wait, what about your remote web server? More>>

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Cheap Catalyst Could Turn Sunlight, Water Into Fuel

A new catalyst makes it feasible to split water with solar power.
MIT chemists say the catalyst, used in conjunction with cheap photovoltaic solar panels, could lead to inexpensive, simple systems that use water to store the energy from sunlight.

In the process, the scientists may have cleared the major roadblock on the long road to fossil fuel independence: Reducing the on-again, off-again nature of many renewable power sources.

The catalyst enables the electrolysis system to function efficiently at room temperature and at ordinary pressure. Like a reverse fuel cell, it splits water into oxygen and hydrogen. By recombining the molecules with a standard fuel cell, the O2 and H2 could then be used to generate energy on demand. More>>

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Radio Signal Detected from Beyond Solar System

On the evening of July 28th, the Indlebe Radio Telescope, situated on the Steve Biko campus of the Durban University of Technology, successfully detected its first radio source from beyond the solar system. A strong signal was detected from Sagittarius A, the centre of the Milky Way Galaxy, approximately 30 thousand light years away.

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