Related Podcast Link: Listen to Episode 112!

It has been a while since we covered the latest happenings from around the wild and wacky world of web hosting so I figured I’d take a break from the how to and help to let you know what exactly has been going on out there.

Hosting Headline #1

Web Host Drops Celebrity Blog – Web hosting provider Crucial Paradigm has dropped celebrity blogger Perez Hilton’s Web site, after the Web host sent numerous warnings to the site’s administrator claiming that the site was in violation of copyrighted celebrity images.

Good for Perez Hilton. I am sure there would be a great number of web hosts out there that would be willing to pick him up at any given moment. Perez is claiming that the photos he uses are all under the protection of “fair use” so I don’t see where the issue might be here.

Hosting Headline #2

Internet2 Uses Level 3 Network – Telecommunications provider Level 3 Communications’ Business Markets Group announced on Tuesday that the Internet2 nationwide, dedicated network services backbone is operational. The new 100Gbps network increases the bandwidth and scalability to deliver emerging applications for the Internet2 research and education community.

Well, at least they aren’t calling it Internet 2.0. I think the Internet2 concept it still a long ways away but it is nice to see it is still slowly progressing.

Hosting Headline #3

SherpaHost Prepares for iPhone Debut – Web hosting provider SherpaHost announced on Monday that the demand for .mobi domain name extensions has increased because of the growing anticipation over the Apple iPhone’s debut on June 29.

I don’t really understand where you can put one and one together and make two out of this. The iPhone will be able to view any web page and doesn’t “need” the .mobi extension. Reason number 2,564 why the .mobi domain name was a stupid idea from the start.

Have an interesting ‘bit of news or headline to share?