About Alan Burns

• Solar powered notebook netbook

  

  Posted on 03 Jul 2011 by Alan Burns

  Samsung is about to launch the NC215S solar-powered netbook this August. Samsung claims it’s the world’s first portable cocmputer with a solar panel integrated into the lid. The NC215S netbook will be released first in Russia. T...read more

• Most popular domains

  

  Posted on 30 Jun 2011 by Alan Burns

  As I reported in a recent post, late next year the flood of new domain suffixes will begin, due to recent decisions by Internet body ICANN. To commemmorate what may soon be seen as “the good old days” of 22 top-level domains (no...read more

• How to create personal nameservers

  

  Posted on 27 Jun 2011 by Alan Burns

  Are you ready to create your own personal nameservers? I recently covered the benefits of personal nameservers and wrote that I wouldn’t want to manage my multiple domains, and those of my clients, without them. Today I’ll summa...read more

• Wave of new domain names coming

  Posted on 25 Jun 2011 by Alan Burns

  Dot-com will soon have plenty of competition. Under new rules approved this week, top-level domains could be almost anything, such as .guitar, .tofu and .halibut. ICANN, the Internet body overseeing domain names, voted to open up the top-le...read more

• Would you like a side of virus with your Big Mac?

  Posted on 23 Jun 2011 by Alan Burns

  Today I received the following e-mail message: Subject: Don’t miss The Free Five-Course Breakfast Day From: “Your McDonalds” Hello. McDonalds invites you to The Free Supper Day which will take place on 23 June, 2011, in ev...read more

• Personal nameservers streamline multiple domains

  Posted on 20 Jun 2011 by Alan Burns

  For those of you with your own domain names, a few questions: Do you host multiple domain names? Do you resell hosting to clients? Have you ever moved to a new server or web host, and had to spend time at your domain registrar changing name...read more

• Content management systems attract hackers

  Posted on 17 Jun 2011 by Alan Burns

  Last year I wrote an article on the importance of keeping your scripts updated. I was reminded of that this week when a fellow WebHostingBuzz client and forum member had his site hacked. The hackers attached the client’s site via a se...read more

• Kinect gaming system helps Toronto surgeons

  

  Posted on 15 Jun 2011 by Alan Burns

  Surgeons at Sunnybrook hospital in Toronto, Canada, are using video game technology as an aid in surgery. Using Microsoft’s Xbox platform and the hands-free Kinect controller, surgeons access medical images such as X-rays, MRIs and CT...read more

• Radio streaming to your mobile device

  

  Posted on 13 Jun 2011 by Alan Burns

  I’m a big fan of Internet radio and streaming music. While I have a large music collection on vinyl, CD and digital, I like the serendipity of not knowing what will play next. Listening to such streams, I’ve often discovered art...read more

• Are you a trivia buff? Win prizes from WebHostingBuzz!

  Posted on 10 Jun 2011 by Alan Burns

  WebHostingBuzz will run a trivia contest on Twitter starting tomorrow. We’ll offer Adwords vouchers, Amazon & iTunes coupons so stay tuned! The contest begins Tuesday, June 14th at 2:00 p.m. EST (1800 GMT/UTC), running for two wee...read more

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