Windows 7 released in UK

The latest version of Windows operating system from Microsoft, Windows 7 was released yesterday the 23rd of October. A month before the release Microsoft sold thousands of copies to eager Windows enthusiast who were keep to book a copy so that they can start using Windows7 as soon as it was released yesterday. The pre-released version sold out on Amazon almost immediately it was made available.
Queues were reported at leading High Street PC retail outlet PC World with Windows 7 enthusiast buying personal computers preloaded with Windows 7. A spokesperson for PC World said Windows 7 packages were selling at a rate of three per minute between midnight and 0100BST.

Windows 7 is build on a completely new architecture to previous version of Windows operating systems, unlike previous version of Windows, you cannot upgrade say Windows Vista to Windows 7, you have to format you computer, remove Vista completely and install Windows 7. Windows 7 is the most thoroughly tested version of Windows operating system ever.

Microsoft’s UK managing director Ashley Highfield said Windows 7 marked a “new dawn in Microsoft’s relationship with the consumer”.

“Windows 7 is much more than a collection of new features. We have listened to what consumers want and they want something that makes their lives easier,” said Mr Highfield.

The operating system has already been in beta testing among eight million official users, and a farther seven million unofficial testers have also used it.

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New Hosting Packages

Velnetweb has introduced three new hosting packages to replaced their existing hosting packages. The new hosting packages are Velnet Basic, Velnet Premium and Velnet Business. The new packages is said to simplify the ordering hosting from Velnet as some customers find the previous hosting packages, about six different packages in total a but confusing.

The star of their new hosting packages is the business premium which boasts of unlimited bandwidth and a very generous 400 MB of web hosting space. This is in addition to the usual things you can expect from a top end hosting on a Linux server which includes:

Technical Features

* Powerful UK Based Servers
We have very powerful UK based servers so your website will always run perfectly. Quad Intel Xeon Processors, SCSI Hard Drives, RAID6, 8GB RAM
* 24/7 Helpdesk Support
Our Online Helpdesk support team has highly skilled technicians who will fix any problem with your website in the shortest time possible
* 24/7 Server Monitoring
We have a server monitoring team that keeps an eye on our servers and in case there is any major problem they fix it as quickly as possible so you will have the least amount of downtime
* Linux Operating System
The Linux OS ensures that the servers are the most secure servers available, protecting your website from viruses and hackers
* 99.9% Server Uptime
The combination of the Linux OS, server monitoring team and support team ensures that the servers are always in top shape and the down times are almost nonexistent.
You can find the full features list of Velnet web hosting packages here.

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Halloween is hear again, it only comes once a year so why not make the maximum use of it? Apart from attending the usual halloween party on the 31st of October, why not register a really really scary domain name just for the fun of it?  I can register I-a-mAMonster .co.uk or myOtherCartIsAbroomStick .co.uk or any other perfectly scary domain name with Halloween feel to it. Velnetweb is offering you 10% discount off a domain name or web hosting, or even both a domain name and web hosting when you register or buy a hosting plan between now and the 31st of October 2009, the promotion code you need when you get to the checkout is Halloween .

Once you register your Halloween domain name there are various things you can do with it, you can build a website using website templates, you can install a blog software on the domain, you can install Joomla portal software or you can just park it for use at a later day. This Halloween offer expires in less than two weeks time so hurry while the offer last and snap up a scary domain name today.

Velnetweb provide efficient support to all our domain and hosting clients which includes helping you install script on your site free of charge. Our hosting packages come with fast UK based connection on RAID servers. If you need help to redeem your Halloween offer or anything else, please contact Velnet support. We look forward to welcoming you as a customer.

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If you are looking for way to sell your products online you have a number of e-commerce applications varying from very simple free shopping carts to the very complex and expensive ones. Some of these were compared here in a previous post.

There was a new addition to the shopping cart family, a low cost premium e-commerce application called Boss Cart Premium. Boss Cart included wide array of options and features that are important if you want an e-commerce website where you can sell your products. Boss Cart is designed to work with the most popular marketplaces as eBay and GoogleBase and it also has implemented a PayPal payment processing system so you can get the most out of your online shop. Below is an image on how Boss Cart Premium works together with these systems.

Some of the Boss Cart Features are:
* Quick and easy to set up.
* Powerful catalogue manager, manages over 10,000 products.
* Create your store look-and-feel or use one of our pre-designed templates.
* Integrate your online store with a payment gateway of your choice.
* Host your shop with the web hosting company of your choice.
* Extensive marketing and merchandising features, including social networking/marketing plug-in.
* Bulk product upload to make populating your store products easy.
* Export your products to Google base.
* Process orders online or offline.
* Calculates shipping, VAT and other costs.
* Product can be inclusive or exclusive of VAT.
* Stock level monitoring feature.
* Low stock level alert.
* Print invoices, packing lists and address labels
* Comprehensive sales statistic to know which products are selling well and which are not.
* Backup and restore feature.

Our friends at WebmasterServe have a competition where you can win a Boss Cart Premium license with one year free support. You can get more details and you can participate to the competition at WebmasterServe

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registry is about to open domain name registrations on a first-come, first-served basis, and if initial indicators are accurate, the .me domain names will move quickly as you have seen in the land rush application. The officially registration for first come first server begins July 17th, 2008

The .ME Registry concluded its land rush period in June 26th, 2008.  The 20-day time span was the first opportunity for the public to apply for .me domain names.  More than 80 different accredited registrars from 24 countries are offering the catchy domain extension.

“In the land rush already, applicants from around the world will be receiving some excellent domain names such as click-on.me, chatwith.me and optimize.me – illustrating just a few of the catchy names being awarded,” said Predrag Lesic, the registry’s executive director.  “This extension really does lend itself to creative and attractive names whether for business or personal use.”

Right now, the official Quiet Period is in effect. During this Quiet Period, the .me Registry will be making domain awards and in cases where multiple applications for the same name were received, auctions will be held.  To date, through Sunrise and Land Rush, the .me Registry has received more than 30,000 .me applications.

“This has been one of the quickest, most efficient contract-to-market timelines for any domain name extension,” said Lesic. “Open Registration is a prime time to secure your .me.”

Two-year minimums are required on all .me domain names registered during the land rush and initial open registration periods.

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Nominet uk, the UK registry, announces that the size of the .uk register has recently reached the 7 million mark. The domain tootsdrivingschool.co.uk, was registered by Toots Driving School, based in Ilford, London. This registration marks significant growth in .uk domain name, with one million .uk domain names since July 2007.

The increase in .uk registrations is further evidence that British Internet users recognise the value of having a .co.uk address. A recent survey of 2,352 Internet users, carried out by Opinion Matters, also shows that 72% of users are more likely to choose a .uk rather than a .com address when looking for information online.

“We are pleased to see that the .uk registry is growing year on year. This, coupled with the high level of consumer trust in .uk emphasises the value of businesses having a .co.uk domain name. It has become a key element of a UK-based company’s brand identity. Says Phil Kingsland, director of marketing and communications at Nominet”

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Mozilla Firefox has officially made history with Guinness world record book for the highest number of Firefox 3 download within 24 hours.

The final record breaking 8,002,530 downloads for web browser Firefox 3 took place in June. On Wednesday a day after it was released, the new copies of the software were being downloaded at a rate of 5,523 per minute.

The marketing head Paul Kim, say:

“The enthusiasm and creativity of Firefox fans was key to making this happen. The notion of going for a world record, as… nutty as it may have sounded, was a really sticky idea.

It was an idea that translated really well across national borders and to all different kinds of people around the world”

Gareth Deaves of Guinness World Records called it, “an extremely impressive accomplishment”. And Firefox 3.0 is going to be list in the update Guinness World Records as the first software that record highest number of download within a few days.

The official figure of download was confirmed after logs from download servers were audited and checked to ensure duplicate and unfinished downloads were not counted.

Marketing manager Mary Colvig said, no party was planned to celebrate the record until the actual certificate was presented by Guinness World Records in London next week.

“Here at Mozilla headquarters (in Mountain View) I think most of us are just going to try and get to bed early now that we have the confirmation. We are all tired.”

Security flaw

On launch day some of the shine was taken away by security firms claiming to have found the first flaws in the new software.

Within five hours of Firefox 3 making its debut, DV Labs/Tipping Point reported a flaw that potentially let an attacker take over a PC if a user clicked on a booby-trapped link.

Mr Kim say, “Firefox users are safe. We have a patch in the works and hope to release it very soon.”

Another potentially disastrous glitch ahead of the world record attempt came when servers handling the downloads collapsed under the weight of visitors checking to see if the new version of the browser was available.

Once they were all up and running the clock started counting down.

At their busiest, the servers were handling more than 9,000 downloads per minute. Within five hours the number of downloads for Version 3 exceeded the 1.6 million set by Firefox 2 in October 2006.

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With 5 days to the end of the landrush for .me domain name extension, trademark-holders have until June 26, 2008 to follow the likes of Apple, Microsoft, Skype and Digg and register their company and product names with .me domain, which is being marketed as a generic top-level domain by the country of Montenegro.

The .me registry says it has received thousands of domain name registrations in the first week of availability. Apple, for example, has already registered apple.me, ipod.me and itunes.me. Other multinationals that have registered .me domain names extension are Microsoft, Skype, Digg, MTV and BMW. Afilias, which handles back-end registrations for .me, predicts the domain will have widespread appeal.

The senior vice president and chief marketing officer of Afilias, Roland LaPlante says:

“The .me extension gives every company on the planet the opportunity to personalise their brands name and make them more relevant to today’s internet-savvy teens. Companies should be registering .me names not just from an intellectual property protection standpoint, but because there is so much business opportunity to personalise products.”

Predrag Lesic, CEO of the .me registry in Montenegro, says:

“The new internet extension will appeal not only in English-speaking countries but also across the former Yugoslavia, Italy and Spanish-speaking countries, where the letters ‘me’ have a similar meaning as in English.

“We think .me can offer a new business around domain names with verbs,” Lesic says, such as drive.me or fly.me. “This is the start of a new opportunity on the internet.”

The last time a country tried to market its country code extension as a generic domain name was the tiny island nation Tuvulu, which runs the .tv registry. Although .tv names have been available for a decade and have been marketed by VeriSign for online video content, the .tv extension is not among the 10 most popular country code top-level domains.

“I think .tv is starting to get some traction,” LaPlante says. “But .me’s appeal is more immediate and a lot more obvious to people…it should sell well into the millions. And it has corporate appeal not just for TV stations, which are limited in number.”

Companies will need to pay a sizeable sum for a .me name. The retail price for .me names range from 110 to 200 Euros per year for a minimum of five years. That equals $825 to $1,500 for the five-year registration.

In contrast, .com names cost around $15 per year, and .tv names cost around $50 per year.

Companies can reserve .me names from more than 60 domain name registrars. Anyone can register a .me name from June 6 through June 26. The .me registry is scheduled to go live on July 17.

Registration Schedule:

• Pre-registration: ON NOW!
  Be ahead of the game, pre-register now to be first in line for the landrush period.
• Landrush: June 6th – June 26th, 2008
  Your only chance to apply for .ME domains before they’re live for open registration!
• Quiet Period: June 27th – July 6th, 2008
  You will receive an email stating that you have been awarded with the domain or that it will be auctioned between the requesting parties.
• Open Registration: July 17th, 2008
  All unregistered .ME domains will be available to the public and issued on a first-come first-served basis.

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