Web Services

One of the challenges of offering video streaming to your website viewers is finding a platform that is extendable, easy-to-use, and that will not get you into legal trouble. Kaltura is an open source video streaming platform that provides streaming, syndication, and management of online videos. It offers playlist, editing, …

According to Reuters, Google is in the process of buying ITA Software, a company that helps airlines and hotels list themselves on sites like Expedia and Travelocity. Rumours are now abounding Google is now looking to compete with Bing and help its search users book trips. ITA is supposedly looking …

For the past year, we have been following the development of the HTML 5 standard, particularly as it relates to streaming video, an issue of importance for both web hosting providers and their clients. There are some new developments that may change the situation for the better. Originally, HTML 5 …

For those of you counting Yahoo Search’s last breaths, it seems as though the search engine may not be heading for its last gasp after all. According to a report from HitWise, Yahoo’s market share has increased a small amount– from 14.62% to 15%. Where did these users come from? …

Thought cloud computing was limited to boring old businesses and IT firms? Think again. A new start-up called OTOY plans to use the technology to deliver HD video and graphic-intensive games to any device– including the iPhone. The video above shows Crysis running on an iPad. The service is slated …

Looking to host conference calls online? Using a server configured with Ventrilo, a free VoIP client, you can easily teleconference online. If you don’t feel comfortable hosting the software yourself, a number of Ventrilo hosting solutions are available. Costing just a few pounds per month, Ventrilo servers are much cheaper …

If you didn’t figure it out earlier, by now you probably know that today is April Fool’s Day. In keeping with its tradition of pranks and cranks, Google “changed its name” to Topeka. Recall that some time ago, the American city of Topeka, Kansas, temporarily changed its name to Google …

Looking to speed up your web browsing? Working from a huge cache of web requests made by other users, OpenDNS is a free DNS service that is considerably faster than the name servers provided by your ISP. OpenDNS provides a lot more than just speed, however. Benefits include phishing and …

One of the most important things you can do for your website is to make sure you have some type of monitoring. The last thing you want is to get an email or call from an irate customer because your site is down. Here are four web-based monitoring tools that …

When it comes to virtualization, there are a few platform arenas to consider: 1. the server, 2. the virtual desktop, and 3. the cloud. It appeared for some time that IBM was satisfied relying on VMware for its virtualization needs, but they have recently announced that they will use Red …