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Written by Joe on March 12th, 2008 with comments disabled.
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Here is a TOP 10 list of 2008's Web Hosting Starter Plans .
Keep in mind that the details below are starting prices for their least expensive hosting package. There are many more options for each one of these.
The list is sorted from most value you get for the money! As well as reliability and support. Each may have similar offerings, but the bottom line is their track record. All of the hosting services provide free setup. Support is similar aswell. However something to consider is server uptime. For example the 1&1 Hosting company has an excellent record of server uptime compared to StartLogic's , however you get less web space with their starter package. The score is then a little lower because of this. Each of these scores takes these scenarios into consideration. There is a give and take for each, and remember, service and hardware do get upgraded and change from time to time, so one can never be 100% sure they have the best environment with the latest installations. So past performance and track record is mainly what to go by most of the time.
| WEB HOST
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| PRICE
USD
| Web SPACE | BANDWIDTH | SETUP / Support
| FREE
DOMAIN | SCORE |
| 1 | | $4.95 | 1500 GB | 15000 GB | 24/7 E-mail, Phone | Yes | 94% |
| 2 | 
| $4.99
+
3 months free
| 120 GB | 1200 GB | 24/7 E-mail, Phone | Yes | 93% |
| 3 | 
| $6.95 | 1500 GB | 15000 GB | 24/7 E-mail, Phone,live chat
| Yes | 91% |
| 4 | 
| $4.95 | 350 GB | 3000 GB | 24/7 E-mail, Phone | Yes | 90% |
| 5 | 
| $88/ year
| 300 GB | 3000 GB | E-mail,live chat
| Yes | 88% |
| 6 | 
| $6.95 | 1500 GB | 15000 GB | 24/7 E-mail, Phone | Yes | 87% |
| 7 |  | $4.29 | 10 GB | 300 GB | 24/7 E-mail, Phone | Yes | 86% |
| 8 | 
| $3.95 | 5 GB | 250 GB | 24/7 E-mail, Phone,live chat
| Yes | 85% |
| 9 | 
| $4.95 | 10 GB | 500 GB | 24/7 E-mail, Phone
| Yes | 85% |
| 10 | 
| $11.95 | Unlimited
| Unlimited | 24/7 E-mail, Phone | Yes | 83% |
As you can see from the above chart, it isnt easy deciding which to chose from the top 5, so whats your need? Server space or Bandwidth? Do you expect lots of traffic or will you be hosting video and downloads? Stuff like that will drive up your costs.
Conclusions
When it comes to reliability StartLogic 99.9% uptime guarantee is backed by an L.A. data center that boasts redundant fiber optic connections to Qwest, ELI, Cox, and major tier-1 backbone providers such as Broadwing, Global Crossing, and UUNET. It’s a raised floor facility run with fully redundant power and UPS backup systems, power conditioning systems, and backup generators. For the amount of space and bandwidth your getting its a great deal.
When it comes to price and cost effectiveness, 1&1 hosting gives 3 months free on the Home plan, for a limited time. But whether you take advantage of that deal or not, web hosting services with 1&1 are a bargain, as low as $4.99 per month. Search marketing tools include an organic search submitter, and $125 in online advertising credits, as well as a direct email marketing tool. Keep content fresh with blogs and easy RSS feeds.
When it comes to administration and control of your site, HostMonster prides itself on providing you only the best in user interface technology, giving each customer the latest cPanel X control panel for the most efficient and effective website management you can find. CPanel X displays all the web stats you need to run your website smoothly.
When its user users and track record for growing, BlueHost is one you can depend on for being around for a while, it has over 350,000 users!
So go through each slowly, see which has the features you need, not the ones that are nice to have, the last thing you want is to pay for features you probably will never use.
Written by PCWizKid on March 12th, 2008 with no comments.
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Last time, we dragged some text around and found that the text would be interpreted as a URL if you
dropped it onto Firefox,
but Internet Explorer was not as willing to accept it.
Today, we'll make the data object work for Internet Explorer. The only Read More......(
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Written by The Old New Thing : Code on March 12th, 2008 with comments disabled.
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I’m sad to say that the sound recorder in MS Vista really sucks! A lot of useful features are gone after switching from XP to Vista. I really don’t understand why they want to do that. Did they do it in purpose? Some said it is for copy protection? Record it illegally? It doesn’t make sense because Windows Media Player has the recording capability.
From this:
To this:
Some of the cool features like increasing and decreasing the volume of recordings, adding echo, reversing, editing the file and etc have no longer there in MS Vista. The worst part is you CANNOT playback what you have recorded. You must save it and play it with Windows Media Player. What the heck?
With this new sound recorder, you can basically do 2 things only – record from microphone or line-in and save the file. That’s it. It is really inconvenient every time I’m trying to record a sound and playback.
Some workaround suggested steps are:
- Copy the c:\windows \System32\sndrec32.exe file from a Windows XP to Vista and run as Administrator.
- Right-Click the file and choose Run as Administrator.
Please don’t do that, it doesn’t work. I will suggest you to get any new recording software. I haven’t tried out any yet. If you have used any good one, please share.
Written by ChampDog on March 12th, 2008 with comments disabled.
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The Windows Vista Resource Monitor or what was previously known as PerfMon
The Windows Vista Resource Monitor gives you a detailed list and info on which processes are consuming which resources and thus you can troubleshoot Vista applications more effectively. Windows Vista Resource Monitor gives you detailed info on the performance counters, CPU, Disk, Network and Memory and many others.
Here’s how to launch the Resource Monitor there are 3 ways :
Method 1
- Click on the Vista Start Globe (Button).
- Type perf in the ‘Start Search’ dialog box.
- You could also try typing: perfmon/res
Method 2
- Start by launching the Task Manager. Ctrl +Shift +Esc
- Go to the Performance Tab, at the bottom tab there’s a button called Resource Monitor.
Method 3
- On the Administrative Tools.
- Click on Reliability and Performance Monitoring.
- Remember to Start perfmon from the Monitor menu.
Written by PC Freak on March 12th, 2008 with no comments.
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Bummed out by Vista's performance? What if there was a way to get a desktop edition of Vista that's faster than what you've got?
Written by WinPlanet Windows Software News on March 12th, 2008 with comments disabled.
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