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New Friends Online? Check Them Out Before Getting Too Close

The Internet has become one of the latest places to meet people. Whether you are looking for a casual friend or a romantic interlude, it can all be found on the worldwide web. Places like Facebook and Myspace give you a forum to express yourself to others, and the number of matchmaker sites these days is overwhelming.

If you have ever spent any time meeting and greeting on the web, you know that most people are not exactly what they make themselves out to be. Some of them have gone so far as to create an entire alternate identity.

Despite the dangers, the rewards of meeting online can be great. You have the opportunity to get to know others from all over the world. You make new and interesting friends from places you may never have visited. It provides an excellent opportunity for us to share our cultures and open our minds to new possibilities.

Who is really behind that screen name?

When you make new friends online, how do you know if they are trustworthy? Can you really afford to get close to them, or are Internet friendships best kept very casual?

As with any new relationship, go slowly and proceed with caution. Keep the topics of conversation neutral and safe - never discuss anything personal with someone you do not know. Be instantly suspicious if your new friend begins questioning you about your finances.

If you have been conversing with someone for a while and feel a connection, you may decide you want to take the friendship a step further. You may begin to share more personal details of your life, or you may begin making plans to meet each other in person.

Take smart measures to protect yourself

Before taking this step towards increased intimacy, be sure to reasonably protect yourself. First of all, try to validate your new friend's identity and ensure they really are who they say they are. Search records from the Department of Motor Vehicles in your friend's area and see if you can locate a license or identification card that matches the name, date of birth, physical description, and address of your new friend. If you cannot find a matching motor vehicle record, try voter registration records.

One of the best ways to protect yourself is to conduct an online background check of your friend. Any court documents from judgments, divorces, or lawsuits should contain some sort of identifying information you can verify. Criminal history checks will normally provide you with a date of birth and physical description, including any major scars or tattoos.

There are also specialized background check companies, such as Net Detective, who for a small fee, give you the ability to search all of the above records and more. You must do a little sleuth work of your own, though, and find out some important key identifiers from your new friend so you will know when you have found him or her.

Meeting on the Internet can be exciting. You must just ensure you go about it prudently, and protect yourself until you have solid facts reinforcing your ability to put your trust into your new friend.

NaviSite Dedicated Hosting Product Line Featuring Supermicro's SuperBlade(R) Servers

NaviSite's Dedicated Servers to Provide More Power and Efficiency Through Supermicro's SuperBlade(R) Green Server Technology

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ANDOVER, MA, Nov 19, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- NaviSite, Inc., (NAVI:

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NAVI 0.39, -0.04, -9.3%) , a leading provider of enterprise hosting and application solutions, announced today that it will combine the power and efficiency of Supermicro's SuperBlade(R) servers with its Dedicated Hosting Offerings. The recently introduced Dedicated Hosting Solutions leverage NaviSite's experience, and nationwide footprint of enterprise class infrastructure to offer best of class security, scalability, and reliability to the Small and Medium Business (SMB) market.

Supermicro's SuperBlade(R) consumes less power but delivers premium performance and super high availability, highest computing density, outstanding storage flexibility, and superior scalability. All these advantages are packaged in a "green server" that lowers HVAC costs and decreases carbon-dioxide emissions. The SuperBlade(R) line of servers features the latest IntelCopyright server grade chipsets and Ethernet controllers.

"Our Dedicated Hosting Solutions feature best-in-class hardware to ensure high performance and SuperBlade(R) was an obvious choice," said Sumeet Sabharwal, Senior Vice President of Dedicated Hosting. "Supermicro delivers quality features like 3 Plus 1 redundant power supplies to ensure that the server is always working. Our goal is to provide innovative and cost-effective solutions to SMBs through our Dedicated Hosting Solutions and adding the SuperBlades(R) to our offering is a significant step towards this direction. We are the first in the market to offer this technology and believe it uniquely positions us for the evolving needs of the SMBs."

"Our SuperBlade(R) solutions are very well suited for dedicated hosting applications and will most certainly help NaviSite deliver quality and grow their business," said Don Clegg, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development at Super Micro Computer, Inc. (SMCI:

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SMCI 4.05, -0.67, -14.2%) . "Featuring the industry's most advanced green server technology available, such as 93% peak power supply efficiency, more efficient thermal and cooling subsystems, more efficient board-level designs, and superior performance-per-watt (290+ GFLOPS/kW), SuperBlade(R) delivers unsurpassed performance, reliability, and efficiency."

NaviSite's Dedicated Hosting solutions integrate the latest technology including Supermicro's SuperBlade(R) servers, Linux and VMware(R) ESX, and feature the latest server grade SAS and SATA dual hard drives, Intrusion Protection, and other industry leading features. All solutions are hosted in NaviSite operated enterprise grade data centers, with best-in-class technology and design including N+1systems for power and cooling for guaranteed availability and performance.

NaviSite has also introduced a website that enables businesses to easily configure and purchase their Dedicated Hosting solutions online. For more information on features, pricing, and special offers please visit http://www.navisite.com/dedicatedhosting.

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NaviSite is a leading provider of enterprise hosting and application solutions. Customers depend on NaviSite for managed application services, application development, implementation and management on its web infrastructure platforms in 17 state-of-the art data centers supported by more than 700 professionals. NaviSite provides customized and scalable solutions leveraging its broad range of application development capabilities, packaged software implementation expertise, deep portfolio of best-in-class technologies and a full suite of web-hosting and internet infrastructure options. For more information, please visit www.navisite.com.

Asian Consumers Drive Online Economy To Growth Says Daw Web Hosting Blog

Daw Web Hosting Blog, one of the web hosting industry's premier analytical blogs reported that Asian markets of web services have a growing influence in online economy. Daw published article called "Web Hosting, Now Asian" which explains that almost 75% of searches about web hosting in Google comes from Asian continent.

(OPENPRESS) September 17, 2008 -- Daw Web Hosting Blog says that North Americna and European consumers do not shape the market trends on search terms like "web hosting", "website hosting", "business hosting", "vps hosting", "virtual private servers", "dedicated hosting" and "managed hosting". The Daw owner dimitar Avramov explains that the data he analyzed provides a basis for the projection that the "center of web hosting industry is about to move from North America to Asia".

According to Daw blog the consumer interest of search phrase "web hosting" is shrinking since 2004. This year it is in its lowest level for the last 5 years. The blog quotes data obtained from "Google Trends" and says that the consumer interest of web hosting services in United States is relatively strong only in three major cities - San Francisco, Seattle, Atlanta.

United States aren’t among top 10 countries where people are interested of web hosting services. The world regions (countries) where consumers are actively searching for “Web Hosting” are: Pakistan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, India, Singapore, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Australia, and Romania.

"If this data can be used as a basis of a projection of the development of the hosting market especially in its "Shared Hosting" segment, we can say that web hosting is no longer North American or European market" explaines Daw blog. Its also says that one of the possible reasons for this is that North American market is a mature one, compared to the one in Asian continent. Most consumers of personal or small-business web hosting services have also developed their websites and most of them don’t need entry level website services.

The author Dimitar Avramov says that the Asia’s growing influence on global economy has significant impact on the web markets and the the variegated continent would become the Web’s new engine.

The full version of article "Web Hosting, Now Asian" can be found in DawHB.com website.

MCCC hosting antique sale

- Evening News photo by CHRIS POTTER Ronald Gootee of Monroe browses through antique glasswear Saturday at the Antiques in April event at Monroe County Community College's Welch Health Education Building.

In addition to dusting off records and ways to research one's roots, the Monroe County Community College also is hosting the third annual Antiques in April this weekend. The sale will continue to run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today.

Among the tables of trinkets and treasures are rows of furniture, old magazines, glassware, a few stacks of record albums, old kitchen items, neon signs, some tapestries, hats and assorted odds and ends - including a place where you can pay $1 to walk away with a scoop of aged buttons.

The show offers up a special assortment of jewelry for those seeking baubles. Table after table of glinting costume jewelry and authentic antique pieces seemed popular with those walking through the sale Saturday.

One vendor was relaying to a customer that she got her beads from a factory in Rhode Island that had been closed down for 40 years and her designs, while original, are based on those of long before.

In addition to dusting off records and ways to research one's roots, the Monroe County Community College also is hosting the third annual Antiques in April this weekend. The sale will continue to run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today.

Among the tables of trinkets and treasures are rows of furniture, old magazines, glassware, a few stacks of record albums, old kitchen items, neon signs, some tapestries, hats and assorted odds and ends - including a place where you can pay $1 to walk away with a scoop of aged buttons.

The show offers up a special assortment of jewelry for those seeking baubles. Table after table of glinting costume jewelry and authentic antique pieces seemed popular with those walking through the sale Saturday.

One vendor was relaying to a customer that she got her beads from a factory in Rhode Island that had been closed down for 40 years and her designs, while original, are based on those of long before.

İzmir loses EXPO 2015 hosting contest against Milano

After long toil and endeavor to promote itself to host the world's premieré business event EXPO 2015, İzmir failed to convince the majority of the members of the Bureau of International Exhibitions (BIE) yesterday and lost it to Milano with 21 votes of difference.
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The BIE convened in Paris yesterday to make its final decision on which city is to host the fair. The Milano team won 86 of the votes whereas only 65 BIE delegates stamped in favor of the İzmir's hosting.
An early wave of joy had hit the İzmirian population waiting the decision in excitement in one of the biggest squares of the city as a rumor had spread in the ears that İzmir won the poll. Everyone was up cheering the victory but this feast of joy lived only a few minutes as another news informed the official decision had not been disclosed yet. The people returned to silent suspense and after ten minutes, they went in sadness to learn that Milano was the winner indeed.
Many Turkish politicians, journalists and businessmen had been in the French capital since Saturday in an effort to give the Turkish city a leading edge among delegates coming from 142 countries. Minister of State Mehmet Aydın, Minister of Defense Vecdi Gönül and main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Deniz Baykal went to Paris on Saturday, while a large group of journalists flew there on Sunday. Turkey's President Abdullah Gül and Foreign Minister Ali Babacan arrived in Paris on Monday.
The BIE first heard the Milan delegation's case in favor of their city and then the Turkish delegation presented its case for İzmir. After the two cities have been introduced, members began the voting.
Turkey spent $15 million in promoting İzmir for the EXPO fair and invested $50 million in lobbying underdeveloped nations in Africa as well as America. It also sent seven-member delegations to 58 countries as part of its promotional activities. The Italians were also active in trying to persuade the BIE delegates over the last six months, but the budget they had allocated was a little less than that of the Turkish side. Both cities attracted members of the BIE from around the world with cultural and artistic events and visited these delegates in their own countries.
Turkey joined the BIE in 2004 and was elected to the board of directors within one year. İzmir's proposed theme for EXPO 2015 was "New Routes to a Better World / Health for All," while Milan's theme was "Feeding the Planet / Energy for Life."
More than 40 countries had officially announced they would support İzmir. Milan having already hosted the fair once and the financial troubles of its national airline, Alitalia, were seen as disadvantageous for the city. But these expectations were proven wrong, as they emerged victorious.
Bringing together an enormously wide range of products from many different countries is not the goal of EXPO fairs. Their goal is to have countries exchange their cultural, historical and national riches and values.
İzmir is among the 150 world cities with a population of over 3 million and is now looking for another opportunity to take advantage of the experience it has gained in the efforts to win the EXPO 2015 bid, İzmir Governor Mustafa Cahit Kıraç said.

YouTube Offers Free Web Hosting?

March 19, 2008 – (HOSTSEARCH.COM) – YouTube has launched an API that allows website owners to broadcast video content free of charge, through their own sites – a move essentially putting the company in the free hosting bracket.

Although YouTube provides its traditional video delivery service, players will be “branded”, and through the use of skins, appear proprietary. According to the Google website, YouTube’s API enables users to “upload new videos, edit video metadata such as comments and favorites and modify user settings”. In addition, the client application “can request a list of videos that match specific search criteria, get access to the most popular YouTube videos or retrieve and maintain YouTube user information such as playlists, subscriptions or contacts”.

The introduction of the API shifts YouTube’s identity of video delivery provider to include video publishing solution provider and will no doubt have an impact on a number of companies involved in providing video delivery on a cost basis. The API will be a particular threat to Yahoo! who recently purchased video platform provider Maven Networks.

YouTube Offers Free Web Hosting?

March 19, 2008 – (HOSTSEARCH.COM) – YouTube has launched an API that allows website owners to broadcast video content free of charge, through their own sites – a move essentially putting the company in the free hosting bracket.

Although YouTube provides its traditional video delivery service, players will be “branded”, and through the use of skins, appear proprietary. According to the Google website, YouTube’s API enables users to “upload new videos, edit video metadata such as comments and favorites and modify user settings”. In addition, the client application “can request a list of videos that match specific search criteria, get access to the most popular YouTube videos or retrieve and maintain YouTube user information such as playlists, subscriptions or contacts”.

The introduction of the API shifts YouTube’s identity of video delivery provider to include video publishing solution provider and will no doubt have an impact on a number of companies involved in providing video delivery on a cost basis. The API will be a particular threat to Yahoo! who recently purchased video platform provider Maven Networks.