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RikeMedia launches VPSSpeed

February 22nd, 2009 | Posted by Rick in hosting | Internet | Pressing Issues | Project Updates | RikeMedia | Servers | Tech News - (0 Comments)

Well as you may have noticed from the new ad’s and powered by image, we recently launched a new brand over at RikeMedia called VPSSpeed. VPSSpeed provides low-budget unmanaged Linux VPS hosting on the OpenVZ platform.

VPSSpeed has been in the pipeline for almost a year, as have several other web-hosting sites that we’ll be opening up in the near future. We opened up and saw an immediate surge in orders and this has continued since our launch. There seems to be no stopping the customers flocking to VPSSpeed!

I can’t blame them though, there are few VPS providers out there that can provide a 512MB VPS plan for under $15 /month and include a free control panel. (more…)

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All CrossOver Products – FREE Tomorrow!

October 27th, 2008 | Posted by Rick in Internet | Software | Tech News - (0 Comments)

The folks over at CodeWeavers have today announced that they will be giving away ALL their CrossOver apps for FREE tomorrow! You can download a full version of any of their software packages for Linux or Mac OS X!

They are also giving all existing customers a free year extension on their existing licenses. Great work guys!

Hi,

I’ve got you down as an Advocate for CrossOver, which means that from
time to time, I ask you to advocate on our behalf. If you don’t want to
be an Advocate, holler back, and I’ll remove you.

However, I have made a grave error in judgment, and I’d like your help
in spreading my apology. It also creates a great opportunity to
encourage others to try CrossOver.

Specifically, I had no idea when we launched the CodeWeavers Lame Duck
Challenge:
http://lameduck.codeweavers.com
that George Bush would take it so seriously. And it was truly
remarkable of him to engineer a complete collapse of our financial
industry just to prove he could meet my challenge. My fault; I had
thought he would try more prudent methods.

However, this does create a great opportunity for you to spread the word
about CrossOver, as tomorrow, anyone can get a fully functioning, fully
supported copy of CrossOver, for free. Existing customers can get
another year of support, again for free. It’s a great day for any
CrossOver user, and a great time for anyone to try CrossOver.

I would really appreciate it if you could spread the word. Tell your
friends and family, post it to your blogs. We’d really appreciate extra
diggs on our announcement:
http://digg.com/software/CodeWeavers_giving_away_all_software_Tuesday_Oct_28th

But do it quick – it’s one day only, and after tomorrow, the opportunity
is gone.

Thanks, and again, please accept my humble apologies for any harm done
to your retirement savings.
Jeremy White
CEO
CodeWeavers, Inc.

Well Jeremy….you’ve got my vote! Anyone who is prepared to give away a fantastic piece of software for free deserves a pat on the back!

Be sure to digg their post using the link in the above quote.

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Google OS almost here. Presenting Google Chrome

September 2nd, 2008 | Posted by Rick in Cloud Computing | Internet | Pressing Issues | Software | Tech News - (0 Comments)

Well the rest of the blogging world covered this within 2 seconds of it being accidentally announced by Google. Personally I wanted time to think about and read the speculation about this exciting news.

If you’ve not yet read Google’s blog post announcing their own Web Browser, click here. Now, I’ve read that many people are not liking this. Sure there’s umpteen browsers out there, do we need another one? Yes, actually we do.

The Google browser is not about Google getting into bigger markets. Its not about power, money or popularity. Its about filling a void which currently no other company has even looked at, let alone attempted to fill.

The new browser promises “Multi-Threading” which allows processes to be managed, much like they are in Activity Monitor (OS X) and Task Manager (Windows). For instance, you can quit processes for javascript, or audio, movies, etc exclusively, allowing the rest of the web-page to function as usual.

This is a browser for cloud computing. Like it or lump it, cloud computing exists, sure its a fancy term for something thats always been around, but thats just how it works.

I’ll post a follow up review once the browser gets released later today. (I’ll be trying to get it running under WINE or Crossover on OS X first ;) )

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Review: pepperjamNETWORK

August 22nd, 2008 | Posted by Rick in Internet | Reviews | Tech News - (0 Comments)

If you’re a webmaster you’ve more than likely heard of the pepperjamNETWORK, a fairly new kid on the block when it comes to affiliate marketing. pepperjamNETWORK is an affiliate network with a fantastic portfolio of advertisers which is growing rapidly.

Advertisers such as 1&1, Playboy, Cartoon Network, VistaPrint and WarnerBros have all become part of the new network along with hundreds of other big names. To top it off, a $10 bonus is being offered to anyone who signs up as a publisher through this link!

I’ve personally been using pepperjam for about 2 months now and have had some pretty fantastic results. Their great reporting and statistical tools make it very easy to track your clicks and traffic to help optimize earnings with ease.

I highly recommend pepperjam to anyone looking to earn through referrals and other cpc based programs!

Be sure to get your free $10 bonus when you sign up through this link!

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