Articles

Now for free with your hosting package: the Joomla! CMS

  • 14 May 2008
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Joomla! is a powerful CMS package. With a content management system (CMS), you can create a website without too much technical knowledge and update it afterwards without having to modify...

Dedicated and virtual servers run Plesk 8.4

  • 9 May 2008
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As from now, the new version of Plesk (8.4) will be installed on COMBELL’s new dedicated servers or virtual servers. Parallels Plesk is a handy control panel that allows to...

Look out for domain frauds

  • 7 May 2008
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COMBELL is getting more and more reports from customers who got contacted by the Dutch company “Domain Management Group”. The situation culminated when Pieter, who works for our own sales...

You perform backups too, don’t you?

  • 3 May 2008
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Does your company make backups of all its data? Splendid! Your situation is, however, exceptional. For only 1 SME out of 6 makes regular backups, while 1 company out of...

Typo-pirates hijack your visitors

  • 2 May 2008
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This will undoubtedly sound familiar : you type a domain name in the address bar and end up on another website than the one you were aiming for. This may...

You can now fax online regardless of your area code

  • 1 May 2008
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Recently, our Fax2Mail services have become available for every Belgian and Luxembourgian area code. Do you still use a traditional fax machine? Then make sure to check out our online...

What do people say on the web about your company? Google Alerts keeps you updated

  • 29 April 2008
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You are probably familiar with Google’s “Google Alerts” service. Upon request, Google notifies you by e-mail when a new article is published on a given subject. But did you also...

.rs domain name open for registration

  • 29 April 2008
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With the country’s independence also came the .rs domain extension for Serbia, besides the .me domain extension for Montenegro. The domain names for Serbia can already be registered on a...

Landrush and auction for .me domain names

  • 29 April 2008
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The independence that Montenegro acquired in 2006, will also be visible on Internet through the institution of the .me domain extension. Before the actual landrush, a sunrise period will be...

An update on the landrush for numeric .nl domain names

  • 29 April 2008
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The landrush for numeric .nl domain names like e.g. 123.nl or 0800.nl has already caused a lot of controversy. Two parties have indeed registered a large quantity of numeric .nl...

An external hard drive is an unreliable backup system

  • 29 April 2008
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Norman Datarecovery repairs damaged hard drives. During the first quarter of 2008, the company noticed that the number of damaged hard drives had tripled in comparison with the first quarter...

Pizza.com was sold for a fortune

  • 25 April 2008
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In 1994, a 43-year-old American bought the domain name pizza.com for only 34 euros. Because he had no more use for it, he put this domain name up for sale...