• Sony to stop the Floppy Disk

    Hardware, Internet

    Sony to stop the Floppy Disk

    The days of the 3.5-inch floppy disk are now officially numbered. Sony, which boasts 70 percent of the anemic market, announced Friday that it would end Japanese sales of the ancient storage medium in March 2011, according to a report in the Mainichi Daily newspaper. The 3.5-inch floppy was a ubiquitous and necessary component for

  • Web Hosting Lies

    Internet, Website Tips

    Web Hosting Lies

    I have been working with DWHS and in the web hosting industry for over ten years and there is one thing that has always bothered me. Web Hosting companies that have flat out lies and how many people still choose to do business with them. The most obvious is Unlimited Web Hosting. Obviously it’s not

  • HTML5 Knocks Out Adobe Flash in Reader Vote

    Internet, Website Tips

    HTML5 Knocks Out Adobe Flash in Reader Vote

    A few weeks ago, tensions between Adobe and Apple rose to all-time highs after Apple prominently left Flash off of the iPad. A lashing by Steve Jobs, calling Adobe lazy and Flash buggy didn’t help matters at all. The problem: Apple believes that Flash shouldn’t be part of the web’s future. Instead, the company believes

  • Our best promotion is back!

    Business, Freebies, Internet, News, Our Company

    Our best promotion is back!

    We are now offering three free months of web hosting when you pay for 9 at once! Please click here for details: Free Web Hosting AND this discount can be combined with our Spring discount which is shown on the front page here: Web Hosting Spring Sale Happy savings from DWHS!

  • 7 tips for a website business

    Business, Internet, Website Tips

    7 tips for a website business

    Having a great website is not necessarily easy. Free templates tend to be generic and not compelling where paying for a website design is like a shot in the dark for most companies. At DWHS we highly recommend taking on the task on yourself. Try to just be patient, eventually it will all make since

  • Internet Speeds and Costs Around the World

    Internet

    Internet Speeds and Costs Around the World

  • How much data are you using?

    Internet

    How much data are you using?

    How much data are you using for common tasks? We have done some averages and estimates and this is what we came up with for the average internet usage session. ACTIVITY * ESTIMATED SIZE – EACH ACTIVITY ** *Email (1 page without attachments) **30 KB *Web Page Look-up **200 KB *Web Browsing/Viewing Video Clips **3

  • Email port 25 26 587

    Internet, Servers, Website Tips

    Email port 25 26 587

    Email port 25 – This is the standard outgoing email port. 99% of the time it will be fine and set in your email program by default. Email port 26 – This is simply a alternative to port 25 and works the same. It exists because some ISP’s do not allow outgoing email which we