Story Time! The Offers You Don’t See
Hosts that are only two months old? Only four days old? Some of the interesting offer submissions you don't get to see...
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Getting Started with GlobalPing: Hands On!
We played with a GlobalPing hardware probe and have pictures, hardware breakdown, nmap scans, API tests, and more for you! We also look at the global distribution of GlobalPing's probes. It's a cool project and it's fun to see this project start to take off.
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Have You See the Internet Archive’s Stolen Truck?
The Internet Archive's truck was stolen on Christmas Eve! If you see a grinch driving this customized beauty around, please notify authorities.
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We Said Goodbye to These Technologies in 2022
Technologies come and go - here are some of those that went in 2022. Are there any other that you'll miss...or any you are happy to see ride off to the sunset?
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Still Need a Fantastic Deal on a Cheap VPS or Dedi? Take Your Pick!
If you are still in the market for a great deal, you might want to check out the 2022 Christmas and New Year Megathread on LowEndTalk! Cheap shared hosting...dedis in Mumbai on sale...and ridiculously cheap VPS systems. Click now!
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Merry Christmas!
The staff and ownership of LowEndBox would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Thank you for reading LowEndBox this year and we look forward to see you again in 2023 as we post more...
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Providers: Grow Your Business in 2023 – Partner with LowEndBox for FREE Advertising!
If you're looking for new ways to reach your audience and don't have the budget for expensive AdWords campaigns or big advertising campaigns where you're competing head on with giant corporations, why not partner with LowEndBox and let us take your brand to the next level.
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BREAKING THE RECORD: RackNerd Accomplishes 2.6 Million Views and Over 30,000 Comments on LowEndTalk
This year, we set a new record for both number of views in a single thread and number of comments in that thread. The stats are very impressive! Read on for all the details.
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DEEP DIVE: The Freedom House 2022 Report
FreedomHouse's 2022 report on Internet freedom is flawed as usual, reflecting a lot of their extraneous politics and ignoring factors they don't care about, but at a broad level, it's an interesting survey of the world. Let's take a look.
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Shared Hosting for Under $10/Year with cPanel?! Is it Possible in 2022?
Iin 2019, cPanel rocked the hosting industry by industry by introducing sharply higher prices. Since then, they've ratcheted up the cost every year, most recently in September 2022.
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Here Come the RackSpace Lawsuits
"That Rackspace offered opaque updates for days, then admitted to a ransomware event without further customer assistance is outrageous," according to one attorney. Class-action lawsuits against Rackspace are popping up around the country.
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Funny Meme = Cheap Dedi? Math Checks! Meet Scaleblade’s Giveaway!
Scaleblade is not only running a sale on their Ryzen 5600X cheap dedicated servers in London, UK, they're also giving away two months FREE! All you need to do is post a meme in Scaleblade giveaway thread on LowEndTalk before December 26!
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We Stand With Those in Darkness
As we hurry about our busy holiday schedules and fill our calendar with family, friends, and shopping, we remember those whose immediate concerns are less festive. Specifically: finding warmth and light.
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HostColor Promotes Open-Source Web Hosting Control Panels
Dimitar from HostColor recently contact used to share news about its new program where it is supporting open source projects through hosting sales. Looks interesting, and the newsroom on their web si...
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How Tesla is Killing AM Radio
Will EVs kill the radio star? Receivers are being phased out by manufacturers, which will likely be the death-knell for this venerable techology.
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Just Stop Using LastPass: They’ve Been Hacked for the 9th Time
LastPass had security incidents in 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017 (twice), 2019, 2021, and twice now in 2022. Are you still using them? Why?
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How TikTok Stole My Car. It Started at 4am This Morning With a Banging on My Door.
It's never good when the police come to your door at 4am. Turns out that TikTok played an important role in the culture and psychology that lead to my car being stolen from my driveway overnight and subsequently used in crimes, general mayhem, and finally a very abrupt stop. The thieves did the deed with a USB cable.
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How to Save Money on a Cheap VPS System, by ChatGPT
In the words of StackOverflow, "The primary problem is that while the answers which ChatGPT produces have a high rate of being incorrect, they typically look like they might be good and the answers are very easy to produce." Turns out that that describes its advice on LowEnd hosting.
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H1-B Visas: Indentured Servitude for 195 Years?
Companies can bring foreign nationals over to work in the US on various programs, most prominently in this discussion, the H1-B visa. It's designed for situations where the US lacks engineers, scientists, or technical specialists in critical skills. But at its worst, the program is a form of modern-day indentured servitude.
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Google: Let’s Use Our Hiring Process For Our Firing Process
Google has turned its hiring process into its firing process. Why? It's bizarre but Google always wants to show that it's different and better. Unfortunately, those interviewing (again) for their jobs and then losing them are not likely to be impressed.
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Twitter: Stuck on CentOS 7
Twitter was preparing to upgrade from CentOS 7 to CentOS Stream but now everyone's gone and they're looking at a June 2024 end of life. Twitter's relationship with FOSS is getting complicated fast.
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Let’s Go Jurisdiction Shopping: Data Sovereignty and the Cloud
Internet users are accustomed to thinking of the global network as a sort of separate, special space. In early days, people talked about "cyberspace" - a virtual world disconnected from our shared physical world. When you hear the Zuck talking about the "metaverse" it feels like he's describing an alternate dimension. However, all these grand virutal realms are impossible without actual physical metal and electricity. And that's when we get into data sovereignty.
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The CloudFlare Price Increase: A Translation For Those Who Don’t Speak Corporate
CloudFlare followed the tedious corporate playbook of drenching their price increase announcement with tons of inspiring adjectives. We provide a translation for you.
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REMINDER: GlobalPing Giveaway Ends on Monday!
LowEndTalk community member @jimaek is giving away 20 of Globalping's hardware probes, now through December 5, 2022. Contest is open worldwide but closes on December 5, 2022!
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Is FOSSBilling the Future of Hosting Billing Panels?
FOSSBilling has announced its first post-fork release! Let's go over the history of the project and where they're at...and hear from you!
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That’s a Gorgeous Benchmark!
We wrote about Benchy back in April 2022. It's a project by LoweEndTalk member @Liso. @Liso recently posted a thread announcing that color had been added and @DP shared a screenshot. Sure looks pretty! Keep your eye on this project.
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WHMCS Won’t Tell You About What The Vulnerability Is, But Will Say “Patch ASAP!”
There's an important security vulnerability in WHMCS 8.5.x and 8.6.x. WHMCS won't tell you what it is, but will tell you that you need to patch ASAP. No earlier versions are affected.
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Huge Thank You to Our Amazing Black Friday/Cyber Monday Providers!
We had another fantastic year here at LowEndBox and LowEndTalk, and it would have been possible without our fantastic providers! Below are all those companies that brought rock bottom prices and cool...
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