LowEndBox - Cheap VPS, Hosting and Dedicated Server Deals

VMware Workstation and Fusion Pro Are Now Free. Good Luck Actually Downloading Them

Broadcom has blown chaos all over the VMware landscape with their acquisition but they're releasing desktop products for free. They just make it very difficult to download them.

Read More
VMware Workstation and Fusion Pro Are Now Free.  Good Luck Actually Downloading Them

Are PayPal Chargebacks Weapons of Mass Involucration? What Does a Chargeback Do to a Provider?

Unhappy with service? Just hit that chargeback, right? Hold your horses.

Read More
Are PayPal Chargebacks Weapons of Mass Involucration?  What Does a Chargeback Do to a Provider?

Microsoft Bought 10 Nuclear Power Plants' Worth of Energy

Microsoft Corp. and Brookfield Asset Management’s green energy arm signed the biggest corporate clean-energy purchase agreement ever announced, as the technology giant ramps up its investment in artif...

Read More
Microsoft Bought 10 Nuclear Power Plants' Worth of Energy

HyperExpert Deadpools and It Might Be My Fault

Farewell, HyperExpert. I was a customer since 2020.

Read More
HyperExpert Deadpools and It Might Be My Fault

Turning Off VPS Systems was a Major Hassle Until I Stopped Forgetting This Important Step!

Turning off a system? Make sure you get everything cleaned up and avoid future hassles with this checklist.

Read More
Turning Off VPS Systems was a Major Hassle Until I Stopped Forgetting This Important Step!

Ekire.net Is for Sale - You Don't Want It But It Seems Someone Does

Ekire is for sale and this micro hosting company's finances make me wonder why people are lining up to kick the tires.

Read More
Ekire.net Is for Sale - You Don't Want It But It Seems Someone Does

Buy Los Angeles VPS with Bitcoin and Other Crypto (USDT, BTC, TRX, etc)

Looking to buy a Los Angeles VPS with Bitcoin, USDT, LTC, ETH, TRX? If you're looking for a budget VPS hosting solution on the West Coast of the United States, a RackNerd VPS in Los Angeles is what you need!

Read More
Buy Los Angeles VPS with Bitcoin and Other Crypto (USDT, BTC, TRX, etc)

I Am Such a Tease: A Giveaway is Coming Tomorrow! And Let's Do a Review of Gleam

We have a brand new GIVEAWAY starting tomorrow! In the meantime, we'll take a sec to tell you about our experience with Gleam.

Read More
I Am Such a Tease: A Giveaway is Coming Tomorrow!  And Let's Do a Review of Gleam

Netherlands Regulations: Datacenter Servers Must Be Set to Balanced or Power Saving Mode

If you have gear in the Netherlands, ready those PowerShell and shell scripts to audit power management settings. It's the law!

Read More
Netherlands Regulations: Datacenter Servers Must Be Set to Balanced or Power Saving Mode

What Does Your Road Warrior Kit Look Like? Here's How I Setup to Go On the Road

Let's talk home access, remote access, VPNs, and other tricks to make life on the road more tolerable (in a digital sense).

Read More
What Does Your Road Warrior Kit Look Like?  Here's How I Setup to Go On the Road

The Social Media Police Bodycam Video Industry: Where the Vids Come From May Surprise You

Over the last few years, a new industry has emerged: putting police bodycams on YouTube. Today there are tens of thousands of these these videos with many avid subscribers. Let's look at how this world came to be and how it works.

Read More
The Social Media Police Bodycam Video Industry: Where the Vids Come From May Surprise You

Global Phishing Attacks up 58% Year-Over-Year, Powered by Generative AI

Phishing attacks have grown 60% year-over-year, according to Zscalar, a global security company. Powering the rise? AI of course.

Read More
Global Phishing Attacks up 58% Year-Over-Year, Powered by Generative AI

RackNerd Now Accepting Payments via USDT TRC-20, USDC-TRC20, TRX, BTC, LTC, ETH, and More Across Ethereum (ERC-20), Polygon, Solana, Tron (TRC-20) Networks

RackNerd is now accepting a wide variety of crypto payments. They recently announced a new integration with Coinify, a leading cryptocurrency payment gateway. Read more about all the news from Rancho Cucamonga!

Read More
RackNerd Now Accepting Payments via USDT TRC-20, USDC-TRC20, TRX, BTC, LTC, ETH, and More Across Ethereum (ERC-20), Polygon, Solana, Tron (TRC-20) Networks

Remember Amazon HQ2? Job Losses Instead of Gains

A couple years back, Amazon lit up the country as civic leaders competed to win a landing spot for HQ2. Turns out things haven't panned out as planned.

Read More
Remember Amazon HQ2?  Job Losses Instead of Gains

Protest Against Your Employer and Get Terminated. Well, Duh. Google Axes Anti-Google Employees

Turns out that if you protest against your employer, engage in demonstrations, participate in sit-ins, etc., your employer may terminate you. Gee, who could POSSIBLY have expected that?

Read More
Protest Against Your Employer and Get Terminated.  Well, Duh.  Google Axes Anti-Google Employees

Should You Change Your Windows RDP Port? Yes.

A colleague has a couple Windows VPSes which are getting hammered on the RDP port by attackers trying to get in. What's the easiest way to stop that?

Read More
Should You Change Your Windows RDP Port?  Yes.

You Don't Want to Start a Hosting Company: A Parallel From History

Let's see, a market with a low barrier to entry, a reputation for cheap prices, and giant competitors...should you jump in?

Read More
You Don't Want to Start a Hosting Company: A Parallel From History

Gloo.top - a Cool LowEndTalk Member Link Shortener You Should Check Out!

We love to highlight projects created by our members, and today we're taking a look at @noob404's link shortener, gloo.top.

Read More
Gloo.top - a Cool LowEndTalk Member Link Shortener You Should Check Out!

Let's Check In: sh97's Network Benchmark Script has Plenty of New Developments!

Last July we wrote about sh97's network benchmarking script, network-speed. He's been hard at work improving it. Let's check in!

Read More
Let's Check In: sh97's Network Benchmark Script has Plenty of New Developments!

Looking for a Cheap Domain and Don't Care About the TLD?

Recently I was looking for a cheap domain and didn't care about the TLD. Here's a quick overview of the cheapest of the cheap.

Read More
Looking for a Cheap Domain and Don't Care About the TLD?

The Coolest Project Ever: bashvm

Today we're going to take a look at a really cool project: bashvm.com. This project allows you to create, modify, and manage virtual machines using - you guessed it - bash.  The entire environment is coded as a bash shell script.  That's really neat!

Read More
The Coolest Project Ever: bashvm

QuadraNet Acquired by Edge Centres

QuadraNet has been acquired by Edge Centres, expanding the latter's US footprint. This was reported in Datacenter Dynamics...oh wait, they pulled the article.

Read More
QuadraNet Acquired by Edge Centres

Spectacular Growth in Corporate Version of OpenAI's ChatGPT

OpenAI went from 150,000 ChatGPT Enterprise users to 600,000 in the space of four months. The AI sector is red hot and so is corporate America's love affair with generative AI.

Read More
Spectacular Growth in Corporate Version of OpenAI's ChatGPT

Will the Grid Collapse as Skynet Comes Online? Not According to Princeton

Is the grid about to collapse as Skynet comes online?!?!? That's the fear...well, to put it a bit more tamely, the fear is that the electric grid is unprepared for the surge in demanding AI projects. But it may not be so bad, according to a Princeton prof.

Read More
Will the Grid Collapse as Skynet Comes Online?  Not According to Princeton

We are Social Butterflies! Check Us Out Wherever You Browse, View, or Tap!

Confession time: we want to grow our social media presence.  Besides the economic reasons, it's also part of our core mission to educate people who are paying way too much for hosting services.

Read More
We are Social Butterflies!  Check Us Out Wherever You Browse, View, or Tap!

Colohouse Acquires Hivelocity: News and Analysis

M&A in the hosting space continues, with Colohouse announcing today that it is acquiring Hivelocity, a well-known provider in our community.

Read More
Colohouse Acquires Hivelocity: News and Analysis

Amazon to Spend $150 Billion on Datacenters in the Next 15 Years, Getting Creative on Powering Them

Amazon is planning to spend $150 billion on datacenters over the next 15 years. Finding electricity to power them is getting increasingly difficult, so the online giant is getting increasingly creative in finding juice to power all those VMs.

Read More
Amazon to Spend $150 Billion on Datacenters in the Next 15 Years, Getting Creative on Powering Them

The Mother of All Supply Chain Attacks! Is 1Password Safe?!? (UPDATED)

A backdoor was slipped into xz, a widely used compression library. Is a 1Password employee somewhere in the mix?

Read More
The Mother of All Supply Chain Attacks!  Is 1Password Safe?!? (UPDATED)
« Newer PostsOlder Posts »

Latest LowEndTalk Hosting Offers

View More