UK.COM and UK.NET domain names have been used by British companies of all sizes and across all industries for almost 20 years. They combine the UK’s national identifier with the popular “.com” and “.net” ending. This helps to improve consumer trust and confidence and can be found by search engines from anywhere in the world…. Keep Reading
Following months of development and testing by our in-house web design team, we are delighted to reveal that our new website is now live. We have completely redesigned our layout with a bold new look, with functionality, ease of use and accessibility in mind. As always, we listen to feedback from our customers, and as a… Keep Reading
We’re often asked why we create awkward to remember passwords when customers accounts are set up, or why we sometimes point out to customers that simple passwords are a bad idea. Here’s a video where Edward Snowdon has a (light hearted) discussion on the subject. We hope you’ll enjoy it – but take it seriously!
The very first domain name ever registered was Symbolics.com on March 15, 1985. Since then over 288 million domain names have been registered worldwide. The .com and .net domain extensions account for approx 130.6 million domain names – which is not surprising since for many years there was only a small number extensions such as… Keep Reading
WTF ?!!!
There were a few new domain name releases yesterday to join the ever increasing range of new and in some cases descriptive TLDs. As per the title of this post, among those released was .wtf (if you don’t know what it stands for ask somebody else) joined by .fail making them my new favourite domain types,… Keep Reading
.london pre-registration
The domain name extension .london is likely to be one of the hottest domain names in the UK. At Hosting UK we’ve previously stayed away from pre-registrations however this one was too good to wait for. Currently available for pre-registration, .london is set to overtake the already (surprisingly to a Brit like me) amazingly popular… Keep Reading
An email you should not ignore
I’m Writing this as I’ve seen a number of domain names become suspended recently, so I thought a bit of a public service announcement was in order. If you’ve registered a domain name or changed your contact information on a domain recently, among the emails you will have received will be one asking you to… Keep Reading
The Heartbleed Bug
The Heartbleed Bug You may have heard the news yesterday of the Heartbleed Bug, a serious vulnerability in Open SSL. The bug allows malicious clients to view chunks of decrypted system memory. This can be used to build a picture of the contents of your systems RAM which in turn could be used to find… Keep Reading
Pre-register your new domain name extension
New generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) are coming! .london / .menu / .photography / .music and many more. Our sister company Easyspace has created a website, to allow customers to build up a virtual shopping basket of the new domain name extensions they are interested in. It is free to register interest in one of the… Keep Reading
Three months free on yearly Exchange packages
Get 3 Months Free on all yearly Microsoft Hosted Exchange 2010 packages Still promoting somebody else’s business? Isn’t it time you looked after your own brand? Do you use a Hotmail, Gmail, AOL or another brand for your important business emails? Wouldn’t an email address with your own brand name such as you@yourcompany.co.uk look more… Keep Reading
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