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CenturyLink Wants to Acquire Rackspace: Bloomberg Report

CenturyLink is in talks to acquire cloud provider Rackspace, according to a report by Bloomberg on Monday. Citing anonymous sources familiar with the matter, the report said that odds of the deal going through are “less than 50 percent unless Rackspace is willing to take payment in stock or enter a joint venture.” Continue reading

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Web Hosting Sales and Promos Roundup – September 5, 2014

In the week ending September 5, 2014, AIT is offering a 50 percent loyalty discount on dedicated servers, GoDaddy is offering up to 85 percent off its website plans, and A Small Orange is offering a VPS hosting sale. Continue reading

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PayPal Taps GoDaddy, Ecwid Merchants with New PayPal Here SDK

PayPal announced on Thursday a new product, called PayPal Here SDK, for merchants to sell offline, and give brick-and-mortar retailers the ability to sell on mobile devices. Continue reading

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Ecommerce Software Provider PrestaShop Expands eBay Partnership in Europe

Open source ecommerce company PrestaShop and eBay have announced an expansion of their partnership to Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Previously the companies have partnered to provide easy integration of PrestShop online stores into the eBay marketplace in France, Italy, Spain, and the UK. Continue reading

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Hackers Use Enterprise Linux Systems in Botnet DDoS Attacks: Prolexic Research

Akamai and its Prolexic Security Engineering & Research Team (PLXsert) issued a threat advisory Wednesday of a high-risk threat of IptabLes and IptabLex infections on Linux systems. Enterprise Linux systems are being used to launch botnet DDoS attacks against the entertainment industry and possibly other targets. Continue reading

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