Networks

Social Gaming Network Adds Bezos As Investor

Monday, July 14th, 2008

Social Gaming Network, a major distributor of games on Facebook and other social networks, has added Bezos Expeditions, Jeff Bezos’ investment vehicle, to its investor roles. The news comes just two months after the Palo Alto-based SGN announced its big, $15 million first round from investors Greylock Partners, the Founders ...

JetBlue’s LiveTV Buying Airfone For In-Flight Internet

Monday, June 9th, 2008

JetBlue’s LiveTV unit, which offers in-flight TV and messaging services, is buying Verizon’s (NYSE: VZ) Airfone, an air-to-ground telecom network, in a deal WSJ (via Reuters) says is to boost its on-board internet and email offering. No purchase price was given. JetBlue took control of LiveTV in 2002 and it ...

Starbucks Turns On Free Wi-Fi For Everyone

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

Good news for anyone in need of a quick internet fix: Starbucks is turning on free Wi-Fi today, courtesy of its partner AT&T (NYSE: T). The deal, according to USA Today: Users will get two hours of free internet usage when they purchase a $5 reloadable Starbucks Card and register ...

Network Information Functions In PHP

Sunday, February 24th, 2008

1. string gethostbyaddr ( string $ip_address ) Returns the host name of the Internet host specified by ip_address. 2. string gethostbyname ( string $hostname ) Returns the IP address of the Internet host specified by hostname. 3. array gethostbynamel ( string $hostname ) Returns a list of IP addresses to which the Internet ...

VPN - Problem with NAT firewalls.

Monday, November 26th, 2007

The popularity of telecommuting is increasing and this is why companies have been turning to Virtual Private Networking (VPN). The problem is that not all of them have made it easy by using "NAT friendly" VPN gateways and VPN clients. Most of them require changes to home users' router settings ...