http://2catshosting.com/clients/announcements.php Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:16:12 CDT http://2catshosting.com/clients/announcements.php?id=3 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 CDT Today (April 21, 2008), Microsoft formally announced the release date for the next Windows XP Service Pack (SP3). As you know, it pays to keep your computer's software up to date to help fend off the bugs, viruses, and potential exploits waiting for you out on the Internet.  But the move to Vista (for most of us anyway) have been approached with caution.  Some users are holding on to Windows XP even though Microsoft has announced that the end of support for XP will be in 2009. The release of a service pack is good news for those of us wishing to wait a bit longer before making the upgrade to Vista (or to a different platform altogether--2 Cats also supports Apple's Mac OS X and Linux!). Now we're not advocating that you run out an download SP3 on the 29th and update your computer.  For the technically weary among you we suggest that you wait until the brave at heart have vetted this new service pack update. The new service pack will be available via the Windows Update and the Microsoft Download Center beginning on April 29th. Online documentation for Windows XP SP3, such as Microsoft Knowledge Base articles and the Microsoft TechNet Windows XP TechCenter, will be updated at that time. For non-enterprise customers who use the Microsoft automatic update service, Windows XP SP3 will be available sometime in early summer. http://2catshosting.com/clients/announcements.php?id=2 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 00:00:00 CST As you may have read or heard in the news, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has acknowledged various attempts to exploit and attack Internet services owned by various government departments including the military. In response to these attempts, the DoD has implemented changes to their Internet systems and networks which will affect how Internet-based communications such as email are maintained. In the past month we have seen several Email messages from our customers to .mil domains that have been refused. We have contacted our service provider and even followed up with a general inquiry to the U.S. DoD. But at this point, there is not much we can do other than to advise you of the situation. We suggest that, should you have a priority Email destined for any recipient with a .mil domain, you follow up with your contact to insure that they, in fact, received your message. We will update this notice whenever we receive new information concerning this matter. 2Cats Hosting, LLC Springfield, Missouri, U.S.A.