I have updated the list of Web hosting resources and RSS feeds via WebHostingShow.com. I added a few more RSS feeds for resources on the list. I also added a new dedicated section for control panels. If you know of any resources that I don’t have on the list yet, be sure to let me know.

My good friends at Ping! Zine had some good news to announce this morning. They are now offering both a digital and paperback versions of the best Web hosting magazine out there today.

Ping! Zine Web Hosting Magazine (http://www.pingzine.com), the longest-running and most widely read print magazine for the web hosting industry, announced today that it will now offer its award-winning magazine content in PDA and Online formats, in addition to its traditional print version.

Both new formats will be available for download on the company’s web site free of charge, and will incorporate the same content as the print magazine, including advertisements. The Online format will be available via either Portable Document Files (PDF) or eBook with Microsoft Reader.

“Our readership is comprised largely of tech-savvy and Internet based professionals, so we feel it is necessary to provide our magazine in a format that best represents the very topic we are covering,” said Keith Duncan, Publisher, Ping! Zine Web Hosting Magazine. “I’ve always felt it was kind of ironic that a magazine covering the web hosting industry is only available on paper.”

I have a feeling this will not be the last big announcement we hear from the folks at Ping! Zine. To pick up the latest edition of Ping! Zine, visit this Web page. Right now they have options for both Microsoft Reader for Pocket PC and Mobipocket of Pocket PC and Palm OS. I’m going to drop them an E-mail later today to see if we can get a PDF download going as well.

Update: I just got word from the editor over at Ping! Zine and there is a download link for the PDF version as well. You can pick it up here.

If you have ever done any serious server shopping, you have seen two words that you might not understand. Do you want a dedicated server that is “managed” or do you want one that is “unmanaged”? What really are the differences between the two? You know me, I’ll let you know (without the jargon) on this week’s edition of the Web Hosting Show.

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I was looking to add Web Hosting Talk to Hosting Hoopla due to a lot of folks asking for it. I mean, why shouldn’t they? It is one of the biggest set of Web hosting forums out there. Today I finally got around to talking to Web Hosting Talk support to ask them if they have an RSS feed or not. Here is what they had to say:

You’ll find what you need to know in this thread.

So I checked out that thread. Did I find an answer to my question? No. If you read through that thread it says that it used to be for premium members only, but now there aren’t any new premium member sign-ups, but there was no final work from anybody from Web Hosting Talk there.

Taking Hosting Hoopla out of the picture, I think charging folks to get access to the RSS feed isn’t very good business practices. I mean, you are telling folks, “I know you really want to keep up to date with us and come back to the Web site but if you don’t pay us money, we aren’t going to make that easy for you”.

I’ve asked for more details, so I’ll let you know if I ever get a feed out of them.