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Internet Takes a Big Step to Its Future Tomorrow

John Johnson — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:25:01 CDT

Scientific American posing a jarring question as headline today: "Will the Internet Stop on June 8?" And the answer is: Er, no. But the Internet will start to grow up a little. Tomorrow is World IPv6 Day, when Google, Facebook, YouTube, and other giants will conduct a 24-hour test of...

The Internet Is Almost Full

Kevin Spak — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 10:00:05 CST

Don’t panic or anything, but a massive crisis is looming with the potential to shut down the Internet. The world is on the verge of using up all 4.3 billion possible IP addresses, explains Thomas Weber of the Daily Beast —which means that effectively the Internet is running out...

5K Hurt Locker Downloaders Sued

Jane Yager — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 05:22:00 CDT

If you illegally downloaded The Hurt Locker , now might be the time to delete. The Oscar-winning film's production company Monday filed suit against 5,000 John Does who illegally shared the movie, and is now trying to get the sharers' Internet service providers to reveal their names, CNN reports.

100 Must-Have Skills for Geeks

Nick McMaster — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:41:02 CDT

Think you're a geek? Living up to the label requires a certain set of skills—or knowing how to Google them. Wired compiles the 100 essential skills for true geekdom: Secure a wireless router. Steal wi-fi from your neighbor. Mess with people stealing wi-fi. Name all the Dwarves in The...

Dot Gov Must Act on Looming Dot Everything Shortage

Laila Weir — Thu, 15 May 2008 13:18:47 CDT

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development says businesses aren’t working hard enough to promote an upgrade to the current Internet protocol, which is set to run out of IP addresses by 2011. So it’s pushing for governments to spend more on IPv6 equipment, software and services, as well as...

Feds Lag on Internet Protocol Upgrade

Laila Weir — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:48:08 CST

A deadline for US federal agencies to support an upgrade to the current Internet communications protocol, which would provide much-needed new IP addresses, is likely to come and go without much changing. Agencies' networks must be capable of running IPv6 within 6 months, but observers estimate most won't actually make...

Internet Running Out of IP Addresses

Kevin Spak — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:26:16 CDT

By 2010, new computers won’t be able to get online, warns Internet co-inventor Vint Cerf, unless ISPs adopt IPv6, a new system of assigning IP addresses. IP addresses are unique number strings devices need to get online, but most of the 4 billion numbers possible under the current system are...