According to @BBC News 2011, “The original pool of #internet addresses has officially run dry. The last five blocks of the IP Version 4 addresses have been handed over to the regional bodies that distribute them. Those five blocks, called /8s and which contain 16 million addresses each, are expected to be completely depleted by September [...]
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Last block of net addresses get handed over| @BBC News
February 4th, 2011 
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No Comments »Addressing the growth of the Internet | @BBC News
February 4th, 2011 admin According to Bill Thompson 2010, “We journalists like nothing more than a forthcoming apocalypse, especially when it involves something that most people don’t properly understand. It’s easy to frighten people with talk of “superbugs” or argue that when the Large Hadron Collider is turned on it will create “strangelets” that will destroy the known universe, [...]
Posted in Hosting, Internet, Technology, United Kingdom Tags: BBC, BBC News, Bill Thompson, hosting, Internet, ip, network, Tech No Comments »Internet pioneer Vint Cerf warns over address changes | @BBC News
February 4th, 2011 admin According to @BBC News 2010, “The #internet could face years of instability as it moves to a new addressing system, one of the #network’s original architects has warned.” Article > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11736394 #Internet #Tech #IP #network #BBC #VintCerf #IPv6 #hosting
Posted in Hosting, Internet, Technology, United Kingdom Tags: BBC, BBC News, hosting, Internet, Internet infrastructure, ip, IPv6, network, Tech, Vinct Cerf No Comments »Net approaches address exhaustion | @BBC News
February 4th, 2011 admin According to Mark Ward 2010, “The last big blocks of the net’s dwindling stock of addresses are about to be handed out.” Article > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12306573 #Internet #IP #BBC #markward #bbcnews #tech #IPv6
Posted in Hosting, Internet, Technology, United Kingdom Tags: BBC, BBC News, Internet, ip, IPv6, Mark Ward, Tech No Comments »#EU calls for net address upgrade | @BBC News
February 4th, 2011 admin According to BBC News 2010, “Work to migrate #Europe to the net’s new addressing system must speed up, says the European Commission. The call to action is contained in a plan sent to the European Parliament urging governments and top websites in the region to head the migration.” Read more > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7427360.stm #BBCNews #BBC #Internet [...]
Posted in EU, Hosting, Internet, Technology, United Kingdom Tags: BBC, BBC News, EU, hosting, Internet, IPv6, network, Tech No Comments »BBC News, "Apple boss defends conditions at iPhone factory"
June 2nd, 2010 admin BBC News, “Apple boss defends conditions at iPhone factory” Click for Article
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June 1st, 2010 admin BBCNews, “OfCom unveils anti-piracy policy” Lists of Britons who infringe copyright are to be drawn up by the UK’s biggest ISPs, under proposals from the regulator OfCom. Click for Article Excerpt: “The plan is contained in a draft code of practice it hopes will curb copyright infringement. Names and the number of times individuals infringe will [...]
Posted in Business, Copyright, Court, EU, Europe, Intellectual Property, Internet, Law, Telecom, Web Security Tags: Anti-piracy, BBC News, BT, Copyright, Internet, O2, OfCom, Orange, piracy, Sky, Talk Talk, Telcom, Virgin Media No Comments »BBCNews, "In graphics: Supercomputing Superpowers"
June 1st, 2010 admin BBCNews, “In graphics: Supercomputing Superpowers” Click For Article This is a cool graphic. When hoovered over each square represents an entity with a entity name, ranking #, speed, cores, site, location e.g. Cray XT, #1, 1.759 peta FLOPS, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, United States. There are many companies listed and the rankings jump around the [...]
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