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Comment Re:The switch from DC to AC (Score 1) 340

by jcurran on Saturday March 21, 2009 @06:31PM (#27282877) Attached to: No Business Case For IPv6, Survey Finds

Quite possibly longer... IPv4 is going to be around for a long, long time; certainly in use in private and/or disconnected networks.

The important aspect of the transition to IPv6 is getting the public Internet resources using IPv6 in parallel with IPv4, as this allows continued growth of the Internet while reducing the amount of traffic that needs to accessed via NAT.

To the extent that one is operating a public server, it's time to be exploring adding IPv6 connectivity to it over the next two years. This is not difficult, but has some non-trivial security and management aspects which means providers of public-facing Internet servers need to start on this work asap.

Submission + - U.S. CTO Choice Down to a Two-Horse Race

Submitted by

theodp

on Monday January 19, 2009 @11:38AM

theodp writes: "Barack Obama apparently didn't return CmdrTaco's call. BusinessWeek reports that the choices for the first U.S. CTO have narrowed, and it's now a two-horse race between Padmasree Warrior, Cisco's CTO, and Vivek Kundra, who holds the same title for the Government of the District of Columbia. Two very different resumes — which would you advise Obama to pick?"

IPv6 Adoption Up 300 Percent Over 2 Years 425

Posted by timothy on Friday December 05, 2008 @11:29AM from the final-curve-will-be-interesting dept.

Mark.J - ISPreview writes "The Number Resource Organization, which is made up of the five Regional Internet Registries, has revealed that the rate of new entrants into the IPv6 routing system has increased by 300% over the past two years. The news is important because IPv4 addresses (e.g. 123.23.56.98), which are assigned to your computer periodically, are running out. IPv6 addressing (e.g. 2ffe:1800:3525:3:200:f8ff:fe21:67cf) was invented as a longer and more secure replacement." IPv6 is still gaining ground slowly, particularly in the US.

Submission + - WashPost: FCC to Rule on Wireless Auction 1

Submitted by schwit1 on Sunday July 29, 2007 @11:08PM

schwit1 writes: Monday Washington Post story

The Federal Communications Commission will set the rules tomorrow governing the auction of $15 billion of public airwaves, a decision with stakes so high that the major U.S. cellular carriers and Google have spent millions of dollars on a lobbying campaign in an attempt to influence the outcome. The decision could dramatically alter the nation's cellphone industry.

Google, the giant Internet search company, wants to extend its popular tools, which include e-mail and video, to the rapidly expanding mobile phone market. To do so, it may spend billions to build a new, open network it says will loosen the grip telecom operators have over how consumers use their cellphones.

Currently, the major U.S. wireless carriers, including AT&T and Verizon Wireless, largely decide which Web sites, music-download services and search engines their customers can access on their cellphones. This is accomplished by wireless companies determining which cellphones will receive their services: AT&T, for example, is the only carrier available to users of Apple's iPhone.

Google wants to end that restriction and has urged the FCC to require the winner of the auction to build a network that will be open to all cellphones and services, so any consumer can have access to Google's array of offerings.

Feed More Research Shows How The Fashion Industry Is Helped By The Lack Of Intellectu (techdirt.com)

From feed by techdirtfeed on Tuesday April 10, 2007 @04:12AM

Back in 2003, we mentioned an article that compared the entertainment industry to the fashion industry, noting that even though there was no intellectual property protections over clothing design and copying was rampant, the fashion industry was thriving. This shouldn't come as a surprise, really. After all, without the artificial protectionism, the fashion designers are forced to continually compete by continually innovating and always trying to come out with the latest and greatest design. Even though others copy, there's tremendous value in being the first, or being the "big name" in the industry. The article included this fantastic quote: "Ideas arise, evolve through collaboration, gain currency through exposure, mutate in new directions, and diffuse through imitation. The constant borrowing, repurposing, and transformation of prior work are as integral to creativity in music and film as they are to fashion." In 2005, the NY Times wrote a similar article, but warned that the fashion industry was moving in the wrong direction, as lazy designers who didn't want to compete and wanted to rest on their laurels had started pushing for new intellectual property over their designs. Late last year, the calls for such protectionism grew even stronger -- though, the reasoning doesn't make any sense. The entire point of intellectual property protections is to create incentives for a market. If that market is already thriving, why do you need to add new incentives? The real reason is that it's not to provide incentives. It's a way for successful players to keep making money without continuing to innovate -- which is simply bad for society.

The NY Times is taking another look at this issue, this time in a piece written by well-known economist Hal Varian, who points to a recent study that doesn't just note that the fashion industry has thrived without intellectual property protection, but notes that a big part of the reason it has thrived is because of the lack of IP. In other words, if those pushing for those new IP rights get them, the end result will likely be harmful to the overall fashion industry. Again, this shouldn't be surprising, as removing protectionist policies tends to increase competition and the size of the addressable market, but it's certainly a good example to point to when people insist that things like the music industry wouldn't exist without copyright protection.

Bloggers Propose Code of Conduct 199

Posted by CowboyNeal on Tuesday April 10, 2007 @03:55AM from the manners-maketh-man dept.

akintayo writes "The New York Times reports that in response to the recent brouhaha, some technology bloggers have suggested raising the level of civility on tech blogs by implementing a code of conduct. Kathy Sierra, a technology blogger and friend of O'Reilly was subjected to threats and insults from readers and other bloggers. In partial response, O'Reilly and others have proposed a code of conduct which could include restrictions like the outlawing of anonymous accounts."

Submission + - Free Podcast of Asimov's "Nightfall"

Submitted by

SFEley

on Tuesday April 10, 2007 @03:06AM

SFEley writes: "Escape Pod, the podcast narrating science fiction short stories from top writers, is celebrating its 100th episode with a reading of Isaac Asimov's legendary story 'Nightfall.' First published in 1941, 'Nightfall' has been voted by the Science Fiction Writers of America as the most significant SF short story ever written."

Submission + - Nanostructured Li-ion batteries for electric cars

Submitted by schliz on Tuesday April 10, 2007 @02:46AM

schliz writes: Researchers at the Delft University of Technology are developing nanostructured batteries that are expected to deliver more usage between charges, and shorter charge/discharge times, to mobile consumers within the next five years. The batteries will improve electric and hybrid vehicles, researchers say.

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