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In my last post I gave a brief account of the history of the Internet: early IP allocation principles, the creation of the World Wide Web, the emergence of the current Regional Internet Registry (RIR) system and its role in...

World IPv6 Launch, now only a few weeks away on 6th June, marks a significant milestone in the history of the Internet. The landmark day follows the great success of World IPv6 Day in June of last year, where organisations from...

In June of this year, on World IPv6 Day, organisations around the world offered their content over IPv6 for a 24-hour period. The aim was to motivate organisations across the industry - Internet service providers, hardware...

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion has acquired Scoreloop, a San Francisco based company, primarily known for its widely popular cross-multi platform social gaming network for Android, Bada and iOS users. The move, according to...

Today is World IPv6 Day, when some of the biggest names in technology will be testing their readiness for the IPv6 protocol over 24 hours in order to make sure they can make the transition from IPv4 without any issues. Not For...

With IPv4 Internet adresses becoming scarce, thinq_ has interviwed Axel Pawlik managing director of RIPE NCC the RIR that services Europe, and reports that there's growing evidence of a new net land grab as large companies snap...

As regional Internet registries (RIRs) announce the exhaustion of IP version 4 (IPv4) addresses, a fledgling market for addresses is starting to take shape. As Internet users finally realise the limitations of IPv4's address...

The world is on the brink of running out of IPv4 addresses after the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) assigned four IPv4 blocks to two different registries, leaving only 7 in the global pool.The organisation has warned...

Vince Cerf might actually be wrong in his predictions that the final pot of web addresses will run out in the UK sometime in 2012 as it has been widely reported in the national press. There's a widely countdown clock that...

From its humble beginnings a few decades ago, the Internet has experienced explosive growth due to the rise in personal computers as well as other connected devices such as mobile phones and gaming consoles. It forms an integral...

The internet may soon run out of IP addresses as a result of the boom in web use and an increase in the number of mobile internet users. According to a report by the BBC, experts predict that the last batch of internet addresses...

Police have drafted a plan to watch over the 340 trillion trillion trillion Internet addresses being issued under IPv6, the root and branch reform of addressing being done to stop the internet running out of space. The proposal...

The total depletion of IPv4 address pool is close; however, a recent European Commission (EC) survey highlighted an alarming lack of leadership regarding Internet development, as many businesses are still not ready for the...

In its response to the UK’s Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) claims that has brought the internet security into question, the internet registry RIPE NCC has claimed that it was nowhere involved in dealings with the...