Asia Running Out of IP Addresses
Source: ZDNet
China, Korea and Japan are running out of time.
Governments and academics from the three countries are teaming up, putting aside troubled histories to avert a common disaster.
The issue: Asia's well of available IP (Internet Protocol) addresses is running dry rapidly. Without an IP address--a 32-bit string of numbers--a 3G phone, PC or handheld has no identity and cannot send or receive data. When that final address is used up in a couple of years, the online world will grind to a halt. And perhaps, so will the economies of the three North Asian nations.
