Few netizens think about the internet's domain name system: the architecture that invisibly translates a browser's request for, say, wikipedia.org into the numeric IP address where the site is hosted.
But a new startup is hoping to make DNS into a household word and usher in an age where smarter DNS service is offered competitively, like e-mail service or spam filtering today.
Telstra chief, Sol Trujillo, has threatened to scrap an $3 billion national high-speed, fixed-line broadband network.
The telco had proposed to build a next generation fiber-to-the-node (FTTN) wireline network to cover the five major cities initially, then extend it to smaller towns later. But government regulations could require it to allow its rivals to use the network free or at low rates, something the company won't stand for.
Although the foundation of the next-generation Internet, IPv6, is gaining momentum in South Asia and receiving solid support in Windows Vista, enterprise IT managers based in the United States appear to be in little hurry to adopt the standard.
Such was the conclusion of a debate held here on June 14 at the Burton Group's annual Catalyst conference. In the IPv6 (Internet Protocol Version 6) camp were Alex Lightman, CEO of IP telephony vendor Innofone.com, and Lawrence Hughes, chief technology officer of InfoWeapon, which offers an IPv6 network security appliance.
Several South Korean P2P providers, in response to music industry requests to block illegal music sharing have completely disabled the ability to download Mp3s through their services.
``We held an urgent meeting last week, and eight of 11 member companies agreed to block MP3 files until we find ways to charge users,'' said Jun Hyun-sung, chairman of the association of P2P service providers.
The use of data caps on broadband internet accounts in New Zealand is out of step with most of the OECD, according to a report released today.
The report, by Waurua Consulting, compares 2586 different broadband packages from OECD markets.
It compared download and upload speeds, costs, data caps, variety of offerings, contention ratios and finally an overall ranking table.
All up, the top country in the sample was Sweden, with New Zealand fifth from the bottom at 22nd.
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T-Mobile is set to roll out its 'super 3G' data service with data download speeds of around 20Mb/sec. These speeds will be made possible by the 3G LTE technology with a theoretical maximum download rate of 100Mb/sec.
Intel and Pacific Internet (PacNet), a large Asia-Pacific ISP, have teamed up to deploy a mobile WiMAX network in Singapore, PacNet said.
A memorandum of understanding (MOU) executed by the two companies, calls for them to initially test the technology to better understand market needs and behavior.
"This MOU represents a shift in the way PacNet will bring increased value to our customers," said Teck Moh Phey, PacNet's president and chief executive officer, in a statement.
Reaching out and touching someone used to be as simple as dialing a string of numbers.
But now there are home, cell and work phone numbers from which to choose, and sometimes work extensions to remember. There are also e-mail addresses -- at home and at work -- and instant messaging handles, perhaps separate ones for the various services, some of which now do voice and video besides text.
Some people even have Web pages -- through their employer or Internet service provider, or perhaps a profile or two on MySpace.
Overnight at the 2006 PlayStation Business Briefing in Tokyo, SCE president Ken Kutaragi unveiled the new network service, tentatively titled the PlayStation Network Platform. The service is currently being co-developed with Sony Online Entertainment. SOE currently runs the Station.com online gaming site, which provides the infrastructure for a series of PC massively multiplayer online role-playing games such as EverQuest II, Star Wars Galaxies, and PlanetSide.
