1. No Room at the Internet: IPv4 Addresses All Gone
This week, the Internet reached a turning point in its history that presents a wide-ranging set of implications: from future electronic device design to law enforcement tactics -- even to online advertising. Simply put, it has depleted the pool of addresses available under Internet Protocol version 4, or IPv4. The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, operated by ICANN, doled out the last IPv4 addresses this week to Regional Internet Registries in a public ceremony. The RIRs are expected to distribute the remaining addresses in short order.
2. Anonymous in revenge hack on firm helping FBI
4. What we expect to see inside the iPhone 5
We're just a handful of months away from Apple's usual summer launch for updated iPhone hardware. With Apple busy keeping up with demand for both the GSM and newly launched CDMA versions of the iPhone 4, we thought it would be worthwhile to look at what we might see inside the next-gen iPhone unveiled at WWDC this summer.
As far as the form factor is concerned, we don't expect to see radical (if any) changes in the fifth-generation iPhone's exterior. Apple hardly changed the design of the iPhone from the original to the 3G, and not at all for the 3GS. The iPhone 4—despite gripes with the antenna design and front and rear glass covers—has generally been a solid and well-received design. And the company is just now getting around to figuring out how to reliably make a white one.
5. Seasoned Devs May See a Sweet Deal in Honeycomb
Seasoned Java or Android appdevs looking to create apps on Android 3.0, aka "Honeycomb," will probably find it relatively easy to get up and running. "If you're a Java developer, it's going to take you three to five days to get to the point where you can be dangerous enough to develop apps," Marko Gargenta, Android expert at Marakana told LinuxInsider. Application development on Honeycomb is "conceptually similar to development on the smartphone," Gargenta added. "For somebody who's familiar with Android, it may take him less than a day to get into all the intricacies."
This week, the Internet reached a turning point in its history that presents a wide-ranging set of implications: from future electronic device design to law enforcement tactics -- even to online advertising. Simply put, it has depleted the pool of addresses available under Internet Protocol version 4, or IPv4. The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, operated by ICANN, doled out the last IPv4 addresses this week to Regional Internet Registries in a public ceremony. The RIRs are expected to distribute the remaining addresses in short order.
2. Anonymous in revenge hack on firm helping FBI
Anonymous, the online collective that launched DDoS attacks on Visa, PayPal and others in support of whistle-blowing site WikiLeaks, has brought down the web site of a firm helping the FBI to unmask its members.
Security services firm HBGary Federal had been helping the Feds to track down the individuals behind a number of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on companies including Amazon, PayPal, Visa, MasterCard, Swiss bank PostFinance and Bank of America, after the firms suspended services to WikiLeaks.
In a sophisticated attack, Anonymous members hacked into HBGary's website and posted an image containing a message explaining their actions. In addition, they downloaded over 60,000 messages from the company's email servers and posted them on The Pirate Bay.
The Twitter account of HBGary's CEO, Aaron Barr, was also compromised and used to tweet a number of offensive messages, as well as his home address, social security number and mobile phone number.
3. Androids attack: Google Nexus S to hit Australia
The second Google-branded smartphone is about to hit Australia as analysts predict the search giant's mobile platform will surpass iPhone sales in Australia within a few years.
The Google Nexus S, released in the US and Britain in December last year, will be sold in Australia "soon", according to Vodafone which has clinched a global distribution deal. Those interested in buying one are being asked to register their interest on Vodafone's website.
Meanwhile, Sony Ericsson confirmed it would be launching its Android-based Xperia Play - dubbed the "PlayStation Phone" - on February 13. Support for Android is exploding with new phones soon to be launched by Motorola, Samsung, HTC, LG and Acer.
Security services firm HBGary Federal had been helping the Feds to track down the individuals behind a number of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on companies including Amazon, PayPal, Visa, MasterCard, Swiss bank PostFinance and Bank of America, after the firms suspended services to WikiLeaks.
In a sophisticated attack, Anonymous members hacked into HBGary's website and posted an image containing a message explaining their actions. In addition, they downloaded over 60,000 messages from the company's email servers and posted them on The Pirate Bay.
The Twitter account of HBGary's CEO, Aaron Barr, was also compromised and used to tweet a number of offensive messages, as well as his home address, social security number and mobile phone number.
3. Androids attack: Google Nexus S to hit Australia
The second Google-branded smartphone is about to hit Australia as analysts predict the search giant's mobile platform will surpass iPhone sales in Australia within a few years.
The Google Nexus S, released in the US and Britain in December last year, will be sold in Australia "soon", according to Vodafone which has clinched a global distribution deal. Those interested in buying one are being asked to register their interest on Vodafone's website.
Meanwhile, Sony Ericsson confirmed it would be launching its Android-based Xperia Play - dubbed the "PlayStation Phone" - on February 13. Support for Android is exploding with new phones soon to be launched by Motorola, Samsung, HTC, LG and Acer.
4. What we expect to see inside the iPhone 5
We're just a handful of months away from Apple's usual summer launch for updated iPhone hardware. With Apple busy keeping up with demand for both the GSM and newly launched CDMA versions of the iPhone 4, we thought it would be worthwhile to look at what we might see inside the next-gen iPhone unveiled at WWDC this summer.
As far as the form factor is concerned, we don't expect to see radical (if any) changes in the fifth-generation iPhone's exterior. Apple hardly changed the design of the iPhone from the original to the 3G, and not at all for the 3GS. The iPhone 4—despite gripes with the antenna design and front and rear glass covers—has generally been a solid and well-received design. And the company is just now getting around to figuring out how to reliably make a white one.
5. Seasoned Devs May See a Sweet Deal in Honeycomb
Seasoned Java or Android appdevs looking to create apps on Android 3.0, aka "Honeycomb," will probably find it relatively easy to get up and running. "If you're a Java developer, it's going to take you three to five days to get to the point where you can be dangerous enough to develop apps," Marko Gargenta, Android expert at Marakana told LinuxInsider. Application development on Honeycomb is "conceptually similar to development on the smartphone," Gargenta added. "For somebody who's familiar with Android, it may take him less than a day to get into all the intricacies."
6. IPv6 marks the next chapter in the history of the Internet
In the same way your phone is associated with a unique number, your computer is assigned a unique Internet Protocol (IP) address when you connect to the Internet. The current protocol, IPv4, allows for approximately 4 billion unique addresses—and that number is about to run out.
This morning the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced (PDF) that it has distributed the last batch of its remaining IPv4 addresses to the world’s five Regional Internet Registries, the organizations that manage IP addresses in different regions. These Registries will begin assigning the final IPv4 addresses within their regions until they run out completely, which could come as soon as early 2012.
As the last blocks of IPv4 addresses are assigned, adoption of a new protocol—IPv6—is essential to the continued growth of the open Internet. IPv6 will expand Internet address space to 128 bits, making room for approximately 340 trillion trillion trillion addresses (enough to last us for the foreseeable future).
Google, along with others, has been working for years to implement the larger IPv6 format. We’re also participating in the planned World IPv6 Day, scheduled for June 8, 2011. On this day, all of the participating organizations will enable access to as many services as possible via IPv6.
Today’s ICANN announcement marks a major milestone in the history of the Internet. IPv6, the next chapter, is now under way.
7. Consumers Need to Start Thinking Like IT Pros
I was all set to turn my life over to Google when I started hearing rumors that Yahoo was planning to shut down Delicious. I realize that sentence might require some explanation, so give me a minute to sort it out for you. First, you might be wondering what I mean by turning my life over to Google. I wasn't about to build a Google shrine and start chanting daily devotions in front of it. I simply had decided to adopt Gmail as my primary email service and start creating and storing work documents on the Google Docs platform.
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