A tech expert claims the UK's Department for Work and Pensions is sitting on a massive stash of unallocated IPv4 internet addresses, which could be valued at around £1billion. We could sell them to Germany to help reduce the deficit. Read More >>
Featured comment by crutchfieldj:
"I think you're missing the point. You *can't* sell IP addresses, they're a public resource. I'm not saying people wouldn't want to buy them, especiall..." More »
RIPE NCC, which handles the complicated business of internet registry for Europe, the Middle East and parts of Asia, is down to its last packet of IP4 internet addresses. It's time to start panic-buying strings of numbers. Read More >>
The internet is pretty integral to our everyday lives; without it I wouldn’t even have a job right now. But there are quite a few downers to the interconnected world we live in, and according to cybersecurity expert Professor Alan Woodward from Surrey University, it’s broken beyond repair and we should start over. Read More >>
Featured comment by stonemanty:
"In a world where theft is justified by calling it 'sharing' and corporations spend huge amounts of money in IP litigation, this will remain a pipe dre..." More »