Showing posts with label computers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label computers. Show all posts

Thursday, September 24, 2015

Official: North America is COMPLETELY OUT of new IPv4 addresses

North America has officially run dry of new IPv4 addresses, the numbers that computers use to find each other on the internet.
This means the region can allocate no more of the 32-bit network addresses to web hosting companies, cloud providers, organizations and individuals: they're all taken. The space is full, and it's being heralded as a key milestone in the internet's growth.


Read more at The Register Read More......

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

If you like mysteries and whodunits, don't miss this! (Cyber attack on Iran's nuke program)

FOX NEWS, 11/26/2010 by Ed Barnes Mystery Surrounds Cyber Missile That Crippled Iran's Nuclear Weapons Ambitions - "In the 20th century, this would have been a job for James Bond. ∴ The mission: Infiltrate the highly advanced, securely guarded enemy headquarters where scientists in the clutches of an evil master are secretly building a weapon that can destroy the world. Then render that weapon harmless and escape undetected. ∴ But in the 21st century, Bond doesn't get the call. Instead, the job is handled by a suave and very sophisticated secret computer worm, a jumble of code called Stuxnet, which in the last year has not only crippled Iran's nuclear program but has caused a major rethinking of computer security around the globe." Read more at Fox News...

Fascinating! --bc Read More......