Japan to permit IP address trading
IP addresses are starting to become few and far between. In an effort to deal with the shortage, Japan is expected to allow the trading of IPs next year. Currently, millions of addresses are sitting unused and Tokyo is hoping monetary incentive will push holders to sell them.
Japan is not the first to allow IP trading. The practice has been legal in Europe for a year and was approved in the United States in June.
The current IPv4 address system is slated to run out in two years or less. If dormant addresses are sold, however, an extra year of time will be gained to transition to IPv6.
Source | TMCnet
Prototype allows for creation of iPhone data center
In June, a free piece of software called ServersMan launched that lets any iPhone or iPod Touch be used as a web server. Its maker, a Japanese company by the name of FreeBit, wants to go even further, unveiling a prototype today for an iPhone server rack.
The rack holds 5 of any generation iPod Touch or iPhone. Truth be told, it looks more like a lunchbox than a server rack. A handle is included for easy travel, but you could also buy a bunch of these and create a iPhone data center.
Server providers need not worry, however. The FreeBit prototype is just that, a prototype. There are no plans to produce the product, and besides, it would take dozens of iPhones to obtain the same power provided by a server. But the concept is really neat.
Source | DVICE
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Japanese ISP Launches World Domain Cup
Japanese ISP Interlink is looking for the next .com. In it’s new contest, the World Domain Cup, anyone can suggest ideas for a new gTLD.
Entries can be submitted starting today up until September 30, 2009. On October 15, 20 submissions hand-picked by a panel will be published on the contest website. The general public will then be able to vote for the winning gTLD until November 15. On November 30, the winner will be announced.
Only one entry is allowed per person, so make it good. The prize is $10,000 in addition to $1.00 per domain registration per year for the next 10 years if ICANN approves the TLD. That’s right, Interlink will pay the winner a decade’s worth of royalties. The company claims that if the extension becomes as popular as .com, the entrant would earn more than $80,000,000 a year.
You can enter the contest on a special site set up by Interlink here. It is open to anyone from any country.