Computer Science « Insights and Perspectives

Depleting Internet Addresses?

February 7th, 2011 by Alaine

Are we running out of space on the internet?  That is, are we are running out of IPv4 (Internet Protocol Version 4) addresses?  Every host on an IP network is assigned an IP address that is used to communicate with others on the same network or globally.  IPv4 has been in place since the 1980’s [...]

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Reader’s Corner

August 20th, 2010 by rrm407

One of our readers has asked the following question: A musician obtains a copyright on a sound recording (music and lyrics) when it is placed on a tangible medium and includes the phrase “copyright/authors/name/date of creation/All Rights Reserved.  Registering the copyright does not give you a “copyright” that carries more legality than the first scenario [...]

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Internet based patent infringement

May 21st, 2010 by rrm407

 Internet based patent infringement suits are rather dominant in the courts these days. Microsoft sues Salesforce.com for alleged patent infringement | ZDNetow.ly

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