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IP addresses are assigned to those devices like computers, phones, cars, wireless sensors, etc that is connected with the Internet. But, according to the Internet analysts, we will run out of IP addresses in less than a year. As per ReadWriteWeb, Internet is evolving on daily basis. New devices are hooked to the net very frequently. That's why we may run out of the numbers to assign those web enabled electronics. "The main reason for the concern? There's an explosion of data about to happen to the Web thanks largely to sensor data, smart grids, RFID and other Internet of Things data," Richard Macmanus writes on that site. John Curran, president and CEO of the American Registry for Internet Numbers, told ReadWriteWeb that only 4 billion IP addresses can be assigned under the current system and that is going to be exhausted in less than a year. Our existing system for assigning IP addresses can only handle 32 bits of data. But, researchers are workin...

Google has lost in its attempt to prevent a Canadian Website from using the domain name Groovle.com. The National Arbitration Forum (NAF), which is accredited by Internet overseer ICANN, has dismissed Google's complaint against Groovle.com operator 207 Media. The complaint was filed in November. Google had objected to the site's domain name, arguing that it was "confusingly similar" to its Google trademark. Groovle.com, founded by Canadians Jacob Fuller and Ryan Fitzgibbon in 2007, provides Internet start pages that people can customize with their own photos. The three-person NAF panel agreed with 207 Media that the name of its site was sufficiently different to avoid confusion with Google. "Accordingly, it is ordered that the Groovle.com domain name remain with respondent," the panel said in its decision.