Stories by: Carolyn Duffy Marsan

Comcast launches first public U.S. trial of advanced DNS security
Comcast unveiled on Tuesday an aggressive plan to deploy new DNS security mechanisms that are designed to protect Web site operators and consumers from a specific type of hacking attack that involves hijacking Web traffic and redirecting it to bogus sites.
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Want a job? Get a computer science degree
Here's a tip for incoming and current college students: If you want to have a high-paying job on graduation day, study computer science.
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Google's leading, but where do other Web giants stand on IPv6?
The most popular Web sites are under increasing pressure to add support for IPv6, a long-anticipated upgrade to IPv4, the Internet's main communications protocol.
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YouTube support of IPv6 seen in dramatic traffic spike
Google has quietly turned on IPv6 support for its YouTube video streaming Web site, sending a spike of IPv6 traffic across the Internet that has continued from last Thursday until Monday.
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Web sites must support IPv6 by 2012, expert warns
Corporations and government agencies must IPv6-enable their public-facing Web sites in the next 24 months or risk upsetting a growing number of visitors with lower-grade connectivity.
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Available IPv4 addresses dwindle below 10 per cent
The long-awaited depletion of the Internet's primary address space came one step closer to reality on Tuesday with the announcement that fewer than 10% of IPv4 addresses remain unallocated.
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10 fool-proof predictions for the Internet in 2020
Forty years after it was invented, the Internet is straining under the weight of cyber attacks, multimedia content and new mobile applications.
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2020 vision: Why you won't recognize the 'Net in 10 years
To borrow from John Lennon: Imagine there's no latency, no spam or phishing, a community of trust. Imagine all the people, able to get online.
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Will 2010 be the year of IPv6?
Will IPv6 finally arrive stateside in 2010? That's the question U.S. ISPs and network equipment vendors are asking themselves after seeing a rise in IPv6 activity during the last six months of 2009.
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Google adding IPv6 to YouTube
Google plans to upgrade its YouTube video streaming Web site to provide support for IPv6, a long-anticipated upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol.
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Pentagon expands exclusive deal with McAfee
The U.S. Defense Department is expanding its exclusive arrangement with McAfee, whose security software is at the heart of the military's cybersecurity efforts.
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