Vint Cerf

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  Internet Hall of Fame opens ... on the Web

  Thirty-plus Internet pioneers, innovators and "global connectors" - yes, even including Al Gore - have been inducted into the first class of the Internet Hall of Fame.

  By Bob Brown | 24 April, 2012 08:40

  Tags: internet, Internet Hall of Fame, Internet Society, LAN & WAN, linus torvalds, tim berners-lee, Vint Cerf

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  Vint Cerf on Google's privacy practices and how getting tagged in a multitude of online media is disconcerting

  Few companies inspire the awe — and the dread about privacy concerns — that Google does, because of its search engine, Google maps and its Street View imagery, its Gmail e-mail and other cloud-based services.

  By Ellen Messmer | 14 October, 2011 04:31

  Tags: Electronic Privacy Information Center, Google, privacy, security, Vint Cerf

• Cerf: Streaming network crunch could be eliminated

  While Internet carriers may fret about Netflix, Hulu and other streaming media services saturating their bandwidth, Internet forefather Vint Cerf has a simple answer for this potential problem: Increase bandwidth exponentially.

  By Joab Jackson | 23 June, 2011 07:10

  Tags: cloud computing, Google, internet, Internet-based applications and services, Internet service providers, Vint Cerf

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  Cerf: Future of Internet doesn’t include an IPv7

  Vint Cerf takes his title of Chief Internet Evangelist for Google seriously, and is knee-deep in several projects to bring the next versions of the Internet into being. These projects include pushing for worldwide IPv6 adoption, but they don't include plans for an IPv7.

  By Julie Bort | 19 February, 2011 04:44

  Tags: Google, internet, IPv6, LAN & WAN, router, Vint Cerf

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  In pictures: Linux.conf.au 2011 in Brisbane

  As a highly successful Linux.conf.au wraps up for another year, Computerworld Australia takes a look at what progressed over the course of the week.

  By Computerworld Staff | 28 January, 2011 12:21

  Tags: Linux, linux.conf.au, Vint Cerf

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  Action, not talk, needed for IPv6

  The co-developer of Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) has urged associations and businesses to take action on deploying IPv6, rather than continuing to talk.

  By James Hutchinson | 24 January, 2011 15:29

  Tags: broadband, internet, ipv4, IPv6, National Broadband Network (NBN), NBN, networking, Vint Cerf

• Schmidt’s departure from Google “fortuitous”: Vint Cerf

  Renowned ‘father of the internet’, Vint Cerf, has lauded Eric Schmidt’s recent announcement to step down as Google’s chief executive as “fortuitous” timing that will speed up decision making at the search giant.

  By James Hutchinson | 24 January, 2011 11:35

  Tags: Apple, eric schmidt, good, networking, Vint Cerf

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  Big changes ahead for the Internet, says Vint Cerf

  The Internet will get support for IPv6, a more secure domain name system and international characters, during the next couple of years, according to Vint Cerf, vice president and chief Internet evangelist at Google.

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 22 October, 2008 08:00

  Tags: IPv6, Vint Cerf