Whether it's the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Ecma International, or ISO (International Organization for Standardization), a standards body is an organization that serves as a "bridge" of sorts between the public and private sectors. The organizations enable member countries to come to a consensus regarding protocols, document formats and frameworks, among other things, that best meet the needs of both business and society.
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The Easy Birth of 802.11n
Carl Weinschenk spoke with Michael Finneran, the president of dBrn Associates . Weinschenk: So we finally have a fully fledged 802.11n standard. How did the process go? Finneran: The process was a little slow. The Wi-Fi Alliance did a superb job, plain and simple. They certified for... More >
Setting the Stage for IPv6
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Egypt to Create First Arabic Domain Name
According to BBC News , countries can now apply for so-called "internationalized domain names," using their native language rather than Latin characters. Egypt says it will be the first to launch an Internet domain name that uses Arabic script. The new suffix, which will be written in the Arabic alphabet, is... More >
Could New ICANN Rules Open Door for Phishers?
The Information Systems Audit and Control Association is warning that the recent decision by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to allow non-Latin characters in URL addresses could open the door for new phishing attacks. ISACA believes that malware writers could capitalize on the... More >
ICANN OKs Non-Latin Domain Names
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has given the OK for countires and territories to apply to show domain names in their native language , reports PCWorld . To maintain compatibility with the existing infrastructure, the sequence of letters and numbers stored in the DNS will begin with xn. There... More >
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