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There are just 100 days left for federal agencies to change over from IPv4 -- the version 4 of the Internet Protocol that everyone uses -- to the IPv6 version. In the fast-approaching future where everything from PCs to cars, from alarms to toasters, from phones to cereal packages has an IP address and is connected to the Web, IPv6 promises to make many more IP addresses available -- enough addresses for every conceivable use. Oh, and IPv6 will make Internet communications more secure through better identity verification.

Not over here, at least. Our overseas correspondents report on the latest technology from Japan.

Toyota Financial Services is implementing an Ethernet VLAN solution to optimise the resiliency of its existing infrastructure.

In agreeing this week to pay US$1 billion for MySQL, Sun Microsystems said it hopes to make MySQL's open-source database more attractive to enterprise users. But Sun has a lot of work to do, according to some MySQL users.

Sun Microsystems' decision to buy MySQL AB, the company behind a popular and growing open-source database, for US$1 billion, could allow Sun to to expand MySQL's reach -- and give database giant Oracle something new to worry about. But more immediately, Sun's announcement addresses a problem facing the privately held MySQL, namely, its future.

The Consumer Electronics Show trade show is showcasing this year's batch of better, cheaper and cooler gadgets. Services that enable ever more powerful mobile capabilities abound. Wireless networks are popping up everywhere. It's now possible to travel around town, across the country and all over the world, working and playing online thanks to the collective efforts of thousands of companies and the enthusiasm of millions of users.

Long touted for streamlining processes and reducing operating costs, the ITIL best-practices framework also helps mitigate enterprise risk, say its adopters.

IT shops working to implement the best practices of ITIL Version 2 might have hit a snag when the process framework's owners updated it earlier this year, because now about two-thirds of companies polled report they are uncertain about the future of ITILv3 at their organizations.

Toyota unveiled on Thursday the latest two creations from its robot project, including one that can play the violin, and said it is targeting the early 2010s for the development of a viable human-assistance robot.

Next to a laptop's screen, the hard drive is one of the most sensitive parts you need to be concerned with. Samsung's new SSD (solid state disk) replaces a hard disk drive with flash memory (NAND flash, to be precise). The result: a more reliable, quieter, cooler, and faster way to operate your laptop.

Toyota Motor Europe has standardized on Salesforce.com's multitenant on-demand service in less than three months to enable full integration of its European sales environment.