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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

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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.

• 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.

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  Broadband future: Father of the Internet praises NBN

  Vint Cerf, Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist at Google and widely regarded as the father of the Internet, has labeled the NBN rollout and telecommunications reform “stunning” and “impressive”.

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  US rules for internet access gain thumbs up from Vint Cerf

  Internet pioneer, Vint Cerf, has praised a proposal by the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that outlines possible rules for the protection of consumer access to the internet.

• 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.