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December 22, 2004
Nortel gets IPv6 certification
Nortel Networks has become the first networking company to complete the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory phase II test regimen for IPv6, the next generation Internet protocol, Nortel said today.

December 17, 2004
ICANN considering .job and .mobi TLD's
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) said earlier this week that it has moved its commercial and technical negotiations with the .job and .mobi domain names to the next phase.

December 15, 2004
U.S. NetworX acquires Turnkey
E-business service provider U.S. NetworX announced on Monday it has acquired Turnkey Hosting, a Louisville, Kentucky-based Web site development and hosting company. Turnkey will maintain its own identity while operating as a distinct unit of U.S. NetworX.

December 10, 2004
Google to open a new data center in Georgia
Google's impending move into its new data center in Georgia has reportedly been extremely quiet. There is no sign or company logo on the building Google is said to be moving into.

December 6, 2004
Microsoft releases test version of SQL Server 2005
Microsoft just released another test version of its upcoming SQL Server 2005 database, and introduces at the same time a free database management tool. The company made the second "community technology preview" of SQL Server 2005 available on Friday. A third test version, which will be made more widely available to customers, is expected early next year. A final version of the database is due by the summer.

December 1, 2004
808,722 websites added to the Web in November
In Netcraft's December 2004 survey, they received responses from 56,923,737 sites. The gain of 808,722 new websites continues the Internet's powerful growth as a medium for communications and commerce, which has continued at near-record pace in 2004 despite a steady drumbeat of security threats. Trends contributing to the expansion include the growth of retail e-commerce and online banking, as well as lower prices for domain names.