Latest standards and regulations news.
FCC opens ‘Net neutrality inquiry, 03/22/07
On Thursday the FCC decided it will study the business practices of high-speed ISPs and consider adopting regulations to make certain all Web traffic is treated equally.
Liberty Alliance releases client specifications for identity, 03/21/07
The Liberty Alliance, a consortium of users and vendors developing identity standards, Wednesday released a set of specifications that define new ways for clients to present identity information.
IT vendors submit management spec to W3C, 03/22/07
A group of IT vendors including Microsoft and IBM are backing a specification aimed at helping make it easier to manage services on a network by creating a common way to define applications, servers and other IT assets.
IPv6 sensor nets gain new products, standards work, 03/21/07
The move to bring IPv6 to wireless sensors networks, making them part of the next-generation Internet, got a boost this week with new products from two vendors, and an Internet group taking the next step in standardizing the protocol for these low-power networks.
IPTV group missing two key players, 03/20/07
Several big telecom carriers and equipment suppliers hope to accelerate the deployment of Internet-based television services by agreeing to a set of interoperable technology specifications.
