One more step along the road to IPv4 depletion happened today when the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) reached the last block of Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) addresses in its available pool, activating a major change in regional delegation policy. This event is a key turning point in IPv4 exhaustion for the Asia Pacific, as the remaining IPv4 space will be ‘rationed’ to network operators to be used as essential connectivity with next-generation IPv6 addresses. All new and existing APNIC Members who meet the current allocation criteria will be entitled to a maximum delegation of a /22 (1,024 addresses) of IPv4 space

A diagram shows the types of application weaknesses exploited most often according to Trustwave’s recent report (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – IT security provider Trustwave ( www.trustwave.com ) announced on Thursday that a member of its SpiderLabs division will participate in the 2011 National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition ( www.nationalccdc.org ). SpiderLabs is the company’s advanced security team responsible for application security, incident response, penetration testing, physical security and security research

On 12-13 May 2011, ICANN and its gTLD registration services providers will meet in Munich, Germany, the organisation announced this week. ICANN supports these regional events as they are a chance for their staff and representatives from gTLD registries and ICANN-accredited registrars to meet informally to discuss topics important to our industry and business relationships

Web Hosting News – LONDON – Digital forensics and incident response specialists, Foregenix today announced the launch of its independent information security training courses aimed at helping businesses to become PCI DSS compliant. Beginning in January 2011, Foregenix will offer a variety of courses aimed at both technical and non-technical members of staff.  The company will offer a one day overview course on PCI DSS for non-technical staff to gain a better understanding of what PCI DSS compliance is and what makes a successful compliance programme. In addition, Foregenix will offer longer, customised, more in-depth assessment training and planning workshops aimed at PCI DSS and technical administrators.

There are now two million active .PL domain names the Polish registry NASK has announced. The milestone was passed on 3 January after 2010 closed with 1,994,120 domains and twenty years after the registration of the first .PL domain name occurred. It took 17 years for the one million .PL active registrations mark was passed on 6 May 1998, and then less than three years for the next million

Leading dedicated servers hosting directory, Top10DedicatedHosting.com today announced ‘’Dedicated Hosting Award Winners for 2010”. Ann Arbor, MI (PRWEB) November 8, 2010 Leading dedicated servers hosting directory , Top10DedicatedHosting.com today announced “Dedicated Hosting Award Winners for 2010”. The prestigious awards are given to the best service providers for the chosen categories.

This week we had 29 new APIs added to our API directory , including the 10 new APIs we told you about earlier in the week. The 19 added to the directory since then include an email marketing api, collaborative translation service, mobile cloud sync service, location based ip tracking service, restaurant health inspection scores, barcode generator and electronic invoicing services. Below is more detail on each of these new APIs.