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TPP27
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/technology/technology.html?in_article_id=476766&in_page_id=1965
Japan in plans to get rid of the internet by 2020
By NIALL FIRTH - More by this author » Last updated at 12:19pm on 22nd August 2007
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Japan has issued a bold statement on the future of the internet - it plans to get rid of it altogether and replace it with something better, smoother and faster.
The country's communications minister Yoshihide Suga has announced that the Japanese Government wants to completely replace the existing internet by 2020.
He said that the Japanese replacement would be faster, more secure, and easier to use than the current generation.
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Around 85 million people in Japan regularly use the internet according to a report last year
According to Suga, the new technology would be able to deliver more reliable data transfers at higher speeds and be more resistant to viruses and crashes.
Many people believe that a new form of global network may one day be required to carry far higher amounts of data as well as improving online security.
Last month's report by the House of Lords' Science and Technology Committee raised the possibility of a UK reinvention of the internet, an idea which was quickly dismissed by leading academics.
Professor Mark Handley from UCL's Computer Science department told the Lords:
"The idea of coming up with something different without getting there incrementally from where we are is simply not going to happen."
In the end, the Lords' report went no further than recommending "research into alternative network architectures".
However it looks as though Japan may have already taken a lead in the development of post-internet technology, something that would inevitably drive business for Japanese companies specialising in both hardware and software.
Speaking to reporters in Brazil on a business trip, Suga said an organisation with cooperation from businesses, academia and the Japanese government would be set up to promote this new version of the internet.
It is estimated that this new consortium will look to receive around £36 million (7.8 billion yen) from Japan's 2008 budget to fund the new research. |
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Fri Oct 12, 2007 10:39 am |
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SCREW THAT
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Fri Oct 12, 2007 10:44 am |
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Usenet FTW!!!! |
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Fri Oct 12, 2007 7:32 pm |
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Fuck that folks. Gopher is where its at! 5 bucks to anyone who actually remembers using that. Another 5 for anyone who remembers using Air Mosiac. |
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