And we're getting closer to the Dick Tracy phone. Samsung Electronics showed off a phone that users will wear on their wrists. It's still under development and won't be available until June 2001 or later. The wrist-watch phone will have a tiny Web browser along with PDA functions. Security is reported to be a big underlying topic with network operators nervously looking at Microsoft's security breach.
Security is a complex topic and high-profile companies are every cracker's target.
Now it's ready to begin a huge remodelling project. The org TLD was to have been reserved for non-profit organizations and the net TLD was supposed to be for networks. Needless to say, perhaps, but org and net addresses often belong to commercial enterprises. The argument goes that if all such providers could be forced to use those addresses, it would be easier for parents to control what their kids see, easier for search engines to eliminate incorrect search results, and easier for all users to find whatever it is they're looking for. The court refused, but other suits are about as likely as is legal action over the nation's goofy Y2K election.