Hot to Mention – January 14, 2011

On June 8, Google, Facebook, Yahoo and a host of other leading web companies will turn on a new way of running web addresses. The system, called IPv6, is designed to stop the world running out of the web addresses that underlie the locating of websites and devices. Currently, just 0.2 per cent of web users have access to the new protocol, however. ‘World IPv6′ Day is designed to encourage its adoption.

The Daily‘s one blog, which will be hosted at blog.thedaily.com and powered by Tumblr. Like the Tumblrs of several established news media organizations, Jones will deconstruct stories covered by the publication, conducting interviews with staff about the reporting process on a particular story to entice the platform’s users to subscribe to The Daily in the App Store for a rumored $0.99 per week, or $4.25 per month.

Researcher’s at IBM are preparing a supercomputer called Watson to compete on Jeopardy. Watson has already won a practice round on the show against two top contestants, showing artificial intelligence has come a long way in simulating how humans think.

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