EU targets move to longer Internet addresses

May 29, 2008 By AOIFE WHITE, Associated Press Writer

(AP) -- The European Commission is aiming for one-fourth of businesses, public authorities and households in the European Union to use next-generation Internet addresses by 2010 because the current system is running out of addresses.



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