ADVISORY/Technology Pioneers Hold Press Teleconference to Discuss the Creation of a New Internet Domain Name for Individuals.Business & Technology Editors, Internet Writers ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE) Executives from Sarnoff Corporation, a leader in the creation of color television, digital TV and more, address the need for a people centric Top-Level Domain - integrating consumer communications What: Sarnoff Corporation, through its new venture NextDNS, and in cooperation with AtomicTangerine, has proposed to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers See ICANN. (body, networking) Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers - (ICANN) The non-profit corporation that was formed to assume responsibility for IP address allocation, protocol parameter assignment, domain name system management, and root server system (ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, www.icann.org) A non-profit, international association founded in 1998 and incorporated in the U.S. It is the successor to IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority), which manages Internet addresses, domain names and the huge number ) a people centric, Top-Level Domain, such as dot-com or dot-net, that will allow individuals to consolidate all of their Web-based communications needs such as voice, Web data, video, email and instant messaging under a new dot-I Internet domain. For a nominal price Nominal price Price quotations on futures for a period in which no actual trading took place. , consumers will be able to obtain a lasting personal Internet presence - agnostic to location, service providers or devices. In addition to serving as the platform for unified communications, the dot-I domain would also enable for certification and authentication for secure communications, commerce and personal finance transactions. The proposed domain will lower the mental barrier for people to adopt and use the Internet on a greater scale, and move it beyond the desktop to other mediums such as TV, handheld devices, automobiles, smart mobile platforms, home and residential gateways, etc. Who: Shailendra K. Suman, Executive Director, Sarnoff Corporation; Yadu Zambre, VP Emerging Technologies, AtomicTangerine; and Anil Rungta, Program Director, NextDNS. When: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 at 1:00pm ET How: Via audio conference: Domestic: 800.309.3445; International: 706.679.3483 Replay number: 800.642.1687 Pin: 35572 About: Sarnoff Corporation creates and commercializes electronic, biomedical bi·o·med·i·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to biomedicine. 2. Of, relating to, or involving biological, medical, and physical sciences. and information technology. Founded in 1942 as RCA See RCA connector and video/TV history. Laboratories, Sarnoff has been a wholly owned, for-profit subsidiary of SRI International since 1987. The company's decades of innovation include the development of color television and the liquid-crystal display and a leadership role in creating the digital and HDTV (High Definition TV) A set of digital television (DTV) standards that offer the highest resolution and sharpest picture. Although some HDTV sets are available in standard (rather square) screen sizes, the overwhelming majority of sets are wide screen, which eliminates standard for the United States. Sarnoff now works with a wide variety of industry and government clients to develop and improve specific technologies that will help change the world. A key element of the company's overall strategy is the founding of new companies that bring its technologies to market. Nineteen such companies are in various stages of development. AtomicTangerine is an independent Venture Consulting firm founded at SRI International, formerly known as Stanford Research Institute Stanford Research Institute - Former name of SRI International. . AtomicTangerine's mission is to apply the disciplines of venture capital, technology innovation and strategic consulting to create category killers and incubate incubate /in·cu·bate/ (in´ku-bat) 1. to subject to or to undergo incubation. 2. material that has undergone incubation. in·cu·bate v. 1. new industries. Headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area “Bay Area” redirects here. For other uses, see Bay Area (disambiguation). The San Francisco Bay Area, colloquially known as the Bay Area or The Bay , AtomicTangerine has more than 250 global experts in 11 offices worldwide. Additional information on the company can be accessed via the web at www.atomictangerine.com. |
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