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Internet Armageddon all my fault: Google chief Asher Moses and Ben Grubb January 21, 2011 Click to play video Return to video Video feedback Use this form to: Ask for technichal assistance in playing the multimedia available on this site, or Provide feedback to the multimedia producers. Video feedback form Name Email Subject Technical help Feedback to producers Other Comments   Return to video Video feedback Thank you. Your feedback was successfully sent. Video will begin in 5 seconds. Don't play Play now More video Recommended Click to play video I never knew internet would be endless, says Cerf Click to play video Vodafone customers vent their frustration Click to play video Google shake-up: Page to be CEO Click to play video Texting woman falls into fountain Replay video Return to video Video settings What type of connection do you have? Video settings form Automatically detect my connection speed (recommended) 56K modem Home broadband (100+ Kb/s) Medium-speed broadband (300+ Kb/s) High-speed broadband (600+ Kb/s) Note: A cookie will be set to keep your preferences. Return to video Video settings Your video format settings have been saved. I never knew internet would be endless, says Cerf Vint Cerf says the internet was an experiment he didn't know would be endless, leading to the looming shortage of IP addresses. Video feedback Video settings The "father of the internet" says the world is going to run out of internet addresses "within weeks" – and it will be all his fault. Google's chief internet evangelist, Vint Cerf, who created the web protocol, IPv4, that connects computers globally, said he had no idea that his "experiment" in 1977 "wouldn't en

"I thought it was an experiment and I thought that 4.3 billion [addresses] would be enough to do an experiment," he said in group interview with Fairfax journalists.

In addition to making Android available for free, Google also lets phone makers change the code and customize it so that an Android phone made by, say, Samsung has a different user interface than an Android phone from Motorola. Rubin believes this open-source model gives Google an advantage over rivals selling closed systems, like Apple, which also operates its own online stores. Apple’s tight control enables it to deliver an exceptionally smooth user experience, where everything works seamlessly together.