Richard MacManus at ReadWriteWeb ran a very interesting story about how the Internet will run out of addresses in less than a year. This is what John Curran, President and CEO of the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) says. Google's Chief Internet Evangelist Vint Cerf has also reportedly made a similar claim. MacManus talks about why a new protocol is needed, as well as efforts from Google and Facebook, and "another y2K" talk around this subject. AT&T activated 3.