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New domain names on the horizon for 2008
News Icann (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), the international body responsible for allocating generic and country code top-level domain names - gTLDs and ccTLDs respectively - is asking for public input on developing a new... [14 May 2007]
VeriSign granted dot-com til 2012
News The decision follows a lawsuit settlement reached back in March, when the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), which oversees the net's address infrastructure, gave VeriSign the right to raise fees on dot-com domains by... [05 Dec 2006]
Dot-com domain price hike sparks angry debate
News The settlement, approved by Icann's board by a 9-5 vote, ended a legal spat that started with VeriSign's controversial move to take control of all unassigned dot-com and dot-net domain names in 2003. The dispute arises out of a lawsuit settlement... [08 Jun 2006]
Icann vetoes sex suffix
News Icann has twice abandoned plans to vote on the creation of a dot-xxx domain, most recently last December. Internet regulator Icann has voted down a proposal to create a domain for adult websites. Despite ardent political interest in the issue, Paul... [11 May 2006]
Democrats rekindle porn domain debate
News The 11-page measure would require the US Department of Commerce to work with Icann, the non-profit organisation that oversees domain names, to develop plans for a domain name system that would house material deemed "harmful to minors". [20 Mar 2006]
Icann tests global domain names
News Icann, the standards body that oversees the internet addressing system, is to test Arabic, Chinese and other non-Roman characters in domain names. Experts are concerned the move could cause a division in the control of domains on the internet - and... [17 Mar 2006]
China to set up its own 'splinternet'?
News Geir Rasmussen, chief executive of Global Name Registry, a domain name registration organisation which oversees the dot-name domain, said: "Fragmentation is a concern both to Icann and us because of end-user confusion. [02 Mar 2006]
Bush agrees web control pact with UN
News In addition, the internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), the not-for-profit organisation created by the Clinton administration to oversee day-to-day management is located in Marina del Rey, California. [16 Nov 2005]
Dot-mobi: Follow operator code or you don't get a URL
News Dot-mobi domain names are expected to become available from early 2006, with trademark holders the first to be allowed to register for URLs.mTLD officially won the right to administer the dot-mobi domain in July from Icann - the Internet... [24 Oct 2005]
Protect the net from UN menace, says US senator
News Suggestions that have been made include new mandates for "consumer protection", the power to levy taxes on domain names to pay for "universal access", and folding Icann into the International Telecommunications Union, a UN agency. [19 Oct 2005]
Dot-travel domain unleashed
News With popular dot-com domain names fast getting used up, Icann has been forced to create new top level domains to cope with the demand. The domain, evidently, is destined for businesses involved in the travel industry and will be administrated by... [04 Oct 2005]
Virtual red light district still in limbo
News The fate of the highly controversial dot-xxx internet domain will not be decided until "a future date", a representative of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names (Icann), which oversees domain names, said on Friday. [19 Sep 2005]
Icann delays .xxx porn vote
News The move by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) was expected after ICM Registry, the Florida company that plans to operate dot-xxx, agreed on Monday to a month's delay, saying the additional time would permit it to... [17 Aug 2005]
Bush gives .xxx porn domain a red light
News Icann approved the concept of a dot-xxx domain in June and approval of ICM Registry's contract to run the suffix was expected this week. Other governments have also been applying pressure to Icann in a last-minute bid to head off dot-xxx. [16 Aug 2005]
.mobi: The internet in the palm of your hand
News The Mobile Top Level Domain Initiative - a collective of industry heavyweights including the likes of The GSM Association, Microsoft, Nokia, Samsung, T-Mobile and Vodafone - has created a new joint venture to run the administration of the domain... [11 Jul 2005]
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