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Google sets up as domain registrar
News Rival registrars that make a business of selling domain names are speculating that the credentials will give Google a more powerful seat at the table with Icann, an internet government... [02 Feb 2005]
Four spammers hit with first Can-Spam action
News The Federal Trade Commission is also involved in investigating the operation, and it said in the filing that it had received more than 10,000 complaints regarding the Avatar operation and had discovered 97 different Web site... [30 Apr 2004]
VeriSign suit not about 'control of the internet' says ICANN chief
News In an interview with silicon.com, Paul Twomey, president and CEO of ICANN, said the case will be a distraction but that the organisation will continue with "core" issues such as internationalised domain... [08 Mar 2004]
Disney-porn hook-up sends typosquatter to jail
News Zuccarini had been on the run for some time before his eventual arrest and had been sued several time previously for similar scams, after hijacking, among others, Dow Jones' and the US Baseball League's... [01 Mar 2004]
Programmer posts hundreds of children's details online
News Developers working on an outsourced US government IT project accidentally published sensitive data, including the names, details and daily schedules of hundreds of children, on the... [10 Feb 2004]
World Summit on the Information Society kicks off
News Some countries, including open source fan Brazil and tech tiger China, would like to see governing body Icann, which currently regulates areas such as domain names distribution and IP addresses, is... [10 Dec 2003]
VeriSign to restart controversial '404' redirect service
News VeriSign's Matt Larson, who spoke at the meeting organized by the Security and Stability Advisory Committee of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), said a poll paid for by his company showed... [16 Oct 2003]
VeriSign settles deception case
News Network Solutions, which the US government originally awarded monopoly oversight over the issuance of domain names, now shares those responsibilities with dozens of... [25 Sep 2003]
Icann plans thwarted by US bill
News A pair of Washington state politicians, on behalf of a collection of companies that register domain names, said they intend to block a controversial procedure that would establish VeriSign as a central... [20 Jun 2003]
US bans sex sites' use of 'innocent' URLs
News These websites use legitimate-sounding domain names to lure children to sites with sexually explicit material. It applies to all domain names around the globe, even... [28 Mar 2003]
Sex sites using misleading URLs face closure
News The US House of Representatives is about to vote on a proposal that would criminalise the use of misleading domain names to lure unsuspecting people to sex sites. The amendment related... [27 Mar 2003]
Amazon enters domain name game
News Since the market became non-exclusive, more than 100 companies have won the right to register domain names. E-tail giant Amazon.com is to begin selling internet addresses to individuals and businesses... [03 Mar 2003]
German registrar deletes US website
News Joker.com's dealings with its customers are basically governed by the usual rules that govern business dealings," said a spokeswoman for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, which licenses registrars... [12 Feb 2003]
Icann still can
News The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) was granted another extension to oversee the administration of domain names - the third expansion of an agreement... [23 Sep 2002]
Icann getting heavy with VeriSign
News The organisation has a contract with the US government to approve web domain names, such as those ending in .info and .biz, and oversees policies to allow smaller... [04 Sep 2002]
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