domain names icann thursday in news
Icann opens a can of worms
News On Thursday, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) voted to allow - in addition to more traditional top-level domains (TLDs), such as .com and .org - theoretically any TLD at all, as long as it is has no more than 64... [30 Jun 2008]
Icann waves in relaxed website naming rules
News At its meeting in Paris, Icann, a not-for-profit organisation that oversees the naming scheme for websites, voted to accept a proposal that will allow companies to purchase new top-level domain names ending in whatever they like. [27 Jun 2008]
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]
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]
US keeps keys to internet domain names
News At the moment, the US government maintains control of the internet's "root" - the master file that lists which top-level domains are authorised - but has indicated in the past that it would transfer that responsibility to the Internet Corporation... [01 Jul 2005]
Icann "disappointed" in VeriSign
News VeriSign on Thursday sued the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) in federal court in Los Angeles, claiming it was unlawfully prevented from adding new features to the domain name database it has a contract to run. [01 Mar 2004]
'Villainous' VeriSign to sue Icann
News The suit, filed in the central district of California, claims that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) has transformed itself over the last six years from a modest technical coordinating body into the "de facto... [27 Feb 2004]
Icann dot-com handover backed by court ruling
News In a ruling released Thursday, a federal court in Los Angeles dismissed charges filed by two domain name registrars that alleged the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) had engaged in anticompetitive practices. [17 Nov 2003]
Icann plans thwarted by US bill
News Two US congressmen introduced a bill on Thursday that would block an Icann plan to give control of all expiring domains ending in dot-com and dot-net to VeriSign. The bill also calls for a federal investigation of Icann's business practices. [20 Jun 2003]
'A virus could destroy the internet' says Icann
News Internet domain governing body Icann has issued a stark warning on the vulnerability of the internet to a catastrophic malicious attack, in its annual conference being held this week. According to a report on Reuters, Icann is worried that the... [14 Nov 2001]
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