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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... [27 Jun 2008]
US to keep hold of Icann until 2011?
News The MoU, designed to pave the way for an eventual shift away from US control, outlines more specific obligations for Icann, such as procedures for establishing new top-level domain names, for keeping... [17 Aug 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... [16 Nov 2005]
Bush gives .xxx porn domain a red light
News The sudden high-level interest in what has historically been an obscure process has placed the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) in an uncomfortable position.... [16 Aug 2005]
Will .net fees rise after 2006?
News The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), the not-for-profit organisation responsible for internet addresses,... [11 Jul 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... [01 Jul 2005]
Porn lovers get .xxx domain
News In an interview last year, Lawley said that dot-xxx domain names would cost around $75 and come with no restrictions except that any sexually explicit content feature only adults. The... [02 Jun 2005]
VeriSign and Icann: Operating "protection racket"?
News The US registrars have apparently been doing a brisk trade in snapping up and reselling expired domain names - but they believe that Icann (the Internet Corporation for... [02 Mar 2004]
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... [01 Mar 2004]
Whois database 'contributes to fraud and ID theft'
News ICANN is a non-profit organisation set up in 1998 to centrally manage internet domain names, IP addresses and other technical matters. When an... [07 Nov 2003]
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 companies to sell... [04 Sep 2002]
Dot-com domain control stays in VeriSign's hands
News In a 12-3 vote, the directors of ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) allowed Verisign to continue its dual function for a further six years, with certain... [03 Apr 2001]
NSI under pressure to change domain registration policy
News But the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) - the organisation responsible for introducing competition into the domain naming... [22 Jul 1999]
Internet authority appoints Roberts as president
News The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) - the organisation now in place to handle global Internet naming issues - has appointed... [27 Oct 1998]
