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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... [05 Dec 2006]
US to keep hold of Icann until 2011?
News The US government this week renewed its contract with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), effectively... [17 Aug 2006]
Stamp out dodgy domain registration, Icann told
News Smith concluded that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), the standards body for internet domain... [08 Dec 2005]
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... [16 Nov 2005]
US bids to hold on to net
News It's designed in part to provide other nations with a forum to debate alternatives to the current form of internet governance, which is heavily influenced by the Internet Corporation for... [04 Nov 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... [19 Oct 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... [17 Aug 2005]
US can't dominate domain names, says UN
News Among the governance options put forward by the group were a continuation of the current system, creation of a world body to address public policy issues stemming from the work of the Internet... [18 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... [01 Jul 2005]
Google sets up as domain registrar
News The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), a nonprofit based in Los Angeles, has deemed Google a domain name registrar, according... [02 Feb 2005]
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... [16 Oct 2003]
VeriSign settles deception case
News That move earned the company an antitrust lawsuit by a search engine and the ire of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Name and Numbers (Icann), a... [25 Sep 2003]
Amazon enters domain name game
News E-tail giant Amazon.com is to begin selling internet addresses to individuals and businesses having won approval to do so from the Internet Corporation for Assigned... [03 Mar 2003]
Icann still can
News The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) was granted another extension to oversee the administration of domain... [23 Sep 2002]
Icann getting heavy with VeriSign
News Icann is giving VeriSign 15 days to correct the problems or face the prospect of losing its ability to sell domain names. The Internet Corporation for... [04 Sep 2002]
