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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... [30 Jun 2008]
Icann waves in relaxed website naming rules
News The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) voted Thursday to relax rules for naming websites. At its meeting in Paris, Icann, a not-for-profit organisation that... [27 Jun 2008]
Spamhaus beats off the lawyers
News Internet registrar Icann said earlier this month that it would not suspend the Spamhaus domain. But in the Illinois court last Thursday, the judge rejected e360's request for suspension. Spamhaus, a... [23 Oct 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... [20 Mar 2006]
Icann drops dot-xxx debate
News But Icann chairman Vint Cerf surprised the meeting on Thursday by announcing it had been removed from the agenda. Icann said on Thursday that its governmental advisory... [02 Dec 2005]
Virtual red light district still in limbo
News Icann's board of directors considered an agreement for the proposed virtual red-light district at a Thursday meeting but decided against taking action, directing Icann staff to negotiate... [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... [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... [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... [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... [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... [20 Jun 2003]
'A virus could destroy the internet' says Icann
News Icann's annual meeting is due to last until Thursday. Internet domain governing body Icann has issued a stark warning on the vulnerability of the internet to a catastrophic malicious... [14 Nov 2001]
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