domain names assigned body
New domain names on the horizon for 2008
News Icann (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), the international body responsible for allocating generic and country code top-level domain names - gTLDs and ccTLDs respectively - is asking for public input on developing a new... [14 May 2007]
Icann to introduce more elite domain names
News During 2002 the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) approved domains such as dot-biz, dot-info and dot-name to ease the clamour for appropriate URLs, with many companies and hobbyists alike finding it difficult to find... [16 Dec 2002]
Best Practices: WHOIS Searching Issues and Time-Saving Tips
White Paper All registrars of domain names in the generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) are required by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers known as ICANN, a non-profit regulatory body) to provide a publicly accessible, searchable online... [26 May 2006]
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 Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) and... [18 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 to the search company. Google has become accredited to register and sell web addresses under the... [02 Feb 2005]
.eu is officially born
News Icann (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), the international body in charge of managing internet domains, has given the official go-ahead to the creation of a European top level domain, .eu. [24 Mar 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 Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)--a California nonprofit... [04 Nov 2005]
Icann's price hike raises industry ire
News Icann - the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers - grew out of a US government operation to run a directory of all the top level domains names (TLDs), which are used in every internet address. [28 Feb 2002]
Icann ruling opens up domain name market
News A controversial ruling by Internet Corporation Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), the body which oversees Web address allocation, has laid the foundation to open competition of domain name registration. [05 Nov 1999]
Icann nominates 18 candidates for five top spots
News The global domain name governing body, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) has announced the eighteen candidates shortlisted to stand in its October elections. The five successful candidates will join Icann's board in... [07 Aug 2000]
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 extending its grip on the administrative body that co-ordinates net addressing until up to 2011. [17 Aug 2006]
Icann getting heavy with VeriSign
News The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) yesterday accused VeriSign of breaching its contract because it failed to correct inaccurate customer information in a timely fashion. The internet's governing body has threatened to... [04 Sep 2002]
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 names, is failing to "weed out such fraudulent identifications". More than eight per cent of all internet domain names are... [08 Dec 2005]
WIPO sets up official channel for domain name disputes
News The scheme has the backing of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the independent body set-up to govern the Internet. It only deals with conflicts between trademarks and domain names - the abusive cases. [06 Dec 1999]
'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]
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