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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]
News At its summit meeting in Yokohama, Japan, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) has decided to make new top-level domains (TLDs) available, but the organisation does not yet know how many or which ones.
[17 Jul 2000]
News Under a contract with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), VeriSign operates the master database of all .com and .net domains. VeriSign collects a few dollars a year for each domain name from the approximately 200 ICANN...
[15 Sep 2004]
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]
News The Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) said at the conclusion of its quarterly meeting in Uruguay that '.museum,' '.coop,' and '.aero' could be up and running by January. Three new domain names have been ratified to help...
[11 Sep 2001]
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]
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]
News Icann (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) called for the number of current generic top-level domains (gTLD) to be extended as .org, .net and .com were swamped by several years of popular registrations.
[12 Sep 2001]
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]
whitepaper The IP number system is coordinated by, and numbers are assigned under the authority of, the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority ("IANA") which receives its charter from the Internet Society and the Federal Network Council.
[24 Feb 2004]
News Network Solutions (NSI) and the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (Iana), yesterday published by-laws for an organisation called the Internet Cooperation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann). Despite fears that the Internet would remain forever...
[18 Sep 1998]
whitepaper Consequently, it is impor-tant that Japan actively participates in the dis-cussion in Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the private, nonprofit entity that manages domain names on an international level, and reflect the...
[24 Feb 2004]
whitepaper 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]
whitepaper Each machine on a computer network is assigned a unique network address. The software that translates these names to network addresses is called the Domain Name System (DNS). To solve this dilemma, a system was developed whereby people can use...
[23 Jun 2006]
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]
Comment At its most recent meeting on 26 August in Santiago, Chile, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) approved a policy designed to break the back of domain name lawsuits. An awful lot of big companies are suing over domain...
[06 Sep 1999]
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]
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]
News Cerf, one of the founders of the internet and chairman of Icann (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), said last year's launch of new domain names was "essentially an experiment" and that it was essential to move slowly to see...
[09 Feb 2001]
News The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the group responsible for running the architecture of the Web, has faced a barrage of criticism in the US since announcing seven new top-level domain names in November.
[08 Feb 2001]
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