domain names icann dot-com
Domain names skyrocket - just don't mention the dot-com boom
News VeriSign collects a few dollars a year for each domain name from the approximately 200 ICANN-accredited registrars that sell domain names to the public. Under a contract with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), VeriSign... [15 Sep 2004]
Dot-com domain control up for grabs
News If Icann's board of directors rules against Verisign, the security software firm will have to sell its dot-com registrar business by 10 May 2001. The directors of Icann, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, will make the ruling. [02 Apr 2001]
Can Icann clarify dot-eu names?
Comment Among these is dot-eu (.eu), and a storm is brewing after Icann allowed an internet group to roll out a dot-eu dot-com address - in direct competition with European Commission (EC) efforts to obtain authorisation for dot-eu. [26 Aug 2000]
Dot-com domain price hike sparks angry debate
News The settlement, approved by Icann's board by a 9-5 vote, ended a legal spat that started with VeriSign's controversial move to take control of all unassigned dot-com and dot-net domain names in 2003. The dispute arises out of a lawsuit settlement... [08 Jun 2006]
New domain names released by start-up upstart
News Steve Chadima, chief marketing officer for New.net, said: "Icann has done a very poor job of expanding domain names, hence all the good dot-com names have gone. Spotlight falls on Icann's dubious dot-com car boot sale http://www.silicon.com/a45023 [19 Jun 2001]
dot-eu drive hit by 'stupid' pre-emptive strike
News Domain name registrar Centralnic.com has been given permission by Icann to roll out dot-eu dot-com and the company is now subleasing it under the guise that it is an official dot-eu name. Ian Penman, lawyer at DLA and member of Icann Working Group... [09 Jun 2000]
VeriSign enforces the Icann't party line
Comment We're talking about VeriSign and Icann, the people who decide who gets to be a dot-com. It's taken Icann years to get round to delivering dot-biz, in the face of massive demand. So we can have a catchy domain name for our Icann hate site - Icann.sux. [25 May 2001]
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, quietly agreed to lift wholesale price restrictions on dot-net registry fees last month when it renewed a contract... [11 Jul 2005]
'Villainous' VeriSign to sue Icann
News The lawsuit comes as Icann's control of Internet addresses and domain names - it is tasked with adding new ones such as .museum and dot-biz - is being challenged. Under its contract with Icann, VeriSign operates the master database of all .com and... [27 Feb 2004]
Alliance to champion top-level domain names
News Icann [domain name regulator] wants to ensure that whoever it picks will be successful - we can always change the characters if necessary," he added. The consortium, Afilias, is bidding to operate the new web extensions which will be decided by... [03 Oct 2000]
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 Monday to a month's delay, saying the additional time would permit it to... [17 Aug 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. ICANN and the Net name game' http://www.silicon.com/a32547 . [06 Dec 1999]
Dot-travel domain unleashed
News With popular dot-com domain names fast getting used up, Icann has been forced to create new top level domains to cope with the demand. The domain, evidently, is destined for businesses involved in the travel industry and will be administrated by... [04 Oct 2005]
Icann dot-eu vote: one week to deadline
News Esther Dyson, chairman of Icann told silicon.com: "We encourage people not just to vote, but also to learn about and comment on the issues - most notably, the rules and practices for new TLDs [top level domains] and rules governing the allocation... [24 Jul 2000]
China to set up its own 'splinternet'?
News Geir Rasmussen, chief executive of Global Name Registry, a domain name registration organisation which oversees the dot-name domain, said: "Fragmentation is a concern both to Icann and us because of end-user confusion. [02 Mar 2006]
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