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News Icann, the standards body that oversees the internet addressing system, is to test Arabic, Chinese and other non-Roman characters in domain names. Experts are concerned the move could cause a division in the control of domains on the internet - and...
[17 Mar 2006]
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. Icann also announced '.org' will not be restricted...
[11 Sep 2001]
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 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 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 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]
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]
News The fate of the highly controversial dot-xxx internet domain will not be decided until "a future date", a representative of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names (Icann), which oversees domain names, said on Friday.
[19 Sep 2005]
Comment However, now Icann, the body controlling much rulemaking on the internet, is discussing the release of five new domain names just as likely to affect companies. However, domain name registrars will have to pay an advance fee of $50,000 and...
[26 Aug 2000]
News Icann, the body which controls the introduction of new domain names, has said it will approve a range of new suffixes during 2003. During 2002 the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) approved domains such as dot-biz, dot...
[16 Dec 2002]
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 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), a nonprofit based in Los Angeles, has deemed Google a domain name registrar, according to the search company. Rival registrars that make a business of selling domain names are...
[02 Feb 2005]
News A federal judge has denied a preliminary injunction filed against Icann, the organisation that oversees internet domain names and addresses. In a ruling released Thursday, a federal court in Los Angeles dismissed charges filed by two domain name...
[17 Nov 2003]
News Icann will take over responsibility for managing worldwide Internet domain names between now and September 2000. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) is holding a public meeting in Berlin, Germany, this week.
[24 May 1999]
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]
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. ICANN wants to create a third-party arbitration...
[06 Sep 1999]
News New.net this week trumped the official organisation, launching 20 new top-level domain names (TLDs) just days after Icann admitted the seven new domains it is planning to release will be delayed by months.
[07 Mar 2001]
News Capitalising on the disappointment of the seven new top-level domain names announced last year by governing body Icann, New.net is registering names such as dot-kids, dot-mp3, dot-shop and dot-xxx. In a move likely to outrage Icann, the official...
[06 Mar 2001]
News Icann, the group in charge of regulating top level domain (TLD) names, has approved two new TLDs — .jobs and .travel — to come on stream later this year. Icann, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, has ten applications on the go...
[12 Apr 2005]
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