domain names last week
VeriSign holds firm on 404 scrap
News VeriSign said on Monday that it would not abandon its decision to point unassigned domain names at its website, but representatives did say the company would form a technical committee later this week to look into the problems caused by the change. [23 Sep 2003]
Icann ponders new top level domains
News Domain names can also be registered under dozens of country top-level domains such as .uk and .us. Stuart Lynn, president of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), published a recommendation last week proposing... [13 Nov 2002]
Mozilla to release Firefox update to fix flaws
News The decision for new, so-called point releases was made after the disclosure last week of a problem in the way the browsers handle International Domain Names, or IDNs - web addresses that use international characters. [15 Sep 2005]
'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]
Icann delays .xxx porn vote
News The board of directors of the not-for-profit group that oversees domain names said on Tuesday that it would delay a vote until its next meeting on 15 September. The move by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) was... [17 Aug 2005]
VeriSign told to pull '404' redirect service
News The agency that oversees internet domain names has asked VeriSign to voluntarily suspend a new service that redirects web surfers to its own site when they seek to access unassigned web addresses, rather than return an error message. [22 Sep 2003]
Can't pay, won't pay for Icann
News The internet's governing body, Icann, is today facing a battle over domain names and a potential strike by the organisation that controls European web addresses. However, the real names movement may supercede the argument, freeing users from the... [14 Jul 2000]
US web stranglehold challenged
News Speaking at the opening of a four-day UN summit in Athens Yoshio Utsumi criticised the current rules for overseeing domain names and internet addresses, stressing that poorer nations are dissatisfied and are hoping that this week's meeting will... [30 Oct 2006]
Icann dot-eu vote: one week to deadline
News Icann, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, will elect five new board members in the autumn, but to take part, users must register as an At Large member with the organisation by the end of the month. [24 Jul 2000]
Court forces domain name scammers to quit
News Domain Registrar Services Ltd and its sister company UK Names closed down as part of a settlement with Nominet. The case was brought following attempts by the defendants, Domain Registrar Services Ltd and sister company UK Names, to obtain payment... [21 Oct 2003]
Beware domain name minefield
Comment While there is a topical side to the news today that David Beckham's transfer to Spanish football giants Real Madrid sparked off a flurry of potential cybersquatting activity, it also serves to highlight the fact that domain names and failure to... [08 Jul 2003]
VeriSign suit not about 'control of the internet' says ICANN chief
News In an interview with silicon.com, Paul Twomey, president and CEO of ICANN, said the case will be a distraction but that the organisation will continue with "core" issues such as internationalised domain names. [08 Mar 2004]
US to keep hold of Icann until 2011?
News The MoU, designed to pave the way for an eventual shift away from US control, outlines more specific obligations for Icann, such as procedures for establishing new top-level domain names, for keeping tabs on "Whois" registry information, and for... [17 Aug 2006]
Bush agrees web control pact with UN
News At issue in this dispute is the unique influence the US government wields over the master list of top-level domain names - such as dot-com, dot-org, and country codes including dot-uk and dot-jp - as a result of the network's historical origins. [16 Nov 2005]
The Bloor Perspective: Messaging without Exchange, Macs not cool shock and Cisco's quarter
Comment It's worth noting that none of the names - other than Apple - are major contributors to the IT sector. The survey itself lists such names as Bang & Olufsen, Diesel, DKNY, Haagen-Daz, Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen as the type of brands that rank... [12 Aug 2002]
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