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RSS namesNew domain names on the horizon for 2008
News Get ready for a flurry of new top-level internet domain names in 2008. 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... [14 May 2007]
Centraal takes 'real' domain names into Germany
News Centraal has developed the RealNames system - a method of domain naming based on 'real names' instead of complicated URLs. Internet company Centraal has announced a partnership with Germany's leading search engine, Fireball. [11 May 1999]
Icann gives go-ahead to new domain names
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]
UPDATE: Site that exposed 1,700 names online responds
News Shopping portal http://www.ukshops.co.uk - which bills itself as a virtual city featuring many well-known high street names - unwittingly exposed details including postal address, phone number, gender and age group of more than 1,700 individuals. [13 Aug 2002]
US keeps keys to internet domain names
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]
US can't dominate domain names, says UN
News A United Nations working group has published a long-awaited report that effectively challenges US supremacy over internet domain names. Among the governance options put forward by the group were a continuation of the current system, creation of a... [18 Jul 2005]
MEP names and shames pro-spam colleagues
News Late on Tuesday evening he posted the names of all the UK-based MEPs who rejected the ban on his personal Web site as part of his ongoing protest against the practice. Graham Watson MEP has published a 'hall of shame' listing MEPs who failed to... [12 May 1999]
dotMobi to auction top-drawer names
News According to dotMobi the premium name list contains desirable domain names which include commonly used words. From 13 October, Joe Public will get access to buy the premium names. dotMobi, the company behind the newly launched mobile top level... [16 Aug 2006]
Cerf named as 'names' boss
News As the keeper of top level internet domain addresses, Icann (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) has considerable political and business influence. Recently, the committee has been repeatedly accused of focussing too heavily on... [19 Nov 2000]
Alliance to champion top-level domain names
News We've got some of the best names in the business trying to figure out how you would make it better if you were to create and run 'dot-com'," he said. Afilias has applied to run 'dot-info', 'dot-site' and 'dot-web', but according to Barrett the... [03 Oct 2000]
Can Icann clarify dot-eu names?
Comment We've heard about household names such as AOL, Alcoholics Anonymous and Marks & Spencer falling foul of cybersquatting attempts. However, now Icann, the body controlling much rulemaking on the internet, is discussing the release of five new... [26 Aug 2000]
EC gives seal of approval to Net names authority
News EC commissioner, Martin Bangemann has written to the US government to give his approval to the new Internet naming authority, Icann (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers). The letter, addressed to US Commerce Secretary, William Daley... [06 Nov 1998]
Management of Internet Domain Names and Addresses
White Paper The Green Paper proposed certain actions designed to privatize the management of Internet names and addresses in a manner that allows for the development of robust competition and facilitates global participation in Internet management. [24 Feb 2004]
Cheat Sheet: Virus names and alerts
Cheat Sheet The issue of differing variant names is even more complex. Often warnings for the same virus, from conflicting sources end up with differing names and differing levels of threat assessment - creating a situation of confusion - what looks like three... [08 Nov 2004]
Domain names skyrocket - just don't mention the dot-com boom
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]
