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Schmidt: UN treaty a 'disaster' for the internet

...cybersecurity and give the ITU dominance over such "ground up" organisations as ICANN, according to US Federal Communications Commissioner Robert McDowell. The proposals will go... Read more

29 February, 2012 by Ben Woods

Is buying a .brand domain worth it? Nine questions to ask before you bid for .yourcompany

...300x203-website-domain-http-online.jpg" alt="Web domain" title="Web domain: Icann to accept applications for gTLDs in three months" height="203px" width="300px... Read more

30 September, 2011 by Natasha Lomas
Beckstrom: I came to change <endeca_term>Icann</endeca_term>

Beckstrom: I came to change Icann

...Icann is gearing up for new generic top-level domains. Between January and... Read more

24 September, 2011 by Tom Espiner

US rebuffs ICANN bid to manage key internet functions

...The US National Telecommunications and Information Administration has put ICANN on notice, indirectly stating that it is no longer fit to deliver... Read more

12 March, 2012 by Michael Lee

ICANN's domain name scheme attracts 100 registrants

...ICANN said on Tuesday that 100 organisations have registered to get involved in... Read more

15 February, 2012 by Stephen Shankland

US puts Icann under pressure

...oversee these functions — the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or Icann — "needs" to do more to explain the reasoning for its decisions and... Read more

15 March, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

Icann gives nod to Chinese characters, .xxx

...soon be able to browse for domain names written in Chinese characters, Icann has announced. The organisation, which oversees the internet domain name system, approved... Read more

28 June, 2010 by Tom Espiner

ICANN extends deadline for domain applications

...generic top-level domains. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced in a statement on Thursday that "unusual behaviour" with the system... Read more

13 April, 2012 by Steven Musil

ICANN pushes ahead with generic domains launch

...ICANN's launch of applications for generic top-level domains will go ahead... Read more

9 January, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Icann preps cybersecurity facilities for top-level domains

...Icann unveiled Wednesday the first of three new cybersecurity facilities that will provide... Read more

23 June, 2011 by Vivian Yeo

Icann to allow any word as a domain

...to register almost any word as a generic top-level domain, as Icann has approved the expansion of the internet's naming system beyond familiar... Read more

20 June, 2011 by David Meyer

Icann tussles with governments over domain names

...statement released on Saturday, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) listed 23 areas of continued disagreement over the rules for approving new... Read more

9 March, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

Icann rejects US domain-name veto proposal

...other governments to veto future top-level domain names, a proposal before Icann that raised questions about balancing national sovereignty with the venerable internet tradition... Read more

1 March, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

Iana allocates final IPv4 address blocks

...blocks of Internet Protocol version 4 addresses. Rod Beckstrom, chief executive of Icann, has urged business to be ready for IPv6 now the last blocks... Read more

4 February, 2011 by Tom Espiner

DNSSEC protocol kicks off in internet root zone

...organisation responsible for managing the assignment of IP addresses and domain names, Icann, on Thursday published the root zone trust anchor. This allows the operators... Read more

15 July, 2010 by Tom Espiner

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BrownieBoy

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@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

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I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

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