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ICANN and Google thwart domain-name profiteers
News However, the five-day freebie has often led to registered names being used as a "parking page" containing pay-per-click advertising relevant to the registered domain name or associated search terms, according to by the Generic Names Supporting...
[February 1, 2008, 7:32]
ICANN still rules the Internet roost
News The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) received a last-minute reprieve at the World Summit on the Information ICANN is still standing — for now. That agreement, signed by the Bush administration last week, took ICANN off...
[November 23, 2005, 12:20]
ICANN on the verge of financial collapse
News ICANN's Roberts, in a 17 June email to Kalil, writes: "Tom -- pleased to hear about your offer of help. In addition to hitting up large companies, ICANN also has enlisted the help of the White House. The organisation is known as the Internet...
[August 19, 1999, 16:16]
Icann defers Verisign decision
News The Icann board today deferred its decision on the VeriSign agreement, as foreshadowed by chairman Vint Cerf at yesterday's public forum. These comments can be lodged through Icann's Web site or sent to touton@icann.org until 31 March.
[March 13, 2001, 9:56]
ICANN sites hijacked?
Blog Just a day after ICANN opened up domain rules, a Turkish group of hackers has messed with some of the Internet body's sites, according to a report on Zone-H. The report says that the NetDevilz group redirected visitors to "icann.net" and other...
[June 27, 2008, 16:39]
Icann enforcement put to the test
News The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) will soon face its first enforcement test as a spat between Verio and Register.com gets increasingly nasty. As part of their accreditation agreements with Icann, Register.com and other...
[January 9, 2001, 9:40]
ICANN wants independence from US govt
Blog ICANN, the body that oversees the world's domain registries and internet policy, has formally asked the US government to let it be transferred to the private sector [.pdf alert]. As ICANN chairman Peter Dengate Thrush says in this latest submission...
[January 25, 2008, 10:02]
ICANN rejects .xxx
Blog ICANN has said no to the idea of a .xxx domain. As the Reg points out, this is the result of too much political to-ing and fro-ing, and is really not the sort of thing ICANN is supposed to be there for.
[March 30, 2007, 11:13]
ICANN hires journalist critic
Blog Now, though, he's joining ICANN. Interestingly, Kieren's been tracking ICANN very closely over the years and has written some pretty critical articles at times (for example). Kieren has been appointed as 'general manager, public participation' and...
[January 22, 2007, 10:55]
ICANN approves .tel domain
News Internet regulator ICANN has approved the creation of the .tel domain, the company that proposed the domain announced on Monday. Telnic, which proposed .tel to ICANN in 2000, said the domain will give individuals and businesses a naming and...
[May 16, 2006, 15:20]
ICANN proposes new Net tax
News The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the international organisation that oversees domain names, is moving forward with a 75-cent annual fee for .net domains starting next year and is expected to expand the levy to other...
[December 16, 2004, 14:50]
Icann told its registry options 'suck'
News Icann has just two choices regarding its agreement with VeriSign and registries for the .com, .net and .org domains, attendees at the organisation's public forum in Melbourne have been told. The agreement also limits VeriSign's obligations to...
[March 13, 2001, 9:44]
Icann gains independence from the US
News On Wednesday, Icann and the US Department of Commerce announced that they had signed a new agreement that states the internet body is "independent and not controlled by any one entity". It also commits Icann to remaining a private, not-for-profit...
[September 30, 2009, 15:58]
ICANN rejects .XXX domain
News Internet regulator ICANN has voted down a proposal to create a domain for adult Web sites. ICANN's board on Wednesday voted nine to five against the proposal, which would have led to the creation of a .XXX domain suffix for pornography sites.
[May 11, 2006, 13:25]
ICANN not out of woods yet
News The Internet for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, said it received one-year, unsecured loans of $500,000 from telecommunications company MCI Worldcom and $150,000 from network-equipment maker Cisco Systems In addition, ICANN Chief Executive...
[August 23, 1999, 14:48]
Icann election goes 'a little crazy'
News As Icann spokeswoman Pamela Brewster put it, things "got a little crazy". More than 158,000 Internet users have registered to vote in an Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) online election that will choose the five people to...
[August 8, 2000, 10:18]
ICANN proposes new Net tax
News At the very least, Gattuso said, domain name fees should be decided "by an outside authority, not ICANN itself. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the international organisation that oversees domain names, is moving...
[December 16, 2004, 14:50]
Icann domain name race is on
News By January, the International Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) expects to issue its final decisions. So far, it's been a crawl rather than a sprint to the finish, an ICANN spokesman said.
[September 7, 2000, 9:31]
ICANN signs in .eu
News ICANN, the international body in charge of managing Internet domains, has given the official go-ahead to the creation of a European top level domain, .eu. The negotiations between Icann and Eurid lasted nearly six months, starting in October 2004...
[March 24, 2005, 16:20]
Icann: Coders and ISPs vital to net security
News Developers and internet service providers will need to participate if the encryption of a fundamental internet protocol is to succeed, according to Icann. Icann is the US-based organisation responsible for running the domain-name system (DNS...
[June 8, 2009, 17:17]
