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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 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's Plan For .org Branded 'unworkable'
News The future of all domains registered under the .org top level domain (TLD) were thrown into doubt a week ago when Verisign, the company that manages .com, .org and .net, announced that it had renegotiated its contract with the group responsible...
[March 9, 2001, 14:59]
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 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 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 - So What Was Accomplished?
Talkback So it doesn't sound like there was much consensus in Puerto Rico & that more questions remain when ICANN reconveines in Los Angeles. Great use of time guys *sigh.
[July 3, 2007, 21:03]
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 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]
Lawyers, Analysts: ICANN Vote Will Cause URL Chaos
News On Thursday, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) voted to allow — in addition to more traditional top-level domains (TLDs), such as .com and .org — theoretically any TLD at all, as long as it is no longer than 64...
[June 27, 2008, 17:02]
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 Hands VeriSign New Monopoly On .com
News ICANN voted 9-5 on Tuesday in favour of a settlement agreement that grants VeriSign the right to raise fees on .com domains by 7 percent annually. The settlement, which arose out of a lawsuit filed by VeriSign against ICANN after the Site Finder...
[March 2, 2006, 8:45]
ICANN Roundly Condemns VeriSign's Site Finder
News ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) has reiterated its opposition to VeriSign's bid to add controversial new features to .com and .net addresses. In a report issued last Friday, ICANN claimed that VeriSign's Site Finder...
[July 13, 2004, 17:05]
Icann Swamped By Net Name Chaos
News The system for registering domains is in danger of descending into chaos as independent registrars are undermining Icann's grip on the current domain name system. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), the regulator in...
[April 11, 2001, 15:55]
Icann Asks VeriSign To Suspend Web Redirect
News The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) on Friday posted a notice on its Web site discussing its response to the so-called wildcard service, which launched on 15 September and sends users to a VeriSign page with search...
[September 22, 2003, 8:35]
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 Drops Plan To Approve .XXX
Talkback ICANN = I CAN'T WHAT A USELESS ORGANIZATION
[December 3, 2005, 3:26]
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 Turns On IPv6 Addresses
News The great migration from IPv4 to IPv6 has officially begun, after ICANN added the first addresses to its root servers that conform to the new version of the internet protocol. On Monday, ICANN, the organisation that maintains the internet's...
[February 5, 2008, 13:26]
ICANN Heads For 'substantive' Meeting
News Representatives of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) predicted in a conference call that the dozens of working groups will produce more "substantive" discussions than those formed during previous meetings, which were...
[October 28, 2003, 9:35]
