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Dyson: Open ICANN Meeting Worked
News During its first-ever public voting session, held in Santiago, Chile, this week, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) passed measures on dispute resolution and on expanding policy input from outside groups.
[August 27, 1999, 8:56]
ICANN Relaxes Domain-name Rules
News The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers voted on Thursday to relax rules for naming websites. At its meeting in Paris, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a not-for-profit organisation that oversees the...
[June 27, 2008, 10:07]
ICANN And Google Thwart Domain-name Profiteers
News The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has formally announced a proposal to make "domain tasting" a thing of the past by changing the way it charges for domain names. However, the five-day freebie has often led to registered names...
[February 1, 2008, 7:32]
Network Solutions Seizes Web Directory
News The community has had it for a long time, and they're used to having it for a reference tool," said Michael Roberts, president of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, which is assuming most of the management responsibilities...
[March 24, 1999, 15:37]
A Year Ago: Network Solutions Seizes Web Directory
News The community has had it for a long time, and they're used to having it for a reference tool," said Michael Roberts, president of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which is assuming most of the management...
[March 24, 2000, 6:19]
News Roundup: Domain Name Plans Under Scrutiny
News Fri, 2 Feb The US Congress investigates the procedure used by the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers to select seven additional generic top-level domain names (gTLDs) Mon, 12 Mar ICANN will defend its controversial plans for the...
[March 12, 2001, 11:46]
Registrar Named In Massive Cybersquatting Suit
Talkback '.a registrar using its special status with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to secure misspelled domains temporarily for a few days'. That sounds easy enough to put an end to; what justification could there be for it anyway?
[June 5, 2006, 23:57]
What’s In A Domain Name?
Blog I read today that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is taking another step towards its goal of bringing new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) online with the launch of a public consultation on a key report from ICANN...
[August 13, 2007, 23:04]
Best Practices: WHOIS Searching Issues And Time-Saving Tips
White Papers All registrars of domain names in the generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) are required by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers known as ICANN, a non-profit regulatory body) to provide a publicly accessible, searchable online...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
The Future US Role In Internet Governance: 7 Points In Response To The US Commerce Department's "Statement Of Principles"
White Papers Accordingly, DNS management was privatized and internationalized through the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a 7 year-old nonprofit corporation headquartered in California.
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
A Year Ago: Domain Name Plan Resolved
News The new IANA, tentatively known as the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, submitted its proposal for re-incorporation last week. More likely, though, is continued conflict over the reorganization of the Internet Assigned...
[October 7, 1999, 7:30]
US Report: Domain Name Plan Resolved
News The new IANA, tentatively known as the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, submitted its proposal for re-incorporation last week. More likely, though, is continued conflict over the reorganization of the Internet Assigned...
[October 7, 1998, 11:27]
US Government Renews Domain-name Contract
News The US Government this week renewed its contract with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), effectively extending its grip on the administrative body that co-ordinates Net addressing until to 2011.
[August 17, 2006, 10:25]
.Org Domain To Get New Guardian
News The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is poring over 11 applications to decide who will take over the .org registry from VeriSign. ICANN, a nonprofit, private-sector corporation, was formed in 1998 with the mandate to...
[July 17, 2002, 15:05]
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]
Flak Flies Over ICANN Contract Renewal
News The US Department of Commerce has come under fire for awarding, without a proper tender process, a contract for running the most basic and crucial functions of the Internet to ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.
[February 10, 2003, 16:54]
UN Summit Reopens Debate Over Control Of The Net
News Are the changes in the relationship with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, that the US Commerce Department announced a few weeks ago sufficient to allay international concerns?
[October 27, 2006, 16:00]
US Report: Domain-name Plans Pass To Industry
News A cross section of industry organisations are coming together at the end of June to do just that, tentatively calling itself the Workshop on the Internet Assigned Numbers Corporation. At stake is the system for doling out and maintaining the names...
[June 5, 1998, 12:17]
ICANN Derails Latest .xxx Plan
News The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has rejected a controversial proposal to create a new .xxx domain suffix for adult websites. ICANN, which oversees domain names and internet addresses, decided that ICM's proposal...
[April 2, 2007, 11:47]
ICANN To Fast Track Internationalised Domain Names
News The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has announced its plans to fast track the development of country-coded top level domains (ccTLDs) and local language scripting at the Internet Governance Forum in Rio de Janeiro...
[November 15, 2007, 9:44]
