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US government finally lets ICANN go
News update In surprising move, U.S. government says it is ready to relinquish power of organization that oversees global Web traffic to "Internet users everywhere".
Tags: Web sites, Domain names, Politics, International governments, Domain Name, ICANN, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, accountability, U.S. Department of Commerce
Verizon awarded 'largest-ever' cybersquatting judgment
News A federal court awarded Verizon US$33 million in a case against an Internet domain registrar the company claims chose names to be easily confused with legitimate Verizon sites.
Tags: Web sites, Domain names, Verizon Communications Inc., ICANN, Cybersquatting, Northern California, Oakland, San Francisco, News.com, Internet
ICANN attacks 'fat and happy' IPv4 users
News Businesses need to begin thinking now beyond having IPv4 address space, says Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and and Numbers (ICANN)'s president, or risk losing online customers.
Tags: IPv6, Business Strategies & Functions, Web services, ICANN, IP, Attack, Internet Service, software, Y2K, network
Time for U.S. to stop saying ICANN
Blogs This week marks the first time Barack Obama stood in front of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. In his in...
CEO of Internet oversight group to step down
News Paul Twomey will continue to helm ICANN until the board appoints a successor at the organization that is about to make some major changes.
Tags: Domain names, Web sites, ICANN, U.S. Department of Commerce, Paul Twomey, DNS, chairman, CEO, Internet, leadership
Crypto project to lock down Net security
News VeriSign and Icann have joined with two U.S. government agencies to encrypt one of the fundamental Internet protocols.
Tags: Domain names, Network security, Security implementation/standards, NIST, Security, Domain Name, VeriSign Inc., ICANN, U.S. Department of Commerce, Internet User
Europe calls on US to let go Icann
News Upcoming expiry of deal between the U.S. government and body that governs the Internet's core functions should lead to independence for Icann, says the European Commission.
Tags: Domain names, Web sites, ICANN, European Union, Europe, Internet User, U.S. Government, Internet, U.S., banking
Al Gore backs environmental top-level domain
News Al Gore and his philanthropic organization, the Alliance for Climate Protection, are supporting a group applying for the top-level domain .eco.
Tags: Domain names, Domain, ICANN, Al Gore, entrepreneur, partnership, Internet, Web Site, alliance, Web
Icann: Coders, ISPs vital to Net security
News Internet watchdog says DNSSEC encryption, which makes it harder for hackers to subvert Web traffic, will only work if developers and ISPs get behind it.
Tags: Domain names, Web 2.0, LANs and WANs, Security, Domain Name, ICANN, Internet Security, IP, DNS, Internet Service Provider
Kaspersky impressed by botnet slickness
News Cybersecurity expert Eugene Kaspersky says Conficker would have been nastier if the botnet had been motivated by more than just money.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Malware, Domain Name, Conference, Worm, Domain, AusCERT, Algorithm, ICANN, Ukraine
Fiorina 'seriously considering' bid for Senate
News Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina says her varied experiences would be an asset if she were to pursue political office.
Tags: Politics, Technology, ICANN, Immigration, Carly Fiorina, U.S. Senate, Washington, CEO, Adobe PDF, health care
Turkish criminal hackers hijack ICANN sites
News On the eve of opening up a hierarchical naming system for the Internet, ICANN's sites are hijacked with a warning.
Tags: Hacking, Security, Web sites, Domain names, Domain Name, ICANN, DNS, Microsoft .NET, hacking, denial of service
ICANN adopts new Web site naming rules
News The Internet organization loosens its rules to allow companies, cities, and others to use just about any suffix they want for a Web address.
Tags: Domain names, Web sites, Security, Domain Name, Suffix, ICANN, London, British Broadcasting Corp., Paris, New York City
ICANN to vote on internationalized domain names
News An ICANN voting session on Thursday could see internationalized domain names, trademark domain extensions and .xxx become a reality.
Tags: Domain names, Web sites, Domain Name, Domain Extension, ICANN, Microsoft .NET, board meeting, Web Address, Internationalized Domain Name, president
Lawyers, analysts: ICANN vote will cause URL chaos
News The decision to let custom top-level domains be created will result in a 'nightmare' for brand managers, according to observers.
Tags: Domain names, Web sites, Butler Group, ICANN, research analyst, London, Internet, brand, analyst, Tesco
