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Sunday, 22 November 2009 14:50
US control over Internet hotly disputed
A wide-ranging three-hour session on critical Internet resources at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Sharm El Sheikh this week made clear the continuing points of global friction when it comes to how US involvement Internet control is perceived by its critics.
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Tuesday, 27 October 2009 04:25
Snail mail to get its own top level Internet domain
ICANN and the Universal Postal Union (UPU) have reached an in principle agreement for the UPU to sponsor the .post top-level domain.
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Strategy
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Thursday, 01 October 2009 05:50
Historic agreement puts ICANN firmly in control of Internet domain names
ICANN has signed what it says is an historic affirmation agreement with the US Department of Commerce that establishes ICANN's role as the manage of the global domain name system and removes the oversight by the US Department of Commerce that has operated since ICANN's formation 12 years ago.
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Saturday, 27 June 2009 03:58
ICANN names cybersecurity expert as new chief
Internet security expert Rod Beckstrom is has been named as the new CEO of ICANN to replace Australian Paul Twomey who steps down on 30 June. The appointment has been greeted with enthusiasm by leading figures in the Internet community.
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Tuesday, 09 June 2009 04:07
ICANN gears up to offer huge range of new top level domains
The Internet Corportion for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is meeting in Sydney in late June and progressing its plan to allow almost any string of letters to be used for a global top level domain (gTLD), like .org or .net, will be high on its agenda.
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Tuesday, 02 June 2009 05:27
A broadband Australia tapping a market of 5 billion Internet users
Outgoing ICANN CEO, Paul Twomey, paints a picture of enormous opportunities for Australia as the NBN increases broadband speeds and as the global population of Internet users more than doubles in the space of two years to five billion, most of these in Asia.
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Tuesday, 03 March 2009 02:08
Twomey leaving ICANN
Paul Twomey has announced that he will not seek a renewal of his contract as president and CEO of ICANN.
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Wednesday, 28 January 2009 11:52
Way to beat spam: attack the source not the symptoms
After years of fighting a losing battle against the growing deluge of spam swamping the net, security and law enforcement agencies finally struck their first blow of any consequence late last year when they managed to shut down the servers of a major spam hosting provider. Now authorities are looking for other ways to attack the root of the problem rather than just the symptoms.
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Security
Tuesday, 25 November 2008 11:03
ICANN aims to open up new top level domains from mid 2009
ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) is entering the final stages of a four year process to open up the Internet to the creation of a (largely) unrestricted range of new top level domains (gTLDs), like .com, .net and the current 'country level gTLDs like .au
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Saturday, 15 November 2008 12:07
Finally, EstDomains to be Terminated by ICANN
After an on-again, off-again saga, EstDomains has been advised of irrevocable termination of their status of ICANN-accredited registrar.
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Friday, 27 June 2008 10:50
ICANN plans top-level domain 'free-for-all' in massive web shake-up
Tired of that old .com or .org web address you’ve been using for years? Fear not - you’ll soon be able to have any top-level domain you like ... for a price.
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Wednesday, 25 June 2008 12:33
Domain name expansion taking wrong track
One of the justifications for a massive expansion in the number of top-level domains is that "the stock of available web addresses under the current protocol [is] set to run out by 2011". I ask: whose fault is that?
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Wednesday, 25 June 2008 01:30
.love and .hate in Paris
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is set to vote on what could prove to be one of the most important shake ups in recent web history. The vote in Paris on Thursday will decide if people can buy vanity top level domains ending in just about anything...
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